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Regarding the question "is this real?" in the article below; here are some equal
photo blends of Amelia Earhart and the 1945-1982 Gervais-Irene shown next to her British husband, Guy Bolam:
| Guy and Irene (Craigmile) Bolam, 1965. |
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| The two had wed in 1958. (Photo taken by Joe Gervais the day he met them.) |
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| Irene-Amelia |
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| Irene-1965 / Amelia-1933 |
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| Irene-Amelia |
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| Irene-1963 / Amelia-1928, age thirty-one. |
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| Irene-Amelia |
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| Irene-1976 / Amelia-1932 |
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| Irene-Amelia |
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| Irene-1978 / Amelia-1929 |
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It wasn't until about a decade ago, or thirty-five years after the Gervais photo of Guy
and Irene was taken that a comprehensive comparison analysis was finally initiated. The study would in time discover how more
than one person had been attributed to the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' identity and how one of them... well, read the following
and decide for yourself:
What Reality Now Tells Us, And Why People Fight
It
The question is constantly asked of Beyond 37', is this real?
People want to know if the recent discovery of three different women (seen below) who used the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam'
identity is real(?) And they want to know if it is real if the woman identified as 'Irene' from the 1940s until she died in
1982 (displayed above) matched Amelia Earhart physically and character trait wise(?) The answer is: Of course
it is all real. Except people need to understand why they were never clued
in about it, where the Irene-Amelia truths were never meant to exist as public information. The story dates
back to pre-World War Two days and the private side of Amelia Earhart the public was less aware of. Note the following 2002 Associated Press quotes from United Nations Ambassador to the Marshall Islands,
Alfred Capelle who stated Amelia Earhart did not disappear in 1937, but instead, "She (Amelia Earhart) definitely came
to the Marshall Islands," and "...this has long been considered common knowledge in my country." Ambassador
Capelle also mentioned his assessment of how Amelia Earhart "came to the Marshall Islands for a specific purpose."
Ambassador Capelle's words may have correlated to a curiously labeled "Earhart,
Amelia: Special War Problems" State Department file, revealed by State Department employee Arthur DeWayne Gibson
in 1972. The file mentioned how Amelia had "test flown aircraft" in July of 1939 in the Imperial Mandates that included
the Marshall Islands. Later in 1984, as later reported by NBC in 1990, State Department employee Patricia Morton came upon
another FOIA 'declassified' file labeled the same way. This was confirmed by then Secretary of State James Baker's office
to Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. And there is another more dated quote (7/31/37) from Earhart's husband, George Putnam
a month after his business partner-wife was reported missing. Excerpted from a written query Putnam sent to the White House
it reads, "Is there any way of ascertaining what the Japanese are
actually doing, especially as regards a real search of the eastern fringe of the Marshall Islands? That is one of the most
fruitful possible locations for wreckage." It is true, the United States never searched the pre-World War Two 'off limits'
Marshall's.
Hard to believe?
Recall how there never was an official investigation into the 1937 Amelia Earhart disappearance case, and how famous World
War Two Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz himself had professed Amelia Earhart's Marshall Islands flight ending and Japanese Naval
Authority rescue to have been true, albeit 'withheld information.' To quote
the Pan Am aviation history book by Marylin Bender and Selig Altschull, The Chosen
Instrument published by Simon and Schuster in 1982: "Numerous investigations foundered on official silence in
Tokyo and Washington, leaving the fate of Amelia Earhart an everlasting mystery." 'Official silence.' The
significance of those two words cannot fully be measured when it comes to the actual outcome of Amelia Earhart's 1937 flight.
Recall the 1938 transcripted reply from FDR Cabinet member, Henry P. Morgenthau Jr. to Eleanor Roosevelt about what became
of her friend Amelia, "I hope I've just got to never make it public," and how "Amelia Earhart absolutely disregarded
all orders." [See toward the bottom of this page the 1987 commemorative
Marshall Islands stamp painting.]
Oddly enough, it is hard to find one college history professor
in the United States who has ever devoted his or her efforts to exposing the true Amelia Earhart controversy. It is also clear
the Smithsonian Institute and National Geographic Society have long been committed to fueling the mystery idea only in lieu of such
'official silence,' entertaining but always rejecting theories about Earhart's loss, suggesting over and again how Amelia
Earhart most likely crashed and died in the Pacific Ocean. Yet years ago, especially by the 1960s due to certified information
relative to the 1937 Earhart case, the true Earhart reality had become quietly
regarded as 'common knowledge' among certain U. S. military and government figureheads, and subject learned historians. It outright confirmed
the above statements, how without public awareness, after Amelia Earhart managed to put her plane down in the southernmost
Marshall Islands she was picked up by Japan's naval authority. In short, according to real history, as endorsed
by CBS's Fred Goerner in the 1960s to Connie Chung in the 1990s, Amelia Earhart did not simply 'disappear.' Sadly, the American
public has been perpetually conditioned by wider and more controlled media reporting
to outright ignore, or simply not believe any of this information. And we readily accepted it, the complacent if not lazy
society we have proven ourselves to be at times when faced with controversial issues. It's almost as if as a whole the American
public doesn't really want to know or accept the Earhart truth. Rather, it stays in denial, if only because it's easier and even funner to live with the fabricated mystery of Amelia Earhart in lieu of the historical
reality of her person. The one serious attempt to lay the real story to rest also came in the 1960s, after investigators
began to realize the Mandate Islands connection to Amelia Earhart. Then, CBS sponsored the above mentioned Fred Goerner to
conclude Amelia Earhart likely died of dysentery on Saipan after Japan sequestered her there following her Marshall Islands
rescue. (Goerner's 1966 Doubleday book The Search For Amelia Earhart made
the New York Times top-ten as a best seller.) Except anymore it is understood Amelia Earhart did not die that
way. Nor did she die according to the way latent conspiracy spy theorists or castaway theorists suggested; by firing
squad execution, or by exposure and/or starvation on a desert island. Instead it is clear now to the most learned, while still
void of public awareness, Amelia Earhart quietly survived in Japan's care with its high level omniscience and endorsement,
changed her name, and she eventually returned to the United States adjacent to the World War Two era. (It remains less certain
what became of her navigator, Fred Noonan.) Of course to preserve her historic legacy and patriotism, Amelia Earhart was lionized
as a dead American hero after her disappearance. All the while however, it
was known in Washington how she was a pacifist who had sided with isolationism, and after her 'disappearance' she actually
befriended a few of Japan's foremost military and government leaders during the two year time period prior to Germany's invasion
of Poland. It was also recalled by some who were close to her, how Amelia had grown tired of her marriage to George Putnam
and her life in the public eye. Still, and again, ever since these truths were finally understood the American public was
diverted away from them. Evidently though, this all was and remains reality based
information. [Here, consider these two mentions by Jackie Cochran, the first woman to break the sound barrier
who was described as Amelia's last 'closest friend': "God, the world hounded that woman after she became famous."
And of the final year before Amelia left on her world flight Ms. Cochran included in her 1987 published autobiography, "I
was closer to Amelia than anyone else, even George Putnam." It is true, without Putnam Amelia had spent much time with
Jackie Cochran at Cochran's sprawling ranch in Coachella, California the year before her world flight departure. Amelia also
dedicated her final book, Last Flight to Cochran's multi-millionaire husband,
Floyd Odlum. Note: Jackie Cochran and Floyd Odlum were entirely ignored in the 2009 Fox-Searchlight film about Amelia.]
In
any case, the always detoured 'post-World War Two truth' thus ended, where
the former Amelia Earhart ultimately returned to live in the U. S. while known as 'Irene' until her passing in 1982. Catholic
Church emmissary Monsignor James Francis Kelley (the Seton Hall University President who helped her and came to know her very
well as 'Irene Bolam' after WWII) in time admitted how after Amelia's post-disappearance experiences, "She didn't want
to be Amelia Earhart anymore." Monsignor Kelley passed away in 1996, but not
before confirming in a 1991 taped interview how his past friend, Irene Craigmile Bolam was formerly known as Amelia Earhart.
The famous Monsignor as well spoke of how he wrote a chapter about his friend Irene (the Gervais-Irene) for inclusion in his
own 1987 autobiography, but his editor ommitted it before the book was published. Censorship examples such as this do compliment
the reason people today refuse to believe or accept such an idea of Amelia's post-loss survival. Yet perhaps this is not so
surprising, really, where over the years the worldwide legendary icon of Amelia Earhart grew to become bigger than life itself.
In essence, the politically correct 'public' story version of Earhart may as well be called 'the myth of Amelia Earhart.' No matter; the Irene-Amelia conveyance was and still
is the ultimate truth about Amelia Earhart and what became of her. It's even obvious anymore. Recall once more, between 1965
and 1975 the intense investigative research of retired U. S. Air Force Major Joe Gervais thoroughly discovered the reality
of Amelia Earhart's post World War Two era survival as 'Irene.' Yet his efforts were denounced and pushed aside by official
history guiding influences, if not outright obfuscated, and thus it remained. Joe Gervais passed away in 2005. He always insisted
the American public had been intentionally "dumbed down" about Amelia Earhart (still is) by way of influential control
over how the national news media portrayed her story. Or, that the 'mystery' of her disappearance existed because it was supposed to exist, not because it really did exist. And where no one ever proved him wrong,
especially with the more recently discovered information, anymore it is clear Joe Gervais was right. And anymore it
is sorrowful too, how the World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam War flying hero Joe Gervais was ended up so mistreated, just for
exposing such a historical truth about Amelia Earhart. If one searches the internet he or she will easily
find information contrary to the Irene-Amelia reality. However it basically amounts to no less than years of misconstruation.
As an example, after the forensic study results were first made public, by 2007 one Alex Mandel of the Ukraine was submitting
myriad misleading statements to Wikipedia about the life of Irene Craigmile Bolam. They included Mandel's insistance of how
the age old Gervais-Irene truehood was at long last disproved by a forensic detective named Kevin Richlin right after the
study results were released. Of course it was not disproved by Mr. Richlin (who even admits it) although Wikipedia sheepishly
believed Mandel, and ended up promoting such a falsehood without checking the veracity of his statement. Meanwhile before,
noted Amelia Earhart biographers such as Susan Butler and Doris Rich were lured by their own book contracts to only side with
the crashed and sank version of Earhart's ending, something that also never happened. Of course Hilary Swank and Fox-Searchlight
used such innocent Earhart portrayals as research for their 2009 feature film. And as the ultimate truth was ignored, their
movie ended up disjointed and weak.
In the end it became a situation where the public's own will to believe in conjured history prevailed (as opposed to accepting
the real history of Amelia Earhart) where it became impossible for it to do anything else, as dictated, again, by United States
history guiding influences. Take heart in knowing this is not the first time such a thing has happened, and it surely will
not be the last. But anymore it is, perhaps, the most recognizable example of how politically correct history can and often
will out-box true history, in nothing less than a fixed fight. Still a non-believer in this finally understood
'Earhart truth' paradigm? Then try for yourself to seriously research Amelia's 1930s friend, the 'original' Irene Craigmile's
existence from prior to the 1940s, rather than readily accepting the unsubstantiated theories about Amelia Earhart the automatic Irene naysayers have long been pushing. (The most notable ridiculous one,
Richard Gillespie of TIGHAR has been pitching a romantic 'Gilligan's Island' type of ending for Earhart and Noonan ever since
the 1980s.) Yes, try locating one clear adult photograph of the Gervais-Irene's person from prior to the 1940s. Or try verifying
any of the original Irene's grade school, high school, or college records to include school photos. Or try finding any clear
wedding photos of the original Irene displaying her with either of the two husbands she wed before the 1940s. Or try finding
any clear identifiable photos of Irene and her 1934 born son Larry Heller showing them in the 1930s, or any family photos
of her at all from prior to the 1940s. Realize as well how Larry Heller himself claims to hold no photos of his mother displaying
her prior to the year of 1947, with the 1947 and later photos he has showing the Gervais-Irene only. Or just try seriously
researching the pre-1940s life of the Irene Craigmile who Amelia Earhart once knew, whose well known attorney aunt was a good
Zonta sister friend and adviser of Amelia's.... and you will start to get the idea. For at some point prior to the 1940s the
original Irene fell off the radar, so to speak, and the quietly survived Amelia Earhart was enabled to inherit her identity
afterward, and was evermore known by such a name as 'Irene' until she died in 1982. Or more simply, put it this way: When
it comes to true 'body evidence,' if you do not believe the Irene who Joe Gervais met and photographed in 1965 was formerly
known as Amelia Earhart, then you are not believing in the absolute truth about what became of Amelia Earhart, after she was
described by history to have 'vanished without a trace' in 1937.
Tod Swindell for Beyond 37', 2010
| In the 1987 Stamp series a Japan naval officer... |
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| ...is shown with Noonan and Earhart. "Rescued," not captured. |
| Note wings on left shoulder, Gervais-Irene, 1978 |
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| This Irene Appeared Nowhere Identified As 'Irene' Prior To The 1940s. |
Below: The recent discovery
of three different women who used the same Irene Craigmile Bolam identity solidified the reality of Amelia Earhart's surreptitious
post-loss survival. It was never supposed to end up as public information, no doubt dating back to agreements made during
the World War Two era. It was further equated, based on the head to toe physical congruence, character trait congruences,
and important social circles she always existed in that included some of Amelia's own past family and friends, how the Gervais-Irene,
who passed away on July 7, 1982 was most definitely, formerly known as 'Amelia Earhart.'
| News photo: 1945-1982 ID'd Irene Craigmile Bolam. |
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| AKA 'The Gervais-Irene' shown in Japan in 1963. |
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| The orginal Irene Craigmile, 1930... |
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| ...no longer seen after the 1930s, she and Amelia were past friends. |
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| The Non Gervais-Irene (Craigmile Bolam) |
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| AKA the 'third' Irene, positively ID'd by the original Irene's son in 2006. |
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Even the 1934 born son of the orginal Irene Craigmile, Larry Heller confirmed how he
grew up believing all three of these 'different' women represented his singular mother figure. Recently, forensic science overtly declared them to have all been separate
individual human beings. How does history manage to steer clear of this? Note the following:
"The Irene-Amelia conveyance was always
based on serious research, although the public remains misled about it. Official silence dominated this story, and the participants
refused to cooperate when it came to explaining it all. The National Geographic Channel as well marks a good example of evasion.
Not long ago, after it was verified how three different people used the same 'Irene' identity we were lucky to sign the 1934
born son of the original
Irene (Larry Heller) to a contract, who also verified the study's ID placements. This was edited out by National Geographic
Television due to the bombastic influence of private organizations such as the Amelia Earhart Society, Nauticos, TIGHAR, and
even a survived member of Amelia's own family. It reminded us, regardless of the truth, how according to the preference of United States history Amelia Earhart was to remain known as 'a famous person who most likely died in 1937.' Hence, exposing the reality of Amelia's name-changed survival
as 'Irene' has never been considered permissable by conventional United States historical dictum. The Smithsonian itself has managed to sidestep dealing with such learned information
where the study concluded: Three different women were at various times identified as one-in-the-same Irene Craigmile Bolam, and one of the Irenes who was only identified that
way from the 1940s on, aligned with Amelia Earhart from head to toe and character trait wise, and was linked to several of
the same people and organization circles Amelia had been associated with. Nary a soul, including Larry Heller himself who
was surprised and troubled by the new learned 'physical reality' had been aware of these new-gained truths. Yet the study's
entire body of information speaks for itself. The National Geographic Channel displayed only a small portion of it, and prevented
a greater truth from being absorbed by the public in doing so. Obviously, so much was its intention."
Tod Swindell for Beyond 37', 2010
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