Story highlights A newly discovered photo appears to show Amelia Earhart after her crash landing, some experts sayBut other experts remain unconvinced the photo proves anything(CNN) A newly unearthed photo showing blurry figures on a dock may shed light on the 80-year-old mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart. A new History channel documentary quotes experts who say the image shows the famed pilot survived her 1937 crash in the Pacific. A new History Channel special claims this photo is proof Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were in the Marshall Islands after their plane disappeared. The photograph, recently discovered in the National Archives by former US Treasury Agent Les Kinney, allegedly shows Earhart and Noonan among a group of people on a dock on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Some experts believe the figure highlighted at left is Fred Noonan and the person sitting, facing away from the camera, is Amelia Earhart.

Source: CNN July 05, 2017 19:45 UTC