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The U.S. National Archives has released declassified files on Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance

Documents include Coast Guard radio logs, weather reports, search records and historical press clippings

Experts say new files enrich context but likely won’t change the accepted theory of fuel exhaustion near Howland Island

Newly declassified government files on Amelia Earhart released by the U.S. National Archives are offering fresh details after decades of speculation surrounding one of aviation’s most intriguing mysteries.

The documents, published online on Friday, Nov. 14, include hundreds of pages from intelligence agencies, military units and federal departments tied to Earhart’s 1937 disappearance at age 39 during her attempted around-the-world flight with navigator F

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