# It came down in the Marshall Islands and the crew were taken by the Japanese to Saipan.

> Disputed: It came down in the Marshall Islands and the crew were taken by the Japanese to Saipan.

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# It came down in the Marshall Islands and the crew were taken by the Japanese to Saipan.

It came down in the Marshall Islands and the crew were taken by the Japanese to Saipan.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Japanese records of the capture; wreckage in the Marshalls; graves on Saipan.
- The aircraft had the fuel to reach the Marshalls, about 800 miles from Howland.

## What would rule it out

- The radio log placing the aircraft near Howland at 08:43 with low fuel, which exists.

## Evidence none for · 3 against

[No document, wreckage or grave has been produced in sixty years of claims.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMYW47EB1/no-document-wreckage-or-grave-has-been-produced-in-sixty)

Supported

AGAINST

[The 2017 photograph offered as proof was published in a 1935 travel book.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMYMA0KB3/the-2017-photograph-offered-as-proof-was-published-in-a-1935)

Established

AGAINST

[The last message places the aircraft near Howland with gas running low.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMZ3Y0N3X/the-last-message-places-the-aircraft-near-howland-with-gas)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where did the Electra come down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/questions/QST0CYPMTFG0SXJ/where-did-the-electra-come-down)

Most likelyIt ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). It came down in the Marshall Islands and the crew were taken by the Japanese to Saipan. [Answer ANS0CYPMYCG623A]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYPMYCG623A
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