# The "Lost Evidence" photograph of a dock at Jaluit

> Shown in 2017 as Earhart and Noonan in Japanese custody in 1937; the same image appears in a book published in 1935, two years before the flight.…

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# The "Lost Evidence" photograph of a dock at Jaluit

DocumentpublisherPublished in a Japanese travel book, October 1935; presented as evidence July 2017

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/amelia-earhart-lost-photograph-discredited-spd).

Shown in 2017 as Earhart and Noonan in Japanese custody in 1937; the same image appears in a book published in 1935, two years before the flight. Recorded because the capture reading leaned on it.

National Geographic (reproduction in the report), 1935. publisher

## Copies 1

**Photo** National Geographic (reproduction in the report) · nationalgeographic.com · publisher2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/amelia-earhart-lost-photograph-discredited-spd)

## Where it was made

[Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CYPMHY265EC/jaluit-atoll-marshall-islands) · Atoll

## Sources 1

- [Amelia Earhart 'Lost Photograph' Discredited](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYPMERG76VX/amelia-earhart-lost-photograph-discredited)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The "Lost Evidence" photograph of a dock at Jaluit [Artifact ART0CYPN9C23VT3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN9C23VT3
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published in a Japanese travel book, October 1935; presented as evidence July 2017

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[Disappearance of Amelia Earhart](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart)

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