# National Geographic 2017: Amelia Earhart 'Lost Photograph' Discredited

> National Geographic, 2017. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The rejection of the 2017 photograph.

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# Amelia Earhart 'Lost Photograph' Discredited

National Geographic, 2017. _National Geographic_.

Reports that the photograph central to the History Channel's 2017 programme was found by the Japanese blogger Kota Yamano in a Palau travel book published in October 1935 in the National Diet Library's digital collection.

**Disappearance of Amelia Earhart** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The rejection of the 2017 photograph.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The "Lost Evidence" photograph of a dock at Jaluit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/artifacts/ART0CYPN9C23VT3/the-lost-evidence-photograph-of-a-dock-at-jaluit)

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[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)

Evidence

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[The Lost Evidence photograph is traced to a 1935 Japanese travel book](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/events/EVT0CYPMR1C512T/the-lost-evidence-photograph-is-traced-to-a-1935-japanese)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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National Geographic (2017). Amelia Earhart 'Lost Photograph' Discredited. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/amelia-earhart-lost-photograph-discredited-spd
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