Trump calls for info on Amelia Earhart to be declassified

President Trump called Friday for the declassification and release of all government records pertaining to aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the globe.

Mr. Trump said he’s been asked about Earhart’s “interesting story” by “many people,” including whether he would declassify information the government has on her.

“She was an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation ’firsts,’” he wrote on Truth Social. “She disappeared in the South Pacific while trying to become the first woman to fly around the World.

“Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again,” he said. “Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her.”

Earhart was flying with her navigator Fred Noonan when the plane disappeared above the Pacific Ocean in July 1937. She would’ve been the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by air.

The two were flying from New Guinea to Howland Island, which was supposed to be an 18-hour flight, when they disappeared.

The government conducted a search for Earhart and Noonan, but neither they nor their plane was ever found. The government concluded that the plane ran out of fuel and they crashed.