History's Secrets — Season 1, Episode 6: Where's Amelia Earhart?

Episode synopsis

As world famous aviator Amelia Earhart closed in on her record-setting attempt to fly around the world in July 1937, she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean - vanishing without a trace. Did she run out of fuel and crash into the sea? Or could she have survived? NGC explores one of the most fiercely debated mysteries of all time. Investigators build the case that she was a pawn in an espionage plot for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while eyewitnesses testify she was captured by the Japanese military. Examine the evidence and decide for yourself what might have happened to Amelia Earhart.

About History's Secrets

Mysterious events, compelling figures, and great unanswered questions from the past are explored in this National Geographic series.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Hunt for Hitler
• E2The Hunt for the Boston Strangler
• E3The Romanovs
• E4The Real Roswell
• E5The Secrets Of J. Edgar Hoover
• E7Howard Hughes Revealed
• E8The Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski
• E9Secrets of the Moon Landing
• E10CIA Secret Experiments
• E11Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
• E12Vanished from Alcatraz
• E13Secret Life of Charles Lindbergh