Amelia Earhart as captured in a photograph included with the release of files related to the famed aviator by the National Archives.

 

 

(KAIR)--November is National Aviation Month, and likely coincidentally, is the month that the United States government released a trove of documents related to Atchison native, and famed aviator, Amelia Earhart. 

The November 14 release of the documents followed President Donald Trump, in late September, announcing on the Truth Social platform that he was "ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to [Earhart], her final trip, and everything else about her."

A perusal of the documents, found online at the National Archives, shows 53 files released last week, with the National Archives saying the agency is "coordinating with other federal agencies across the Executive Branch to ensure that any remaining records are identified and transferred...as soon as possible," adding that "the National Archives is digitizing records and making them available online on a rolling basis." 

According to a report from CBS News, "many of the thousands of documents published online on Friday have been released previously by the National Archives or made available to researchers, and aviation experts consider it unlikely that the latest material will shed any new light on Earhart's disappearance."

Earhart, who called Atchison her birthplace home, has been a figure of mystery since the time of her disappearance over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, as she was attempting to become the first woman pilot to fly around the world.