Amelia Earhart's Last Message: The Line 157 337 | FILE NO. 002

At 8:43 in the morning on July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart gave the Coast Guard cutter Itasca a line on a map: 157 337. She said she would repeat it on another frequency. Then one word. Wait. Tonight we read the original radio log from the National Archives, line by line: the flight from Lae, the night of calls, the five-link chain of radio failures, the last hour at full signal strength, the 262,281-square-mile search, the island that sits on her line, and every theory still standing, including the October 2026 expedition to Nikumaroro. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:46 The flight 3:23 The night 5:21 The last hour 7:46 The search 8:37 The island 10:19 The theories Which way did they turn? North into the deep near Howland, or south along the line to Gardner Island? Tell us in the comments. The file stays open. CASE 002 · Last Night Dossier, by The Host Archival records are from the National Archives, the Library of Congress and other public collections, labeled "Archival". Scenes labeled "Reconstruction" are partly AI-generated. Facts are labeled "Confirmed"; theories are labeled "Theory". Previous file: CASE 001, the Mary Celeste. Sources National Archives, Itasca radio log (Bellarts papers), NAID 6210268: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6210268 US Coast Guard, Radio Transcripts Earhart Flight, Cmdr. W.K. Thompson (1937), TIGHAR scan: https://tighar.org/Publications/Books... Report of Eric H. Chater, Guinea Airways, Lae (1937): https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/A... US Navy Report of the Search for Amelia Earhart, July 2 to 18, 1937 (National Archives): https://www.archives.gov/files3/resea... Lt. John O. Lambrecht, USS Colorado newsletter (July 16, 1937): https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/A... Western Pacific High Commission telegrams on Gardner Island (1940 to 1941): https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/A... R.L. Jantz, Forensic Anthropology (2018): https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/fa/ar... Purdue University, Taraia Object expedition result (Oct 18, 2026): https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2026/... Nauticos, radio reconstruction announcement (Aug 19, 2025): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea... NPR, the 2024 sonar target was a rock (Nov 2024): https://wbhm.org/npr-story/ocean-expl... National Geographic, the 2017 photo discredited: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi... Wikipedia, Irene Craigmile Bolam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_C... National Archives, Amelia Earhart records (2025 to 2026 releases): https://www.archives.gov/research/ame... TIGHAR, Navigation FAQ: the line of position: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/A... #AmeliaEarhart #UnsolvedMysteries #History