Trump Orders His Administration to Declassify Amelia Earhart Files Nearly 90 Years After She Disappeared Over the Pacific

President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to declassify and release all available records related to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance.

The pioneering aviator vanished over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the globe.

“I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart, such an interesting story,” the 79-year-old wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday, Sept. 26.

“Amelia made it almost three quarters around the world before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again. Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions,” he added, reflecting on the American pilot’s enduring legacy.

He concluded, “I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

In early July, Kimberlyn King-Hinds, a Republican representing the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, urged Trump to declassify documents concerning Earhart’s disappearance.

She referenced the release of files tied to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., noting that Earhart’s story “carries particular weight” in her region.

“A number of elderly residents still recall her presence in the Pacific, with some sharing credible, firsthand accounts of having seen her on the island of Saipan. These memories, passed down through generations, continue to fuel interest in uncovering the full story of her fate,” King-Hinds wrote.

“Despite these recollections, her disappearance and the possibility that she may have died on our islands remain matters of unresolved historical inquiry,” she continued. “In pursuing clarity for my constituents, I have become aware that the U.S. government may still hold documents or records related to Earhart’s journey and final whereabouts that have not yet been made public.”

According to CBS News, previously released Federal Bureau of Investigation documents under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, marked “confidential,” confirmed that Earhart was not a spy, nor was she held as a prisoner after a crash landing in Saipan.

Earhart was flying with her navigator, Fred Noonan, in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra when the duo disappeared while en route from New Guinea to Howland Island during her historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

Before vanishing, Earhart radioed the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca, stationed near Howland, reporting she was low on fuel. The Navy conducted an extensive search, but after two weeks, Earhart and Noonan were declared lost at sea.

“It’s one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century,” Dorothy Cochrane, curator of general aviation at the National Air and Space Museum, wrote in a 2007 editorial for the museum’s magazine.