All the fanciful theories regarding her death I just don't buy. There is something about the death of famous people that prevents folks from wanting to accept that they just died in a rather matter of fact straight forward way. Her plane ran out of fuel and the crew was lost at sea. The end. We accept that for almost anybody else but since its Earheart there has to be a dozen theories ranging from UFOs to the Japanese. Take away the fame factor and all that goes away. We have here flight plan, her plane was low on fuel, we know she never made the island she was aiming for...whats the big mystery? other than the exact resting place at the oceans bottom? It would realy be something to find the aircraft I agree... I just don't buy all the bizzare explanations.
Look at Marilyn Monroe. She can't just have OD'd on pills...there has to be a CIA (or Mob) hitman involved because she had a fling with JFK. Any other "girl on the side" that overdosed nobody would be writing book after book on whats a straight forward accidental death. She was famous so there has to be some extravagant plot to do her in by nefarious and dastardly means. I have no doubt somebody has a book out there somewhere that blames the Japanese on her death too. Or a UFO. Or Bigfoot.