Is it too much to assume there would have been radio communication available for word to get out at least that she was alive and safe?
One of her best friends was married to a head honcho at a movie studio. Right after she disappeared, the studio made “Flight for Freedom”,
with Rosalind Russel and Fred MacMurray, as a thin takeoff on the idea that she was flying a recon mission for intelligence.
That’s as close to an admission as we are likely ever to get.
There were no satellite com systems. Most of HF radio’s then were still using Morse for aircraft communications.
She did have a radio operator on board.
Lots of myths associated with Amelia Earhart.
Most of them are like “big foot” sightings.