美國海軍動員了大批人力，執行超過兩週的埃爾哈特及努南搜尋任務。有些仰慕者無法接受埃爾哈特就怎麼消失不見，因而相信她是一名間諜或是被美國的敵人抓走了。搜尋任務結束後，海軍交出了一份報告，報告裡面還包括了一份搜尋範圍的地圖。他們表示他們找不到飛機的殘骸、埃爾哈特或努南的下落。沒有人知道到底發生了什麼事，但許多人相信他們一定是迷路了，在用盡燃料後喪生。當時，她離她的40歲生日只差一個月。
　

The U.S. Navy conducted a massive search for Earhart and Noonan that continued for more than two weeks. Unable to accept that Earhart had simply disappeared and perished, some of her admirers believed that she was a spy or was captured by enemies of the United States. The Navy submitted a report following its search, which included maps of search areas. Neither the plane nor Earhart nor Noonan were ever found. No one knows for sure what happened, but many people believe they got lost and simply ran out of fuel and died. Amelia Earhart was less than a month away from her 40th birthday.

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