rejected submission fbi foia files amelia earhart from the fbi foif freedom of imformation files the files at the link below clearly show and state that many radio operators intercepted earhart's radio transmissions these files on pages thru to establish that earhart landed in the marshall islands and was taken prisoner by the japanese after reading the files it is obvious that earhart and noonan were both alive and had landed safely however into or near a secret japanese base due to the planes altitude the radio transmissions misled those waiting to intercept earhart as planned off course far north of howland island earhart is said to have actually landed on knox island nearer to the marshall islands this is outlined by the fbi files the files document often repeated and frantic requests by radio operators to get fbi assistance in finding earhart even many years after her disappearance here is the fbi link