Wreckage spotted in fresh search for Fossett's remains
SEARCH teams in California looking for the remains of adventurer Steve Fossett said today they had spotted what appeared to be wreckage.
But authorities in the area were staying silent on the exact location of the reported aerial sighting and would not provide any more information.
The news came after hiker Preston Morrow said he found three identification cards with Mr Fossett's name and 558 in cash tangled in a bush just west of the town of Mammoth Lakes, in eastern California's Inyo National Foreston on Monday. He handed them to police yesterday.
Mr Fossett, whose exploits included circumnavigating the globe in a balloon, disappeared on September 3 2007, after taking off in a single-engine plane borrowed from a Nevada ranch. A judge declared him legally dead in February.
Mr Fossett's widow Peggy said: "I am hopeful that this search will locate the crash site and my husband's remains. I am grateful to all those involved in this effort."
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