Wednesday, October 01, 2008

FOUND ITEMS MAY BE FOSSETT CLUE !

Items possibly belonging to Steve Fossett, the US adventurer who vanished a year ago, have been found by hikers in California, US media report.
ID cards, cash and a sweat jacket were said to be among the items found in woods in the Mammoth Lakes region of eastern California.
Mr Fossett, 63, vanished in September last year while on a solo flight that took off from neighbouring Nevada.
The millionaire businessman was declared legally dead in February.
In 2002, Mr Fossett had become the first person to circle the globe solo in a balloon.
World records
Inyo National Forest spokeswoman Nancy Upham said hikers found the items near the town of Mammoth Lakes, not far from the Nevada state line.
The ID cards were reportedly issued by the Federal Aviation Administration in Illinois, Fox News reported
Sources told Fox the cards appeared authentic.
There were no signs of wreckage from the plane.
Exhaustive searches have failed to find any trace of Mr Fossett or his plane since his disappearance.
He took off from the ranch of hotel magnate Barron Hilton, at Yerington, Nevada, on 3 September on a flight that was expected to last three hours.
Mr Fossett had about 100 world records to his name.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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