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Oct 1, 2008 9:05 pm US/Pacific

Fossett Search Teams See What Looks Like Wreckage

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) ― Authorities say search teams looking for any sign of wealthy adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished on a solo flight more than a year ago, have spotted what appears to be wreckage from the air.

Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart would not reveal the exact location of the reported aerial sighting and declined to provide any more information. Authorities had said searchers were combing a 10-mile radius around the place where a hiker had found what appeared to be items belonging to Fossett this week.

She says a ground search team will follow up with the possible wreckage site Thursday morning.

Hiker Preston Morrow says he found three identification cards with Fossett's name and about $1000 in cash Monday tangled in a bush just west of the town of Mammoth Lakes. He turned them into police Wednesday.

Federal Aviation Administration officials say they are trying to determine whether the ID cards are authentic.

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