But where is he ??

I hiked this area looking for the Steve Fossett airplane. It wasn't easy finding anything because of all the pine trees limiting the vision. To locate the area goggle: maps.yahoo and go to this area. It's about 7 mile due west of the Flying-M Ranch or about 6 miles east of Sulfur on Highway 338 between Wellington and Sweetwater). East of Sulfur you will see a large bare area with a western appendage. Just SW of the appendage is a white object(zoom down). It seem to show better on maps.yahoo. The road just west is Dead Ox Canyon Road. This road is best reached from highway 338 using the Nye Canyon Road. Use blue ink in your printer and a magnifying glass and you can see a dark area about 300 feet north that looks like a burned or black airplane tail. I hiked up the north side of the hill using a easy-going ravine and my satellite map going east. Near the top is a barer area leading south into the pine forest. The objects are nearby, but they are difficult to spot because the pine limit the vision. It was windy and sunny with patches of snow. I did not find the objects. I recommend you hike back the same way in the ravine you came up. The mountain gets cold and windy at 7,000 feet and it is freezing the night. If you break a leg it will be difficult crawling back. Take matches and warm clothing. I made a mistake heading south after looking for the white object and it turned out to be a much longer way. I probably scared the bo-jiggers out of a lot of rattlesnakes, bears, mountain lions, and coyotes up there. Going south, I came upon a bad dirt road that lead me west to Dead Ox Canyon Road. After 10 hours of hiking, I was tired. Then up Dead Ox Canyon road with a lot of noise and dust came 10 dune buggies. They had passed my camp site. They had looked inside my sleeping bag to see if I was dead. I think they were from Volcano, California. They were surprised to see a rental car up there. One kind man gave me a beer and a bumpy ride back to my car. I had driven up to almost the desired hill , but the road is impassable (rocks that would wipe out a crankcase) right before the hill, except a high clearance vehicle. Be sure to remove the big rocks and not drive over them on these dirt roads. Take a shovel too. The forest service wants you to carry a plastic bucket too for water in case of fire. Carry lots of water. If you hike on the road past the hill to a spring (Dead Ox Springs? ), you will find a beautiful Indian shelter in the rocks just east of the road. There are interesting rocks in the area. There is a heavy black mineral in some granite and some thick white quartz going up th ravine and some smoky quartz at the area where the objects are. Good luck and be careful, if you go up there. You probably need a helicopter to find the objects and there is a dangerous wind for aircraft. I own the Hoonie Mine about 3 miles west of this area off Nye Canyon Road. The area gets real beautiful with fire-like sunsets and the snowy volcanic Sweetwater Mountains. The Reuise Canyon a few mile east of the highway by the Nye Canyon Road has some beautiful grassy creek-side camping spots, but the road is kinda bumpy. Keep searching, if this is not the area as Nevada can be fun and beautiful off the highways. I decided to go to the Flying-M Ranch. I am kinda shy, but did drive in past alot of KEEP OUT signs and No Trespassing signs. I looked and smelled pretty bad, but they treated me nice, I gave them my satellite maps. I was looking for Paris Hilton, but didn't see her. Then, I traveled north, to where I found a untouched great gold prospect with cinnabar and opal at Surreal Flat. It is a ancient hot spring type deposit that I hope has a million ounces of gold. Then, I made it to Oregon to see my sweet Mom who is 90. I am a poet and explorer living in San Francisco. Copyright 2008 by Chris Johansen.

I think I found Steve Fossett's plane. The plane was located using satellite images. First,I located a out of place white object/part. The part did not look like a plane. I printed the object. After looking at the picture for about a month I noticed a black area maybe 100 yards north. I believe this area would be near impossibe to find from the air. A few weeks later, I chanced to look at the black area with a magnifying glass. Then,I could see in the burned area the tail section of a plane that was burned black, but the 2 side tail wings are visible. I think a plane is there, and there is a good chance it is the plane Steve was flying. I hope to hike to the area in a week, if the weather is good to confirm. There is also wedge like area where the plane possibly skidded in.

Would be privilaged to try and help find this wonderful pioneer.

36°16'58.59"N, 114°15'30.87"W
cortexpilot@hotmail.com

inspried by post of Bridget b. on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 18:44 :
"My theory.....He was shot down to crash into Lake Mead, his aircraft already recovered by the Air Force. "

Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, 10:51 P.M.

I believe that I may have found an airplane that may or may not be that of Steve Fossett. The object that I spotted (using Google Earth Satellite images) is located at the following location:

38 45' 29.37"N

121' 00 07.07"W

The object that I see is approx. the size and shape of the type of craft that he was flying, however, the color appears to be pinkish in color (probably due to poor image filtering) with blue on the wingtips and tail. The imagery is quite blurred, and the resolution is not that great, but it does appear to be an airplane to me. Perhaps with military grade resolution, the distinctive details of the wings would be evident. The left wingtip appears to have broken off, and is forward of the plane, and a little to the right of the nose. There is a dark area (just above where the pilot would sit) which could very well be the see-through overhead window.
I know that the official investigation is over. However, If the Calif. Civil Air Patrol could take a closer look at the site through their imagery, maybe they could determine (one way or another) if this needs further investigation.

The general location is approx. 30 miles East-North-East of Sacramento, and East of the Folsom Lake Recreation Area. It is about 1,900 feet SE of the end of Kanaka Valley Road, 1,600 feet east of Donkey Ln, and approx. 3,000 feet NE of a small 3,000 foot private dirt airstrip. This airstrip is located on Airborne Rd. The plane appears to be hidden in thick underbrush or trees. It is on private property that has "No Trespassing-Violators Will Be Prosecuted" signs posted all along Kanaka Valley road. There are many large secluded (and very expensive) homes off the road, on properties leading to the site. This site is approx. 75 miles West of the Barron Hilton Flying-M Ranch Airfield.

My theory as to why the emergency transmitter did not automatically trigger on impact, is that the plane may not have hit the ground hard enough...probably due to a 'soft landing' in trees or brush. Also, the plane probably did not burn. Steve probably suffered a fatal heart attack, had engine trouble, or simply ran out of fuel.

If the $10,000 reward is still active, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Ramon Tang

I am sure I have found him, right on his flight plan just outside of the search zone.
Coordinates: 37° 55'53.11"N, 118° 36'35.89"W
using google earth. His plane is upside down in water and clearly visible. Brian McDermott

I am sure I have found him, right on his flight plan just outside of the search zone.
Coordinates: 37° 55'53.11"N, 118° 36'35.89"W
using google earth. His plane is upside down in water, but easily seen Brian McDermott

This story remains a real mystery. If, in fact, Fossett's plane crashed and exploded...would there be anything at all left to identify that would link directly to him?
I mean, if he went up in a ball of fire...then that's it, isn't it?
There's nothing left to find. Right?
A Candle In The Window Of The American Mind

Hi... off to the right/below is a Black area  38.532207,- 119.406663

Mike Z.  I checked those coord.'s and what looked like a plane from altitude dissolved at low altitude. Sorry.  John A.: I checked your coords and couldn't find a plane I assume you saw it in an open area.  I checked all the open area around those coords and found several things that sort of looked like a plane but measured out way too small. Sorry.Tom S. 

I have located a site of which is located approx. 5.0 miles Northwest of Powell Canyon green check marker (star), and 21.0 miles Southeast of the Flying M Ranch. The color in this site is red and there is a green object of some sort. I would like someone else to look at the site and see what they think. the loction is  38 23' 47.84" N and 118 41' 08.46" W ....Thanks  

Check out 38.244095,-118.378372  it looks like a plane but it's in plain site.  I can't see how this could have been missed during a search.Kool You can easily measure a persons character by observing how they treat someone who can do nothing for them.

Ok, after finding out he took off from Yerington (I lived near there for 3 years) and looking into the exact size/shape of his plane, I want to add one more location.  This one shows a small aircraft shape that appears to have cleared out a triangle shaped area in the surrounding brush.  Probably nothing but it is much closer to Yerington.  38 52'01.43N 118 55'02.46W    Yes, I am using recent imagery.    JDE

Large shinny object in the shape of a plane @ 38 38'30.96N 118 25'33.09WSmall aircraft shaped object @ 38 32'48.75N 118 23'22.46WTwo possible debris fields 1) 38 30'24.53N 118 22'15.16W                                      2) 38 29'42.88N 118 22'04.12W

To all using GEarth and MTurk:Please understand that if you are not searching for SF in the NEW IMAGERY then you are WASTING YOUR TIME and perhaps the time and resources of others.Go to http://www.violentskies.com/search-for-steve-fossett/index.html to download all the latest new imagery (since 9/3). Click on the Master KMZ file and the complete set of available new images will load into GEarth under Sidebar/Places/Temporary Places. The Master KMZ file contains a great deal of search info. When exiting GEarth, save the download into "My Places".

Hello, well try this one... looked out of place to me...Lat 38.444644Lon 119.476028williamhager

Tom S. here:   I have some questions that I think deserve answers.1. Who is it that reported seeing Steve's plane West of Powell Cyn heading East? 2. Is this person reliable?  It seems that you are disregarding its import.3. Why can the satellite supply images new since 9/3 in that 60 mi. radius and nowhere else to the East? 4. Who determines what satellite images we get? I assume its not a question of money.5. How was the determination made that Steve wasn't looking for sites and was merely on a joyride? Did he discuss his flight with anyone?6. Is this search, including the support of the mturk effort , being run by the Lyon County Sheriff's Dept.?  If not, then who ?I'm sure I have more but answers to these questions would keep me quiet for awhile. Thanks