Hiker May Have Found Fossett's Belongings

ID card of long-missing aviator turns up in Calif. mountains

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Oct 1, 2008 2:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – The search for aviator Steve Fossett is on again after a hiker found his ID card near an eastern California lake yesterday, KNBC-TV reports. The identification and other items seemed to have been dropped there, possibly by an animal, the hiker says, adding that he was "way, way, off trail" when he found the belongings linked to the millionaire missing since last September.

Authorities will restart a search for the missing pilot today. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Kim Komenich)

In this Feb. 28, 2005, photo, Steve Fossett walks across a windy runway to the GlobalFlyer at the Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kan. (AP Photo)

A hiker says he found Fossett's ID card and some money in California. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)

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