US | Steve Fossett Wreckage Is Fossett's; No Body Found But adventurer's body still nowhere to be seen By Kevin Spak Posted Oct 2, 2008 10:21 AM CDT Copied Madera County Sheriff John Anderson, holds up a photo copy of three pieces of identification belonging to Steve Fossett, found, Sept. 29, 2008 by a hiker in a rugged part of eastern California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Search teams have confirmed that the wreckage helicopters spotted earlier in California’s Inyo National Forest is indeed the plane that Steve Fossett was piloting when he disappeared last year. One searcher said the crash, which looked to have been a head-on crash into a mountain, was "so severe I doubt someone would've walked away from it,” but they’ve yet to find any sign of the billionaire adventurer’s body. Read These Next Russian general gunned down in his own apartment building. Prominent law firm chairman faces up to Epstein revelations. Trump calls out a 'moron' at National Prayer Breakfast. Theater got snarky with its Melania marquee, and Amazon was ticked. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error