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Officials Say Nevada Sighting Isn't Fossett

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 10, 2007

RENO, Nev. - Rescue crews searching for famed millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett stumbled upon another false lead Sunday when they discovered what they thought was a downed airplane - but didn't find the missing aviator.

'Once again, you had your hopes raised and dashed, just as we have,' Nevada Civil Air Patrol Maj. Cynthia Ryan told reporters during a news conference.
Rescue crews spotted an object southeast of the private ranch where Fossett was staying when he took off Sept. 3 for what was supposed to be a three-hour flight. They did not say what the sighting was, only that it wasn't Fossett's plane.

At least six times during the search rescue crews have spotted wreckage they thought might be Fossett's only to learn they were from crashes years and sometimes decades ago.

The Associated Press

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