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 Mike Larson, right, and Kelly Stephenson believe they are closing in on the site where missing adventurer Steve Fossett's plane crashed. (Courtesy photo) [Click to enlarge] |
"I was recently in an article in the McCook Gazette regarding the Steve Fossett search, as I and a colleague named Kelly Stephenson from Garden City, Kan., have formed a private team (GEOSEARCH) for the endeavour. I conducted a private interview at National Public Radio station affiliate, Capital Public Radio, in Sacramento, Calif., on 7/31/08. The interview was during a program called 'Insight,' and there is much good information that will update you with our search efforts. The link to the podcast is listed below.
"Our team is professional and was formally organized over 6 months ago. We are now very close to the site of the crash (within a 15-square-mile area), which is unique to any other team at this time.
"Our latest information has enabled us to re-trace the last several minutes of Fossett's flight. Our prediction has been evaluated and is now supported by officials from the NTSB.
"During our search process, we have compiled, evaluated, condensed and applied an enormous amount of technical and geo-spacial data, electronic and conventional mapping, personal testimony, eye-witness accounts, etc. The information was compiled and obtained from both the Fossett/Hilton private search team, the Civil Authority search team, eye-witnesses, Fallon Naval Air Station, and the Internet.
"We have, since January, narrowed our ground search area from originally a 1,500 square mile area to now a concentrated area of about 15-square miles.
"This area is located southwest of Hawthorne, Nev., but we are not willing to disclose the exact location of this 15 square-mile at this time due to personal and liability issues.
"We have also traced and mapped the last minutes of the Fossett flight based on new information that confirms the known position, direction, altitude and behavior of the plane.
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"My mother, Patricia, who also lives in McCook, tells me that there is a lot of interest locally about our particular search team, being that I am from McCook and have known many people there over the years.
"I still frequently visit friends and relatives in McCook. Please publish the below link to the podcast in one of your next editions for the benefit of the public, for the record, for whomever may be interested in getting the facts regarding progress of our search endeavor via live interview.
"I perform land surveying, civil engineering, operation and maintenance and emergency management for seven large federal dams out of the Carson City office, in northern Nevada for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. I started my 31 year career with the Bureau in McCook, in November 1976.
"This live interview conducted on July 31, 2008, is available via POD cast at http://www.capradio.org.\"
-- Fossett was a friend of McCook balloonist John Kugler and visited McCook for balloon rallies.
Knowing the Nevada desert somewhat better than most Nebraskans, Larson's approach certainly appears to be as well founded and methodical as possible.
And No, I do NOT know Mr. Larson, doubt if I have ever seen him, certainly not to be introduced.
But using computer power to gather and process all the information available from every source, with professional skills applied, would seem somewhat better than wearing a black hood and attempting to put a tail on the donkey.
The high Nevada Desert is a region pockmarked with prospectors' "glory holes", laced with deep, overgrown ravines, with endless slopes where Fossett's light plane could have nosed in, leaving no visible trace for aerial search, satellite imagery or even ground searchers walking within ten feet or less.
Wealthy adventurers who live on the edge of disaster for the adrenalin rush will run into problems. It is a mathematic certainty.
Despite the best equipment, experience, training and deep pockets, the man rolled the dice one time too many.
Oh I think your hypothesis is quite a bit goofier without much logic or common sense, most people who read these posts will see that
My personal theory is that Mr. Fossett didn't crash at all. Rather he was hired by the federal government (the men in black suits with dark glasses) and after parachuting from his plane, he was whisked off to Groom Lake (Area 51) in Nevada, where he is working on perfecting the design of a new aircraft using the technology found in the crashlanded UFO that was discovered in the 1960's.
I also theorize that he is being assisted by the 2nd generation of surviving extra-terrestrials that were the original crew of that spacecraft, and once his mission on this project is complete, he will return to society as a member of the witness protection program and will live under a new name and identity.
(never mind...I have no idea where he is...but my idea isn't any goofier that the previous post!)
I think there is the lack of open thought in analyzing this case of steve fossett and his disappearance and subsequent death but understandable in the heat of it all
from my perspective it could be the intel that was faulty, and without proper intel they search the wrong area, and may have been doing this ever since.
In all due respect I doubt Steve Fosseet is in that area ,it has been searched and searched and searched, and all the searching was based on certain data that everyone thinks is correct, ie the sightings etc,
my theory is the intel is incorrect and they have been searching totally in the wrong area for Steve
its the intell that needs to be verifed and verified again, because if there is any error there ( and i believe there is) then the proper search area is in error as well.
maybe thats why they havn't found Steve Fossett,
and this could be a good possibility
just applying a little psychology and paying attention to detail might have sent the search in a total opposite direction and maybe then Steve could have been found
this is not difficult at all to figure out for a different track and general search location, and a general area where steve may have crashed other than south of the flying M
whats not being looked at properly here is who steve fossett was and his capabilities and his way of thinking....that eleminates a lot of foolish hypothesis' presented that we see on the net . there is no evidence of a bad heart, that he went out for a joy ride, there is no evidence of lovers past or present,there is no reason to believe a man who loves the adrenalin rush of challenge would fake his own death,
( that would terminate what he loves to do),
no evidence of financial problems rather quite the opposite,
Steve was a mission oriented person, not a joy rider