MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) " Authorities say search teams looking in southern California for any sign of adventurer Steve Fossett have spotted what appears to be wreckage from the air.
Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart would not reveal the exact location of the reported aerial sighting Wednesday night and declined to provide any more information.
Authorities had said searchers were combing a 10-mile radius around the area where a hiker had found what appeared to be items belonging to Fossett this week.
The hiker says he found three identification cards with Fossett's name and about $1,000 in cash Monday tangled in a bush just west of the town of Mammoth Lakes. He turned them into police Wednesday.
Federal Aviation Administration officials say they are trying to determine whether the ID cards are authentic. Fossett vanished on a solo flight more than a year ago.