the search continues for months. still no sign of steve fossett or his plane. that is until a hiker finds some of fossett's personal belongings. it is now october of 2008. more than a year after he disappeared. >> i came across the i.d. card and other cards. and the -- and $100 bills in the dirt and pine needles and stuff. i went, wow. we put it all together. it is that fossett guy. >> reporter: turns out these items are discovered in the heart of the original search area, the mountains. search teams quickly change their focus once again. >> just about time that we were going to call off the search, the aircraft from yosemite national park spotted what they thought was wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossett's plane along the original radar track. the very spot in play before authorities shifted their