Tuesday, September 11, 2007


The circled object is approximately the size of Steve's plane

Help find Steve Fossett

On Monday, September 3, Steve Fossett, the first person to fly a plane around the world without refueling and the first person to fly around the world in a balloon went missing in Nevada. An airplane he was flying failed to return. No one has any idea where he is. The search area is 17,500 square miles of mountain terrain that is a barren and rugged wilderness that has swallowed at least 150 light aircraft in the past five decades. Amazon Mechanical Turk has set up a website where you and others can help search for him. You're shown satellite images and you flag any which contain objects that may resemble an airplane or airplane parts. Multiple people will cover the same area several times over and marked images will be sent to a team of specialists. You need to have Google Earth installed and complete a short registration process to participate.

Help find Steve Fosset