Carter Roy

Steve's might still be considered a traitor if it weren't for some Boy Scouts in 1977.

They found his cockpit while hiking around Kings Canyon.

Now, that's just the cockpit.

As for the rest of the plane?

We couldn't find any reports that it was ever found or identified.

One more while we're at it, even stranger than the last.

In 1941, Lieutenant Leonard C. Lydon was flying over the Nevada Triangle.

A malfunction compelled him to parachute out of his aircraft.

As he soared down to safety, he watched his plane go down into Kings Canyon National Park.

He knew where it landed.

But when he or officials went to that spot to retrieve the plane, it was gone.

never to be seen again.

So these aircraft either disappeared for years, like Steve Fawcett's plane, or they vanished for good.

Now, sure, maybe animals could have dragged Fawcett's remains around the Nevada Triangle, but they probably wouldn't do that with crashed planes.

They can't exactly eat metal.

So where do all of these disappeared planes go?

Why do some suddenly appear even after thorough and professional searches deem them lost?

Some believe it's because smaller aircraft can't handle the area's high winds.

extremely high winds, up to 400 miles per hour.

One professor at the Desert Research Institute has said, quote, trying to fly over the Nevada Triangle in a small plane is like trying to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.