The Nevada Triangle

January 14, 2026

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The Nevada Triangle: Where 2,000 People Have Vanished

In October 2008, a hiker named Preston Morrow was trekking near Mammoth Lakes, California, when he spotted something odd on the trail: a wad of hundred-dollar bills. He counted $1,000. Next to them were ID cards belonging to Steve Fawcett. The name sounded familiar. When Preston reported his find to authorities, they told him that Fawcett had vanished without a trace a year earlier — and that his disappearance had sparked the largest air and ground search in American history. Nothing had been found. Until now.

The discovery led searchers back to the area, where they recovered pieces of Fawcett's plane and two large human bones. The bones matched Fawcett's DNA. But the rest of his body was never found. And the wreckage was only 65 miles from where he'd taken off — an area search teams had flown over 20 times.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:06) **The Discovery of Steve Fawcett's Remains** - A hiker finds $1,000 and ID cards belonging to Steve Fawcett, a famous aviator who vanished a year earlier.
2 (01:26) **Introducing the Nevada Triangle** - The location is framed as a metaphysical conundrum where 2,000 people have vanished.
3 (03:56) **Steve Fawcett: The Record-Breaking Aviator** - Background on Fawcett's incredible skill and history of surviving extreme flights.
4 (05:50) **The Disappearance and Massive Search** - Fawcett vanishes on a short flight; the largest air and ground search in US history fails to find him.
5 (07:43) **The Nevada Triangle Defined** - The scale of the mystery is established: 2,000 disappearances in 60 years, dwarfing the Bermuda Triangle.
6 (09:26) **Fawcett's Remains Found, But Questions Remain** - A year later, a hiker finds Fawcett's ID and cash, leading to the discovery of plane parts and bones.
7 (11:27) **A History of Unexplained Disappearances** - A catalog of other Nevada Triangle cases, including the 1969 Gamblers Special flight and Lieutenant David Steves.

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Show Notes

25,000 square miles. 2000 missing people and planes. Failures from the largest search and rescue missions in history. The arid region between Las Vegas, Reno, and Fresno sees roughly 3 disappearances a month. It’s called The Nevada Triangle, and Bermuda’s got nothing on this.

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