This is very interesting... and perhaps a little crazy. FreedomUnderground.org published an article and video titled, The Pentagon : What really happened?. I've got the flash video hosted here in case they move the page, so feel free to check out this conspiracy theory questioning if American Airlines Flight 77 really did impact The Pentagon on 911 :
pentagon conspiracy video (approx 3.1MB)
It's a load of crap - in my opinion. They have quotes of a couple of people saying, "it sounded like a missile!" - did they bother to ask how these people know what a missile sounds like? There are hundreds of eye witnesses completely ignored by this farce because the producers cherry-picked the people who didn't actually see it, although allegedly heard it and saw the result, and since they didn't see a plane sticking out of the Pentagon like some kid's drawing, they assume there was no plane.
Just to help clarify that last point, here's some proof for you of what happens when a plane crashes into a reinforced concrete wall at 800km/h (and the walls of the Pentagon were most certainly reinforced) :
plane versus wall (approx 1.4MB) - click the play icon in the middle of the screen once it's loaded.
The entire plane is utterly pulverized into dust - there are no pieces left bigger than a few inches, let alone anything that looks even remotely like part of a plane. Of course this doesn't fit the agenda of the conspiracy theorists, so they'll just deny it and accuse anyone of bringing it up as part of the conspiracy. LOL. The vid comes from youtube if you have problems viewing it here.
John Hoke | September 13, 2004 10:01 AM | Reply
I think the missine airliner is parked on the grassy knoll ;)
The flic is certainly well done, and has some interesting points, but if they are right, where the fuck is flight 77?
It is a bit hard to hide an airliner no?
Not that I don't enjoy a good conspiracy theory tho :)
wendel | September 13, 2004 9:18 PM | Reply
maybe because it was full of jet fuel and blew up? I've seen pictures of the debris though, and I am nearly positive a plane hit the Pentagon.
Chris | September 26, 2004 12:49 AM | Reply
This is all bullshit. Plenty of people in my office watched the damn thing fly over the Navy Annex, clip a lamp post and careen into the western wing of the Pentagon. This is one conspiracy that's just too wrong to be even close to believable.
Nereus | September 26, 2004 12:51 AM | Reply
I agree with you, but they did a pretty good job at convincing the uninformed.
Nereus | September 26, 2004 12:53 AM | Reply
err.. amend that to 'uninformed and totally gullible' ...which, come to think of it, covers a pretty significant percentage of the US population it would seem, hehe.
Chris | September 26, 2004 12:57 AM | Reply
That's not to say that their presentation wasn't superb. If I didn't know of people first-hand who saw it I'd be more skeptical. I'd never seen those punch-through images. Interesting stuff, but probably not much behind it. The FBI should realease all their crap. Maybe I'll FOIA it.