> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Russell Chapman > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:47 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980 > > Horn, John wrote: > > >Maybe. But it definitely illustrates that if you want to keep a > >"conspiracy" like this secret, you need to keep the number of people who > >know about it to a very, very few. Not the thousands or hundreds of > >thousands needed for something like 9/11. Or the downing of TWA flight > >800. Or even UFOs at Roswell. Now, a handful of CIA officers who > >wanted to take out JFK, that would be a different story (not that I > >believe that particular conspiracy anymore). > > > > > I agree with what you're saying, but I'm curious about why you would > include TWA800 in the list. It is the one "attack" (if it was) on the US > in recent times that
> (b) where very little meaningful evidence has been recovered. This is a popular myth, but I've seen the reconstructed plane on TV reports a number of years ago and it looked rather substantial. An analysis is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800 <quote> Eventually, more than 95% of the airplane wreckage was recovered.[6] As the wreckage recovery progressed, three main debris fields emerged. The yellow zone, red zone, and green zone contained wreckage from front, center and rear sections of the airplane, respectively.[6] The green zone with the aft portion of the aircraft was located the furthest along the flight path.[6].............. Factors such as witness reports of a streak of light and then a fireball, as well radar data recorded by a radar site at Islip, New York,[6] led the NTSB to consider the possibility that a bomb exploded inside the airplane or that a shoulder-launched missile exploded upon impact with the airplane.[6] Testing conducted by the FBI found trace amounts of explosives on three seperate pieces (described as a piece of canvaslike material and two pieces of a floor panel).[6] However no damage characteristics typically associated with a high-energy explosion of a bomb of missile warhead (such as severe pitting, cratering, petalling, or hot gas washing) were found on the recovered wreckage, including the pieces which tested positive for explosives.[6] Of the 5 percent of the fuselage that was not recovered, none of the missing areas was large enough to have encompassed all the damage that would have been caused by the detonation of a bomb or missile.[6] In addition, none of the victim's remains showed evidence of injuries that could have been caused by high-energy explosives.[6] <end quote> So, there was really a fair amount of data to base the conclusion on. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
