[ladyjane]

There was an explosion, described to me as what sounded like a car bomb. It took place right after the plane went into the Pentagon. Someone who lives there told me about it. There was also an explosion near the Supreme Court building I'm told.

[Calpernia]

I wonder why those explosions you mentioned weren't reported? If you see an article somewhere, please share the link.

[texasbluebell]

There was an explosion, described to me as what sounded like a car bomb. It took place right after the plane went into the Pentagon. Someone who lives there told me about it. There was also an explosion near the Supreme Court building I'm told.

I remember this very well. There was a news report about the fire/whatever but then in the crush of things, I never heard anymore about it. I can still in my mind see the ticker on Foxnews about this. But it just disappeared soon after.

[angkor]

There was a large explosion about 20 minutes after the plane hit the Pentagon. I know, I heard it and felt it. It shook the plate glass windows of the store I was just preparing to enter, about 3 miles from the Pentagon.

A friend who's an EMT later said it was a LP gas tank exploding at the Pentagon.

There were also realtime reports of a car bomb at the State Dept., which turned out not to be true.

I took a drive around downtown DC that same evening, including right through the Mall via 14th Street, and there was no other apparent damage other than the Pentagon.

[relee]

From TIME

Senior law enforcement officials say car bomb explodes outside of State Department in Washington, D.C. Federal protective services later denies car bomb attack occurred...

And the POST

...The core of the nation's capital was plunged this morning into a state of fear and confusion, with rumors of explosions all over town and thousands of people trapped in gridlocked traffic. People scanned the skies for incoming terrorist planes. There were reports – sources unknown – of bombs and smoke all around the federal city.

They came one after another: A car bomb at the State Department. A bomb at the Capitol. A bomb at the Old Executive Office Building. The USA Today building in Rosslyn was supposedly enveloped in smoke. Reported as fact on radio and television, the rumors were untrue...