Posted on 07/09/2025 4:16:16 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A Pair of Lawsuits Promise to Expose the Truth Behind the July 1996 Disaster.
On July 17, 1996, TWA 800, a Paris-bound 747, blew up ten miles off Long Island’s south shore, killing all 230 souls on board. In the days leading up to the anniversary, I will share some fresh insights on this tragedy and the much too successful cover-up that followed.
After 25 years investigating the destruction of TWA Flight 800, I have learned to temper my enthusiasms. That said, I continue to take heart when I see signs of life. Perhaps the most promising development in the case is the progression through the courts of Krick v. Raytheon.
Ronald Krick is the father of Oliver Krick, a 25-year-old student flight engineer killed in the crash. Krick has been joined in the suit by relatives of other deceased passengers and crew. The defendants are the Raytheon Company, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and the United States government.
The Krick suit gained momentum when it absorbed information gleaned from a FOIA suit brought by Tom Stalcup, a no-nonsense physicist who has been pursuing this case since he was a grad student in 1996. To establish his claims Stalcup was granted subpoena power and was able to depose several key witnesses from within the investigation.
Stalcup appeared in the 2001 documentary, Silenced, produced by me and my late partner James Sanders. In 2013 Stalcup and the late Kristina Borjesson, formerly of CBS News, produced the excellent documentary, TWA Flight 800. What follows are extended passages from Krick v. Raytheon.
—On July 17, 1996, a Boeing 747 headed for Paris took off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at around 8:20 p.m. Within twelve minutes of takeoff, the plane exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York. All 230 passengers and crew members perished.
—After the incident, the federal government released a false report contending that the explosion was the result of an electrical fire in the airplane’s center fuel tank.
—Only recently, thanks to the work of physicist, Dr. Thomas Stalcup, through his Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) litigation in Massachusetts federal court, has evidence emerged proving that TWA 800’s explosion was not caused by any defect in the airplane, but instead by an errant United States missile fired at aerial target drones flying nearby.
—The evidence unearthed by Dr. Stalcup establishes that the United States, including its agencies, such as the United States Missile Defense Agency (formerly known as the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization), the United States Department of Defense, and the United States Navy (the “Government Defendants”), acting in concert and working side-by-side with Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation (the “Contractor Defendants”) and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive (collectively the “Defendants”) were testing the Aegis Weapons System and firing SM-2 missiles with live warheads from warship(s) at aerial missile targets off the coast of New York in close proximity to commercial airline flight paths. One such missile struck TWA flight 800, causing it to break apart and crash into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone aboard.
—Newly discovered evidence also shows that these Defendants engaged in a top-down cover-up to prevent the public from learning the truth about TWA 800. Proof of this cover-up, and of Defendants’ underlying culpability for the crash, was only recently unearthed by Dr. Stalcup after more than a decade of FOIA litigation against the Government Defendants.....SNIP
They can’t even explain where billions of missing money went... So please do not try to tell me they are right on top of everything... :)
“There is nobody on deck when they are launching missiles. “
Interesting that none were suspicious that a plane “was shot down” when they were all below decks for a missile launch ...
“Where do you get this “tow guy” is too stupid”
I never made that reference.
I was referring to you frequently referring to “friends” that told you this and that. It goes way back with you.
Locking down information is what the FBI has always done. The Las Vegas concert shooting being another example of what they do. I never believed the BS story put out by the FBI. Kallstrom was in the middle of the coverup. CIA is rotten and needs to be disbanded.
“I never made that reference.”
Yes you did. “How could a tow have friends like that. I was referring to you frequently referring to “friends” that told you this and that. It goes way back with you.”
Well now you know... I am not just “tow”... In fact I created a think tank that hashed out everything that is happening right now years ago. We have been way ahead of it already. Only a select few have been invited from here because most just would not comprehend the level of deep philosophical and technical conversation there.
I once thought about inviting you because I think you are extremely intelligent. But decided against it because you are just too confrontational. We try to stay productive and actually solve problems, confrontation is counter productive... We just do not have the “class Clowns” and confrontational thread killers there...
Class Clowns and thread killers destroy all productivity and continuity of discussion.
“Yes you did. “
I never referred to your intelligence or your being stupid.
Stop.
What cover-up? We have videos.
“Yes you did. “How could a tow have friends like that. “
Not very nice to quote me saying sipomething I never said.
“But decided against it because you are just too confrontational. “
Sorry if facts interfere with your investigations.
You assumed a tow guy could never have friends like that... Once again, you assumed I am just a tow guy. Trust me, I am much more than that and have my circles... Many of them actively in government intelligence now. This is why I am pretty good at hitting on keywords and propaganda coming from the government operatives here... I once did that myself for awhile. I know the game...
“Proof of testing with live warheads happens pretty much daily.”
Six years in the navy and only one proof of testing with a live warhead. And everybody aboard knew about it.
I just shortened what you said...
“Interesting that a tow truck have so many friends in different branches that are sworn to secrecy but let you in on details.”
“Filled with nitrogen.”
Not till AFTER TWA 800 disaster.
“They interrupted my TV show when it happened and ran a feed of the radar track coming up from the ground and hitting TWA800. “
They didn’t have the radar tracks available that night.
Baloney. That would’ve been the talk of the ship.
Openurmind wrote: “They can’t even explain where billions of missing money went... So please do not try to tell me they are right on top of everything... :)”
Nothing like trying to change the subject.
After over forty years in the management of missile systems, I can assure you that DoD knows exactly how many were produced, how many were expended, and where the rest of the missiles are. Missiles are serial numbered. There are a number of personnel whose job it is to keep track of them.
IRCC, there was an audit of all SM-2 missiles after this happened. No missiles were unaccounted for. BTW, there is a requirement for all missiles to be signed for by an officer who is financially liable if any are missing.
“I just shortened what you said...”
You misconstrued it and said I referred to you as too stupid which I never did.
Part of the problem is they don’t specify anything about the supposed missile i.e. SM-2 (RIM-66) there’s lots of variants including extended range capabilities and various warheads and that weapon has been out for years.
Rough range up to about 90nm and max altitude was around 74k feet. I don’t know anything about the latest variants.
Every conspiracy has nine lives.
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