I remember at the time around a hundred or a few hundred said they saw a missile trail leading to the plane when it exploded.
I worked with a guy - this was back in ‘97 - and his sister was on the coast of LI and absolutely saw a light going up to the plane, then the explosion.
“I remember at the time around a hundred or a few hundred said they saw a missile trail leading to the plane when it exploded.”
And I remember watching Peter Jennings interview some witnesses on the ground — his network had brokekn in live. Two of the witnesses said they had seen “flares” go up. So I’m thinking, it was a missile, it was a missile; a puzzled look camoe over Jennings face and he moved away from the topic. The amazement on my part was how instinctively Jennings quickly moved away from the topic. He just dropped it.
I remember, too. A lot of witnesses came forward. They were told they didn’t see what they all saw. Nobody at the time believed the center fuel tank problem after decades of 747 service on hundreds of aircraft. (These days, with Boeing’s problems, you could believe it even if untrue.) Some speculated that Islamic terrorists may have bought it down with a MANPAD-type system.
There were also radar tracks showing a missile, which the *BILL CLINTON* ordered coverup immediately grabbed up and they were no longer seen.
Within a couple of hours of the event, I was told we will hear that our own Navy shot this plane down. Then we went into a lengthy conversation regarding Madems, Statems, and Tatems!
I remember seeing a video of the missile trailing and hitting the aircraft, but that video quickly disappeared. Just like the videos of Muslims dancing with joy as the twin towers collapsed.
I was there. In Norwalk Connecticut. A light “something” went up to that plane before I saw a fireball.
With 100% of myself, that plane was shot down but unless I didn’t understand the trajectory the “missile” was much slower than an aegis.