[MoodyBlu]

Has the possibility of a meteorite been considered and if so any conclusions?

The month before TWA800 came down, I was vacationing in Ocean City, MD and early one evening witnessed several meteorites over the Atlantic Ocean that appeared to be travelling from the south to north.

I can believe a meteorite or a terrorist missile brought the plane down but have a real tough time with those who direct blame at the Navy. No way you could shut up a boat load of sailors if a Navy ship had anything to do with the tragedy.

MoodyBlu

[woollyone]

"First Strike" suggests that the Navy shot two missles, but not in an attempt to bring down 800. Rather, the missles were intended to down a twin engine plane w/o a transponder active, which had been trailed by a p3 Orion due to the suspicious nature of the small plane. When the twin engine began to abruptly close toward flight 800, the navy acted by trying to bring it down. The first missle hit the 47, taking out the #3 engine, forward patrs of the right wing and flew throught eh cabin at row 23, exiting the ceiling of the cabin...and the secong one engaged the twin engine at the precise moment it intercepted the 47, underneath the nose of the 47, tearing the nose of the fuselage off. It is suggested that the twin engine plane was loaded with explosives for just such a mid-flight intercept with a jumbo jet and that investigations showed the desire by moos to procure a small plane for such duty.

FWIW, I have asked a few pilots about this theory and if such twin engine prop planes could intercpt a 47 at 13,000 feet during the 47's climbout and every one of them said yes definitely. Never talked to a pilot who believed the gov't theory...not one.

[walden]

"No way you could shut up a boat load of sailors if a Navy ship had anything to do with the tragedy."

That's always been my thought on the Navy theory as well-- I don't know about officers, but most of the people on the boats are regular people like us and they COULDN'T be silenced.

[thinden]

while you were vacationing at ocean side, how many meteorites did you see coming out of the ocean and climbing to 13,000 feet?

[Hatteras]

"No way you could shut up a boat load of sailors if a Navy ship had anything to do with the tragedy."

I still don't know if I subscribe to that theory yet or not. I would prefer to believe in the terrorism theory but I'm still having trouble imagining a shoulder launched missile hitting a plane at 13,000 feet (I am admittedly naive when it comes to shoulder launch missile ranges).

With that said, there was one sailor that attempted to say something very early on. He didn't want to be identified for fear of retribution but this sailor was the son of Pierre Salinger's "friend" as Mr. Salinger stated on the Larry King Show shortly after the tragedy. Pierre Salinger said that his friend's boy called the next day and said that "we" did it. He was apparently on one of the ships ( if not the ship responsible) in the secret exercise taking place below Flight 800. What happened? Larry was incredulous, everyone treated Mr. Salinger like some sort of whacko and poo-pooed the story and Pierre quickly faded into obscurity.