So what did all those people see?
Are they all lying?
No. They are all telling the truth. It is folks who report that these people say they saw a missile fly up and impact TWA 800 that are lying. It is a lie made to support an otherwise unsupportable theory. It is a lie that is told over and over again with the hope that it will eventually become "truth". But the truth is on the record, and the record is a collection of signed statements by witnesses who do NOT say they saw a missile fly up and hit an airplane.