Have your Navy buddies commented of the hosing down of the recovered aircraft parts with firehoses prior to unloading upon the Navy ships? This was documented by news footage.
The FBI's triangulation of the witness' sightings has me favoring a shoot-down.
yes, my buddies did mention that they had to hose down the parts with fresh water to keep the metal from corroding. alluminum does corrode (exfoliation), but it takes forever to start. It was my buddy who helped bring the black boxes home. He said that they found them several days prior to the news report, but were not allowed to bring them up until told to do it.
And I've said here on FR many times that IF TWA Flight 800 was shot down, it didn't involve terrorists . . . it was an accidental shoot-down by a naval vessel.