You raise a valid point, so let me give you a little background. I hadn't thought much about TWA 800 a few years after it happened until I read a thread on this site posted by Micheal Rivero. In it, he claimed TWA 800 was shot down by the US Navy. Based on my experience, that didn't seem logical, so I started looking into the matter. I am a person who doesn't like to read other people's analysis if I can read source data on my own. So I did. Since the NTSB report is the source document in dispute, I read that first. All of it. Then I read information from various "independent research" sites. Time and again, I found them claiming the NTSB report said things it didn't say, or didn't say things that it did. And their information on things that I was an expert on, was typically way off. Five years later, I've heard and seen it all, and the conspiracy evidence just gets weaker and weaker.
I don't automatically assume material from government agencies is true. I really don't. But because of my background, I am a literal expert on much of what is bounced back and forth in conspiracy theories surrounding TWA 800. I have witnessed missile launches of all types from the air and ground. My life depended on knowing their capabilities. I know how they work, why they work and where they work. I've witnessed their effects. And when I read "proof" on conspiracy sites that runs counter to reality, it isn't hard to dismiss their theories.
As a commercial pilot, I have some insight into all the things that can go wrong on large, hardworking, commercial aircraft. I read about "one time" malfunctions all the time. Often times, "one time" means "the first time" as parts get older. On the airplane I currently fly, we have an entire section of our emergency procedures added as a result of data gathered during the TWA 800 incident. And again, when I read information on conspiracy sites that runs counter to reality I am living, it isn't hard to dismiss them
I will fly with you any time.
As a commercial pilot, I have some insight into all the things that can go wrong on large, hardworking, commercial aircraft. I read about "one time" malfunctions all the time. Often times, "one time" means "the first time" as parts get older. On the airplane I currently fly, we have an entire section of our emergency procedures added as a result of data gathered during the TWA 800 incident. And again, when I read information on conspiracy sites that runs counter to reality I am living, it isn't hard to dismiss them"
And yet eyewitnesses (you know, the people who were actually there?....) with your same or similar experience and background as what you claim to have are dismissed as idiots that didn't recognize what they were seeing because they didn't describe the NTSB's theory of what happened? That's what's so great about the internet. You don't even have to have stayed in a Holiday Inn to be an expert. Have a good day Mr. Hall.