Well, I had a look at the page you suggested. It does appear that McClaine spoke to the NTSB in March 1999, which was more than a year after I last talked with him and almost three years after the accident. (As I previously stated, he told me that the only time he was questioned by anyone in an official capacity investigating the accident was a day or two after it occurred.)
Now what about this page? They fail to mention the guy's name! Apparently, the only thing they learned from him in their interview was that he paused for ten seconds before reporting the explosion. And they provide no transcript. That must have been a hell of an investigation. BTW, I believe the statements he made on the night of the accident were to his company. You cannot tell this from the Great Report. But you can tell he waited ten seconds to report the explosion. That really helps to focus on what happened. You make it seem in what you said that they analyzed the statements he made in this NTSB interview, but really the only statements the mentioned (not analyzed) were selected statements he made shortly after the accident.
As for not seeing a missile, McClaine agreed with me that the reason he might not have seen a missile was that if it was there, it would have been launched from below him. You know that forward and down is not a point of great visibility in most airplanes. The missile apparently rose quickly so it would have been visible to him for at most a fraction of a second, during which time he says his attention was focused upon the light "on the plane." He didn't see a missile, it's true; but he didn't deny the possibility.
I notice you avoided all of my questions concerning McClain's ability and position to judge whether any burning part of TWA800 climbed after the plane was stricken. You seem as disinterested in this as the NTSB. (Hmmm.)
ML/NJ
It's a safety investigation. They don't ever publish the names of interviewees.
"As for not seeing a missile, McClaine agreed with me that the reason he might not have seen a missile was that if it was there, it would have been launched from below him."
Think about that for a second. If he could see TWA 800, he could also see anything described as a "streak of light" that hit it. He was 20 miles away and just over 1000 feet above TWA 800. At 20 miles, he could easily see all the way down to the water below TWA 800. And no matter how hard you stare at a point of light 20 miles off your nose, you cannot fail to pick up other moving lights in your peripheral vision. Especially any lights resembling a burning rocket motor.
"I notice you avoided all of my questions concerning McClain's ability and position to judge whether any burning part of TWA800 climbed after the plane was stricken."
Whether or not TWA 800 climbed after the initial event of its destruction is entirely irrelevant. It had no bearing on the outcome of the NTSB investigation. And in my experience, it is nearly impossible to tell at 20 miles out, whether an aircraft is +/- 2000 feet of your altitude, or in the middle of climbing through your altitude. Especially when all you see of that aircraft is its landing light.