Actually, I am intrigued by all your questions about the sounds the witnesses heard because I think these are probably additional evidence that the government's story is BS. The fact that you "agree" that their recollections point to a prior event is somewhat surprising to me.
I'll admit that I haven't properly considered the reports from the "witnesses" about the sounds that they say they heard, and reviewing what I have reviewed in the past couple of days indicates that others haven't either. The interesting thing about sound is that there should be some correlation between the distance the observer was from the fireball and their reportage of the sequence of these sounds. If there is, then this would be additional conformation, that the witnesses are really accurately describing an event that occurred before the visible fireball. I hope to be able to review this in the week to come and report upon what I find.
ML/NJ
The only questions I've asked are in an effort to figure out which witness you are talking about. Not much of a grand conspiracy there. It's really just a simple question. Which witness(es) are you talking about?
"The fact that you "agree" that their recollections point to a prior event is somewhat surprising to me."
It would probably be even more surprising for you to know the CIA agrees with us as well. As does the NTSB, and NASA, who did a very detailed investigation into the whole noise thing. Just a warning...it's pretty dry reading.
NASA REPORT: “AUDIBILITY OF THE CENTER FUEL TANK EXPLOSION OF TWA FLIGHT 800”
"reviewing what I have reviewed in the past couple of days indicates that others haven't either."
It was one of the first things the CIA considered. And then there's that little NASA study....
"this would be additional conformation, that the witnesses are really accurately describing an event that occurred before the visible fireball."
Then you agree with the NTSB. The fireball was secondary to the initial explosion that tore the nose of TWA 800 off. According to NASA's studies, the initial explosion was easily loud enough to be heard on the ground despite not creating a visible fireball.