Posted on 12/26/2024 5:54:14 AM PST by cutty
On Sunday, December 22, a US Navy guided-missile cruiser, the USS Gettysburg, mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea. This was not the first incident of friendly fire by the U.S. Navy, nor the most tragic.
On Sunday morning, July 3, 1988, at the tail end of the Iran-Iraq War, an Aegis cruiser in the Persian Gulf, the USS Vincennes, fired two Standard Missiles at a commercial Iranian Airbus, IR 655. Captain Will Rogers III and his crew had mistaken the ascending passenger jet with 290 people on board for a descending Iranian F-14, a fighter plane.
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All that the media learned about the Vincennes incident, they chose to forget on July 17, 1996. This was the day TWA Flight 800, a 747 bound for Paris out of New York’s JFK airport was blown out of the sky ten miles south of the Hamptons on Long Island.
According to the FBI, three submarines -- the USS Wyoming, the USS Trepang, and the USS Albuquerque -- were in the “immediate vicinity of the crash site.” So too, said the FBI, were an Aegis cruiser and a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion.
The P-3 just happened to be flying about seven thousand feet above TWA 800 when the plane was destroyed, killing all 230 people on board.
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This was either most freakish coincidence in the history of aviation or the proverbial “smoking gun.”
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Many of those engaged in the TWA 800 coverup -- the Clintons, George Stephanopoulos, Leon Panetta, Al Gore, Dick Morris -- are still active in the political arena. As the head of the FBI, Kash Patel will have more immediate priorities, but none more fundamental to understanding the depths of the deep state than the not-so-mysterious destruction of TWA Flight 800.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The Navy cruiser mentioned in the article was the USS NORMANDY. I served aboard several years after this incident and had no idea the ship was at the center of this incident for a period of time. There were folks still onboard who were there during that period. If there was a launch, it was the best kept secret in the Navy.
TWA800 was in fact shot down by a surface to air missile, this is without any doubt,
Wow so much for being able to click on American Thinker articles. All sorts of random shit taking over my phone.
stockpirate wrote: “TWA800 was in fact shot down by a surface to air missile, this is without any doubt,”
Without a doubt this is the biggest conspiracy theory totally lacking in truth in the history of mankind.
“On Sunday, December 22, a US Navy guided-missile cruiser, the USS Gettysburg, mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea. This was not the first incident of friendly fire by the U.S. Navy, nor the most tragic.”
Actually, they almost got a second US plane. Gotta ‘love’ DEI in the military.
My father’s best client lived in East Moriches, Long Island and was walking his dog when it happened. He told us he saw “a missile” launched from the sea. He also reported this to authorities. He was perhaps a mile from the impact.
“The weakness of (Aegis) system was its complexity, especially when managed by people with little experience in high-pressure situations.”
I’ll append the above with “...or DEIs”
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“”On Sunday, December 22, a US Navy guided-missile cruiser, the USS Gettysburg, mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea. This was not the first incident of friendly fire by the U.S. Navy, nor the most tragic””
We’re talking about 4 days ago - 2024? I don’t watch much news but sure missed this!
𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦: “𝘛𝘞𝘈800 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵,”
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.
I’ve worked in the airline industry for a couple of years now, particularly records, and later maintenance programs, and it didn’t occur to me until just reading your reply to another poster that if TWA 800 was brought down by a SAM, then that would mean that the FAA was assisting in the coverup with SFAR 88, and regulations regarding fuel tank safety. Almost a decade later. Across multiple fleets of aircraft. That’s a lot of effort for a coverup.
Fedgov shill
Origin of the user name...
Dugway proving grounds, where he admittedly was stationed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugway_Proving_Ground
Now you know =o)
In the history of mankind?
Our conspiracy de-bunker chimes in right on schedule.
“TWA800 exploded due to a center fuel tank issue. This is without any doubt.
To who? Those that wanted the story to go away?
The USN is engaged in military operations against Russia. Why is that US produced systems or US Missile Command sponsored NATO weapons constantly hit objects such as civilian aircraft, and civilian ships. Between the use of SWIFT shutting down USD trade for sanctioned people, our military engages in efforts of enforcing the trade bans to countries like North Korea who is starving as a result of continued US/ROK regime change efforts, and Russia is the only country that has been sanctioned even longer than NK. Biden’s foreign policy is a disaster and cynically executed or in actuality nonexistant. The Chicago Wing of the DNC has been ineffectual at the global level where lying, stealing, murder, or political warfare against other nation’s is reported unlike in the US. Many of the planes and ships lost or harmed are a result of US activities.
Follow the manifest and the legal activities at the world level, and you see important people or witnesses killed for the sake of protecting the political elites.
You’ve never seen the govt cover up for something? I’ve seen local governments go to unbelievable, almost laughable lengths. What you are calling a conspiracy theory is just standard operating procedure for government workers. They will never, ever admit mistakes and will keep piling on the lies as their default response.
Well, I don’t think we ever made it to the moon.
Now who was on fight 800? .Thats the question.
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