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A turning back could have been the hard turn that someone observed. TWA800 was instructed to climb to 15,000 feet and the drone mission folks may have felt that the 13,700 foot elevation would have been clear of other traffic when the drone was launched. But, another confirmation comes up in that I was informed that the target was launched early. This now fits if a drone was launched before the air space was cleared. All this time, I was assuming that the sled was turned on early but now it may be inferred that the drone was launched early. There is much to this theory that needs to be checked out. My prior theory had too many objections that are now obsolete if a drone was launched early. See, Elmer, not taking the time to use logic before sounding off doesn't help our discussion, does it? You could have come to the same conclusion if you had your head rather than your fingers engaged. Have a nice holiday anyway you older old fart. This is getting closer to the real story isn't it? Is this what upsets you? Lawsuits against the military don't yield much for the litigants. Do me a favor and look up the quote since you record all posts.

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Addendum: I may have the climb instruction to TWA800 partially wrong. It was originally told to climb to 19,000 feet (FL190) but this was rescinded. When told to climb later on it may have been told to climb and report when passing 15,000 feet which could have been the trigger event for the anti-terrorism test to begin. My memory is not totally clear as to whether or not TWA800 was told the second time to go to an implied 19,000 or 15,000 feet. But the net effect was that it was not yet at 15,000 feet since the target vehicle was deployed early.