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Well, first you make mention of people who investigate the Kennedy assassination. You may have noticed at the bottom of the article I posted today that I have a forthcoming book on the subject. Just to sooth your tortured brow, it SUPPORTS the Warren Commission conclusion.....so you may say, I am FAR from a conspiracy nut.

In any event, below is posted the 18-A information. After you digest it, we may wish to discuss it's importance.

Alterations to NTSB Exhibit 18-A
Section 4.11 Dated 1/24/97 (excerpts)

"The forward sides of the bottles did not display obvious impact marks from contact with the cargo floor structure."

Has been replaced with: "The forward side of the right bottle contained impact marks and fractures roughly corresponding to cargo floor structure." (Exhibit 18-A April 8, 1997)

The following from Exhibit 18-A Dated 1/24/97 has been omitted from Section 4.11 "The lack of damage to the forward sides of the bottles indicates that the front spar rotated less than 10 degrees before the cargo floor structure had begun departing the airplane."

OK, I've looked at your Exhibit 18A exhibit. I'm responding on this thread because it is a little more calm over here. As I have previously said, I only have access to what the NTSB has posted on the web, so I'll take your word on what was in the report dated 1/24/97. Any idea on why there is more than one date for the report? As you have indicated in other threads, it isn't wise to publish parts of an investigation or theory until you are done with it. Has anyone asked the NTSB or anyone in the Sequencing Study about the changes? Obviously, there were a lot more folks than just NTSB agents making up the Sequencing Study. Boeing is very proud of their involvement in the study, and said so in their submission dated April 28, 2000. You'd think they'd object to anything that wasn't accurate given three years to review the study. Instead they say "The Boeing Structures representatives agree that while there may be unexplained aspects with regard to certain observations, “the facts and data on the whole support the sequence documented” in the Sequence Group Report."