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To: sauropod
sourpod says my authorities misrepresent physics.

THAT'S the first time EVER someone has made that statement my direction.

Here's part of one of the works he couldn't accept by a man who initially fostered a missile as the source for TWA800's crash:

Debunking the Waco FLIR

(c) 2001 Ian Williams Goddard

The 51-day standoff in Waco, Texas between members of the Branch Davidian sect and federal agents ended tragically when the Mount Carmel Center burned to the ground, leaving over 70 of its inhabitants dead. Before and during the fire an aircraft circled overhead with a heat detecting FLIR (forward-looking infrared) video camera. The documentaries Waco: the Rules of Engagement [1] and Waco: A New Revelation [2] produced by Michael McNulty popularized the claim that the FLIR recorded gunshots being fired into Mt Carmel before and during the fire.

What is the evidence of gunfire on the Waco FLIR video?

Bright flashes that appear on the ground and on the roof of Mt Carmel. However, when the Waco FLIR was run through the VIPER, a computer program that detects gunshots on FLIR, [3,4] no gunshots were found because the flashes are not like gunshots. [5] Additionally, expert analyses have shown that Waco flashes are thermal reflections on visible reflective debris. [6-8] These scientific analyses have not deterred proponents who continue to promote the claim that the flashes are gunfire.

There is MORE including some math, technical figures (e.g. the length of 'duration' of a plume from a rifle shot) and animated examples PLUS video excerpts at Ian's web page devoted to this analysis:

http://iangoddard.net/waco.htm

66 posted on 04/18/2003 6:32:25 PM PDT by _Jim (w)
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To: _Jim
Quite frankly, your supposition and your posts are male bovine fecal effluvia.

I own WTROE and WANR. WANR clearly shows infrared shots from weapons from the Gubbermint sources that are in no way "solar reflections."

Also, Underpants Jim, so you know, I hold both a BSME and a MSME. This is not a moron you are talking to. Plus, i have had quite a bit of experience analyzing 1st Gen FLIR footage through a DTV.

69 posted on 04/18/2003 8:12:41 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the Nazgul. Beware the Uruk-Hai...)
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