One other small problem with the missle/no plane theory. Several thousand people on 395 and the adjacent roads witnessed the plane hit the building. I have personally spoken with one eye-witness who will NEVER forget the site of a plane moving at that speed and height.
A friend of mine saw the plane head for the Pentagon from her office, but did not see impact. It was way low for it to make Reagan, she said...
I agree, although not having spoken to eyewitnesses as you have. It burns me up that this stupid urban legend continues to make rounds when the facts are there and have been there, rebutting it over and over and over and over.
There's definitely not a conspiracy theory here in Virgnia. We know the Pentagon was hit by American Airlines Flight 77 because a lot of the passengers on it lived in the area.
The conspiracy theories on the Pentagon attack seemed to have started as a way for the kool aid drinkers to blame Israel for the attacks. They once even tried to claim it was a dressed up El Al aircraft, among other things.
Thanks for posting that. I echo your thoughts.