Posted on 04/16/2015 10:55:24 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Was TWA Flight 800 shot out of the sky?
As a former pilot, that is a question I get asked about all the time.
Im no conspiracy theorist, but lets be clear: Yes. I say it was. And I believe the FBI covered it up.
LOOK BACK: REPORTING THE CRASH OF TWA FLIGHT 800 ON JULY 17, 1996
There are many reasons to disbelieve the official explanation of what happened to TWA 800 almost 19 years ago, on July 17, 1996, off the South Shore of Long Island. Theres hardly an airline pilot among the hundreds I know who buys the official explanation that it was a fuel-tank explosion offered by the National Transportation Safety Board some four years later.
Lots can go wrong with an airplane. Engines can fail; they can catch fire. Devices can malfunction. Pilots make errors.
But jets do not explode in midair.
If they do, its usually because theyve been shot down or bombed. Theres little to suggest that there was a bomb onboard, but there is ample evidence that a missile of some sort detonated in the air very close to the plane and brought it down.
A former colleague, who will remain unnamed because he was not authorized to speak publicly about this, served as one of the lead investigators representing the interests of the TWA pilots, and I talked to him at length about the investigation after it was completed.
I have also spoken with another former TWA employee, who has knowledge of what went on in the aftermath of the crash.
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I don’t pretend to know what happened, but I do know that the government’s pat explanation - complete with silly, primitive animation - had no connection to reality.
I’m far from a CT’er....but I always thought that....they have belly landed 747’s, and there were plenty of credible witnesses.
Just find out which Clinton crony was on board TWA 800, and you’ll have your answer.
That is why the 1911 hijackers used multiple planes. Too hard to cover all that up.
And now this comes up?
I think the long knives are out for Clinton. It’s just a matter of time.
Why does the fact that he flew some Obama campaign charters in 2008 make him an expert?
That plane was shot down. End of discussion.
At least Kallstrom didn't get a cush job at a big business as a payoff.
The first big government coverup (of many) to protect muslims.
...if your talking about the Col. in the flight suit the (night of) during the press conference....he was a Viet Vet who flew C-130's and said he "knew what ground to air missiles looked like"....we never saw him again after either...he must have gotten the word
Multiple people reported seeing a missile streak up to the jet but ALL of their testimonies were ignored in favor of the lie about the fuel tank explosion.
I followed it pretty closely at the time. I remember even the preliminary news reports and interviews. There is no doubt in my mind that it was shot down. The only question is, who did it.
I’m a conspiracy theorist on 2.5 events. The .5 is the JFK assasination. The other 2 are Flight 800 and Sandy Hook.
I don’t particularly take eye witness comments into account, but many people saw something fly up and impact TWA800. They say it from different vantage points, and they all agreed it went right to TWA800.
Sorry, they can’t all be fringe nuts.
This wasn’t even a competent cover up. This was the Keystone cops drunk on their ass doing a cover-up.
I have heard pilots refer to the "fuel tank explosion" as a sardonic joke.
for later
That is why the 1911 hijackers used multiple planes. Too hard to cover all that up.
And the first plane too. :-D
I happened to catch Peter Jennings break in with coverage after it just happened and little was known. Two eyewitnesses were interviewed briefly and they both stated they saw a “flare” go up toward the plane. I immediately realized they were describing a missile. Then something happened that I will never forget: Peter Jennings’ quizzical expression and his IMMEDIATE decision to NOT connect the dots, even with speculation. He had been trained well.
I think (correct me if I’m wrong) that TWA 800 came along just before Jim Robinson decided to start up an interesting little website called FreeRepublic.com
If so, it seems likely that TWA would have seen a lot of FR print. I’m hoping someone remembers. What I remember is that the Clinton Whitewater Usenet group or something related was all over this story like a wet towel. But the story might have been what first brought me to FR. Maybe, maybe not.
In any case this story is correct. TWA800 was shot down. It was obvious right from the start. Clinton used the FBI to lie to the American people and cover up what really happened. Mostly likely a Navy Submarine (by mistake of course), possibly a terrorist attack.
Just like Ron Brown's plane "crashed" just before he was to testify in the Whitewater case and Vince Foster somehow managed to shoot himself in the brain, but walk to the place where his body was found.
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