Of course to one will ever convince you. If you had the skills to look at these supposed eyewitness statements and the rest of the BS that has come out of this story, BS exactly like this unverified, unsourced, unvalidated, unbelievable piece of garbage rumor, then you would realize you had been taken to the cleaners by the rumor mongers and cheap book selllers.
This post accident BS has being going on for centuries. Internet just makes it easier to find suckers.
Let me ask you something "Mindbender"......If I provide 100% incontrovertible unimpeachable source for this story, what would you say then?
THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE
AFTER ACTION REPORT
THE CRASH OF TWA FLIGHT 800
17 July 1996 OFF THE COAST OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........
(excerpts)
One of the missions the Guard accepted was controlling all flight operations at East Moriches as of 6:00 a.m. Sunday, July 21. Helicopter traffic grew heavier at the small Coast Guard station as the recovery operations at sea expanded. Divers were ferried out to the local-state-federal flotilla at sea and investigators, dignitaries and families were being transported to the Coast Guard station for briefings, etc. The need for tighter control over air operations became evident after it was learned that for the first 2 ½ days, a man claiming to be a U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel bluffed his way onto the Coast Guard site -- wearing a U.S. Army Reserve green flight suit and flashing official-looking identification cards -- directed landings and takeoffs. It was later determined that he was an imposter. On Sunday, the Coast Guard requested, through SEMO, a grader to improve the landing strip. On Monday, July 22, a new asphalt landing strip was constructed by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works with assistance from equipment provided by the DMNA task force.
FULL TEXT HERE
http://www.nysemo.state.ny.us/TWA/SUMMARY.HTM