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Some time ago, you posted an article concerning "pellets" that could be considered a missile signature that were found in the wreckage of Flight 800. You concluded, it is possible to thus identify the type of Missile, and I would presume therefore, the country of manufacture. Are you at liberty to share what knowlege you may have on this topic.

Inquiring Freepers would like to know. (At least this one) If you can"t that's fine too.

Some time ago, you posted an article concerning "pellets" that could be considered a missile signature that were found in the wreckage of Flight 800. You concluded, it is possible to thus identify the type of Missile, and I would presume therefore, the country of manufacture. Are you at liberty to share what knowlege you may have on this topic.

I believe that article was posted by John Fiorentino, not me. However, to ascertain the provenance of those "pellets" would require the re-opening of the TWA-800 investigation. The independent investigators do not have possession of the "pellets"... just the reports. Like much of the other evidence from TWA-800 that raises questions of foul-play, it has been swept under the official rug.

There was a published study of these pellets removed from the bodies of victims.

From the description, they are fairly exotic ceramic balls: translucent orange ceramic material containing aluminum and titanium. These kinds of materials are extraodinarily tough and hard. You would only use them in applications where, for example, steel just isn't good enough. Maybe where weight is a concern.

Now it's possible that these were in the sample case of an exotic cermaic materials salesman, and that a bomb or missile warhead exploded near his sample case and turned these things into shrapnel. But more likely they were part of a missile.

Based on other discussions on FR, these are probably not part of the warhead's shrapnel, but, rather, part of the missile's other components.

An interesting speculation was that because these balls are so exotic, they probably did not come from a Soviet (much less North Korean) missile. Which boosts the "friendly fire" theories. On the other hand, governments like Iran, Iraq, etc. could buy European missiles, too.