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There is no match by lookdown silouhette, with any commercial jet or business class jet or military transport jet.

There are no shadows beneath the "wings."

The leading edge of the root of the "vertical stabilizer" is ahead of the "wingtips" and starts (from "nose" to "tail") at the aft, trailing root of the "wings" --- there is no such aircraft shape in the inventories.

To the "southeast" of the "jet," there is a collection of similarly-colored material, probably a pile of rocks associated with the "structure."

However, not in these photos, maybe a "parked 707" could be found at the Salman Pak [east] airfield.

Boeing 707

Pictures of the Boeing 707

Boeing 727

I think we have a match and I don’t know how looking at these pictures could lead you to say there was no match unless you weren’t looking or saw what you wanted to see rather than what was in front of you.

Shadows? Look at the picture of the 727 I posted for you. No shadow under the wings even though you are looking from a slanted angle. In the picture in question - your looking at a satellite picture - straight down. I can’t believe you tried to raise the objection.

The position of the wing on the fuselage better fits an aft-engined aircraft.

I don’t know why you claimed there was a southeast structure and that was somehow supposed to prove this wasn’t an aircraft used for practicing hijacking.

Clearly we see the fuselage of an aircraft at an Iraqi terrorist training camp where a defector made clear it was used in part to train hijackers.

There is no match by lookdown silouhette, with any commercial jet or business class jet or military transport jet.

There aren't enough pixels to tell one way or the other, and the scale isn't clear, but I can think of at least a half-dozen of that configuration: DC-9, Caravelle, B-727, Trident, and several different bizjets, although it looks too big for the latter. Looks to me most like a DeHavilland Trident or a Boeing 727.

There are no shadows beneath the "wings."

Sure there are, you just can't see them because the wings are blocking them. Sun angle, old chap.

The leading edge of the root of the "vertical stabilizer" is ahead of the "wingtips" and starts (from "nose" to "tail") at the aft, trailing root of the "wings" --- there is no such aircraft shape in the inventories.

The tail-mounted center engine on the Trident or 727 extends forward of the vertical stab, and looks just like this, at least within the resolution of the picture.

To the "southeast" of the "jet," there is a collection of similarly-colored material, probably a pile of rocks associated with the "structure."

So there's a pile of rocks, so what? Actually, though, if you enlarge the image, that structure looks like two small delta wings with a center body, which could well the the detached horizontal stabilizer of the jet, it's about the right size and, as you point out, similarly-colored.

There is no match by lookdown silouhette, with any commercial jet or business class jet or military transport jet.

Its a partial aircraft

There are no shadows beneath the "wings."

It has no landing gear

The leading edge of the root of the "vertical stabilizer" is ahead of the "wingtips" and starts (from "nose" to "tail") at the aft, trailing root of the "wings" --- there is no such aircraft shape in the inventories.

It is a partial aircraft

To the "southeast" of the "jet," there is a collection of similarly-colored material, probably a pile of rocks associated with the "structure."

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