TWA Flt 800

[wms]

If you don't think a bunch of young military kids can keep a secret then you've never heard of tonopah, the skunk works, white sands etc. if they were debriefed and told the operation was classified and fear was put into them, they're not talking.

 

[Oh-ryan]

If you don't think a bunch of young military kids can keep a secret then you've never heard of tonopah, the skunk works, white sands etc. if they were debriefed and told the operation was classified and fear was put into them, they're not talking.

We're talking about killing hundreds of American civilians here- not designing the SR-71 or F-117. No American serviceman would knowingly (or not) take part in this and not go public with it. Perhaps I am naive in thinking that.

Time to double up the foil on your aluminum hat and stock up on more spam.

 

[InTransit]

We're talking about killing hundreds of American civilians here- not designing the SR-71 or F-117. No American serviceman would knowingly (or not) take part in this and not go public with it. Perhaps I am naive in thinking that.

Time to double up the foil on your aluminum hat and stock up on more spam.

There was a time I had gone along with that line of thought. Perhaps I've just flown with too many TWA pilots who got me to consider otherwise...when hundreds of sane witnesses swear with certainty they watched a light rise up to the plane - and not one single testimony is allowed into the investigation. Their voices weren't heard, why would those of military personnel be?

The only people who could go public would have to have evidence. Terrell Stacy, a TWA pilot and investigator tried to, along with Jim Sanders, provided evidence and were made out to look like the idiots with tin foil. Any servicemen who could know something are incredibly smart for keeping their mouths shut.

 

[trip]

Your average serviceman was likely not involved here.
The Gulf War 1 helo pilots who seen the missile trail = credible.
Intelligence organization recreated computer demonstration = not credible.

 

[FR8mastr]

You guys are crazy, the government would never lie to the American people or try to cover anything up!

Just look at history, that's never happened... oh wait

 

[wms]

First of all, if it happened it was probably an accident.

Second, don't think the darker side of government wouldn't destroy a plane load of citizens to get at an enemy of the state if it was a big enough deal.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

It was George w. Bush's fault...somehow. (Even though he wasn't elected until 3 yrs later)

 

[Pattern-Master]

Wasn't flt 800 in trail of an El Al flight. Probably a rocket launcher from a small boat and hit TWA by mistake,just another far fetched possibility.

 

[OHGOON]

We're talking about killing hundreds of American civilians here- not designing the SR-71 or F-117. No American serviceman would knowingly (or not) take part in this and not go public with it. Perhaps I am naive in thinking that.

Time to double up the foil on your aluminum hat and stock up on more spam.

The question really is how do you best hide something this public?

Right out in the open has always been the most effective. Every theory brought forward will be immediately ridiculed or squashed publicly except the dubious cover story about a supposed self-ignition of vapors in a center fuel tank. It starts sounding plausible enough upon spurious examination and soon enough, after a coordinated media circus, most folks will go along with it and dutifully begin to ape all on their own the same discrediting tactics as they have heard repeated over and over again in the media.

Putting all that aside, the official NTSB explanation does not stand up well when examined more closely, so it is a good thing that someone has enough spine to reopen this thing and see where the clues lead this time.

I don't need tin foil or spam to realize that things in this instance may not be as they were made to appear, no matter how many may be emotionally invested in the prevailing spin.

 

[JimNtexas]

A SAM kills with a huge shotgun blast of shrapnel, what's left of the target looks like swiss cheese.

No shrapnel holes in TWA 800.