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2023-07-17 Government Corruption

What TWA 800 Had in Common with Hunter B's Laptop

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-17 06:39|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 ...Sighs...

(pulls out whiteboard)

It. Wasn't. A. Missile.

A Stinger - even had it been launched at a perfect position (which would be out on the water, and not one witness ever reported the flash you would have seen as the rocket motor ignited) could not have reached Flight 800. Flight 800 was too high for a Stinger to have reached, and even if it somehow had gotten there, a Stinger warhead could NOT have killed the entire airplane; it is simply too small. Remember KAL 007 - hit by a air-to-air missile intended to kill bombers, and though it did go down, it stayed in the air for a minute or so.

No, a STANDARD SAM launched by a US Navy ship did not shoot it down. The USN has live fire ranges for SAM launches...hundreds of miles from Long Island. A missile launch close enough to go after TWA 800 would have lit up the coast for miles around, a detail no one ever seems to report seeing. The missile's exhaust would have been visible for miles as well.

In both cases, the warhead explosion would have resembled a fireworks display. This detail was not reported by any witnesses.

In the case of a USN SAM doing it, please explain to me how literal HUNDREDS of people would have been involved and no one has ever said a word.

Wasn't a missile. Full stop. You can make an argument for a bomb aboard the aircraft or some bizarre malfunction, but THAT'S IT.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-07-17 08:17|| 2023-07-17 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 As soon as the name Pierre Salinger showed up, the article fell apart.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-17 08:20|| 2023-07-17 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ So you are saying it was aliens, Mike?

Posted by SteveS 2023-07-17 08:48|| 2023-07-17 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4
#3 ^ So you are saying it was aliens, Mike?
Posted by: SteveS 2023-07-17 08:48

...Steve,

Shhhh...watch the skies. ;)

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-07-17 08:57|| 2023-07-17 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember radio talk shows and all the call-in witnesses to this event.

Missile or Bomb? Who cares, everyone gets a ribbon. Innocents died that day and it was covered up. Something odd happened and people on the ground saw it. However described: aliens, missile, bomb. Does it matter, does a pointless debate change things? Something happened that day out of the ordinary, innocents died, people called in to report witnessing it, and then it was covered up.

Posted by mossomo 2023-07-17 13:07|| 2023-07-17 13:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Does it matter, does a pointless debate change things?

It matters if the FBI covered it up...especially for purposes of swaying the electorate.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-07-17 13:25|| 2023-07-17 13:25|| Front Page Top

#7 The NTSB made the records of civilian and military radar available in 2000. There was clearly a fuel tank explosion. No missile was detected by radar. Of course a very small missile wouldn't have a good radar signature, but a very small missile wouldn't have led to a fuel tank explosion unless it hit exactly the right spot.

Posted by lord garth 2023-07-17 19:47|| 2023-07-17 19:47|| Front Page Top

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