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originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: PhyllidaDavenport
Well, it has been 14 years and still no evidence that explosives and thermite brought down the WTC buildings.
Bogus claims: "No Planes" hoaxes
Traps to distract and discredit the 9/11 truth movement
Due to the success of the "no plane at Pentagon" claim, several successor stories were created to deny the other crashes but none were as popular as the original hoax. The first of these was the idea that a plane did not really hit the North Tower, but was really a missile camouflaged by a King Kong sized hologram of a plane.
This bizarre creation came from a website called "the webfairy," and took advantage of the fact that there is only one, low quality video publicly available of the North Tower attack. This hoax is easily disproved by the most obvious "physical evidence" - the hole in the side of the North tower was the size of a 767.
The "no plane at the towers" campaign didn't fly, partially because the idea for the missile masked by a King Kong sized hologram of a plane at the North Tower is ridiculous and was of limited utility in discrediting the 9/11 truth movement. It is probable that this wasn't intended to attract supporters, but merely make 9/11 skeptics look silly.
www.oilempire.us...
To say that we don't understand physics when 3 buildings came down exactly the same way at Freefall speed due to fires is just preposterous!
originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: PhyllidaDavenport
Well, it has been 14 years and still no evidence that explosives and thermite brought down the WTC buildings.
originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: Nova937
To say that we don't understand physics when 3 buildings came down exactly the same way at Freefall speed due to fires is just preposterous!
You think the WTC buildings fell at free fall speed, but this photo says that you are incorrect. You will notice that debris, which are falling at free fall speed, are outpacing the collapse of the WTC Tower.
WTC Tower Not Falling at Free Fall Speed
It seems that you missed this video as well.
Verdict: The WTC buildings did not fall at free fall speed.
I would beg to differ and present something like this but we both know that's not going to change your opinion.
Can you show me in this thread where you defended the building's actual rate of collapse?
Can you explain it's oddly fast and totally destructive nature?
Or do you shut down all possibility of open mindedness on your part because he didn't just say "fell real fast..."?
originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: humanityrising
I would beg to differ and present something like this but we both know that's not going to change your opinion.
I have challenged truthers to post scientific evidence that explosives or even thermite was used.
originally posted by: humanityrising
The 'debunking' that you will most assuredly and impulsively respond with only addresses the iron microspheres, NOT the presence of aluminum and actual chunks of unignited, "highly energetic" thermitic material.
Letter to the Editor
Refuting 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
April 09, 2006
Dear Editor,
After reading in the Daily Herald the presentations made by Professor Steven E. Jones (BYU Physics) to students at UVSC and BYU, I feel obligated to reply to his "Conspiracy Theory" relating to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (9/11/01).
I have studied the summary of the report by FEMA, The American Society of Civil Engineers and several other professional engineering organizations. These experts have given in detail the effects on the Towers by the impact of the commercial aircraft. I have also read Professor Jones' (referred to) 42 page unpublished report. In my understanding of structural design and the properties of structural steel I find Professor Jones' thesis that planted explosives (rather than fire from the planes) caused the collapse of the Towers, very unreliable.
The structural design of the towers was unique in that the supporting steel structure consisted of closely spaced columns in the walls of all four sides. The resulting structure was similar to a tube. When the aircraft impacted the towers at speeds of about 500 plus mph, many steel columns were immediately severed and others rendered weak by the following fires. The fires critically damaged the floors systems. Structural steel will begin to lose strength when heated to temperatures above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Steel bridge girders are bent to conform to the curved roadway by spot heating flanges between 800 and 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. It is easy to comprehend the loss of carrying capacity of all the structural steel due to the raging fires fed by the jet's fuel as well as aircraft and building contents.
Before one (especially students) supports such a conspiracy theory, they should investigate all details of the theory. To me a practicing structural engineer of 57 continuous years (1941-1998), Professor Jones' presentations are very disturbing.
D. Allan Firmage
Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, BYU
Brigham Young University doesn't want anything to do with the paper
The BYU physics department has also issued a statement: "The university is aware that Professor Steven Jones' hypotheses and interpretations of evidence regarding the collapse of World Trade Center buildings are being questioned by a number of scholars and practitioners, including many of BYU's own faculty members. Professor Jones' department and college administrators are not convinced that his analyses and hypotheses have been submitted to relevant scientific venues that would ensure rigorous technical peer review."
The College of Engineering and Technology department has also added, "The structural engineering faculty in the Fulton College of Engineering and Technology do not support the hypotheses of Professor Jones."
www.debunking911.com...
originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: humanityrising
The microspheres are not evidence that thermite was planted. I might add that Steven Jones and Richard Gage were both caught lying about thermite. Ask the former colleagues at BYU what they think about Steven Jones and his paper.
Now, let's go here.
RJ Lee Group: Microspheres
originally posted by: Nova937
do NOT accept the Official Story as it is full of holes, deception and anomalies.
HOW in the world did earthworms and ants survive the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when seven human beings did not? How did videos and notebooks survive a fiery reentry that day? You can find anomalies.