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originally posted by: RubyGray
a reply to: Hulseyreport
As promised, here are some screenshots of the helicopter that was flying in the sky to the west of the Pentagon, 10 minuutes before the explosion.
You can see this in the video
9/11 Pentagon Double Tree Hotel FOIA Camera 3
www.youtube.com...
from 02:54.
The pictures are blurry, but that does not render them invalid. It is definitely a helicopter.
originally posted by: RubyGray
postflaviana.org.../911-pentagon.2091/page-5
Nb. For some reason, this site mutilates and dissociates links to other sites.
They are full links when I include them, then fail after posting.
originally posted by: RubyGray
a reply to: Hulseyreport
Hi, you mentioned previously about people not having been prevented from taking films or video or having cameras confiscated. I replied that this was not true, but did not have a reference to hand at that stage.
Here is one article which refers to the arrest of reporters etc.
It is from a 2010 LetsRollForums thread in the forum, "The Pentagon - What Really Happened".
Rebuttal To ACFD Chief Edward Plaugher 911Commission Testimony
Post #2
"You can watch Plaugher speaking here - "lessons learned"
stocky white haired guy with specs
www.c-span.org...
Mr. Plaugher spoke about the lessons learned from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The presentation was part of a day-long conference for local emergency response personnel.
July 28 2003
Quote:
Name: Edward P. (Ed) Plaugher
Title (At the time of 9/11): Fire Chief, Arlington County, Virginia
Incriminating evidence : On September 12, 2001, Mr. Plaugher, with the world's news
media assembled at the Pentagon on the day after the alleged attack on the Pentagon
by Arab hijackers flying American Airlines Flight 77 — a Boeing 757 — "American
Airlines", "Flight 77", "Boeing 757" were not considered important enough to mention at
the Pentagon News Briefing the day after the alleged attack.”
At the Department of Defense news briefing with Victoria Clarke, Plaugher stated, "there are some small pieces of aircraft ... there's no fuselage sections and that sort of thing." When asked, "Chief, there are small pieces of the plane virtually all over, out over the highway, tiny pieces. Would you say the plane exploded, virtually exploded on impact due to the fuel", Plaugher reponded, "You know, I'd rather not comment on that."
The transcript reveals that reporters were being "threatened or, in fact, handcuffed and dragged away" from the “Flight 77” crash site, and I (Enver Masud) showed in my presentation at the 911 Vancouver Hearings, there’s no hard evidence of a Boeing 757 having struck the Pentagon.
Mr. Plaugher, knowing that there were “no fuselage sections and that sort of thing” at the Pentagon, remained silent while the U.S. launched the October 7, 2001 attack on Afghanistan. He has not challenged the false account of 9/11 contained in the
Arlington County After-Action Report
.
Source: Enver Masud, August 15 2012
www.twf.org... "
There were actually various witnesses who testified to seeing the plane either flying over the Pentagon, or flying beyond it on the east side of the building.
Yes, Lloyde England's story is actually very large indeed.
None of that adds up to the cab being relocated for whatever imaginary nefarious purpose though or even the cab, all pieces of pole, broken glass and road damage being moved while we're at it.
I stand by my statement that Lloyde England never lied.
In the interview with Hill, England volunteers the size of the pole that he says entered his cab:
England: “I think the pole was about 40 foot long.”
truthandshadows.com...
England/Hill interview in 2010.
truthandshadows.com...
ratical.org...
Gaines, Kat
Gaines was on her way to a part-time job at Reagan National Airport the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, after working a 24-hour shift at Fire Station 16 in Clifton.
Her commute to the airport took her south on Route 110, in front of the parking lots of the Pentagon. As she approached the parking lots, she saw a low-flying jetliner strike the top of nearby telephone poles. She then heard the plane power up and plunge into the Pentagon.
"Valor Awards Recipients, by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Great Falls/McLean/Vienna Times Staff, 2/19/02
originally posted by: RubyGray
a reply to: Hulseyreport
Hi there,
There were actually various witnesses who testified to seeing the plane either flying over the Pentagon, or flying beyond it on the east side of the building. Of course, these testimonies have all been explained away, or ridiculed. Most of these people were never contacted and questioned again. The FBI sequestered all 911 calls, which means nobody has any access to any testimony from people who may have called 911 to report having seen the plane flying over the pentagon. So it is not reasonable to state that nobody saw this nor reported it.
One of the very first witnesses to be interviewed by the media, within 20 minutes of impact, was MICHAEL KELLY. He stated that a plane flew low overhead when he was driving east on I-395, almost on the 14th Street Bridge, and he said that THIS plane THEN caused the explosion at the Pentagon, way over on the opposite side of the building. He sounded very confused, as well he might be. There is no record of him ever being interviewed again.
KAT GAINES was also on the east side of the pentagon, driving south on 110 next to South Parking, when she saw a jet flying "at the level of the streetlights" BEFORE the explosion.
DON SCOTT was driving east on I-395, directly south of the Pentagon, when he saw the plane " banking sharply from north of the Pentagon." It then levelled off, and THEN he saw the explosion.
Many witnesses who believed the plane hit the building, testified to a DELAY between the plane "just disappearing" and the explosion.
The above witnesses (there are others) seem to confirm that the plane was well beyond the west wall of the building, when the explosion occurred. Even well beyond the east side.
That is why I suggest that 2 to 3 seconds elapsed between the plane arriving at the west face, and the explosion.
This would have the effect of convincing most witnesses on the east side, that the plane they saw, was not the one that hit the Pentagon.
However, clearly some of them still believed that somehow, the plane that flew over the pentagon, doubled back and caused the explosion.
This would explain the curious testimony of JOEL SUCHERMAN, for instance, who reported that the second plane (C-130) appeared within a few seconds. Yet we see him onv8deo, actually watching that C-130, at 3 - 4 minutes after the impact. Was his mind conflating the 757 flying to the east of the Pentagon within seconds of the explosion (which he could have seen, from his position on the bridge), with the later appearance of the C-130 high in the sky?
Does this perhaps explain the anomalous testimony of KEITH WHEELHOUSE? From his vantage point on top of the cemetery, he could have seen the plane flying over and beyond the Pentagon roof, making a right bank as reported by DON SCOTT, before he saw the fireball.
People were very confused and frightened that morning. Many testimonies contain surreal descriptions that should have been properly investigated after the event.
But there was no such investigation.
The two CCTV videos on which I suspect that the flyover plane can be seen, both show these images of what appears to be the jet above and just to the west of the Pentagon, at 3 seconds prior to impact. Nobody else thought of looking for the plane in the sky at this time. But I contend that it IS THERE.
I am not sure of your references to the plane being witnessed at the Navy Annex, as though you think this proves the plane hit the Pentagon. In fact, it proves it could not have, but that it flew on the North-of-Citgo Flight Path, which is incompatible with the damage trail. Many witnesses referred to seeing the plane flying over the Annex. The plane must therefore have been high enough to miss all the overhead signs, lightpoles and trees on top of the cemetery bank, as none of these on that flightpath, were damaged. This means the plane was flying high enough to clear the Pentagon already, and was much to high, and too faf north, to have been the object skimming the lawn on the gatecam videos.
Lloyde was not confused about his location as the plane flew over him. His testimony of having onlywitnessed the plane for a split second is compatible ONLY with him having been beside the cemetery bank when the plane suddenly appeared dead ahead, crossing the highway, and NOT with him having been approaching the bridge, in which case he could not possibly have avoided seeing the approach of the plane for many seconds across that open area, IF it had been flying on the official flightpath (which is testified to by nobody).
Lloyde denied that the large downed lightpole hit his cab.
He vociferously denied it, with his finger right on it in a photograph, 3 times.
He also positively identified the other pole behind the cab, as the one that hit the cab.
This was NOT A LIGHTPOLE.
It was moved to the bridge on the trailer that brought Lloyde's cab there from the cemetery.
Can you explain to me, why there is several seconds of very clear video of a black CAPITOL CAB speeding south off the bridge, at 9:43 a.m.? Even if you cannot see that the 7 seconds of video of Lloyde's cab beside the cemetery wall is valid evidence, surely you must be curious about why this second cab left the bridge (when there was no other traffic southbound)?
You neglect it was the wing that affected the poles. The airplane did not have to be perfect aligment traveling over the bridge.
None of that adds up to the cab being relocated for whatever imaginary nefarious purpose though or even the cab, all pieces of pole, broken glass and road damage being moved while we're at it.
I stand by my statement that Lloyde England never lied.
In the interview with Hill, England volunteers the size of the pole that he says entered his cab:
England: “I think the pole was about 40 foot long.”
truthandshadows.com...
England/Hill interview in 2010.
truthandshadows.com...
originally posted by: RubyGray
a reply to: Hulseyreport
You neglect it was the wing that affected the poles. The airplane did not have to be perfect aligment traveling over the bridge.
No, I am not neglecting anything.
If the plane flew over the Navy Annex as the witnesses said, then it would have had to do a dogleg to also fly across the bridge and into the Pentagon.
The plane flew diagonally across the Annex from the southwest corner (as demonstated by EDWARD PAIK), directly over TERRY MORIN who stated that he was about 10 feet in from the southern edge, between the 4th and 5th wings of the building; and directly over ALBERT HEMPHILL who was standing in one of the windows on the eastern side of the Annex, about 8 windows back from the northeast corner.
Paik and Morin had no view of the plane after it crossed the building, but Hemphill had the ringside seat, and he told Craig Ranke that the plane flew north of the Citgo gas station.
ATC SEAN BOGER was in the heliport tower, looking directly towards the plane. He stated to Aldo Marquis that the plane flew over the northern side of the Navy Annex, and then NORTH OF THE CITGO, then banked (right) towards the Pentagon.
He also thought he saw part of the plane hit the OVERHEAD SIGN on the highway opposite the heliport.
The 7 eyewitnesses at the Arlington National Cemetery stated that the plane crossed the Navy Annex, then flew across their parking lot, which is well north of the Citgo.
SGT WILLIAM LGASSE, SGT CHADWICK BROOKS, and ROBERT TURCIOS were all at the Citgo, and they all testified that the plane flew NORTH OF THE CITGO station.
STEVE RISKUS, VIN NARAYANAN, LLOYDE ENGLAND and CHERYL RYEFIELD etc were all on the highway opposite the heliport, and they all saw the plane fly across the road in front of them, hundreds of yards NORTH OF THE BRIDGE.
There are many more witnesses who confirm this flightpath, but NONE who saw the pkane fly over the bridge.
The 5 downed lightpoles were supposedly hit by both right and left wings of the pkane which are 124 ft 6 inches wide. There is a wide gap between the poles, and it means the plane would have had to be on a very precise path to hit all 5 pklesin this straight line.
There is no way the plane could fly over the Navy Annex, then over the bridge.
You should draw in some lines on an overhead to prove this to yourself.
Then find some testimonies from people who were on the bridge, and plot them in too.
There three portions of fragmented light pole on the bridge. If you look closely.