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NAME: Scott P. Cook
LOCATION: fifth floor of the Portals building, at 1280 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington DC, the southernmost building at the end of 14th Street, right at the Tidal Basin and Maine Avenue
TESTIMONY: "We didn’t know what kind of plane had hit the Pentagon, or where it had hit. Later, we were told that it was a 757 out of Dulles, which had come up the river in back of our building, turned sharply over the Capitol, ran past the White House and the Washington Monument, up the river to Rosslyn, then dropped to treetop level and ran down Washington Boulevard to the Pentagon. I cannot fathom why neither myself nor Ray, a former Air Force officer, missed a big 757, going 400 miles an hour, as it crossed in front of our window in its last 10 seconds of flight. ... As we watched the black plume gather strength, less than a minute after the explosion, we saw an odd sight that no one else has yet commented on. Directly in back of the plume, which would place it almost due west from our office, a four-engine propeller plane, which Ray later said resembled a C-130, started a steep decent towards the Pentagon. It was coming from an odd direction (planes don’t go east-west in the area), and it was descending at a much steeper angle than most aircraft. Trailing a thin, diffuse black trail from its engines, the plane reached the Pentagon at a low altitude and made a sharp left turn, passing just north of the plume, and headed straight for the White House. All the while, I was sort of talking at it: "Who the hell are you? Where are you going? You’re not headed for downtown!" Ray and Verle watched it with me, and I was convinced it was another attack. But right over the tidal basin, at an altitude of less than 1000 feet, it made another sharp left turn to the north and climbed rapidly. Soon it was gone, leaving only the thin black trail.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
His account of the c-130 coming in about a minute later and flying near the smoke plume matches what the pilot Steve O'Brien claims but completely contradicts alleged C-130 witness Keith Wheelhouse.
p.s. Why can't I post images hosted on photobucket anymore?
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
I'm not aware that this is out of the ordinary or expected for a standard propeller engined cargo plane.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
It doesn't always come through well in pictures because it's so diffuse, but here are a few of them in flight to try to show it.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
I used to be able to see it at a mile or more. It's fairly diffuse, but it's also pretty obvious if you're looking at it in person. It's just like the TF-33 engines. They left a trail that was obvious at 2 miles, but you could see through it pretty easily.
Originally posted by Boone 870
Smoking C-130
Originally posted by Boone 870
Another smoking C-130.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
So back to the question. How many more witnesses were told afterwords it was a 757 ?
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
So back to the question. How many more witnesses were told afterwords it was a 757 ?
Since that was announced over the news within the first 5 minutes of the event the answer would have to be virtually all of them.