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Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by MikeVet
I may be a fact that statements were made, but that does not make those statements fact.
Because there are numerous reports of what looked to be a C-130 (confimred by military) was flying over the Pentagon and Shanskville. That was after the FAA finally grounded all planes, and prior to the Pentagon and Shanksville alleged descriptions of events by the "official" reports. That is why.
Unless, people could see inside a C-130, they would never know if it was a C-130, EC-130, or a DC-130. They all look alike on the exterior.
It was highly classified. (Since when is a routine ANG flight so classified that nobody at the Pentagon or NORAD knows!)
That guy must be part of The Citizen Investigation Team. For more information about the C-130 and its pilot account, click this link. abovetopsecret.com
Even though his account is rather immature and laced with inconsistencies, it was a clever ploy to turn an embarrassing and incriminating incident into something rather contrary. Since the government seemed to be coming up short of good evidence in substantiating it’s story, it appears that they elected to craft this “I saw the plane” tale. The tale would, like others before him (Donald “Tim” Timmerman — who fell on his face on CNN), attempt to unequivocally state that it was an American Airlines 757 — Flight 77. More on Steve O’Brien and the C-130 in the “Witnesses” chapter.
This of course was just spin, while the real questions were being circumvented. For one, why was the C-130 following and guiding a jet toward the Pentagon? Why was it circling above the Pentagon just prior to the attack? And why was this exact plane spotted, and even confirmed by the military, over Shanksville during Flight 93’s crash? And most importantly, how was the government promptly able to launch a transport plane, but unable to launch any high-speed fighters?
We can reconstruct the flight paths of the jet and the C-130, which followed it by a few seconds. Witnesses claimed it was flying “on top of and behind” of a jet “and guiding it toward the Pentagon” as “to prevent two planes from appearing on radar”. At the time of the attack it was seen diving down and then circling the Pentagon. Later, it was seen heading in a westerly direction."
Proof is a subjective word. Proof that a plane didn't crash in that hole in Shanksville for an experienced airman such as myself might not be proof to anybody who hadn't the slightest idea of what it would take to ram a 250,000 pound airplane with a wingspan of 124 feet and length of 155 with two 3 ton engines into a hole 10 feet by 20 feet and have only one turbine disk, a fuselage panel 7 feet long, voice and flight recorder remaining
Airplane parts were scattered in small pieces throughout the site on Garrett Mountain
An investigator for the board, Chauncey Twine, said the airplane crashed at an 80-degree angle, clipping trees and landing amid rocks and boulders at 3:15. An explosion followed, sending flames higher than treetops, residents said.
''If the angle of descent was not as great,'' Mr. Twine said, ''the fire would have spread. By impacting at that angle, it was fairly contained.''
The parts of the plane were scattered beneath trees, shrubs and rocks, and the smell of jet fuel permeated the air
Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by MikeVet
What have light towers at "the widest point" to do with what I asked? I asked what size commercial jet would fit into a hole 10' x 12'. Your light poles are not even as long as the widest part of that hole.
Exactly, what relevant point are you trying desperately to make?
Originally posted by Boone 870
reply to post by OrionStars
Because there are numerous reports of what looked to be a C-130 (confimred by military) was flying over the Pentagon and Shanskville. That was after the FAA finally grounded all planes, and prior to the Pentagon and Shanksville alleged descriptions of events by the "official" reports. That is why.
Unless, people could see inside a C-130, they would never know if it was a C-130, EC-130, or a DC-130. They all look alike on the exterior.
[quote]So the military's confirming that a C-130 they used to remotely control the two hijacked aircraft and fly it low enough to the ground so that people could see it? Makes good sense to me.[/quote]
That is not what I wrote. How did you interpret that out of what I did write? I said the military confirmed there was an C-130 over the Pentagon and Shanksville. That is all I said was confirmed by the military.
[edit on 28-12-2007 by OrionStars]
Notice similarity with Shanksville - while Lear is much smaller than 757
degree of fragmentation on impact is similar.
This statement is a hodge podge of misinformation. I am a federally certified mining instructor (U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Adminsitration IS OAL/11/2000)
No plane crashed there
Originally posted by OrionStars
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Even the photos of the WTC buildings made the smoke appear realistic from kerosene fire. Not so in your photo from what should be kerosene fire....
Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by Nickdfresh
That is incorrect, because the factors you mentioned are highly important to know....
Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by Nickdfresh
Skanksville location was not solid ground? It certainly looked to be so. If not solid ground, what was it? Quicksand? A pond? Lake? Because I did not see anything but solid ground. Not even a mine shaft or fault collapse indication.