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Originally posted by matrix911
Originally posted by jthomas
Originally posted by matrix911
and while you're at it, i'm curious what evidence you have and support for the explanation you've given for how a boeing 757 can (within simple physics and known data on what happens when a 757 crashes anywhere into anything) fits in the hole made at the pentagon.
Don't be so upset. EVERYONE here is claiming that AA77 could not have hit the Pentagon. I already know that.
I am just asking questions about their claims that AA77, instead, flew over and away from the Pentagon. BIG and LOUD 757s just don't disappear on command, do they?
Would you please be so kind to provide the eyewitnesses and media reports reporting a jet, AA77 or the claimed "decoy" jet that supposedly flew the NoC flightpath, flew toward, over, and away from the Pentagon?
Is there a claim here by tezzajw and other cit members saying there are?
second, I'll ignore that you didn't answer my other 2 or 3 very simple questions... for now.
again, As for aa77 flyer over the pentagon claim... are tezzajw and others saying that? I think most are saying something flew over or may have, but not aa77... is that correct or the issue IYO?
Thomas J. Trapasso (CONTACTED/CONFIRMED by CIT1400 S. Barton, dubious conflicting witness and can't see Pentagon from location)
Originally posted by cogburn
I have been looking around a bit on this site and your forums and maybe the Search functions fails me...
Could you point me in the direction of the theory on how the poles got to be in their state if not struck by an aircraft of the appropriate dimensions?
For the time being I'd like to challenge a few of your assertions regarding the C-130.
You have ample evidence that the NTSB/84th RADES data is not consistent with eyewitness testimony, except for that of the C-130 pilot... which corroborates the NTSB/84th RADES data.
It's interesting that in the same thread Anthony Tribby is not mentioned in your posted witness list, however you do take the time to deconstruct his video. Have you talked to him? Do you plan to?
It's interesting to note that the reliability of your witnesses... MOST of your witnesses is not the best. Time and time again you ask if they saw a C-130 in the sky and the reply was no... however we have video proof, and your eventual concession, that there was indeed a C-130 north of the Pentagon... but then you assert that it did exist (even though none of your witnesses saw it) but doesn't match the 84th RADES data so it too must be in on it somehow. That's not investigation. That's conspiracy theory.
As to the Pentagon officer that "swears on his life".... If a witness were to swear to me on his life that what he said was 100% correct... and then after recounting his full testimony, would have to backtrack on the actual position where he was standing, opposing council would be on their feet before the witness finished their sentence. The absolute conviction of a witness does not lend to the factual nature of evidence. It's purely emotional.
Given your assertions regarding a second aircraft based on Roosevelt's testimony and given the speed of commercial aircraft why is Roosevelt's plane not evident on any video released to date? Cruising speed for a 757 is 500 mph, per Boeing. Cruising speed for a 737 is 530 mph, per Boeing. C-130 has a cruising speed of 374 mph.
Originally posted by cogburn
If Roosevelt took 10 seconds to reach the outside, and Tribby's video begins 15-20 seconds after the impact, this means Roosevelt walked outside 5-10 seconds before Tribby started filming.
Originally posted by cogburn
Up until this point I haven't questioned your overall theory, just the facts you have submitted to support that theory.
Here's something I found in your posted documentation on your forums that begins to take your work out of the realm of investigation and into the domain of conspiracy theory.
If this were a fact-finding mission, where are the facts related to this interview? A GSS of both the forums and your related websites reveals no such posted documentation. Does it exist and if it does may we see it? What makes it dubious?
Disregarding the repeated ad hominems...
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
Could you point me in the direction of the theory on how the poles got to be in their state if not struck by an aircraft of the appropriate dimensions?
We explain it in the presentation linked in the OP.
Apparently you haven't even bothered to watch it.
Please do and report back with the hypothesis we present.
Originally posted by cogburn
Fact, in crash analysis, is derived from reconstruction of the event with all known data and the application of physical laws to describe reality.
Originally posted by cogburn
Disregarding the repeated ad hominems...
@ 8:55 You mention no official documentation of the light poles
@ 11:51 You state that the light poles indicate staging on multiple levels
@ 1:25:00-1:31:00 you mention "sooty residue", "agents drop the pole" and then "cover the area so you couldn't see". You state "there is no logical conclusion other than the poles were staged" and while stating that the facts presented by the light poles are "irreconcilable" with the testimony collected.
You do theorize how the poles arrived on scene possibly some time prior which seems absolutely plausible. However after that, you offer nothing more than a list of the oddities of the physical evidence and how it does not fit with eye witness testimony you collected.
Did I miss anything major?
My point is nothing more than this: theories are based on evidence. Evidence is born from fact.
Fact, in crash analysis, is derived from reconstruction of the event with all known data and the application of physical laws to describe reality. Analysis of this level, which would be required for a successful prosecution, is not offered in the video to describe this physical evidence. Not a single time. All that is offered is conjecture that can easily be countered with more conjecture. I'll make three examples.
Ex #1- Men in suits at 9:45am appearing from all sides on a major traffic artery that cuts around the Pentagon in Washington D.C. is not de facto proof they are "agents" or even suspicious. Judging from the immediate area (Navy Annex, Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery), there's a high probability they are all government, if not military, employees or contractors. Why don't they come forward? It's not impossible to think that some people don't want folks like us harassing them for testimony for the rest of their lives. The only difference between Lloyd England and the others is car damage. Lloyd would then be the "oddity" in respect to everyone else witnessed on the bridge.
Ex #2- You offer the difference in damage to the base of two poles as evidence of something however I cannot discern what that would be. The first image is of a wind induced stress fracture in the material at the base of a light pole. The image of pole #4 shows a failure of the rings into which fit the base restraining bolts. This is not inconsistent with physics in that the failure point would change based on the difference in the application of force. A strong wind would impact the pole along its entire length thereby causing a different failure point. This ignores the possibility of pre-existing damage or inconsistent materials.
Ex #3- I don't understand how VDOT refused to provide the information if you filed a FOIA request with the state. Did you just call them up and expect admission of a cover-up or was receiving an answer that could be interpreted as a cover-up sufficient? If you did file a FOIA request it wasn't mentioned in your video and one wonders why you would choose to make unfounded allegations as opposed to just saying "we're waiting to hear back from our FOIA request".
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
So?
How does this change the fact that we provide evidence proving the plane was on the north side nowhere near the poles?
I will concede that the suits in the image could very well be completely innocent.
But they remain suspects who are implicated merely by photographic evidence showing direct association with this proven staged scene.
This is all we have ever claimed when considering them and we stand by it.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
The forensic analysis you are speaking of should be what you demand from the authorities as evidence that a 757 caused the damage as reported. They failed to provide this analysis so the notion is merely conjecture as you stated.
It is not our responsibility to conduct such an analysis.
We present scientifically verified evidence proving the plane was nowhere near the light poles. This is not conjecture and is the evidence we cite proving the plane did not hit the poles or the building.
Originally posted by cogburn
Why not drag those witnesses individually out to an airport and stand them under the landing path of airplanes and have them identify incoming planes as "how big it was" at various points in their testimony.
I think they were having some fun at the expense of some over-eager white boys.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by cogburn
Why not drag those witnesses individually out to an airport and stand them under the landing path of airplanes and have them identify incoming planes as "how big it was" at various points in their testimony.
cogburn, I'm interested to get your opinion on Lloyde's demeanour during the interview with Craig?
What do you think about Lloyde's claims that he was not located where the pictures were taken when the light pole allegedly struck his taxi?
What do you think about the interesting words that Lloyde's wife had to say in passing?
Originally posted by cogburn
You provided probable X,Y flight plots based on eye witness testimony. There are no experiments conducted to gauge the exact X, Y, or Z plot of the north side flyover other than eyeball recollection... That is not "scientifically verified evidence". Produce the exact science that extrapolated it so we may duplicate it ourselves independently.
Why not drag those witnesses individually out to an airport and stand them under the landing path of airplanes and have them identify incoming planes as "how big it was" at various points in their testimony. Obtain the FAA data from the tower and compare it to your position on the ground and plot that data in 3 dimensions. My suspicion is that the Z plot would look like the Cyclone at Coney Island. "Above that tree" or "about over there" is about as non-scientific as you can get.
You cannot concede that the people in the images are probable innocents and yet claim that the scene is proven to be staged in the same sentence.
You have asserted that if the scene was staged that the people immediately surrounding England are in on it.
If the people are probable innocents it is logical to then assume that it is equally probable that a light pole was struck by a 757 and pierced Lloyd England's windscreen. That is logic, sir.
Scientific evidence must include an explanation of how the poles aren't related to the 757 to explain how they came to be where they were found at the time of the event due to the anomalous nature of their position.
You do theorize how the poles arrived on scene possibly some time prior which seems absolutely plausible.
cogburn 17-11-2008 @ 02:27 PM
Your eye witness testimony is unsupported by science and your overall theory it rests on is not scientific in that it is not in keeping with the physical evidence that you have yet to prove was staged. How can you say that your "evidence" says one thing while absolutely discounting potential physical evidence to the contrary as "staged" with no proof of staging? Bravo Sierra.
Great effort is expended to document evidence that supports your pre-supposed hypothesis, however you do not make the additional effort to attempt to reconcile physical evidence with eye witness testimony you collected 7 years after the events. To attempt to make any hypothesis as to the reality of events prior to first reconciling all physical evidence, or even the contradiction between previous statements and the ones you recorded (Lagasse), is the very foundation of pseudo-science.
We expect better at ATS and when you tire of 9/11 the GFL may require your services.