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posted by WisdomInChains
mabey The alleged heavy smoke trail was blown away by the force of the explosion
Originally posted by star in a jar
Yeah, it's a suspect video... Wasn't there a frame that is missing from the official security cam video, one that would've showed what went into the pentagon a bit more clearly?
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
i thought this attack was in the am? The time stamp on the photos read 17:_:_ (5pm)
posted by CameronFox
Looking at the stills posted from Spreston, there is clearly a light smoke trail that lingers after impact.
To suggest a "cut & paste" job is kind of silly. (IMO) You would think that if a government is planning a deception of this magnitude, the goverment would be a little more creative.
posted by deltaboy
I still see the white smoke trailing long after the explosion. You have bad eyes or something. No disrespect.
Pentagon Building Performance Report - Page 14
A Pentagon security camera located near the northwest corner of the building recorded the aircraft as it approached the building. Five photographs (figures 3.3 through 3.7), taken approximately one second apart, show the approaching aircraft and the ensuing fireball associated with the initial impact.The first photograph (figure 3.3) captured an image of the aircraft when it was approximately 320 ft (approximately 0.42 second) from impact with the west wall of the Pentagon.Two photographs (figures 3.3 and 3.7), when compared, seem to show that the top of the fuselage of the aircraft was no more than approximately 20 ft above the ground when the first photograph of this series was taken.
Pentagon Building Performance Report - Page 12
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the aircraft weighed approximately 181,520 lb and was traveling at 460 knots (780 ft/s) on a magnetic bearing of 70 degrees when it struck the Pentagon.The aircraft had on board approximately 36,200 lb (5,300 gal) of fuel at the time of impact.
www.fire.nist.gov...
posted by cogburn
I'm going to answer the question posed in your title.
The concussion from the explosion.
Unfortunately there's not enough data to prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt, however you can scale down the event and test it for yourself in an afternoon.
Video tape it and post it on YouTube. I'd be interested to see the results.
posted by cogburn
To a scientific person who bases opinions in hard measurable facts, no.
Analysis of still frames of video (that are not even a full 30fps) of an event is in no way, at all, ever a substitute for a physical test.
If that were true we'd never have to recreate accidents that were on video.