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Originally posted by u4itornot
Have you ever looked at the passenger list on this plane, it is an odd coincidence that you had so many high level people on one plane with a low passenger load. Check out this link as it details those on the plane and their importance in the military and defense field.
portland.indymedia.org...
[edit on24-9-2009 by u4itornot]
conspiracy gatekeepers
promote"no plane" hoaxes
a mixture of sincere (but wrong) advocates and deliberate disinformers
(whatever the motivations, it's not "truth")
www.oilempire.us/pentagon-truth.html
9/11 truth movement researchers debunk the "no planes" hoaxes
on this page:
Some sites promoting 9/11 hoaxes that supposedly expose official complicity are well-meaning efforts. The most effective covert operations are when the plotters are able to get outside forces (in this case, some of the 9/11 skeptics) to do their work for them without realizing that they are helping the covert operation.
It seems that some people have let the "no plane" meme travel for SO long that to backtrack on this point would be very difficult. Those who have staked their credibility in public about this find it hard to admit they were fooled.
Rumsfeld's "Pentagon missile" hoax has been debunked countless times by the media, eyewitnesses and even the 9/11 truth movement's best writers and investigators. But most groups that market themselves as "9/11 truth" still promote this disinformation, although in some cases their support is incompetent analysis not malice.
The "no Boeing at the Pentagon" theories became the most prominent claim from the "9/11 truth movment" in 2004 and 2005 -- due to a combination of flashy presentations making this claim that have led to media attacks that focus almost exclusively on this claim (while ignoring others with solid evidence). This effort to promote - and discredit - the "no plane" claim came during a tightly contested Presidential election campaign that risked having 9/11 issues disrupt the outcome. It also increased in intensity as the 9/11 skeptics increased their visibility through the Deception Dollar campaign, the March 2004 and May 2004 International Inquiries into 9/11 and other outreach efforts that reached significant percentages of the political opposition (in one form or another).
How united is the loose conglomeration roughly called the "9/11 truth movement?" There aren't any objective criteria required for claiming participation in it. There aren't any tests that one must pass in order to become a member. It is technically easy and inexpensive for anyone to create a website to say anything -- and there are many ways to mix real information with untruths in order to create the illusion of authenticity.
While nearly everyone who is a skeptic about the events of 9/11 is united in thinking that there was a deliberate effort by the Bush administration to allow it to happen, that is the main point of unity. Rigorous Intuition, written by Canadian author Jeff Wells, calls this claim "the flying wedge," since it is one of the most divisive issues among activists seeking to shift public consciousness about the "event that changed the world."
There are a variety of perspectives on the degree of technical assistance provided by the Bush regime to facilitate the attacks, some with considerable evidence, others without documentation. Some of this disagreement is among people with good intention, but not everyone uses the same standards to prove their claims.
It would be an oversimplification to judge "9/11 truth" advocates for or against this theory by their support for other claims regarding 9/11. But looking at other issues, good and bad, surrounding 9/11 truth activism does reveal patterns.
Those who don't buy the "no plane" claims are generally those who are familiar with the geography of the Washington, D.C. area, understand Peak Oil was a motivation, focus on the war games, and have shown an ability to engage in critical thinking to differentiate real research from crap research.
There are some sincere people who talk about war games and still believe "no plane," but those folks are generally not familiar with the geography of Arlington, and they absolutely do not talk about the 90 foot wide impact hole (caused by the engines and the bulky parts of the wings), the fact that hundreds of people saw the plane, or the motivation to keep the 9/11 skeptics divided and discredited.
It is ironic that the no plane promoters urge people to ignore the hundreds of eyewitnesses to the crash of Flight 77 even while recommending that alleged eyewitness testimonies that the Twin Towers were supposedly demolished with explosives.
The loudest promoters of the "no plane" hoax generally also pushes even more absurd claims -- missiles hit the WTC, the Moon Landings were faked, and Holocaust denial.
9/11 truth activists who know the "No plane" claims are a hoax
9/11 activists familiar with northern Virginia's geography
nearly all reject the "no Boeing" theories, especially those who are not far removed from knowing eyewitnesses. The various "no plane / no Boeing" theories reflect a lack of knowledge of the northern Virginia area -- it is hard to imagine that anyone who has been stuck in traffic on the nearby roads during morning rush hour (and seen the incredible flood of cars) would believe that a missile or small plane somehow was mistaken for a large Boeing 757. It is also illogical to assume that the perpetrators would have risked flying something other than Flight 77 over this densely populated area (since a single photo would have exposed the plot).
In January 2006, 911truth.org published a claim that someone on the Washington Metro heard other passengers exclaiming that they had seen the Pentagon Missile while waiting for a train at the Pentagon Metro station -- which is underground (and therefore a plane or missile or anything else would not be visible in the subway station). Anyone familiar with this subway system would not have published this claim since it is obviously false.
CORRECTION: 9-11 crash victim Barbara Olson NOT arrested in Europe
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk...
-- Tom Flocco Now Thoroughly Discredited. A Must Read!
Tom Flocco Now Thoroughly DiscreditedIntroduction September 23, 2005
With many thanks to the reader who pointed out the following discrepancies which more or less confirm Tom Flocco's status as a prime disinformation agent.
We've had our suspicions for some time but the following proves them quite conclusively. First off, Poland and Austria do not share a common border, yours truly should have picked that up immediately but geography was never a strong point at school. Likewise the Italian lyra is no longer tenable currency, it ceased to be legal tender on February 28, 2002. Which makes claims about fake lyra currency all the more improbable along with everything else claimed by the recent guest on Jeff Rense's internet radio show.
Moreover, a reader has just informed us that location of events reported on Flocco's website has now changed. From being the Austrian Polish border, as originally reported, it's now moved to the Polish German border, which actually exists. Seems like Flocco got wind of his mistake and is now trying to recover his tattered credibility. Ed.
9-11 crash victim Barbara Olson arrested in Europe
www.tomflocco.com/fs/OlsenArrested.htm
Originally posted by scott3x
reply to post by Lillydale
Alright Lilly, clearly we've now branched off from talking about what hit the pentagon. You also mention that you no longer wish to discuss jthomas. That's fine, but I find that your points were worth answering, so I created a new thread, in case you or anyone else would like to see my response:
Caricaturizing one's opponents doesn't help 9/11 discussions
Originally posted by scott3x
Nothing comes to mind. Like I said, I have found his best qualities are his relative civility and his refraining from claiming he has proof concerning any of his claims.
Originally posted by scott3x
I know he claims to believe that AA 77 hit the pentagon, but that's not the same thing as saying he has proof for it. And yep, I've definitely noted that rather large hour differential. Not sure if he has accounted for it.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Originally posted by scott3x
I know he claims to believe that AA 77 hit the pentagon, but that's not the same thing as saying he has proof for it. And yep, I've definitely noted that rather large hour differential. Not sure if he has accounted for it.
Here is your problem right here son. You are not sure if he has accounted for it. That would be because you have not actually read all of his posts like it was suggested before you spend two pages defending him.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
No, he has not accounted for it.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He has not accounted for anything.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He did not say that he believed that AA77 hit the Pentagon. He said over and over again that he knows that it hit the pentagon. He has said the evidence/proof is overwhelming.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He has called anyone denying all that conclusive proof names and just tossed insults at them instead of making any cogent argument for himself at all.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
[jthomas] gave us all pictures of the dead men that worked in the pentagon and said they were just "some" of the proof of the passenger bodies that were found there.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He insists that it has been proven and that he has shown us this proof that AA77 hit the building. You are saddly mistaken here. You really need to go back and read the things he posted prior to your visit to see the whole pattern.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
So far the only one here that thinks he has not been rude,
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
not lied, and not claimed to have proof is you. Ever wonder why that might be? Perhaps the rest of us have been reading along.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
When you spend days posting on a thread "I already showed you proof" over and over and over without ever showing that proof, what would you call that?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
When you spend pages telling other people that they need to demonstrate to him how it is that Lilly knows what she knows because otherwise he has no answer when no one was asking him about Lilly or what she said, what do you call that?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
When you post one lousy link full of lies and disinformation and again claim that you have now shown PROOF without ever trying to defend the obvious flaws in the link, what do you call that?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
I could go on and on but I see you are so hooked on this guy that nothing anyone says is going to get you to simply look for yourself. He added nothing to the discussion but took plenty away from it.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
It is nice to have him gone.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Instead we now have a "truther" defending him for about 15 posts. I would really rather discuss 9/11 so I think you should both just stay in the cozy little thread you made for him.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
You could just go back to before you got here and perhaps a few other threads and actually look at his behavior but I see how much easier it is to pretend he is not what the evidence shows and blindly defend him, even if it means saying things that are simply not true yourself, i.e he never claimed to have proof.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
What a joke you and him are and have tried to make this thread. I smell tag team disinfo.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
reply to post by scott3x
You have a serious issue. Try to follow along. Even though you claim he did not, he DID claim to have proof.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He said he had evidence of passenger bodies and posted pictures of dead pentagon employess.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He then claimed to have proof in the form of a link to some worthless page of disinfo some person just made up.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He spent the majority of the thread
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
demanding that other people prove a negative or that other people prove that lilly can prove a negative.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He does not answer questions,
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
he does not follow basic logic, and he has lied on several occasions.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
All of the things you praise him for -not claiming to have evidence, being civil, etc. are all things he has done; not only in this thread but many threads. Have I read all 2000 posts? I would have to say yes. Does 2000 posts seem like a lot to you?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
He has lied. He has been completely uncivil.
Originally posted by scott3x
Does he say the word proof? If so, I'd like to see it.
I will grant that he might have changed his tune. But I've rummaged through enough posts already. I know that he has vehemently denied that he has claimed there is proof of anything recently, but if he used to say something else, I'd be interested in seeing it.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
reply to post by scott3x
Scott, you are completely full of it. You must be Jthomas yourself because every single thing you asked for a link to is in this thread. You go on and on to claim that you have barely even perused each post but you know enough to know you have not seen these things? You are an amazing piece of work. Anyone that actually took the time to read this thread and read the stuff they are responding to and about, is going to find you very very entertaining. Ask for a few more links to posts that are pretty easy to find in this huge volume of pages.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
oh....and "registered pilots"???? whatever....
Please pay attention: 768 MPH is equivalent to 667 knots. I have already presented this, yet you ignore??? WHY?
Additionally, the speed attained by the jets was only sustained for a very, very BRIEF time.
BECAUSE of gravity, in the dive. The excessive speeds were accomplished....