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Good Job JT.
Well thought out. Just another piece of true info that further refutes the fantasy of CIT.
Originally posted by Reheat
reply to post by jthomas
Outstanding analysis and good info to add to the avalanche of reasons CIT's complicated conglomeration of nonsense is wrong.
One area where I think you've misunderstood is Roosevelt Robert's muddled statements. As I understand what he said the aircraft he observed came from roughly the impact point (Rte 27), flew over ~ Lane 1 of the South Parking area, then turned toward the Mall Entrance to the Pentagon (not the Mall in Washington, DC) and departed to the SW. In other words it never flew across the Potomac River as you've stated in your analysis. To make this simpler and plainer he essentially said the aircraft came from the ~SW and did a U-turn over the Pentagon traveling back in the direction (SW) from which it came.
Of course, we then get the typical "clarification" by CIT of what he really meant to say in support of their fantasy to support a flyover.
Can you imagine a competent investigator using Robert's statements at all for anything? Can you imagine someone listening to this in a Courtroom?
If I've confused what he said, someone else (besides CIT) might take a stab and try to clarify it further. I don't intend to try and analyze it any more as it gives me a headache.
Roosevelt is the critical first flyover witness. He did not see the Pentagon attack jet on the approach at all. He only saw it immediately after the explosion as it banked away from the Pentagon.
He was at the east side of the loading dock when he saw the plane over the south parking lot of the Pentagon.
Roosevelt says that the plane was 50 to less than 100 feet above the light poles in the south parking lot and was banking around. His exact direction of the bank is a bit unclear from the interview but it sounds as though he has it banking around to the north since he says towards the "mall entrance side" which is on the north side of the Pentagon.
He says "southwest" but we think his directions were confused at that moment since it sounds like he is struggling to visualize and verbalize the proper cardinal direction which is to be expected from eyewitness recollection. He does clarify further when he says it was not banking towards the airport meaning it wasn't banking southwest after all.
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Originally posted by jthomas
CIT has so far refused my request for it to provide a "flyaway" flight path so I've done nothing more. But Craig has posted this picture with a "north side" flight path crossing the Pentagon here:
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If CIT were to stick to that flight path any attempt at extending it in any direction is going to lead to the same issue of lack of eyewitnesses - not to speak of exceeding aircraft capabilities you've already nailed CIT with - and I will be most happy to do another View Shed analysis .![]()



Chadwickus
I think another thing to add to your list of questions is where are the witness statements from people in the other side of the Pentagon, if a plane did fly over at the same time as the impact why hasn't anyone there spoken up?
think of it this way, you're in your office minding your own business when all of a sudden there would be an almighty explosion nearby. Within that split second of hearing the explosion you would realise that you are not in immediate danger. So, what is the first thing you do? You would look out the window to see if you can see what made the explosion.
Obviously if an aircraft flew over at the same time you would spot it pretty easily.


Originally posted by SPreston
You have to realize that the residents and employees and travelers in the area are used to aircraft flying right over Columbia Island and up or down the Potomac River every few minutes seven days a week. There was nothing unusual about aircraft flying out of or into Reagan National Airport. They were used to the noise and sight of commercial aircraft climbing out of Reagan to cruising altitude or slowly flying in on a landing glide slope.

The premise is ridiculous, and the attempts to prove it didn't happen are almost laughable. No, I think people WOULD notice a low flying plane, that is nowhere where they are used to seeing planes. You folks are making all your assumptions based on some idea that people are complete morons. Too stupid to see a plane flying away (or apparently, hear it - must be one of those silent 757s!). Apparently those who watched it hit the Pentagon are blithering idiots, who don't know what a passenger jet looks like. They all completely imagined seeing something hit the Pentagon.