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Originally posted by billybob
i personally think beam weapons are a pretty good fit for the destruction observed.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Originally posted by billybob
i personally think beam weapons are a pretty good fit for the destruction observed.
How? What's the failure mechanism? Does it superheat the steel or what?
Originally posted by bsbray11
Originally posted by billybob
i personally think beam weapons are a pretty good fit for the destruction observed.
How? What's the failure mechanism? Does it superheat the steel or what?
Originally posted by billybob
well. i think of a piece of metal in the microwave.
i don't know what a beam weapon could do. [...] there is simply too much we don't know about advances in science, in my opinion, to rule out nearly ANYTHING simply because it is 'beyond our ken'.
Originally posted by ipsedixit
If you look at the debris plummeting down as the tower collapses you will notice it trailing smoke all the way down. No flames. Just smoke. What's going on?
Originally posted by bsbray11
Well, CB, I'm going to claim that Jesus brought both towers down by some classified Israeli ritual, and that's the TRUTH! And Steven Jones is DISINFO! Because he's MORMON! Wake up and see the TRUTH!! But I can't prove it of course. What's the point in trying to prove it? It's the truth anyway. It couldn't have been anything else, even though I don't really have an idea of what I'm talking about.
Originally posted by bsbray11
I ask again, show me a partially vaporized column.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Specifically, if anyone can lend credibility to this theory, I'd like to see partially vaporized steel from a perimeter column that isn't sulfidated or hasn't been contaminated in the process by another nearby chemical, as if there were extreme ambient temperatures doing the work and not a beam that only excites steel or etc.
we have conducted laboratory tests to evaluate the effects of laser energy on different materials. For the most part, those materials have been metals, not concrete structures. Effects on metals are from the heat generated by an intense beam of coherent light, which cause the metals to weaken and split. Given sufficient heat, metals would melt (become liquids) and, given significantly more heat, could turn to gases.
Originally posted by 0ivae
Did ipsedixit's photos qualify?
One thing about your photos: the cuts look too clean... could these have been made after the fact by the clean-up crews with thermite cutters?
we have conducted laboratory tests to evaluate the effects of laser energy on different materials. For the most part, those materials have been metals, not concrete structures. Effects on metals are from the heat generated by an intense beam of coherent light, which cause the metals to weaken and split. Given sufficient heat, metals would melt (become liquids) and, given significantly more heat, could turn to gases.