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Interesting claims from the lawsuit linked: "However, instead of allowing the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”), the agency tasked with investigati
by lbotos 4y ago
Interesting claims from the lawsuit linked:
"However, instead of allowing the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”), the agency tasked with investigating all domestic aviation incidents, to lead the investigation of the TWA 800 incident, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)took charge. The FBI also enlisted the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency(“CIA”). Indeed, the FBI essentially froze the NTSB out of the investigation. The FBI removed all copies (original and duplicates) of Navy radar tapes from the Navy, placing them out of the NTSB’s reach, and refused to allow the NTSB to conduct eyewitness interviews or review the FBI’s records that indicated the true cause of the TWA 800 crash.
Eyewitnesses who were interviewed by the FBI recall being threatened by the organization. For example, one eyewitness recalls being told to keep quiet about the “rocket” she saw in the sky or risk her citizenship application being denied. Despite this, eyewitnesses have consistently maintained that they saw something arcing toward TWA 800 before the plane erupted into flames and fell from the sky. For example, one eyewitness testified that she saw a “rocket go up” and explode, and then saw TWA 800's flaming wreckage fall from the sky. Two other eyewitnesses, Air National Guard pilots, Captain Christian Baur and Major Frederick “Fritz” Meyer, similarly stated that they witnessed events that indicated a missile struck TWA 800. On the day TWA 800 went down, Captain Baur and Major Meyer were flying in a Black Hawk helicopter near the area of the TWA 800 incident. Captain Baur recalled seeing an object with a “rocket type motor "moving quick” toward TWA 800. After the crash, Captain Baur flew to the area and conducted a search and rescue. Captain Baur’s co-pilot, Major Meyer, testified that he recognized a “flak” explosion at the site of the TWA 800 explosion, which is what military anti-air explosives create.
Despite this evidence, the CIA concocted materials to discredit eyewitnesses who could confirm that TWA 800 had been downed by some kind of projectile. These materials included a video and animation that was displayed during a nationally-televised FBI press conference that attempted to reconcile the eyewitness testimony that the plane was struck by a projectile with the U.S. Government’s official position that the crash was caused by a defect in the plane’s center fuel tank.
Despite outwardly proclaiming that the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was, in the CIA’s words, “NOT A MISSILE,” several internal government communications (that have only come to light in the recent FOIA litigation) indicated that a missile was involved."
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Obviously these documents are going to be attempting to paint the case in favor of the plaintiff, but seems "strange".
- jrockway 4y agoWhat always surprises me is how bad people are at covering up the cover up. Why deny access to radar tapes? Just make fake tapes that say what you want.
- MrPatan 4y agoThat sounds like work.
- bombcar 4y agoMaking fakes is really really hard in actuality. There’s always things you forgot to fake correctly. Easiest to limit or destroy.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoMaking fake tapes creates additional risk of cover up discovery. The best cover up involves the least lies.
- aceazzameen 4y agoI remember a local evening news interview with the Air National Guard crew on the same or next night after the incident. I remember at least one of them saying something about the possibility seeing a missile. At the time I thought it was a pretty big deal for a helicopter crew member to say that on the news. I always found it odd that I didn't hear more about that specific account over the coming days/weeks. That stuck with me for some reason.