July 06, 2007
The Pentagon Plane Wreckage?
This will not make me very popular.
Not that popularity is my goal anyway. My goal is to objectively look at things and then give my take. 
Have you ever been told there was no evidence that a plane crashed into the Pantagon? That there are no photos showing any plane wreckage? Or that no witnesses ever saw any plane wreckage? Well, I uploaded this photograph to a newgroup on September 16 2004. I do not recall where I found it, but the source struck me as credible.
The 9-11 theories never really caught my imagination, so I have paid very little attention to them. Besides, I tend to become absorbed in things, and it would be a distraction from more important aims. The other day, I happened to hear someone on the radio assert something like, "There was no trace of recognizable wreckage from a Boeing 757; there is no plane wreckage in any of the photos."
So I looked around, and found this from Popular Mechanics {They had a similar photo}:
Blast expert Allyn E. Kilsheimer was the first structural engineer to arrive at the Pentagon after the crash and helped coordinate the emergency response. "It was absolutely a plane, and I'll tell you why," says Kilsheimer, CEO of KCE Structural Engineers PC, Washington, D.C. "I saw the marks of the plane wing on the face of the building. I picked up parts of the plane with the airline markings on them. I held in my hand the tail section of the plane, and I found the black box." Kilsheimer's eyewitness account is backed up by photos of plane wreckage inside and outside the building. Kilsheimer adds: "I held parts of uniforms from crew members in my hands, including body parts ... " -- www.popularmechanics.com/
Another source: "Despite the destructive fire that raged inside the impact area on 9/11, pieces of debris were visible on 9/13 and 9/14, and were photographed by recovery workers. These photos clearly show pieces of landing gears, a large turbofan engine, and fuselage. The evidence inside the building is consistent with the evidence of plane wreckage outside -- indicating that a commercial airliner flew into the Pentagon on September 11th." -- Photos Of Flt 77 Wreckage
That is all. I just find it curious that so many reasonable apparently people can be taken in by conspiracy theories. BTW, I do not recall when I first saw that photo. I got booted off something called "The New Mothman Group" for posting it there. That was well before I uploaded it at BDG in the fall 2004.
I do think a lot of people sincerely believe the hoaxes. It is cretainly a good idea to be skeptical about the government. But I think we should be at least as leery of odd things posted on the Web by who knows who. Be skeptical of me. Check my work. See for yourself. If you find things I missed, let me know. Though, as I noted, I do not wish to spend much time on this current topic.
Posted by rbeck at July 6, 2007 10:35 PM