IMO, the so called "analysis" on that one leaves a lot to be desired. Assuming the plane was close to the center of the fireball shown in various photos, the point of impact was at or near the top of the building. If the plane had hit at the attitude in the photo simulation, the roof and probably at least the top floor would have remained intact. Instead, what the photos show is 5 floors squashed on top of each other, which is consistent with the point of impact suggested by the fireball. In addition, there is no available information to suggest the plane came in on a flat level glide. On the contrary, all reports suggest the plane made a radical maneuver and dove on the Pentagon. I think the basic problem these guys are having is, "Why didn't the wings fall off like they do in a Hollywood movie?". The idea that in real life, wings hold up the airplane and are designed to stay attached, never appears to have crossed their minds.
The shape of the hole, the fireball, and eye witness reports, pretty much confirms the plane came in on a steep decent and the wings were canted at something like a 30-50 degree angle. In that configuration, the hole is plenty big enough for a 757.
As far as the site's "Operation Pearl" is concerned, it isn't even laughable. It's sad. The "logic" sounds like Baby Huey on LSD. The planes landed and dropped off the passengers so they could get on another plane that crashed someplace else? The first thing those passengers would want to do is call someone to to tell them they would be late. Herding them against their will would take a fair number of folks with guns, who would likely be noticed. This supposedly happened at an airport large enough to handle jumbo jets? Without anyone noticing? Give me a break!!! Then someone takes the now empty jets and crashes them in the ocean? Hitting water at several hundred miles an hour is just like hitting concrete at several hundred miles an hour. There would have been wreckage washing up on beaches all over the world.
The sad part is the original source of that particular theory started out with some reasonably solid research. As I recall, evidence of missing frames from the tape released by the Pentagon, and photographic evidence of what may have been high explosives, was fairly coherent.
The two main problems with the small airplane theory is the necessary absurdity of trying to explain where the big airplanes went, while trying to explain why someone with enough control over the big planes to make them disappear without a trace would need to make the substitution in the first place.
Wouldn't someone with enough control over the jets to crash them in the ocean, or hide them by any means flights of fancy can imagine, skip all that foolishness and just use them to hit buildings instead? |
