9-11/Pentagon

 9-11/Pentagon

Date	2001-09-11
Description	The Office of Naval Intelligence in the Pentagon was attacked on September 11th, allegedly by a plane, although insufficient evidence has been presented to prove this beyond reasonable doubt. A lot of CCTV footage of what happened has been confiscated by the US government and not released.

Official Narrative

The Pentagon was hit by American Airlines Flight 77. The CCTV footage was confiscated for reasons of "National security".

Problems

Some commentators have remarked on the implausibility of the flight path allegedly taken by American Airlines Flight 77, some noting that the damage appears to be more consistant with a missile rather than a 747.

CCTV

A few dozen commercial enterprises have security cameras which might have provided footage of the September 11th event at the Pentagon. All such locations were quickly raided (by the FBI?) and the footage has never been made public. The few sections of CCTV footage that were released from two parking cameras do not include an image of a jet plane, and a closer analaysis reveals that the crucial frames appear to have been doctored.

Target Selection

E.P. Heidner writes that "the Office of Naval Intelligence in the Pentagon, which sustained a direct hit that day, was without a doubt, a target that was pinpointed for destruction".

Building Condition?

The building was undergoing reinforcement at the time of the attack. User:Polaris97 writes:

A few days prior to the "9/11" event, the History Channel presented a show in which the Pentagon was a main focus. During the hour-long program, mild-tempered issues were raised related to the quickly deteriorating conditions plaguing the buildings’ structure—outmoded materials used in the initial construction now demanding renovations. However, the fear of astronomical costs for these renovations was put forth as a questionable deterrent for the American public: considering the age of the building (1941-2001), would the facility be relegated to sit as some type of museum and relic of a war-time era gone by, or would it receive the necessary attention to reclaim its glory and dominance over the global stage of military force and strategy. Too many years after the event, I tried to acquire a screen-shot of the listing of programs scheduled on that day (most likely the 6th, a Thursday, but certainly before the weekend). However, the History Channel web site would not allow gleaning of the shows for that date. If anyone reading has further or more in-depth insights into this particular confluence, please share! In all of my years of “9/11” research, I have not heard a single statement from a television viewer or researcher in reference to this perspective, but it is certain that such persons are indeed out there. I mention this issue because as the spectacle unfolded that day, my immediate thoughts were continually revisiting the (now considerably strange) show I had watched recently. I do not know if this is a relevant piece of the puzzle, but it served as the catalytic issue for my continued interest in what happened that day.

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author
Norman Mineta	“I was made aware of it during the time that the airplane coming into the Pentagon. There was a young man who had come in and said to the vice president, "The plane is 50 miles out. The plane is 30 miles out." And when it got down to, "The plane is 10 miles out," the young man also said to the vice president, "Do the orders still stand?" And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, "Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?" Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.”	Norman Mineta

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Norad-911-Jochen Scholz	interview	30 January 2011	Jochen Scholz	Excerpted from a NuoViso interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Jochen Scholz of the German air force on 911 and the war on terror.

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