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Originally Posted by Mafoo
sorry, but im kinda confused... are they saying there were 2 planes or 1 plane and a missile or what?
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The conclusion based on the witness testimony is that there was a decoy jet - a large 757 - which flew over the Pentagon and was timed with internal explosives in the building to fool everyone into believing the plane crashed.
"But that sounds crazy! Everyone would have seen the plane flying away and would have reported it!"
Don't forget that Reagan National Airport is a mere 1 mile away from the Pentagon and low flying planes near the Pentagon are an everyday occurrence. In fact one can see low flying planes close to the Pentagon every 2-3 minutes. Here are a few examples:
By contrast, a massive explosion and fireball at our military headquarters is literally a once in a lifetime event. The explosion, fireball and subsequent wall of smoke would grab everyone's attention, and within even just a couple seconds the flyaway jet would appear as just an ordinary low flying plane.
There were two military planes which appeared within minutes, (first a C-130, then an E4B) but there was no military plane on the scene at the time of the flyover of the decoy jet.
However, anyone who DID see a plane flying away after the explosion would most likely reconcile what they saw with the reports of a second plane.