Pentagon crash photos - with plane
[UPDATE: See "Hunt the Boeing" Answers with science writer Patrick Di Justo]
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I’ve been linked to by one of those conspiracy sites that claims Flight 77 didn’t hit the Pentagon, as if I support their ridiculous claims. I’d be more likely to believe the counter-theory that these sites are part of a government plot to discredit the Internet.
Contrary to the claims on such sites that there are no photos showing the plane, the 757 is visible hitting the ground at the right of the first photo in this set at CNN. It’s disturbing, but impossible to miss. The accompanying CNN video points out the plane via highlighting.
Having seen plenty of airliner crash photos and talked to eyewitnesses from D.C., I admit the Hunt the Boeing asks some tricky math and science questions, but that’s about it. In the end, I believe what I do because of eyewitnesses and a credible network of sources in D.C., not photos that can be doctored and/or misleading.
Of course, we should still wonder why the Pentagon didn’t release the above photos until last week. If rumors on the Web prompted the brass to stop sitting on them, great. Let’s hope that happens more often. That government plot may be backfiring. 