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| Woody Box | Mar 19 2009, 04:27 PM |
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I think that Robert Utley (for instance) describes succinctly and precisely a loop exlusively west of DCA. Easy to illustrate it on a map. I observed a primary target approximately 7 miles east of AML, heading eastbound, when the target was about 1 mile west of DCA it made a right turn heading southwestbound. When it was about 3 miles north of DAA it made a sharp turn northbound, when it was about 10 miles east of AML it made a sharp turn eastbound, the target then dropped off radar about 3 miles west of DCA. Equipment configuration was unknown to me. The most interesting thing is, that Utley's statement is succinct, precise - and utterly wrong. The NTSB loop and the CIT loop have one thing in common: the plane was coming from southwest on its final one, two miles (disregarding the very last meters). But Utley's plane, being 10 miles east of AML (= Dulles Airport = 10 miles west of DCA), makes a "sharp turn eastbound" and drops off radar "3 miles west of DCA". In other words: Utley's plane is coming in from due west. Utley's path is completely different from every other path description, and I'm sure it is wrong. The thing that bugs me is that Utley's figures are so precise. These two things don't fit together. Why does he do that? It is also very important to note that all these statements (with one exception) were made one day after the attacks. Allow me a bold speculation: in the afternoon of 9/11, the Dulles controllers got a message from the Secret Service (there was indeed a hotline to the SS): "Dear controllers, you have to fulfill an unusual requirement: You all have observed Flight 77 crossing the Potomac, circling the White House and coming back over the river before hitting the Pentagon. This flight path may not get public for national security reasons. It may lead the attention to the E4B you observed a few minutes later, but the existence of this plane has to be kept hidden, again, for national security reasons. Please understand that no further explanation is possible. When asked by AAT-200 or other investigators about the final loop, place it southwest of the Pentagon so that it doesn't cross the Potomac." I stress this is speculation, because I have no better explanation for the fact that Utley and the other controllers (less distinctly) described a path west of the Potomac. And in this context Utley's absurd path deems to me to be kind of protest for being muzzled. I know, I'm speculating, but I'm just trying to make sense out of this riddle. Again, the fact that the real flight path was distorted on the very first day is intriguing. Someone felt the need to intervene as quick as possible. Interestingly, the only statement from 9/11 - from Todd Lewis - is the only one that implies a crossing of the Potomac (IMO). Was his statement not filtered yet? |
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