Eyewitnesses inside and outside the building were thrown to the groundby what they described as a shockwave. |
At that instant, a tremendous explosion ... shook the room.Mr. Murphy ... was knocked entirely across the room, while[a coworker] was jolted into his office. -Peter M. Murphy, on the fourth floor of the E-Ring, above the helipad |
'... the blast of the impact was so tremendous, that from his vantage point,it threw him backward over 100 feet slamming into a light polecausing him internal injuries.' -Master Sergeant Noel Sepulveda, 150 feet from the point of impact |
'Then, about 5 seconds later, the whole hotel shook.I could feel it moving.' -Jeff Anlauf, on the 14th floor of the Sheraton Hotel |
Even the Sheraton Hotel, 1.6 miles away was rocked by the blast.A number of military personnel at the Pentagonspecifically mention smelling cordite. |
'Even before stepping outside I could smell the cordite.I knew explosives had been set off somewhere.' -Don Perkal, MSNBC |
'We saw a huge black cloud of smoke, she said,saying it smelled like cordite, or gun smoke.' -Gilah Goldsmith, Teh Guardian |
Cordite and jet fuel have two very distinct smells. Cordite is a compound used in ammunition,which is comprised of nitroguanidine, nitrocellulose, and nitroglycerin. It is cool-burning, produces little smoke and no flash,but produces a strong detonation wave.And, eyewitnesses described a bright silvery flash. |
'There was a silvery flash, an explosion, and a dark,mushroom shaped cloud rose over the building.' -James S. Robbins, National Security Analyst & NRO Contributor |
Jet fuel combustion, i.e. the planes that struck the Twin Towers,is bright yellow at best.Watch this. [Footage of the Boeing 720 crash on a runway] A massive smoldering fireball, no silvery flash, no shockwave.And at the Pentagon, a tiny bright silvery flash,which shakes nearby buildings. |
Thereports of a concussion, smell of cordite, and silvery flashsuggest a blast may have involved more than just the deflagration of jet fuel.However, if, explosives were involved, for example,it is in no way inconsistent with the crash of Flight 77.There are any of a number of possibilities,including that the jetliner was hit by an anti-aircraft weaponjust as it collided with the facade. Loose Change fails to credit Eric Bart,the French researcherwho compiled the extensive eyewitness collectionmirrored herefrom which the above accounts were apparently culled. |
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