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Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report

Popular Mechanics examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11.

By The Editors .. Published in the March 2005 issue .. 9 pages ..

INSERT: Yes, i know this Popular Mechanics piece has been rubbished by some .. that's
ok, it's all info .. links to these inside and left in case they may spark any interest in one.

* The Top 5 Engineering Projects of 2009
* How an F-35 Targets, Aims and Fires Without Being Seen
* Air Force Acknowledges Secret Stealth UAV
* How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation
* The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer


False Witness: Conspiracy theorists claim this photo "proves" the 9/11 attacks
were a U.S. military operation. (Photograph by Rob Howard)

From the moment the first airplane crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of
September 11, 2001, the world has asked one simple and compelling question: How could it happen?

Three and a half years later, not everyone is convinced we know the truth. Go to Google.com, type in the search phrase "World Trade Center conspiracy" and you'll get links to an estimated 628,000 Web sites. More than 3000 books on 9/11 have been published; many of them reject the official consensus that hijackers associated with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda flew passenger planes into U.S. landmarks.

Background .. For background on this investigative feature, please click here.

Healthy skepticism, it seems, has curdled into paranoia. Wild conspiracy tales are peddled daily on the Internet, talk radio and in other media. Blurry photos, quotes taken out of context and sketchy eyewitness accounts have inspired a slew of elaborate theories: The Pentagon was struck by a missile; the World Trade Center was razed by demolition-style bombs; Flight 93 was shot down by a mysterious white jet. As outlandish as these claims may sound, they are increasingly accepted abroad and among extremists here in the United States.

To investigate 16 of the most prevalent claims made by conspiracy theorists, POPULAR MECHANICS assembled a team of nine researchers and reporters who, together with PM editors, consulted more than 70 professionals in fields that form the core content of this magazine, including aviation, engineering and the military.

In the end, we were able to debunk each of these assertions with hard evidence and a healthy dose of common sense. We learned that a few theories are based on something as innocent as a reporting error on that chaotic day. Others are the byproducts of cynical imaginations that aim to inject suspicion and animosity into public debate. Only by confronting such poisonous claims with irrefutable facts can we understand what really happened on a day that is forever seared into world history.

INSERT: Links for these inside and again left in case of interest to one.

Debunking 9/11 Myths Introduction Background | Podcast | Blog | Book | FAQ | Sources
The Planes Where's The Pod? | No Stand-Down Order | Flight 175's Windows | Intercepts Not Routine
The World Trade Center Widespread Damage | "Melted" Steel | Puffs of Dust | Seismic Spikes | WTC 7 Collapse
The Pentagon Big Plane, Small Holes | Intact Windows | Flight 77 Debris
Flight 93 The White Jet | Roving Engine | Indian Lake | F-16 Pilot

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http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=1

yes, i know it's old, just loike i sed for balance.

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Loose Change debunked. So what's your point? There are plenty of sites that believe 9/11 was an inside job, who have also gone out of their way to debunk Loose Change. I'm one of those people who has also debunked information in Loose Change. In fact though, one of the main reasons that I will no longer post on the 9/11 Revisited board is because a few of those posters continued to promote stuff in Loose Change in spite of my tireless efforts to debunk that info. And maybe you missed my post to Alex where I mentioned that there are plenty of different viewpoints about what happened that day. The reason why is once anyone realizes that stuff that had been fed to us was a downright lie, or next to impossible to believe, it becomes a matter of figuring out what is true. We certainly haven't been fed the truth on a silver platter.