Attack1

“There has been an explosion in the Pentagon Parking lot, maybe a car bomb!”

The physics of the Pentagon attack were not consistent with an airliner crashing into it. It’s just not so simple as locating a hole that can accommodate a Boeing 757. There are many questions that we will explore in this chapter to help ourselves better understand the facts surrounding the attack.

The logic of an airliner attacking the Pentagon has many flaws, before it even strikes the building. For instance, the trajectory it had flown, virtually horizontal and just feet off the ground — was in all reality, impossible. Another problem — colliding into the lampposts — that would have destroyed the aircraft before it had a chance to hit the Pentagon. If it indeed hit a lamppost, the plane would have been a flaming hull, disintegrating and cart wheeling across the Pentagon lawn.

Another disparity of reality, according to the Pentagon’s parking cam video, is that the fuel explodes in front of the Pentagon. If one thinks logically about it, the aircraft needs to penetrate the structure before it would explode inside the Pentagon. In videos of the WTC crashes, both aircraft were utterly engulfed inside the structure’s steel hull before exploding. This is what would be expected — the massive steel beams were destroyed, permitting passage of the aircraft. At the Pentagon, there wasn’t much evidence of this.

Disputes have erupted amongst researchers over how to explain the lack of damage to the Pentagon from where the wings and tail supposedly impacted. While similar wings had just ripped through massive 36 cm square-box steel guiders, only minutes before.

Scientists at Induced Chemical Reactions Laboratory of the Kurchatov Institute describe the characteristics of fuel fires as follows:

An intensive thermal effect is observed resulting from combustion of clouds of fuel-air mixtures that is not followed by formation of destructive blast waves. Such an effect is typical in cases of simultaneous fuel release and ignition, when the combustible substances are not well mixed with air. Ambient air is involved in the process, a rising fireball forms… The thermal effect from explosion products fireball may sometimes be more severe than the damage cased by the blast effect from the explosion itself.¹ [Emphasis added]

The resultant fire from an aircraft crash occurs after the jet fuel explodes as a fireball, and then, in turn it burns off. Contrary to public opinion jet fuel fires are not exceptionally hot fires. A general indicator of heat is the flame color, blue is at the hotter side of the spectrum and orange is on the cooler side. Jet fuel fires from aircraft accidents are orange in color and this reflects their relative coolness as far as fires go. One reason for this coolness was the fuel abundance or richness; a flame burns at its maximum heat potential when the fuel-air mixture is carefully controlled, like inside a jet engine. So when there is an excess of fuel and a limited supply of oxygen the combustion is said to be rich. A good example is when your mechanic says your car’s carburetor is running too rich — this causes the car to produce black smoke and run cold. Contrary to this a setting that is too lean causes the car to emit white smoke and run too hot. Thus, an abundance of jet fuel and lack of sufficient oxygen is why you would expect to see a diffuse flame that is orange and producing copious black smoke.

At the Pentagon, we would have expected to see a fire and resultant thermal damage that was consistent with jet fuel. Also, there should not have been blast waves.

A blast wave, also known as a shock wave, is present in a high explosive blast. Characteristically, these blast waves are produced by specialized explosives — as used in military weapons and with controlled demolition (used to bring old structures down). A blast wave is pressure transmitted radically from a source into a surrounding medium, such as air. This wave has three components; a positive phase, a negative phase and a mass movement of wind — which is called a blast wind. During the positive phase, the wave causes rapid increase in ambient air pressure (blast overpressure). It is the peak and duration of the positive phase that determines the extent of damage and injury. It is important to realize that only explosives give a shockwave; there is no shockwave from a crash and fire.

It appears that the spin machine was only concentrating on the “757 flying into the pentagon” — they figured that effects from the blast could be explained as just being “attributed” to the crashing of the airliner. This miscalculation by the cover-up team was fortunate for researchers, because the accounts from individuals, who were literally “under attack”, shed many interesting clues on what happened.

This early photo is actually a secondary explosion about 5 minutes after the attack; it shows a bright explosive fire, not a orange smoky fire of kerosene-type jet fuels. Notice the only black smoke coming from the trailer in the fenced in area. How does the “trailer” explode so violently, while grass that’s even closer is not burned!

Notice that numerous references are made to a bright light (brilliant flash, etc.), with intense heat; this is characteristic of high explosives, bombs, or from a missile, not an airline crash which burns with orange flame and black smoke.

If the firemen put the fire out in seven minutes, then why did the Pentagon burn all night?

The ARFF National’s aircraft rescue firefighters claimed “…foam units knocked down the bulk of the fire in the first seven minutes after their arrival . . .”²The Pentagon should have had incredible fire-fighting resources brought upon it. The continuation of the “burn” is bizarre! One can only speculate that the “burn” was quite deliberate, lacking an alternate and rational explanation.

Airport firefighters arrived and quickly attacked the blaze with foam. Why are there so few firefighters, for such an important national building? Why are the firemen not wearing the aluminized protective hoods used to penetrate a jet fuel fire? …for a rescue attempt.

So you would feel sorry for them, and also to make you angry toward Arabs. It was part of the PsyOps war, the war for your mind…

If people heard more than one detonation that would logically indicate that there was more than one explosive device present. Tom Seibert, a network engineer at the Pentagon mentioned, “We heard what sounded like a missile, then we heard a loud boom … and five minutes later, boom.” Interestingly, he didn’t say it sounded like an airliner crash. Nothing in a now nonexistent aircraft could account for a large explosion that he heard, five minutes later. Lisa Burgess also heard multiple explosions, “I heard two loud booms — one large, one smaller, and the shock wave threw me against the wall.” These reports are eerily similar to the WTC testimonials. “Two explosions, a few minutes apart, prompted me to start walking,” noted Don Perkal, as he attempted to exit for safety.

Outside the building, people also heard two explosions — crash included: According to the Washington Post “[Milburn Kirk and “Dave”] witnesses reported hearing several secondary explosions that rocked the building and sent plumes of smoke streaming into the sky”.³ “Then, at 10:10, the mood abruptly changed when [a] thunder-clapping sound echoed over the grounds…”^{NOTEREF _Ref130164924 \h \* MERGEFORMAT 231}

Why is there countless descriptions of extremely powerful blasts? Many, even come right out and say, “I knew it was a bomb.” It must have been pretty obvious to them. These are not a group of people who might get confused about the event, since many stated it felt similar to past combat experiences — such combat veterans would know exactly what they were taking about.

Blast or shock waves are also a trademark of high explosives. Witnesses in the Pentagon, mostly military men, like Lt. Col. Marc Abshire, had described a shockwave, “…It shot me back in my chair. There was a huge blast. I could feel the air shock wave of it. … It was more of a direct smack.”²³¹ At about 9:20 a.m., another blast victim observed, “All of a sudden, the windows blew in…”²³¹While Sheila Moody “… heard a whoosh and a whistle and she wondered where all this air was coming from. Then a blast of fire that left as fast as it came. She looked down and saw her hands aflame, so she shook them…”²³¹Her report, doesn’t substantiate claims of an airliner crash. Others like, Mr. Peter Murphy, was knocked entirely across rooms, or down corridors. “ …[Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell] was knocked down. When he stood up, he realized he was on fire.”^{NOTEREF
_Ref133816526 \h \* MERGEFORMAT 231} Peggy Mencl said, “It blew me 10 feet”.

Cordite like gunpowder has a fireworks-like smell; it is often referred to the “smell of war.” However, there is no cordite in an airliner! And, jet fuel is not at all similar; it has a powerful chemical odor that is very nauseating. If both were present the jet fuel would easily over power the gun smoke smell [I have had exposure to both of these substances and their respective odors while in the USAF — they are distinctly different].

Don Perkal noted that, “A bomb had gone off. I could smell the cordite. I knew explosives had been set off somewhere” His statement is rather direct, and it is clear that he believed someone planted explosives. There was so much explosive devices detonated, that from outside, witnesses claimed it smelled like cordite or gun smoke, not jet fuel. Gilah Goldsmith was walking in the vicinity of the Pentagon, “We saw a huge black cloud of smoke,” she said, saying it smelled like cordite or gun smoke.”

Not just Don Perkal made the observation of bombs being detonated; there were many others. LTC Victor Correa remembered, “I saw a fireball come over my head.” … The fireball came in and out quick — the speed of lightning… We thought it was some kind of explosion. That somehow someone got in here and planted bombs because we saw these holes.” LTC Victor Correa, like Mr. Perkal, seemed pretty convinced that he was under attack from concealed explosives; he even mentioned that there were holes where the detonations had gone off! Like the others, Correa does not mention anything of aircraft debris, crashing sounds, nor jet fuel fires or odor. John Bowman stated that, “Most people knew it was a bomb.”⁴ He implies with “Most” that there were several others, perhaps, the majority, also shared his observations — like Terry Morin, “… it sounded like a 2000lb bomb going off”. Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell — a Gulf War veteran recalled the event, “The building was rocked. ‘Bomb!’”^{NOTEREF _Ref133997227 \h \* MERGEFORMAT 237}“I knew it was a bomb...” said Mike Slater. “People shouted in the corridor outside that a bomb had gone off upstairs on the main concourse in the building.” observed Mr. Perkal. His report indicates an explosive going off in an upper level. But didn’t they say the airliner hit the bottom floor?

Lt. Col. Michael Beans remarked, “... the room filled with this real bright light, just like everything was encompassed within this bright light.’”⁵ And Lt. Col. Ted Anderson stated that he saw, “…a brilliant, brilliant explosion of fire."⁶

Captain Stephen S. Frost — Medical Corps reported, “We saw many blast injuries.”⁷ There is a big difference between blast and burn injuries. Burn injuries are what you would see in the event of a fuel-air fire; it produces a fireball and fire, which would inflict thermal injuries on its victims. While, blast waves cause injury because of rapid external loading on the body and organs. Concussive effects of this shock wave on the victim may result in:

Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell, who seems was lucky to have made it out alive, reported, “…The building exploded in front of him. The flash fire was immediate and the smoke was thick. The blast had thrown him down, giving him a concussion.”⁹

It appears consistently throughout, that there was a blast, “shock wave”, “bomb went off”, bright flash”, getting thrown about, confusion, burns, multiple explosions, and smells of cordite. All proof that there were multiple high explosive devices planted and detonated within the Pentagon.

Why weren’t the Pentagon and other high profile buildings evacuated when a hostile aircraft was approaching?

After the FAA warned the military’s air defense command that a possible hijacked airliner appeared to be heading toward Washington, the federal government failed to make any move to evacuate the White House, Capitol, State Department, or the Pentagon.¹⁰ Senators and congress people are in the Capitol building, which is not evacuated until 9:48 a.m. Only Cheney, Rice, and a few others had been evacuated to safety a few minutes after 9:03 a.m. The White House later was evacuated at 9:45 a.m.

At 9:00 a.m., the Pentagon moves its alert status up one notch from normal to Alpha. It stays on Alpha until after the attack, and then goes up two more notches to Charlie later on in the day.¹¹ A Pentagon representative said, “The Pentagon was simply not aware that this aircraft was coming our way.” Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and his top aides in the Pentagon claimed to be unaware of any danger up to the moment of impact.¹² Yet, supposedly, since losing Flight 11, military officials are in the National Military Command Center on the east side of the Pentagon and “are urgently talking to law enforcement and air traffic control officials about what to do.”¹³ Sheriff’s deputies were screaming at people to move along quickly. “There’s a hijacked plane two minutes away. We don’t know where it’s going to hit. Keep moving,” they shouted.⁸⁴ So, Sheriffs and others outside the Pentagon know that an aircraft is heading toward the Pentagon. But they did not evacuate or even warn the workers inside! They didn’t even try… and they intentionally let 124 persons die!

If the charades had stopped, then this photo may well have been all over the world’s newspapers:

Rumsfeld must have had a heart attack when he went outside and saw that the roof didn’t collapse!

If things remained the same the “neocons” would have a serious problem on their hands.

The last evacuation was necessary only because the FBI presence at the command post had been disrupted, when the control tower at Reagan National Airport notified the ECC of an “inbound unidentified aircraft,” but this plane was determined to be “friendly.^{NOTEREF _Ref129825836 \h \* MERGEFORMAT 78}

Photo just after “pull back” order by FBI. Notice that there are no firefighters and the roof is intact (Photo: signs-of-the-times.org).

Since when do firefighters pullback and wait, while people are being burned to death. One excuse they gave us, was that the terrorist were going to attack again. But, why would they hit the same unoccupied wedges of the Pentagon again? And, if they thought that the building would collapse, then, why couldn’t they still battle the fires from the exterior — they didn’t do that either. The fire and rescue withdrawal was complete. The evacuation called at 10:15 a.m. was perplexing since the Shanksville crash (and last) had already occurred. Also, the F-16s from Langley had arrived over Washington D.C. just after the Pentagon was on fire. There is really no excuse for the inaction except that it was perpetrated for the following reasons:

People were running away from the Pentagon, they shouted, “everyone get under the bridge, another one is coming.”¹⁴ But no plane ever came. Steve DeChiaro, an engineer witnessed the fiasco, “Just as we’re about to open the door [to get into the building], they start screaming, ‘There’s another inbound plane’…For nearly 15 minutes, they stood watching the Pentagon burn and periodically checked the sky for another plane."¹⁵ Sgt. Andrew Myers claimed, “…the FBI told us to drop our stretchers and get as far away from the building as possible ... another plane was coming. I started running toward Crystal City, across I-395. I was out of breath when I reached the bridge, but I had to get farther away from the building.”²²⁰

This photo is after all units are pulled back — you can see the collapse in the middle. There is more smoke, now black, coming from the interior of the structure than previously.

The collapse occurs — why did the collapse come about 40 minutes after the attack?

Coincidentally, shortly after the fire and rescue units pulled back, the Pentagon collapses and burns! Outside the Pentagon, witnesses noted, “… at 10:10, the mood abruptly changed when [a] thunder-clapping sound echoed over the grounds…”²³¹ CNN reported the event, “[at] 10:10 a.m. — A portion of the Pentagon collapses.”¹⁶

A collapse doesn’t cause a “thunder-clapping sound”, but high explosives do! This excellent photo captures the actual moment collapse. Why is there fire on the 5^th floor and roof! This also suggests use of high explosives, since as one can see, the office of the three floors just under the collapsing roof were unscathed. So how did the fire get there? Also notice the abundance of grayish-white smoke.

Firefighter Russell Dodge noticed, “There were two vehicles burning, along with a construction trailer — we didn’t know at the time, but that trailer was the main producer of smoke on the outside of the building. …the foam units got there and concentrated on the area of the construction trailer, which was producing some severe fires and subsequent mini explosions…”¹⁷

If the trailer hadn’t been on fire and producing all the thick black smoke, then there would have only been gray smoke coming from the crash site. Was the trailer loaded with fuel and/or chemicals that burn with black smoke, ignited at the time of the attack? This would give the illusion of an aircraft crash with its characteristic black smoke. From a distance this “smoke” appeared to be coming from the Pentagon, but up close the fraud was quite obvious...

The trailer was the largest black smoke producer, the chemicals (explosives) ignited for hours (Photo: Jason Ingersoll).

Notice the unbroken window on the 2^nd floor, [See photo at bottom of previous page] just to the right of the car. This window is at the supposed point of impact! (It is not even blast- resistant since it is in Wedge 2.)

What caused the cars to explode so violently, when even the grass or trees didn’t burn! [See photo at bottom of previous page] Notice the abundance of light-gray smoke coming from the vehicles.

Why would random sections of the Pentagon away from the crash site burn sporadically?

After the collapse, there is a new fire to the left on the second floor. This fire at the left side appears to be isolated. The windows were blown out — but others closer to the impact are not. How can that be explained? How did the jet fuel spray all the way over there, passing up two floor levels? Could there have been a separate explosive device placed in that room?

Blast not burn effects were noticeable in the lower levels — un-charred debris is literally piled up behind some windows as it was in the process of being exploded out of the building. Peggy Mencl stated, “The doors blew out and debris just came flying out from the doors… It blew me 10 feet.”

Blasted office debris seen bottled-necked in windows as it was being expelled outward not inward as with the direction of impact. Note a tree is still standing with only a few small branches blown off.

…I didn’t see any of the plane. By then, the floors had collapsed. Two FBI agents looking for airplane parts closer to the building walked into a yellow jacket nest and got stung several times. I walked by that and looked up on the outer ring and you could see right at the crash site, and you could see filing cabinets and a computer monitor sitting there. They weren’t blackened, they didn’t look like they’d been moved, it looked like somebody had just driven by and broke a hole and nothing was touched…¹⁸

If the Boeing 757 had been vaporized (occurs at 11,000 degrees F!) — why wouldn’t these items have at least been Pentagon furnishings been charred or blackened?

They know that you don’t fight fuel fires with water. The fire is just about out — the water worked!!! Why would water work?

Notice also that the fire, what little there is, comes from the second-floor windows. What happened to all that fuel which was supposed to be spilled on the ground floor?

How is it possible that exactly above the aircraft-melting fire, there are undamaged plastic computers and wooden furniture?

The proof is in the details. The second story and above, have pristine white painted walls, and undamaged items (books, computers, wooden furnishings, etc.). The furniture is in good condition — in its original place. The walls are free of the smoke damage, soot, and heat of the intense fire that supposedly took place within the building — at the hottest point! If you recall there was a raging inferno just underneath where an entire “aircraft melted”. Heat rises, it would have been especially hot —reportedly “thousands of degrees.” But, the upper offices are nearly untouched by any damage, whatsoever. Isn’t that … impossible?

Column damage — is it from blast charges or fire? Below is an example of a failed attempt to bring the column down with charges.

The only possible explanation for this event is that charges were wrapped around it and detonated remotely. It narrowly survived.

Notice that there is no fire or fuel evidence, only equally circumcised damage around the column. You can see the upward envelope of the explosion — where the reinforcing rods are blown upwards — it’s quite dramatic.

The columns are pushed to the right! If a massive 100 ton 757 had hit them, wouldn’t they have shifted inward and to the left? …the direction of the aircraft movement.

Why was the strongest blast at 9:43 a.m., isolated at the Pentagon’s Navy Command Center?

[At exactly 0943], the entire command center exploded in a gigantic orange fireball, and I felt myself being slammed to the deck by a massive and thunderous shock wave. It felt to me as if the blast started at the outer wall, blowing me forward toward Commander Dunn’s desk. I never lost consciousness, and though the entire space was pitch black, I sensed I was on fire…¹⁹

The blast at the Navy Command Center was several minutes later than the initial blast and this is collaborated by a Daryl Donley who claimed (in reference to his photo), “This is a secondary explosion, 4 min after impact…”²⁰

The ASCE investigation diagram indicated a “missing or broken” section of the ceiling with second floor beam damage just above the location of the Navy Command Center (NCC). This indicates that there was a powerful explosion deep inside “D” ring near the Navy Command Center. It was so strong that it destroyed columns, ceiling beams, and blew through the slab of the second floor. The only rational explanation for this destruction is a detonated explosives.

The Roof demonstrates an “explosives pattern”. The pattern is very square in shape and obviously not a chance event, especially when one looks at the alleged trajectory of the plane.

Square fire pattern — A natural pattern of fire or MAN-MADE? (Photo: www.spaceimaging.com)

PART II

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