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BBKing · 04-09-2004, 22:07

Given that there are lots of amateur cameramen around these days, it would be a very brave conspirator who fired a missile at the Pentagon in broad daylight without considering that someone might be around with a camcorder, filming footage would be on the TV within minutes, 24-hour news being what it is. As for CCTV, where do CCTV cameras normally point? The ones round here generally point at the ground, where there are things to monitor, not up in the air.

There was one CCTV camera pointing vaguely in the direction of impact, but the speed the thing was going meant that it arrived and exploded in the space of one frame, so you don't see a hell of a lot. It's on the net somewhere.

There are bits of aircraft metal visible on photos taken after the impact. Very small bits, as you'd expect.

As far as NY was concerned, the second plane hit the tower well after the TV networks were broadcasting the full thing live. Amateur cameramen or not, there was no way that was going to be concealed.

04-09-2004, 22:07	#17
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: What did hit the Pentagon? Given that there are lots of amateur cameramen around these days, it would be a very brave conspirator who fired a missile at the Pentagon in broad daylight without considering that someone might be around with a camcorder, filming footage would be on the TV within minutes, 24-hour news being what it is. As for CCTV, where do CCTV cameras normally point? The ones round here generally point at the ground, where there are things to monitor, not up in the air. There was one CCTV camera pointing vaguely in the direction of impact, but the speed the thing was going meant that it arrived and exploded in the space of one frame, so you don't see a hell of a lot. It's on the net somewhere. There are bits of aircraft metal visible on photos taken after the impact. Very small bits, as you'd expect. As far as NY was concerned, the second plane hit the tower well after the TV networks were broadcasting the full thing live. Amateur cameramen or not, there was no way that was going to be concealed.