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number of military personnel at the Pentagon specifically 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, The Guardian
Cordite and jet fuel have two very distinct smells.
Cordite is a
compound used in ammunition, which is composed of nitroguanidine,
nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It is cool burning, produces little
smoke, and no flash, produces a strong detonation wave.
“There was a silvery flash, an explosion, and a dark, mushroom shaped
cloud rose over the building.”
-James S. Robbins, National Security Analyst and NRO Contributor
And eye
witnesses describe a bright silvery flash.
Jet fuel combustion, i.e., the planes that hit the twin towers, is
bright yellow at best.
Watch this. A massive, smoldering fireball, no
silvery flash, no shockwave.
And at the Pentagon, a tiny, bright,
silvery flash, which shakes nearby buildings.
So what hit the Pentagon? Whatever it was, it might be related to the
two planes that were in the air after the crash. The first one was
uniformly identified as a C-130.
“… a four-engine propeller plane, which … resembled a C-130, started a
steep descent towards the Pentagon.”
-Scott Cook
“Then the plane – it looked like a C-130 cargo plane – started turning
away from the Pentagon.”
-John O’Keefe
“The only large … aircraft to appear was a gray C-130, which appeared to
be a Navy electronic warfare aircraft.”
-Anonymous, from the Naval Annex
The second plane was an unmarked white plane flying over Washington,
D.C.
CNN Live: I’m standing
in LaFayette Park, directly across from the White House, perhaps 200
yards from the White House residence itself. About 10 minutes ago there
was a white jet circling overhead. Now you generally don’t see planes in
the area over the White House. That is restricted airspace. No reason to
believe that this jet was there for any nefarious purposes but the Secret
Service was very concerned, pointing up at the jet in the sky. It is out
of sight now.
At 9:25, Jane Garvey, the head of the FAA, initiated a national ground
stop which prevents further takeoffs and requires all planes in the air
to land. The order, which hasn’t been implemented since the beginning of
aviation, applied to almost every kind of plane: civilian, military or
law enforcement. Certain military flights were allowed to fly during
this time, but the FAA isn’t talking. Why were these two planes
allowed in the air when everyone else had to land?
And finally, why did people keep recording a series of second explosions
at the Pentagon?
FOX NEWS ALERT, 2ND EXPLOSION AT THE PENTAGON: Well, I can’t tell you
about that, but I was just here in front of the Capitol, which by the
way, has been evacuated, and back toward the Supreme Court area, we just
heard a low, muffled, thud. It sounded like a small explosion.
Reporter:
There have been unconfirmed reports of second explosions here at the
Pentagon. We have not confirmed that, but again …
Seventh, surveillance photos from a nearby gas station
Sheraton Hotel
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