Pentagate
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 975.5295044 T422P 2002 (Browse shelf) | Available | 15295 |
Include Colored Illustrations and Appendices.
Exactly what hit the Pentagon on September 11th 2001? A Boeing 757-200 - or a cruise missile? Meyssan investigates and, with the aid of official colour photographs, suggests it was not American Airlines flight 77. explosives create a shockwave whose speed of propagation is greater than 6000 feet per second - they detonate. Explosive materials, whose shockwave speed is lower, do not detonate, they deflagrate. instructive in regard to the nature of the explosion. The speed of propagation on the shockwave is very high. The colour of the flame is consistent with an explosive of high energetic power. The explosion does not correspond to a deflagration of kerosene (airline fuel). Nor does the exit hot of the alleged plane - which pierced three separate buildings.
When it was first released in Europe, L’Effroyable Mensonge sold over 200,000 copies in France and became an instant bestseller. In his follow-up book Pentagate, Thierry Meyssan elaborates on what he believes are serious inconsistencies between observations of the damage to the Pentagon and the official explanation of what happened there. In fact, he questions such basic elements as whether or not the Pentagon was hit by a plane at all. In reality, Meyssan argues that the Pentagon was the target of a guided missile, fired on as the result of a right-wing conspiracy within the United States government. The evidence that supports the author’s arguments includes eyewitness accounts and commentary by a military authority on explosives. However, most of the narrative consists of the author’s own analyses of the reports by politicians and journalists as well as film footage of the sites. Photos are included in both books.
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