Time: Fri Dec 12 17:33:14 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: TWA Flt. 800 US Navy Drone??? (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > > N A V Y M I S S I L E D R O N E D E B R I S > > F O U N D A T T W A C R A S H S I T E ? > > (c) 07/28/97 Ian Williams Goddard > > The Southampton Press [1] reports that on May 13th, > Long Island resident Dede Muma accidently received > a fax from Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical [2] that was > intended for the FBI's office in Calverton, Long > Island. The fax indicates that parts of a U.S. > Navy missile target drone, a BQM-34 Firebee I [3], > may have been found in the wreckage of TWA 800. > > The reason that Muma accidently received the fax, > which she passed on to the Southampton Press, was > probably because her fax number is 369-4310, while > the FBI's number is 369-4301. About the fax, the > Southampton Press states: > > Official documents faxed mistakenly to > a Riverhead resident...show that the > Federal Bureau of Investigation...was > investigating whether pieces of debris > found among the wreckage of TWA Fight > 800 were the remnants of an aerial > target drone used by the U.S. Navy... > > The fax shows a diagram of what appears > to be a missile, along with a breakdown > of its tail section and a parts list... > > The object shown in the fax was identified > this week by Jane's Information Services > in Alexandria, Virginia as a Teledyne > Ryan BQM-34 Firebee I, an air or surface- > launched recoverable aerial target. > > The targets are used all over the world, > including within the military "warning > areas" that come as close as about 10 > nautical miles off Moriches Inlet in the > Atlantic Ocean. The Navy practices shoot- > ing down drones within the warning areas. > > Ms. Muma said she called the FBI when > she received the [Firebee] fax... Ms. > Muma was told to "send it along to them, > [the FBI] and destroy the original." She > said she asked what would happen if she > didn't do so, and was told "we'll have > to investigate you." > > The source of the fax, Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical > of San Diego, CA, manufactures Firebee drones for > the Navy. The "Firebee fax" Muma received was sent > from Erich Hittinger of Teledyne to FBI agent Ken > Maxwell, who was to pass it on to a Teledyne Ryan > representative at the FBI's Long Island office, > Walt Hamilton. > > Hittinger of Teledyne Ryan told the Southampton > Press that the FBI contacted them to ask if orange > pieces of debris found at the TWA 800 crash site > were from one of their Firebee drones, which are > also orange [3]. Hamilton was then flown from San > Diego to the FBI's Long Island facility to examine > the suspected Firebee debris. According to Hittinger, > Hamilton concluded that the orange metal "wasn't > from our Firebee," which suggests that it was > from someone's Firebee, but not ours. > > Question: If your business depended upon government > contracts, would you be inclined to prove that the > government, your employer, killed people? It could > prove to be a fatal business decision. > > > WITH NAVY DRONE DEBRIS IN HAND > > In early May 1997, while the FBI had pieces of > debris that they suspected came from a U.S. Navy > missile-drone, what was the FBI telling us? FBI > Director Louis Freeh was telling us it looks like > the crash "was a catastrophic mechanical failure." > [4] FBI agent James Kallstrom was saying: "We see > no evidence of a piece of shrapnel from a missile > or a warhead going through the plane." [5] > > On May 12th Newsday [6] reported that with no > evidence of a missile or foul play, the FBI was > planning to end its investigation by early August. > Clearly, as we have already seen with the cover- > up of the explosives residue [7], there is no > correlation between the FBI's public-relations > front and the true story behind the scenes. > > Rather than telling the truth that they suspected > a Navy missile-drone was involved, the FBI was > pushing "mechanical failure" while simultaneously > intimidating Dede Muma with threats of an invest- > igation against her for refusing to destroy her > errantly acquired evidence of U.S. Navy culp- > ability in the downing of TWA Flight 800. > > > HEAVY MILITARY AIRTRAFFIC > > The skies off the Long Island shore on July 17, > 1996 were filled with aircraft. Not only were > several Air National Guard aircraft in the air, > and not only was a high-speed vehicle heading > toward TWA 800 as reported by eyewitnesses, > radar, and a satellite, but a U.S. Navy P-3 > Orion was flying almost directly above TWA > 800 when the accident occurred. > > Furthermore, several mysterious small aircraft > fitting the profile of target drones were also > seen in the area. Not only did Linda Kabot photo- > graph what seems to be a drone missile [8], but > the Long Island newspaper The Independent [9] > reported that witnesses saw a "smaller plane" > flying near TWA 800 at crash time. Indeed, a > Firebee drone looks like a "smaller plane."[3] > > Even more, as I watched CNN on the night of the > crash, a pilot was interviewed who said he saw > what looked like a "stunt plane" crash into TWA > 800. A Firebee looks like a "stunt plane," and > alas, it seems that they may have found parts > of this "stunt plane" in TWA 800. > > Yet more, the Boston Globe [10] reported that in > addition to seeing "a brilliant flare-like glow > that streaked toward the plane," witnesses also > saw "a low-flying aircraft without lights cruising > off shore." Could that aircraft without lights > have been one of the aerial target drones, perhaps > Firebees, launched from Wallops Island on July > 17th? [11] Drones can fly for hundreds of miles. > > That there was such heavy military air-traffic > on July 17 should not be a big surprise because > there was a massive offshore military war-game > called "Global Yankee '96" [12] underway at the > time. Virtually all the military assets in the > air around TWA 800 that evening, including the > Air National Guard aircraft, where scheduled > to be involved in "Global Yankee '96." [13] > > > With such heavy military air-traffic and wargames > in the area around TWA 800, which was on the "Betty > track" (a safe route around active naval exercise > zones), is it a surprise that over 150 witnesses > saw TWA 800 being hit by a missile-like projectile? > Is it a surprise that parts of a Navy missile-drone > may have been found among the debris of TWA 800? > I would dare to say that it is not a surprise. > > >******************************************************************* >Visit Ian Williams Goddard ------> http://www.erols.com/igoddard >___________________________________________________________________ > >___________________________________________________________________ >[1] THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS: Fax Gives Glimpse of Crash > Investigation. By W. Michael Pitcher, July 24, 1997. > URL: http://www.shpress.com/news/STORY03.htm >[2] Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical: http://www.tdyryan.com > BQM-145A: http://www.tdyryan.com/M350/default.htm > Kabot missile? http://www.tdyryan.com/MALD/default.htm > Explosives: http://www.tdyryan.com/Ordnance/ordnance.htm >[3] BQM-34F Firebee Drone: > http://www.webexpert.net/rosedale/twacasefile/firebee.html >[4] "Meet the Press." NBC television program, May 4, 1997. >[5] REUTERS: FBI: Mechanical Fault Likely Caused TWA Crash > Monday May 5 7:00 AM EDT. > http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/special/twa/twa.186.html >[6] NEWSDAY: Investigative Shift. By Lauren Terrazzano, > May 12, 1997. http://www.newsday.com/jet/cras0512.htm >[7] URL: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/coverup.htm >[8] URL: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/kab-dir.htm >[9] THE INDEPENDENT: TWA Flight 800, Hundreds Witness > Explosion. By Kari-Lisa Brangan, July 24, 1996. > URL: http://www.peconic.net/independent/07249604.htm >[10] THE BOSTON GLOBE: U.S. Agents Hear of Flash Before > Plane Exploded. By Pamela Ferdinand, July 24, 1996, A18. >[11] The NASA facility at Wallops Island, VA, is used by > the DoD to launch target drones for the Navy. Keith Kohler > (keith.kohler@gsfc.nasa.gov), Wallops Island representative > told TWA 800 researcher Michael Davias (cintos@snet.net) > that several aerial target drones were launched on July > 17, 1996. Message-ID: (328FB000.2E0D@snet.net) >[12] http://www.webexpert.net/rosedale/twacasefile/yankee.html >[13] http://www.webexpert.net/rosedale/twacasefile/newsfour.html > > Visit these pages and copy their contents: > http://www.ang.af.mil/angrc-xo/xoom/aargy96.htm > http://www.ang.af.mil/angrc-xo/glbynk/partcpnt.htm > http://www.rl.af.mil/Lab/C3/current-events/gy_rap1.jpg > > > >******************************************************************* >Visit Ian Williams Goddard ------> http://www.erols.com/igoddard >___________________________________________________________________ > <snip>
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