Is this a missile that just missed the 2nd plane??

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BlackSoul

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According to Cheney, two F-16s were scrambled from Langley AFB after the two hit the WTC. They were like 11 min too late to get the plane that hit the Pentagon. :(
 

Fiddy

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If it's debris, why is it moving so much faster than the rest of the debris? And the trajectory is coming in from a higher angle too. Maybe it landed out in the river and it's underwater. Whatever it was, it has to be somewhere. It would nice to see this video at full speed to see if you can see it since it's moving so fast. Figure the jet was moving 300 to 400 mph. when it hit he WTC, that object in the background is moving MUCH faster. Weird.:confused:
 

TripleJ

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No. If it was a missile, it would have hit another building or the ground and caused another explosion and smoke. There were no reports at all of this so it can't be a missile.
 

ricerx

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<< look at the size of that so called "missle"...lol, its almost the size of the plane >>



yeah if it were behind the towers, then why does it look like the size of it was as long as the towers were wide. That's one big missile.
 

Miramonti

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the trajectory and the size, its definitely independent of the plane and its impact. It could be a shadow a helicopter going by or something since they were up there filming the first building. If I didn't know anything else though I'd think that its possible its a missile tho. After the navy shot down flight 707 near long island we know that the military doesn't like to divulge the facts....:Q
 

TripleJ

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Oh yeah, and the fact that missiles travel at about 1-2 mach, it's gonna be going too fast to be caught on camera.
 

Miramonti

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I just watched the ramp.avi video that was posted a few days ago and theres nothing of the sorts in it. Leave it to fox to post something like that on their site. And I agree its much to big unless its one of those missiles with a nuclear warhead on it...and I don't remember a nuclear blast going off a few days ago.
 

SJ

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Ive seen the video on all networks, not just fox... Saw it on my local channels(ABC, NBC, CBS) as well as CNN.
 

BUTCH1

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I just dont see how with millions watching on tv, millions in the NYC area watching live and several news
choppers hovering around how a missle could be missed...
 

sohcrates

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if you watch that video, the "streak" is followed directly by flaming debris which also creates black streaks...and it's almost the exact same path. must have been a late explosion.
 

SWScorch

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looks faked to me. If you watch it closely, you can see it in the smoke, and also you can see it though the tower, as if the tower was translucent.
 

KrispyKremer

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It's fake. You can see it show from behind the dark smoke, and it doesn't appear to be between the 2 buildings.

Fox should know better, but then, this is the same company that brought us Alien Autopsy and Plants That Attack ;)
 

tcsenter

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Its not fake, it is definitely a projectile hurling out of the other side of the building and falling to the ground. Jee, I wonder why some object would be seen hurling out one side of a building, a second after a jetliner hit the other side at some 500MPH? Who woulda thunk!
 

mastertech01

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And most missles are heat seeking.. would it fly past the explosion? Unlikely. And I also saw something that looked way to large to be a missle.
 

Fiddy

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After watching it VERY CLOSELY , you can see what looks like a shadow going across the top corner of WTC 2 before it appears to come out behind WTC 1. And the trajectory is not in a continuous line throughout the "flight" of the object. I would hazard a guess and say it was a bird flying close to the photographer. This would explain why it's out of focus to the rest of the video, the incredible speed it seems to be traveling and, why it's not traveling in a straight line throught the flight. And why there was no evidence of it on other angles.

Just watch it again, but this time watch WTC 1 right after the plane protrudes out the north side of the building and you will see what I'm talking about.
 

Amused

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I've watched the video, and considering the fact that at least one jet engine was found a few blocks away, I believe two large objects being ejected from the far side of the point of impact of building two are the engines of the jets. They were torn off the plane, and traveled right through the building.

As for the object in this video, it's obviously a bird that is flying very close to the camera. You have to see the video to understand.
 

Ylen13

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As for the object in this video, it's obviously a bird that is flying very close to the camera. You have to see the video to understand.
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that is the fastest bird that i have ever seen if that's what it's