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THE PENTAGON

AND THE MISSILE

n the morning of Septem-

ber 11, 2001, something

flew into the Pentagon,

killing 125 people who

worked at the building. All

the evidence shows that it was Ameri-

can Airlines Flight 77, a hijacked Boe-

ing 757 that had just left Washington

Dulles International Airport en route

to Los Angeles. Or was it?

Conspiracy theorists insist that

what many thought was a weapon-

ized airplane was actually a missile

strike executed by the American gov-

ernment and not by terrorists. Their

proof: First, there was no aircraft

wreckage at the Pentagon site. If an

There are those who insist that Flight 77 could not have been hijacked and crashed into

the Pentagon on 9/11, killing a total of 189, because Flight 77 never actually existed.

entire airliner had crashed there, the

parts would be scattered everywhere.

Second, the Pentagon’s defense sys-

tems would have shot down any in-

coming threat. That no such system

was used proves that the govern-

ment allowed the attack to take place.

Third, the radar track of the incoming

object showed a trajectory that was

much too tight and unsafe for a 757 to

have made. Lastly, only one security-

camera video showed the object hit

the building, and the plane’s tall verti-

cal tail was missing from the film.

THE FACTS: Two of the main pieces of

evidence put forth by 9/11 truthers

are simply false. There was plenty of

aircraft wreckage at the crash site, and

it’s easy to find photos of it online.

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