Pet Theories

Alareth · Jul 11, 2007

For the most part, most of the posters here are rational and understand the concept off supporting evidence.

Do any of you have any personal conspiracy theories that you simply keep quiet about because you cannot present sufficient evidence for them? An event where where things "Just don't seem right" but you've managed not to devolve into woo over it.

Mine involves the "suicide" of someone in the military, but because I don't have the resources to dig deeper into it, for me it will always be a case of suspiscion.

BeAChooser · Jul 11, 2007

Mine is the death of Ron Brown.

Alt+F4 · Jul 11, 2007

Alareth said:
Do any of you have any personal conspiracy theories that you simply keep quiet about because you cannot present sufficient evidence for them?

Yes I do! Well it's not so much a conspiracy theory but an alternate theory regarding AA77. The conventional wisdom is that AA77's target was always the Pentagon. I'm of the belief that AA77's target was either The White House or The Capital Building (UA193 would strike the other one) and not The Pentagon.

Reasons for my belief:
1. The White House and The Capital Building are greater symbols of American democracy than The Pentagon, which many Americans didn't like way before 9/11. Since one of the goals of terrorism is to demoralize the populous, the destruction of these buildings would have a very powerful effect.

2. Even though The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world, it's not that tall and would be a harder target to hit for an amature pilot to hit that The White House or Capital Building. Here's an experiment: go to Washington D.C. in Google Maps. See how long it takes you to find The White House and Capital Building versus The Pentagon.

Of course I have no evidence of this.....

Dark Jaguar · Jul 11, 2007

Regarding that, well who said these guys knew what building's destruction would affect us the most? They were clearly nuts.

I have no pet conspiracy theories myself.

Rahne Everson · Jul 11, 2007

Alt+F4 said:
Yes I do! Well it's not so much a conspiracy theory but an alternate theory regarding AA77. The conventional wisdom is that AA77's target was always the Pentagon. I'm of the belief that AA77's target was either The White House or The Capital Building (UA193 would strike the other one) and not The Pentagon.

Reasons for my belief:
1. The White House and The Capital Building are greater symbols of American democracy than The Pentagon, which many Americans didn't like way before 9/11. Since one of the goals of terrorism is to demoralize the populous, the destruction of these buildings would have a very powerful effect.

2. Even though The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world, it's not that tall and would be a harder target to hit for an amature pilot to hit that The White House or Capital Building. Here's an experiment: go to Washington D.C. in Google Maps. See how long it takes you to find The White House and Capital Building versus The Pentagon.

Of course I have no evidence of this.....

I'll agree with you though, especially considering that Flight 93's intended destination was either the Capitol or the White House. And while the Capitol rotunda is far either to spot from the air than the White House, it's hard not to see the giant pentagonal shape to the south before you spot anything else.

As for pet theories, I've got a couple, but they're not "conspircy theories" per se. I believe in aliens, due to the sheer amount of galaxies and stars that exist in the universe, but there's no evidence that anybody's come a-knocking during our time on this planet. And I believe that, if one tallied up every sighting of secret military tests of new planes, you'd account for every UFO sighting that wasn't explained by something else, like refracted starlight or commercial planes or weather balloons.

uk_dave · Jul 11, 2007

The French.

But I don't like to talk about it.

JC Fla · Jul 11, 2007

Kitties is smarter than Doggies...

Whoops, wrong pet theory...

nevermind...

Alareth · Jul 11, 2007

JC Fla said:
Kitties is smarter than Doggies...

Whoops, wrong pet theory...

nevermind...

That's not a theory. It's a fact.

Kitties is the bestest.

Unfit4Command · Jul 11, 2007

9/11 was an inside job, it's obvious, you just need to look at the evidence and open your eyes.

Also, kitties are the best, I will agree there.

Alareth · Jul 11, 2007

... Only kitties are perfect enough to have pulled off the Incredibly Vast Conspiracy

Why couldn't I see that before?

Dan O. · Jul 11, 2007

Alt+F4 said:
2. Even though The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world, it's not that tall and would be a harder target to hit for an amature pilot to hit that The White House or Capital Building. Here's an experiment: go to Washington D.C. in Google Maps. See how long it takes you to find The White House and Capital Building versus The Pentagon.

The terrorists weren't flying by the seat of there pants. They had months to prepare including the use of flight simulators. Follow their path, find what they were using for navigation points. Don't try to force the facts to fit your theory, use the facts to disprove the invalid theories.

MaGZ · Jul 11, 2007

Alt+F4 said:
Yes I do! Well it's not so much a conspiracy theory but an alternate theory regarding AA77. The conventional wisdom is that AA77's target was always the Pentagon. I'm of the belief that AA77's target was either The White House or The Capital Building (UA193 would strike the other one) and not The Pentagon.

Reasons for my belief:
1. The White House and The Capital Building are greater symbols of American democracy than The Pentagon, which many Americans didn't like way before 9/11. Since one of the goals of terrorism is to demoralize the populous, the destruction of these buildings would have a very powerful effect.

2. Even though The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world, it's not that tall and would be a harder target to hit for an amature pilot to hit that The White House or Capital Building. Here's an experiment: go to Washington D.C. in Google Maps. See how long it takes you to find The White House and Capital Building versus The Pentagon.

Of course I have no evidence of this.....

I think flight 77's target always was the Pentagon. I think the pilot of flight 77 looped around DC to see if the US Capital was hit. Flight 93–according to KSM–targeted the US Capital.

The White House was never a target on 9/11. Atta had set up the assassination of President Bush that morning in Florida.

MaGZ · Jul 11, 2007

Dan O. said:
The terrorists weren't flying by the seat of there pants. They had months to prepare including the use of flight simulators. Follow their path, find what they were using for navigation points. Don't try to force the facts to fit your theory, use the facts to disprove the invalid theories.

I’ll add a few more to the mix.

The hijackers had guns that were smuggled upon the planes by conspirators who worked at a support level at the airports.

Also, the four pilots navigated the planes with GPS systems they purchased earlier.

One more.
Other planes were intended to be hijacked, but were delayed and grounded early that morning on 9/11.

JC Fla · Jul 11, 2007

Alareth said:
... Only kitties are perfect enough to have pulled off the Incredibly Vast Conspiracy

Why couldn't I see that before?

Of course! That would explain the strange looks my Siamese gives me when I get home from work..

That and those strange bookmarks on the computer

Darth Rotor · Jul 11, 2007

Alareth said:
Pet Theories

I'll throw out the theory that Jason Bermas has sex with his pets. This has as much support, and evidence available to me, as the inside job Jason believes in.

DR

beachnut · Jul 11, 2007

BeAChooser said:
Mine is the death of Ron Brown.

I already told you my friend was the pilot on that flight and it was an accident. I knew his family when he flew with me and I worked with him for years. I know why it happen and how it happen, and it was an accident. Drop your political bias and use your brain, you are right about 9/11, and I can tell you Rob Brown's flight had an accident.

With CT I have learned you can not let your biases or opinions override the facts.

IMST · Jul 11, 2007

Alareth said:
... Only kitties are perfect enough to have pulled off the Incredibly Vast Conspiracy

Why couldn't I see that before?

Monza · Jul 11, 2007

I did see a TV program a number of years ago that speculated the original taget was indeed the White House. With the extensive tree covering and the flight path heading east toward the rising sun, it was difficult to find. The large turn toward the Pentagon was the result of a contigency plan.

I dunno, it seems plausible.

Alareth · Jul 11, 2007

Monza said:
I did see a TV program a number of years ago that speculated the original taget was indeed the White House. With the extensive tree covering and the flight path heading east toward the rising sun, it was difficult to find. The large turn toward the Pentagon was the result of a contigency plan.

I dunno, it seems plausible.

People made that speculation the day of the attacks.

uk_dave · Jul 11, 2007

I thought they were just trying to find Lyte Trips house.

For a flyover.

Not that anyone would have noticed, of course.

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