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Exposing NORAD's Wag The 911 Window Dressing Tale








by Mark R. Elsis, Lovearth.net, January 8, 2003






"In the beginning of a change,
the patriot is a scarce and brave man, hated and scorned.
When his cause succeeds however,
the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
Mark Twain






"Fear not the path of truth,
for the lack of people walking on it."
http://Robert FKennedy.net


(StandDown.net is printable as is, 33 pages)

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Breaking News
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The "Summary of Facts" will set the foundation to support Plaintiff Counts as
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9-11 Commission Subpoenas FAA and NORAD

911 Commission Subpoenas FAA
http://StandDown.net/911commissionsubpoenasfaa.htm

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http://StandDown.net/911commissionsubpoenasnorad.htm


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Planes That Flew Too Close To The White House

Private Plane Flew Too Close To The White House
http://StandDown.net/privateplaneflewtooclosetothewhitehouse.htm

Cessna 182 Flew Too Close To The White House
http://StandDown.net/cessna182flewtooclosetothewhitehouse.htm


Frontier 737 Flew Too Close To The White House
http://StandDown.net/frontier737flewtooclosetothewhitehouse.htm

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Stand Down is dedicated to Scott Shuger. Scott was known as the first Internet
reporter. He was also the only mainstream or alternative media writer, besides
myself, who had the courage to write about the elementary mathematical facts
(that the two United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighters ordered to intercept
United Airlines Flight 175 and the two or three USAF F-16 fighters ordered to
intercept American Airlines Flight 77 were flying at only 25.8% and 27.4% of
their top speed) of the NORAD Press Release of September 18, 2001. Scott's
article is called IGNORAD The Military Screw-up Nobody Talks About. Scott Shuger
died in a scuba diving accident June 15, 2002.

IGNORAD
The Military Screw-up Nobody Talks About
by Scott Shugar
http://AttackOnAmerica.net/IGNORAD.htm




With a minute-by-minute chronology from 7:59 a.m. till 10:06:05 a.m., this
article will dismantle the Wednesday September 18, 2001 North American Aerospace
Defense Command (NORAD) Press Release. This press release encompasses the
(supposed) response times of the United States Air Force on Tuesday, September
11, 2001.

This article will explain to you exactly what happened for the almost one hour
and fifty-three minutes that elapsed between the time American Airlines Flight
11 lost voice contact with air traffic control and was hijacked at 8:13:31, till
the time United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at
10:06:05.



NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm



Also, when reading this article, please keep in mind the following five very
significant pieces of information.



1) The United States Government will spend more on the military in fiscal year
2003, than all the rest of the countries on Earth combined. Current expenditures
are 437 billion and our past obligations are 339 billion, this equals 776
billion. Forty-six percent of our Taxes go to the Military Industrial Complex:
http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm This figure doesnt even begin to
account for all of the off-budget, black projects, homeland security nor the 40+
billion the United States Government will spend on intelligence in 2003.



2) The United States Air Force (USAF) is the most technologically advanced, and
the most dominate military force ever known to man. There were seven Air
Stations that were armed and on full alert to protect the continental United
States on Tuesday September 11, 2001. The Air National Guard exclusively
performs the air sovereignty mission in the continental United States, and those
units fall under the control of the 1st Air Force based at Tyndall Air Force
Base (AFB) in Panama City, Florida. The Air National Guard maintains seven alert
sites with 14 fully armed fighters and pilots on call around the clock. Besides
Tyndall AFB, alert birds also sit armed and ready at; Homestead Air Reserve Base
(ARB), Homestead, Florida; Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia; Otis Air National
Guard (ANG), Falmouth, Massachusetts; Oregon ANG, Portland, Oregon; March ARB,
Riverside, CA; and Ellington ANG, Houston, Texas.
http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1299/home2.htm



There were at least 28 other USAF bases that were in range of the 4 airliners on
911.

The following link lists the 7 bases on full alert and the 28 that were within
range.
http://www.StandDown.net/USAFbases.htm



3) New York City and Washington D.C. are far and away the top two cities in the
United States that would be targeted by terrorists.



4) NORAD is a binational United States and Canadian organization charged with
warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space
vehicles, utilizing mutual support arrangements with other commands. Aerospace
control includes providing surveillance and control of Canadian and United
States airspace. The job of NORAD is to know every inch of the skies over North
America.



5) Almost one hundred and thirteen minutes elapsed between the time American
Airlines Flight 11 lost contact and was hijacked at 8:13:31 till the time United
Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:06:05. One hour
and fifty-three minutes went by and the USAF did not intercept any one of these
four "hijacked" airlines. To understand all the rules, regulation and procedures
that make this totally impossible to happen, please read:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Standard Intercept Procedures
http://www.StandDown.net/FAAStandardInterceptProcedures.htm




Stand Down

1. To end a state of readiness or alert.
2. To go off duty.
3. To withdraw, as from a political contest.


Many sources for Stand Down are from the 600 articles on:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net

For Audios, Photographs and Videos of September 11, 2001:
http://www.9112001.net

For The Most Comprehensive Timeline On 911
http://www.911Timeline.net

911 Timelines Direct Action
Please eMail, Call, Fax Or Write
The U.S. Government's 911 Commission
http://911Timeline.net/DirectAction.htm

My 911 Work
September 11, 2001 Through September11, 2003
http://Shunned.net



All times are Eastern Daylight Time.




The supposed code name for this operation was The Big Wedding.

 

7:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 a Boeing 767-223ER with a maximum
capacity of 181 passengers and 23,980 gallons of fuel, lifts off from Logan
International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, bound for Los Angeles
International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Take-off was scheduled for
7:45.



There are supposed to be 92 victims on board American Airlines Flight 11, yet
when you add up the official death manifest list that was published on CNN.com,
there are only 86 victims.



The same goes for the other three flights of September 11th. Add up the
passenger and crew lists from all 4 flights of 911 and you have officially 266
people on board. Yet when one adds up the 4 official death manifest lists
published on CNN.com, there are only 229 names. Somehow 37 people are missing
from the 4 CNN.com official death manifest lists, including all 19 of the
hijackers. There is not even one Arabic name there. Why?
http://911Timeline.net/36or37missingand70percentempty.htm

One other thing; CNN.com says there are 45 fatalities on United Airlines Flight
93, others say there are 44. This would make 36 missing, and 265 deaths for all
4 airliners.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/2001/010911-2.htm


The 4 airliners of September 11th, 2 Boeing 767s and 2 Boeing 757s had a total
passenger seating capacity of 762 people. There are only 229 passengers and crew
members on the four death lists, so, how could these flights possibly be 70%
empty?
http://911Timeline.net/36or37missingand70percentempty.htm






Boeing 767 Seating Charts:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767family/pf/pf_seating_charts.html



Boeing 757 Seating Charts:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/757family/pf/pf_seating_charts.html



8:01 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 a Boeing 757-222 with a maximum capacity of
200 passengers and 11,489 gallons of fuel, rolls from the gate in Newark
International Airport, Newark, New Jersey with 44 people aboard bound for San
Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California. United Airlines
Flight 93 will sit on the ground for 41 minutes before taking off. There are
supposed to be 44 victims on board, yet when you add up the official death
manifest list that was published on CNN.com, there are only 33 victims.



8:13:31 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 last transmission from Boston Air
Traffic Control: AAL11 turn 20 degrees right American Airlines Flight 11
responds: 20 right AAL11. A few seconds later the Controller asks: AAL11 now
climb maintain FL350 [35,000 feet] Controller: AAL11 climb maintain FL350
Controller: AAL11 Boston. There is no response from American Airlines Flight 11.



8:14 to 8:20 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 goes off course and is hijacked.



8:14 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 a Boeing 767-222 with a maximum capacity
of 181 passengers and 23,980 gallons of fuel, lifts off from Logan International
Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, bound for Los Angeles International Airport in
Los Angeles, California. Take-off was scheduled for 7:58. There are supposed to
be 65 victims on board, yet when you add up the official death manifest list
that was published on CNN.com, there are only 56 victims.



8:17 a.m.: After 3 minutes and 30 seconds of lost voice contact with American
Airlines Flight 11, the FAA should have started to implemented Standard
Intercept Procedures.
http://www.StandDown.net/FAAStandardInterceptProcedures.htm



8:20 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 transponder signal stops transmitting
Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) beacon signal. If a pilot loses their
transponder the air traffic controllers (ATC) console immediately alerts him to
this fact since he no longer has the transponder code and altitude. This causes
the controllers a great deal of trouble, especially in the busiest airspace on
earth, the northeastern corridor.

After 6 minutes and 30 seconds of lost voice contact, and now with the
transponder signal stopped on American Airlines Flight 11, there is no excuse
left, the FAA should have started to implement Standard Intercept Procedures.
They did for the late great golfer Payne Stewart, after only a few minutes of
lost voice contact from his Lear jet. Why not now? Or did the FAA implement
Standard Intercept Procedures and tell NORAD between 8:14 to 8:20? Did NORAD
then sit on (Stand Down) this information for 26 to 32 minutes till they finally
tell 102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth,
Massachusetts to scramble at 8:46? Somewhere between 8:13:31 and 8:20 American
Airlines Flight 11 has been hijacked, and by 8:20 its transponder also is turned
off, and NORAD doesnt order Otis to scramble till 8:46.



8:20 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 a Boeing 757-223 with a maximum capacity
of 200 passengers and 11,489 gallons of fuel, lifts off from Dulles
International Airport about 30 miles west of Washington D.C. and the Pentagon,
bound for Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Take-off
was scheduled for 8:01. There are supposed to be 64 victims on board, yet when
you add up the official death manifest list that was published on CNN.com, there
are only 56 victims.



8:24:38 a.m.: The pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, John Ogonowski, or one
of the hijackers activates the talk-back button, enabling Boston ATC to hear a
hijacker say to the passengers: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you
will be OK. We are returning to the airport. Nobody move." Apparently, one of
the hijackers confused the aircraft's radio with its public-address system. Air
traffic control responds, "Who's trying to call me?"



8:25 a.m.: Boston ATC notified several air traffic control centers that a hijack
is in progress with American Airlines Flight 11. Boston air traffic control
first lost communication with American Airlines Flight 11 more than 11 minutes
ago. What took them so long to start to implement procedure? Why didnt they also
notify NORAD at this time? Or did they?



If they did follow procedure and notify NORAD at 8:25 and NORAD followed
protocol and ordered the 102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard Base
in Falmouth, Massachusetts to scramble at say 8:26 two F-15s would have been
airborne by no later than 8:32 these F-15s would have had at least 14 minutes
and 26 seconds to reach the WTC before American Airlines Flight 11 impacts the
north side of the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) at 8:46:26. If these two
F-15s were flying at top speed, 14 minutes and 26 seconds is exactly twice the
amount of time needed to reach the WTC. These two F-15s could have been at the
WTC in just over 7 minutes, or as early as 8:39. Even a spokesperson for Otis
said that their F-15s could reach the WTC in 10 to 12 minutes, which would have
them there at 8:42 to 8:44.



These two F-15s could have easily intercepted American Airlines Flight 11. If
only Boston ATC, which notified several air traffic control centers that a
hijack is in progress with American Airlines Flight 11 at 8:25, had also
notified NORAD. Why didnt they? Or did they follow procedure, and notify NORAD,
and NORAD is lying about it. Let me state that it is NORADs job to know every
inch of the skies over North America, so they must have known that American
Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked somewhere between 8:14 and 8:20.



8:26 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 is heading westnorthwest, its location is
between Albany and Lake George, New York, when it suddenly makes a 100 degree
turn to the south and starts heading directly toward New York City. American
Airlines Flight 11 finds the Hudson River and follows it all the way south till
it impacts the north side of the North Tower of the WTC.



Almost 40 miles north of the WTC on the Hudson River is by far the number one
terrorist target in the United States, Indian Point and its 3 nuclear power
stations, 2 of which are online. These 3 nuclear stations have accumulated 65
years worth of stockpiled highly radioactive waste. Indian Point is only 24
miles north of the New York City border. It is surrounded by the densest
concentration of population in the United States, the northeast corridor. Why
did American Airlines Flight 11 fly directly over the number one terrorist
target in the United States, Indian Point nuclear power stations, and not hit
it? (read more about this at 8:39 a.m.)



8:33:59 a.m.: Another transmission from American Airlines Flight 11, "Nobody
move please. We are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid
moves."



8:36 a.m.: A NORAD spokesman, Major Mike Snyder, has been reported to have said,
that the FAA notified NORAD of a hijacked aircraft, American Airlines Flight 11,
about 10 minutes before it impacted into the World Trade Center.
http://www.attackonamerica.net/didhijackersflythroughholesinusairdefense.htm




8:37 a.m.: Flight controllers ask the United Airlines Flight 175 pilots to look
for the lost American Airlines Flight 11, about 10 miles to the south. They
respond that they can see it. They are told to keep away from it. This incident
is not included in The New York Times flight controller transcript. Why?



8:38 a.m.: Boston ATC notifies NORAD that American Airlines Flight 11 has been
hijacked.



8:39 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 flies directly over the number one
terrorist target in the United States, Indian Point nuclear power stations.
Indian Point has 3 nuclear power stations (1 is offline and the other 2 have
been online since 1973 and 1976), which are only 24 miles north of New York City
(and about 40 miles north of the WTC).



If American Airlines Flight 11 hits Indian Point correctly in any of three
different ways, they could have caused a meltdown and a release of vast amounts
of radiation. There are also a cumulative 65 operating years worth of highly
radioactive waste stored at Indian Point. Casualties could possibly be upwards
of 20 million people prematurely dieing from radiation poisoning. The whole
northeast corridor from New York City to Boston would instantly become a
wasteland for thousands of years.



Why did American Airlines Flight 11 jeopardize their mission by flying another 7
plus minutes (when they could and should have been intercepted by the USAF) down
the Hudson River to hit the WTC between the 94th and 98th floors where they
ended up "only" killing less than half of the 3,056 people that died, when they
could have hit their enemies number one target?



The mastermind behind these "terrorists" hijackers would have soon figured out
their best and only shot against the strongest military foe in the world would
have been to hit them first and hit them as hard as you can. Why didn't they hit
Indian Point?



If the terrorists were targeting the WTC, don't you think they would have waited
until around 11:00 when these buildings were full with 50,000 plus people? And
of course, to cause the most deaths and destruction isn't it elementary to
strike these buildings as low as possible, which would have been around the 30th
floor?



So, why did this well planned "terrorist" attack kill only 3,056 people when
they could have easily killed ten times that many? This reasoning also goes
along with the Pentagon attack. Why was the Pentagon hit on the so-called
"peaceful" west side, which was mostly under construction as opposed to the
command center east side of the Pentagon?



If one plane didn't do the job at Indian Point, two planes most definitely would
have done the job. United Airlines Flight 175 also flew very close to Indian
Point; it was literally within a couple of minutes flying time.

If two planes didnt do the job (one should and two will), a third plane, United
Airlines Flight 93 a Boeing 757-222 will lift off in 3 minutes from Newark
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey bound for San Francisco
International Airport, San Francisco, California. Newark International Airport
is within 10 minutes flying time of Indian Point.

So three of these airliners could have hit Indian Point within about 13 minutes
of each other, between 8:39 and 8:52, if they had wanted to. The whole northeast
corridor from New York City to Boston would instantly become a wasteland for
thousands of years.

Jet [757 / 767] Could Wreck Three Mile Island, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Admits http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/JetCouldWreckNuclearNRCAdmits.htm



8:40 a.m. Nasty and Duff are the code names of the two F-15 pilots from the
102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth,
Massachusetts who would scramble after United Airlines Flight 175. Nasty says
that at this time, a colleague tells him that a flight out of Boston has been
hijacked, and to be on alert. They put on their flight gear and get ready.



8:40 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notifies NORAD that
American Airlines Flight 11 has been hijacked. Even NORAD officially admitted
that the FAA told them about the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11 at
8:40. As mentioned earlier, American Airlines Flight 11 lost voice contact with
ATC at 8:13:31 so for 26 minutes and 29 seconds nothing has been done. American
Airlines Flight 11 lost its transponder at 8:20 so for 20 minutes nothing has
been done. This doesnt happen.

OK, the FAA notifies NORAD that American Airlines Flight 11 has been hijacked
what does NORAD do? Do they immediately scramble the 102nd Fighter Wing of the
Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts? No they dont, they sit
on this most vital information. Stand Down.

At 8:46 a.m. you will see what NORAD finally does with this critically vital
information.

NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm





8:41:32 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 last communication with the New York
ATC: We figured we'd wait to go to your center. We heard a suspicious
transmission on our departure from BOS [Boston] sounds like someone keyed the
mike and said everyone stay in your seats.



8:42 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 a Boeing 757-222 with a maximum capacity of
200 passengers and 11,489 gallons of fuel, lifts off from Newark International
Airport in Newark, New Jersey bound for San Francisco International Airport, San
Francisco, California. Take-off was scheduled for 8:01. There are supposed to be
44 victims on board, yet when you add up the official death manifest list that
was published on CNN.com, there are only 33 victims.



8:42 a.m.: An air traffic controller says of United Airlines Flight 175, looks
like he's heading southbound but there's no transponder no nothing and no one's
talking to him.

8:43 a.m.: The FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines Flight 175 has been
hijacked. NORAD has officially admitted that the FAA told them about the
hijacking of United Airlines Flight 175 at 8:43. So, now NORAD knows about two
hijackings and American Airlines Flight 11 has been barreling down on New York
City since turning south at 8:26, and is just 3 minutes away from impacting the
WTC. What does NORAD do with this new information? Do they immediately scramble
the 102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth,
Massachusetts? Again, no they dont, they sit on this most vital information of
now two hijacked airliners. Stand Down.



8:46 a.m.: NORAD orders the 102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard
Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts to scramble two of their F-15 fighters. This is
from the 102nd Fighter Wing's mission statement of September 11, 2001. "Our
aircraft and their crews are on continuous 24-hour, 365-day alert to guard our
skies. The 102nd Fighter Wing's area of responsibility includes over 500,000
square miles, 90 million people, and the major industrial centers of Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C."



NORAD, by their own account, held on to the most vital information of American
Airlines Flight 11 hijacking for at least 6 minutes before ordering Otis to
scramble. NORAD, by their own account, held on to the most vital information of
United Airlines Flight 175 hijacking for at least 3 minutes before ordering Otis
to scramble.



NORAD may have held on to the vital information of American Airlines Flight 11
for perhaps 8 minutes, maybe 10 minutes (see 8:36 a.m. statement by NORAD
spokesman, Major Mike Snyder), possibly up to 26 minutes (see 8:20 a.m. American
Airlines Flight 11 transponder signal stopped transmitting its IFF beacon
signal) and let us not forget that the last voice transmission of American
Airlines Flight 11 with Boston air traffic control occurred at 8:13:31, so maybe
NORAD had over 32 minutes before they notified Otis to scramble their two F-15s.



How could NORAD possibly hold on to the 8:40 information of the American
Airlines Flight 11 hijacking, and not immediately scrambled Otis? How could
NORAD possibly hold on to the 8:43 information of the United Airlines Flight 175
hijacking, and not have immediately scrambled Otis? How could NORAD, by their
own account, hold on to the most vital information of both of these hijackings
for three and six full minutes, before notifying Otis to scramble? Stand Down.



Knowing that New York City and Washington D.C. are far and away the top two
cities in the United States that would be targeted by terrorists, dont you think
we would have also ordered Langley AFB to scramble at 8:46 a.m. to protect
Washington D.C.? NORAD says they actually waited till 9:24 a.m. to order Langley
AFB to scramble. Thirty-eight minutes went by before anyone bothers to order
fighters to scramble to protect Washington D.C.? No way. This is the big time
Smoking Gun Stand Down.

NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm

Two New York Times articles apologetically describing this:

Pentagon Tracked Deadly Jet But Found No Way to Stop It
http://www.attackonamerica.net/pentagontrackeddeadlyjet.html

Chronology of Plane Crashes: Orders, at the Time of Impact
http://www.attackonamerica.net/ordersattimeofimpact.html






8:46:26 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 impacts the north side of the North
Tower (1 World Trade Center) of the WTC between the 94th and 98th floors.
American Airlines Flight 11 was flying at a speed of 490 miles per hour (MPH).



When American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower, "it set up vibrations
which were transmitted through the building, through its foundation, and into
the ground," says Lerner-Lam. Those vibrations, as indicated by seismographs at
Lamont-Doherty and other locations, were the equivalent of a magnitude 0.9
earthquake, one too small to be felt.



8:46 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 transponder signal stops transmitting IFF
beacon signal.



8:47 a.m.: The FAA informed NORAD of American Airlines Flight 11 striking the
World Trade Center. NORAD says it doesnt tell the two F-15 pilots now scrambling
to take-off from Otis that American Airlines Flight 11 has hit the WTC until
8:57. Why not? Especially when there is another hijacked airliner, United
Airlines Flight 175, so close to New York City -- and at 8:49 it turns and heads
straight on for New York City?



8:47 a.m.: NYC Fire Battalion Chief Joe Pfeiffer from the 7th Battalion puts out
an emergency call stating that American Airlines Flight 11 impacting the north
side of the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) was no accident. The plane's
impact was clearly a deliberate attack an intentional act of mass death and
devastation.



As the small video crew (who shot the only video of American Airlines Flight 11
impacting the WTC the fireman video) and firemen that had eye-witnessed the
first plane hit the WTC were racing to the location, Chief Pfeiffer sounded red
alerts over the radio and phone; specifically stating that what they witnessed
was a "direct attack" and that the airliner was clearly being directed straight
at the WTC and the incident was definitely not any kind of accident.



8:48 a.m.: The first news reports appear on TV and radio that a plane may have
crashed into the WTC.



8:49 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 now deviates from its assigned flight
path.



8:50:51 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 last radio communication, about 285
miles west of the Pentagon.



8:52 a.m.: Two F-15 Eagles have scrambled and are airborne from the 102nd
Fighter Wing of Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts. An F-15
has a top speed of 1875+ MPH. According to NORAD, Otis is 153 miles
eastnortheast of the WTC. They are airborne within 6 minutes of their 8:46
scramble orders. Good job. So, 38 minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 has
been hijacked we finally have fighters in the air. But they still dont know
American Airlines Flight 11 has crashed into the WTC or that United Airlines
Flight 175 has turned and has been heading straight toward New York City now for
3 minutes. Why not? Stand Down.



8:53 a.m.: A flight controller says to other airplanes in the sky about United
Airlines Flight 175, "We may have a hijack. We have some problems over here
right now."

8:55 a.m.: Barbara Olson, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, "allegedly
called" her husband, Solicitor General Theodore Olson at the Justice Department.
He is watching the WTC news on TV. She tells him, ''they had box cutters and
knives. They rounded up the passengers at the back of the plane.'' She asks him,
"What should I tell the pilot to do?" She gets cuts off; he calls the Justice
Department's command center to alert them of the hijacking. She calls back and
says the plane is turning around. She appears to have been the only person on
American Airlines Flight 77 to call someone on the ground. Why is she the only
person who "allegedly called" from American Airlines Flight 77?"

911 Planes Exceeded Their Software Limits /
Cell Phone Calls Could Not Have Been Made
http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=48

Ghost Riders In The Sky An Alternative 9-11 Scenario
by A. K. Dewdney
http://feralnews.com/issues/911/dewdney/ghost_riders_1-4_1.html
http://feralnews.com/issues/911/dewdney/media_release_030304.html

Operation Pearl
by A. K. Dewdney
http://www.physics911.org/911/index.php/articles/2


8:56 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 transponder signal stops.



8:56 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 goes off course and starts making a 180
degree turn over southern Ohio / northeastern Kentucky.



8:57 a.m. The FAA formally notified the military that American Airlines Flight
11 crashed into the WTC. Until then, the two F-15s fighters from Otis did not
know the plane had crashed -- Yet at 8:47 a.m. NORAD had been notified. Why does
it take over 10 minutes to inform the two F-15 pilots of this? Do the two F-15
pilots know United Airlines Flight 175 has changed course, and for the last
eight minutes has been heading directly for New York City? Stand Down.



8:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 completes its 180 degree turn over
southern Ohio / northeastern Kentucky and starts heading directly back to
Washington D.C. and The Pentagon, 330 miles away.



9:00 a.m.: United Airlines systems operations transmitted a system wide message,
warning its pilots of a potential "cockpit intrusion". United Airlines Flight
93, flying over Pennsylvania replies "Confirmed".



9:00 a.m.: Last radar reading on United Airlines Flight 175 is observed at an
altitude of 18,000 feet, descending, with a ground speed of 480 knots.



9:00 a.m. The FAA starts contacting all airliners to warn them of the hijacking.



9:00 a.m.: The Pentagon moves its alert status up one notch from normal to
Alpha. It stays on Alpha until after American Airlines Flight 77 hits the
Pentagon.



9:01 a.m.: Bush later makes the following statement. "And I was sitting outside
the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV
was obviously on, and I used to fly myself, and I said, 'There's one terrible
pilot.' And I said, 'It must have been a horrible accident.' But I was whisked
off from there -- I didn't have much time to think about it." Bush could not
have possibly seen the first plane (American Airlines Flight 11) hit the WTC,
because the only video showing this was not shown on television till later in
the day. So how could he have possibly seen and said this?



9:02:54 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 impacts the south side of the South
Tower of the WTC between the 78th and 84th floors at a speed of over 500 MPH.
Parts of the plane including an engine leave the building from its north side,
to be found on the ground up to six blocks away.



When United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower, "it set up vibrations
which were transmitted through the building, through its foundation, and into
the ground," says Lerner-Lam. Those vibrations, as indicated by seismographs at
Lamont-Doherty and other locations, were the equivalent of a magnitude 0.7
earthquake.



NORAD says that when United Airlines Flight 175 impacts the WTC at 9:02:54, the
two F-15's from Otis are still 71 miles away. This means their average flight
speed was only 23.9% of their top speed in trying to intercept United Airlines
Flight 175.



Otis is 153 miles from WTC. F-15's have a top speed of 1875+ MPH. Minus 71 miles
left from 153 miles equals 82 miles covered in the 11 minutes from 8:52 take-off
to 9:03. Sixty minutes divided by 11 minutes equals 5.45, times this by the 82
miles covered, equals 447.3 MPH. divided by 1875 MPH equals 23.9% of their top
speed. How could these two F-15s possibly be going less than one quarter of
their top speed in trying to intercept United Airlines Flight 175? How? Stand
Down.



The following passages are from a BBC article published on August 30, 2002. Two
of the pilots patrolling northeast America told the programme how they struggled
to get to New York as fast as possible after the first plane had hit the World
Trade Center. Pilots "Duff" and "Nasty" recalled they were only minutes away
when the second plane hit the towers. Pilot Duff said: "For a long time I
wondered what would have happened if we had been scrambled in time. "We've been
over the flight a thousand times in our minds and I don't know what we could
have done to get there any quicker."

Perhaps if they flew a little faster than 23.9% of their top speed is how.



US Considered 'Suicide Jet Missions'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2222205.stm



The F-15 pilots flew ''like a scalded ape,'' topping 500 MPH but were unable to
catch up to the airliner [United Airliners Flight 175], Maj. Gen. Paul Weaver
said.



National Guard Fighters Raced After 2 Airliners
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/091601/ter_0916010027.shtml



Now the only airliner left in the sky with its IFF transponder signal off -- has
just made a 180 degree turn over southern Ohio / northeastern Kentucky and has
been heading directly back to Washington D.C. and The Pentagon since 8:59 a.m.
-- is American Airlines Flight 77. Why didnt these two F-15s that were 71 miles
from NYC and the WTC, immediately redirect to intercept the only dangerous
airliner now in the sky, American Airlines Flight 77?



These two F-15s had 34 minutes to reach Washington D.C. before American Airlines
Flight 77 hits the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. The mission of these two F-15s from the
102nd Fighter Wing of the Otis Air National Guard Base is to protect the skies
from Washington D.C. to the north. The F-15 has a top speed of 1875+ MPH, so
they could have closed the 300 or so miles from their current position to
Washington D.C. in just about 11 minutes. At top speed they could have been at
the Pentagon 23 minutes before American Airlines Flight 77 hits it.



Even if they were flying at the same speed NORAD says that they covered in the
last 71 miles till they reach the WTC (532.5 MPH or only 28.4% of top speed)
they would have beaten American Airlines Flight 77 to the Pentagon. Why didnt
these two F-15s directly fly to intercept the only known airliner still in the
sky that is hijacked, and heading directly for the nations capitol?



Still, much worse, why didnt these two F-15s upon reaching the WTC at 9:11 and
now knowing that American Airlines Flight 77 has been heading dead on for
Washington D.C. for 12 minutes, finally try to intercept? The WTC is about 250
miles from the Pentagon. They still have 26 minutes to intercept American
Airlines Flight 77 before the Pentagon gets hit at 9:37. All they have to do is
to fly only 576.9 MPH or 30.8% of their top speed to beat American Airlines
Flight 77 to the Pentagon. What do we pay these guys to do?



Still, unbelievably worse, these two F-15s could have waited in New York City
till 9:26 before heading down to protect Washington D.C. and the Pentagon. By
9:26 American Airlines Flight 77 has now been heading directly back to
Washington D.C. for 27 minutes, it is the only airliner in the sky with its
transponder signal off, and has been off course for 30 minutes. If these F-15s
were flying at top speed, they could be at the Pentagon in less than 10 minutes.
They can leave New York City at 9:26 and still beat American Airlines Flight 77
to the Pentagon by one minute. Why didnt these F-15s leave at any time between
9:03 and 9:26 to intercept American Airlines Flight 77, the only airliner in the
sky with its transponder signal off, and also off course and heading straight do
Washington D.C.? Why, NORAD? Stand Down.

NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm

Two New York Times articles apologetically describing this:

Pentagon Tracked Deadly Jet But Found No Way to Stop It
http://www.attackonamerica.net/pentagontrackeddeadlyjet.html

Chronology of Plane Crashes: Orders, at the Time of Impact
http://www.attackonamerica.net/ordersattimeofimpact.html






There is a very interesting video of what looks like a possible F-15 streaking
by the WTC just as United Airlines Flight 175 impacts the South Tower of the
WTC. Why isnt anyone talking about this video?



Take a look for yourself at: http://www.MyCountryRightOrWrong.net/F-15.htm



9:03 a.m.: Boston air traffic control center halts traffic from its airports to
all New York area airspace.



9:05 a.m.: Andrew Card walks up to Bush while he is listening to a Goat Story
with 16 second graders in Sandra Kay Danielss class at Emma E. Booker Elementary
School in Sarasota, Florida. Card whispers in his ear "A second plane has hit
the World Trade Center. America is under attack." Bush (commander-and-chief?)
keeps listening to this Goat Story with these children for at least 7 minutes,
and perhaps as long as 18 minutes. Why he didn't excuse himself from these
children right away, and immediately address this national emergency, is totally
illogical and unexplainable.

There is no way this should have happened. What of course should have happened,
was as soon as the secret service found out about United Airlines Flight 175
impacting the WTC (now knowing it was a "terrorist" act), they would have
immediatly grabbed Bush and brought him to an undisclosed location. There is no
way the secret service leaves Bush in a place (Emma E. Booker Elementary School)
where everyone knows he is. Stand Down.


9:05 a.m.: West Virginia flight control notices a new eastbound plane entering
their radar with no radio contact and no transponder identification. They are
not sure if it is American Airlines Flight 77. Supposedly they wait another 19
minutes before notifying NORAD about it.



Why hasnt NORAD scrambled any fighters to protect Washington D.C. by 9:05? How
could they not have? Two airliners have already hit the WTC. Nine minutes ago
the transponder on American Airlines Flight 77 was shut off and it made a 180
degree turn and has been heading directly for Washington D.C. for 6 minutes.
Perhaps now would be a good time to remember that New York City and Washington
D.C. are far and away the top two cities in the United States that would be
targeted by terrorists. Why hasnt NORAD scrambled any fighters to protect
Washington D.C. by 9:05? Stand Down.




9:06 a.m.: Order to halt traffic is expanded to include the entire northeast
from Washington to Cleveland. FAA's air traffic control center outside
Washington D.C. notifies all air traffic facilities nationwide of the suspected
hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11.



9:06 a.m.: The FAA formally notified the military that United Airlines Flight
175 had been hijacked.



9:08 a.m.: FAA orders all aircraft to leave New York area airspace and orders
all New York-bound planes nationwide to stay on the ground.



9:10 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.



9:11 a.m.: The two F-15 Eagles from Otis Air National Guard station in Falmouth;
Massachusetts finally make it to NYC and the WTC. So, it takes these two F-15s,
which have a top speed of 1875+ MPH, 19 minutes to cover the 153 miles from Otis
to the WTC. This means their average flight speed from Otis to the WTC was only
483.2 MPH or just 25.8% of their top speed. A little math exposes these window
dressing fighters for what they are. Thank you NORAD for your September 18,
20001 Press Release. Stand Down.



9:12 a.m.: The FAA formally notified the military that United Airlines Flight
175 had crashed into the WTC.



9:15 a.m.: American Airlines orders no new takeoffs in the United States.



9:16 a.m. to 9:20: The FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines Flight 93 has
been hijacked. (Reported as 9:20 a.m. in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) No
fighters are scrambled in specific response, now or later. There is the
possibility the fighters sent after American Airlines Flight 77 later headed
towards United Airlines Flight 93. NORAD's own timeline inexplicably fails to
say when the FAA told them about the hijack. This is the only flight NORAD fails
to provide this data for. Why? Stand Down.



9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.



9:20 a.m.: United Airlines orders no new takeoffs in the United States.



9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the
New York City area closed.

9:22 a.m.: A sonic boom occurs, which was picked up by an earthquake monitor in
southern Pennsylvania, 60 miles away from Shanksville. This was most likely
caused by a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30682



9:23 a.m.: Bush talks privately with Cheney, his National Security Adviser
Condoleezza Rice, the head of the FBI, Robert Mueller and Governor George Pataki
of New York. Why does Bush wait from 9:05 (when Card tells him of United
Airlines Flight 175 hitting the WTC) till 9:23 to finally call? He still does
not give the authority to the fighters to shoot down any hostile airliners
(fighters do not need his OK to intercept that should have of course happen
automatically [but didnt -- or it was IGNORAD] his orders are only needed to
shoot down a commercial airliner). What is he waiting for?



9:24 a.m.: The FAA notifies NORAD that American Airlines Flight 77 has been
hijacked. The FAA lost contact with American Airlines Flight 77 when the
transponder signal stops at 8:56 a.m. -- Why does it take 33 minutes for the FAA
to tell NORAD that American Airlines Flight 77 has been hijacked? Impossible.
Stand Down.



9:24 a.m.: NORAD orders the 1st Fighter Wing from Langley Air Force Base in
Hampton, Virginia to scramble two, possibly three F-16 fighters. This time NORAD
does not sit on this vital information for six minutes (or more) before
notifying Langley AFB (like they did before they scrambled Otis). Langley is 130
miles south of Washington D.C. and the Pentagon. The F-16 has a top speed of
1500 MPH.



Why wasnt Langley AFB scrambled at 8:20 or 8:40 or 8:46:26 or at the very least
at 9:02:54? How could NORAD possibly have waited the 21 minutes from the time
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the WTC at 9:02:54 before
finally scrambling Langley at 9:24? Waiting these 21 extra minutes to finally
scramble Langley is the real smoking gun Stand Down that no one can get around.

Inconceivably, Andrews Air Force Base, with its two fighters wings only about 11
miles from the Pentagon never got off the ground, till after everything was
over. They must have been told to Stand Down. This Stand Down that happened at
Andrews AFB is the same thing that happened with the at least 35 Air Stations
that were easily within distance to protect us of all of these hijackings. They
were all told to Stand Down.



The following link lists the 7 bases on full alert and the 28 that were within
range.
http://www.StandDown.net/USAFbases.htm



9:25 a.m.: Air traffic controllers inform the United States Secret Service that
American Airlines Flight 77 is approaching Washington D.C.



9:26 a.m.: The FAA halts takeoffs nationwide. All airborne international flights
are told to land in Canada.



9:26 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 - Passenger, Barbara K. Olson again calls
her husband, Solicitor General Theodore Olson at the Justice Department to tell
him about the hijacking and to report that the passengers and pilots were held
in the back of the plane. Again she is the only person who makes a call from
American Airlines Flight 77. Isnt it very strange that is she the only person to
call, not once but twice?



9:28 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 -- An open microphone aboard reveals someone
in the cockpit saying, "Get out of here!"



9:28 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, "there are the first audible signs of
problems, in background cockpit noise." Air traffic controllers hear the sound
of screaming and scuffling over an open mike. They then hear hijackers speaking
in Arabic to each other. Yet this is at least 8 minutes and maybe 12 minutes
after the hijackers had taken over the cockpit and done something to cause the
FAA to notify NORAD of United Airlines Flight 93's hijacking.



9:30 a.m.: Two, possibly three F-16 Fighting Falcons code-named Huntress take
off from Langley AFB headed at first toward at NYC. A couple of minutes into
their mission, according to General Haugen "A person came on the radio and
identified themselves as being with the Secret Service" and said, "I want you to
protect the White House at all costs." The F-16s laid in a new course and
vectored to Washington D.C. Since both Washington D.C. and New York City are
both north of Langley, and this happened within a couple of minutes of take-off,
this was not a factor in why these F-16 fighters were flying so slow.



Why were these fighters headed to NYC when American Airlines Flight 77 has been
headed directly for Washington D.C. for the last 31 minutes, and with their
communication and transponder turned off for 34 minutes? There are no airliners
headed for NYC or anywhere else with their communication and transponders turned
off. Also, at 9:25 air traffic controllers have already informed the United
States Secret Service in Washington D.C. that American Airlines Flight 77 is
approaching them very fast. So why are these F-16s first flying toward NYC?
Stand Down.



9:30 a m.: Bush, speaking to the nation from Emma E. Booker Elementary School in
Sarasota, Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack"
and "a national tragedy." He would chase down, "those folks who committed this
act." Bush also said, "Terrorism against our nation will not stand." It was an
echo of "This will not stand," the words his father, George H. W. Bush, had used
a few days after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990-in Bush's opinion, one of
his father's finest moments.



Also, during this address to the country Bush promised a full investigation into
the attack. Well here we are 16 months later, after everything Bush could
possibly do to stop an investigation, and we are finally getting a so-called 911
investigation. That Henry Kissinger and George Mitchell quit as chair and vice
chair is very interesting. Of course, having appointed killer Kissinger to lead
the 911 investigation in the first place was like saying, welcome to the
Twilight Zone. Did Kissinger quit because some of his clients were about to be
exposed and tried by him? A little conflict of interest Henry?



This address to the country should have been said at least 15 to 20 minutes
earlier. But of course he had much more important business to attend to, he was
listening to the Goat Story with the 16 second graders from 9:05 till at least
9:12 and possibly as long as 9:23.



Bush speaking to the country from Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/BushAtEmmaEBookerSchool.mov



85) 9:30 a.m.: United Airlines begins landing all of its flights inside the
United States.



9:32 a.m.: Secret Service agents burst into Cheney's White House office. They
carry him under his arms -- nearly lifting him off the ground -- and take him to
the security of the underground bunker in the White House basement. What took
them so long?



9:32 a.m.: The New York Stock Exchange closed.



9:33 a.m.: According to The New York Times, American Airlines Flight 77 was lost
at 8:56 when it turned off its transponder, and stayed lost until now.
Washington air traffic control sees a fast moving blip on their radar at this
time and sends a warning to Dulles Airport in Washington. Is it conceivable that
an airplane could be lost inside United States air space for 37 minutes? Stand
Down.



9:35 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 goes off course near Cleveland, Ohio where
it makes a 135 degree turn, and is now headed to the southeast. United Airlines
Flight 93 is 375 miles from Newark, New Jersey and 280 miles from where it was
now headed, Washington D.C.



Also reported about United Airlines Flight 93: ABC News has learned that shortly
before the plane changed directions, someone in the cockpit radioed in and asked
the FAA for a new flight plan, with a final destination of Washington. This
should have been a big red flag, a problem aircraft usually diverts to the
nearest field. Did the Pilot do this to signal Air Traffic Control?



9:35 a.m.: American Airlines begins landing all of its flights inside the United
States.



9:36 a.m.: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport instructs a military C130
aircraft that had just departed Andrews Air Force base to try to identify
American Airlines Flight 77. The C130 reports it is a 767 and it is moving low
and very fast.



9:37 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 is lost from radar screens and impacts
the western side of the Pentagon. The section of the Pentagon hit consists
mainly of newly renovated, unoccupied offices. The Pentagon says American
Airlines Flight 77 hits them at 9:37. Other published reports have American
Airlines Flight 77 striking at 9:40 to 9:43; The New York Times even published
9:45. (The photos taken before the Pentagon "E Section" collapses at 10:10 a.m.
show a hole that sure does not look like a Boeing 757-223 hit it. There were no
holes in the Pentagon where both jet engines would have gone through? Why?)



At 9:37 NORAD says the F-16s from Langley were still 105 miles and 12 minutes
away. Incredibly, this means their average flight speed was only 14.3% of their
top speed in trying to intercept United Airlines Flight 175 before it hits the
Pentagon. If these F-16s flew at top speed, they would have been there just
after 9:37.



Langley is 130 miles from the Pentagon. F-16's have a top speed of 1500 MPH.
Minus 105 miles left from 130 miles equals 25 miles covered in the 7 minutes
from 9:30 take-off to 9:37. 60 minutes divided by 7 minutes equals 8.57, times
this by the 25 miles covered, equals 214.3 MPH. divided by 1500 MPH equals 14.3%
of their top speed. How could these two F-15s possibly be going one seventh of
their top speed in trying to intercept American Airlines Flight 77? Even the
story about first flying to NYC does not account for this unbelievably slow
speed because they got the message to redirect to Washington D.C. within a
couple of minutes of take-off, and NYC and Washington D.C. are almost exactly
the same direction (north) from Langley. Stand Down.



Three more of the 7 air stations on full alert were within range of Washington
D.C. Tyndall AFB in Panama City, Florida is 800 miles from Washington D.C., from
the time they scramble and flying at top speed, they could have reached
Washington D.C. in 35 to 40 minutes. Homestead ARB in Homestead, Florida is 1000
miles from Washington D.C. from the time they scramble and flying at top speed,
they could have reached Washington D.C. in 45 to 50 minutes. Ellington ANG in
Houston, Texas is 1250 miles from Washington D.C. from the time they scramble
and flying at top speed, they could have reached Washington D.C. in 55 to 60
minutes.

Remember at 8:40 the FAA notifies NORAD that American Airlines Flight 11 has
been hijacked and at 8:43 a.m. the FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines
Flight 175 has been hijacked. So at 8:43 a full 54 minutes before American
Airlines Flight 77 hits the Pentagon, NORAD admits to knowing about these two
airlines being hijacked. With a 54 minute start -- besides of course Otis ANG
who were already in the air (at 8:52) and Langley AFB fighters (finally ordered
to scramble at 9:24 airborne at 9:30), both Tyndall AFB and Homestead ARB
fighters could have beaten American Airlines Flight 77 to the Pentagon and
Ellington ANG fighters had an outside chance. Of course both air stations in
Florida, Tyndall AFB and Homestead ARB, should have been sent to protect Air
Force One in Sarasota -- but incredibly they werent sent there either.

At 8:56 the transponder on American Airlines Flight 77 stops sending the IFF
beacon. This is 41 minutes before it hits the Pentagon. Again besides of course
Otis ANG and Langley AFB fighters, if ordered to scramble at 8:56 Tyndall AFB
fighters could have still beaten American Airlines Flight 77 to the Pentagon.
Stand Down.



NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm



AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm

Two New York Times articles apologetically describing this:

Pentagon Tracked Deadly Jet But Found No Way to Stop It
http://www.attackonamerica.net/pentagontrackeddeadlyjet.html

Chronology of Plane Crashes: Orders, at the Time of Impact
http://www.attackonamerica.net/ordersattimeofimpact.html


9:38 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 completes its 135 degree turn and is headed
directly towards Washington D.C.



9:40 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 transponder signal stops.



9:40 a.m.: Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, summoned by the White
House to the bunker, was on an open line to the Federal Aviation Administration
operations center, monitoring Flight 77 as it hurtled toward Washington, with
radar tracks coming every seven seconds. Reports came that the plane was 50
miles out, 30 miles out, 10 miles out-until word reached the bunker that there
had been an explosion at the Pentagon.



Mineta shouted into the phone to Monte Belger at the FAA: "Monte, bring all the
planes down." It was an unprecedented order -- there were 4,546 airplanes in the
air at the time. Belger, the FAA's acting deputy administrator, amended Mineta's
directive to take into account the authority vested in airline pilots. "We're
bringing them down per pilot discretion," Belger told the secretary.



"Fuck pilot discretion," Mineta yelled back. "Get those goddamn planes down."



The FAA stops all flight operations at U.S. airports and orders all planes in
the air to land at the nearest airport. No civilian aircraft are allowed to lift
off. This is the first time all commercial flights in the U.S. have been
suspended. Only military and medical flights are allowed to fly.



9:42 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Mark Bingham calls his mother.
"Mom, this is Mark Bingham," he said, nervously. "I want to let you know that I
love you. I'm calling from the plane. We've been taken over. There are three men
that say they have a bomb."



97) 9:45 a.m.: Bush's motorcade leaves the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in
Sarasota, Florida headed for Air Force One at the Sarasota-Bradenton
International Airport.



9:45 a.m. to 9:48 a.m.: The Capitol and the White House are evacuated.



9:47 a.m.: Commanders worldwide were ordered to raise their threat alert status
four notches to "Delta", the highest level, to defend United States facilities.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld raised the defense condition signaling of
the United States offensive readiness-to DefCon 3, the highest it had been since
the Arab-Israeli war in 1973. United States officials also sent a message to the
Russians, who were planning a military exercise not far from Alaska, urging them
to rethink their plans.



9:49 a.m.: The F-16s from Langley AFB finally arrive over Washington, D.C. to
perform Combat Air Patrol over the city. It takes these F-16s 19 minutes to
reach Washington D.C. from Langley AFB which is about 130 miles to the south.



If these F-16s were flying at top speed it should have taken them just over 7
minutes to reach the Pentagon. They should have been there at about the same
time the Pentagon is hit by American Airlines Flight 77, at 9:37.



By arriving in Washington D.C. at 9:49, that would mean these F-16s average
flight speed was only 410.5 MPH. This means their average flight speed was only
27.4% of their top speed in trying to protect our nations capital. Langley AFB
is 130 miles from the Pentagon and F-16's have a top speed of 1500 MPH. 60
minutes divided by 19 minutes = 3.16 x 130 miles = 410.5 MPH divided by 1500 MPH
= 27.4%.



These F-16s took-off at 9:30, this is 43 minutes after American Airlines 11
impacts the North Tower of the WTC and 27 minutes after United Airlines Flight
175 slams into the South Tower of the WTC. Knowing this, these F-16s fly at only
14.3% (overall 27.4%) of their top speed in trying to intercept American
Airlines Flight 77 and protect our nations capital, Washington D.C. How could
that possibly be?



Why were all of these ultra-sophisticated fighter jets averaging flight speeds
only one quarter of their top speed when sent to intercept hostile aircraft and
protect New York City and our nation's Capital, Washington D.C.? What exactly is
the purpose of these fighter jets being able to go 1875+ MPH and 1500 MPH, yet
when the United States is being attacked and needs them the most they are only
somehow capable of doing one quarter of their top speed? Stand Down.



The United States Air Force is the most technologically advanced, and the most
dominate military force ever known to man, and yet we didnt have any other
fighters on routine patrols or training missions anywhere within 1000 miles of
New York City or Washington D. C. that morning? I have talked to a few people in
the Air Force, and this is totally impossible. There are always fighters up on
routine patrols or training missions. So where were they?



And lastly, why didn't the Air Force follow procedure and immediately scramble
to monitor any of these 4 flights like they did for the late great golfer Payne
Stewart when his Lear jet went off course? This is not Oshkosh, Wisconsin we are
talking about protecting here, it is New York City and the Capital of the United
States, Washington D.C., and its air defenses were left total unguarded for one
hour and twenty-three minutes (from 8:14 to 9:37) (or one hour and thirty-five
minutes -- F-15 arrived in DC at 9:49) by the same country who have the greatest
air superiority by far ever known. What type of a preposterous wag of the NORAD
tale is this?



Both of these groups of fighters, the F-15s out of Otis, and the F-16s out of
Langley were put in the air merely as window dressing. To make the public
actually think they were valiantly trying to intercept these 4 hijacked planes.
There is only one explanation for this -- our Air Force was ordered to Stand
Down on 911.

NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm





9:55 a.m.: Bush arrives at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and
boards Air Force One.



9:55 a.m.: Inside his White House bunker, a military aide asks Cheney, "There is
a plane 80 miles out. There is a fighter in the area. Should we engage?" Cheney
immediately says, "Yes." As the fighter gets nearer to United Airlines Flight
93, he is asked the same thing twice more, and responds yes both times.



9:58 a.m.: Confrontation with the hijackers and the passengers begins aboard
United Airlines Flight 93. Emergency dispatcher in Pennsylvania receives a call
from a passenger on Flight 93. The passenger says: "We are being hijacked!"



9:58 a.m.: A frantic male passenger onboard United Airlines Flight 93 called the
911 emergency number, he told the operator, named Glen Cramer, that he had
locked himself inside one of the toilets. Cramer told the AP, in a report that
was widely broadcast on September 11th, that the passenger had spoken for one
minute. "We're being hijacked, we're being hijacked!" the man screamed into his
mobile phone. "We confirmed that with him several times," Cramer said, "and we
asked him to repeat what he said. He was very distraught. He said he believed
the plane was going down. He did hear some sort of an explosion and saw white
smoke coming from the plane, but he didn't know where. And then we lost contact
with him." This was the last cell phone call made from any passengers on any of
the hijacked planes.



9:59 a.m.: Air Force One Departs Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport,
Sarasota, Florida bound for Washington D.C. Air Force One departed with no extra
military protection. This is totally impossible. Two of the 7 military air
stations we had on full alert to protect the continental United States that day
were based in Florida. Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead is 185 miles and
the Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City is 235 miles from Sarasota and Air
Force One.



These two air stations should have been ordered to scramble their fighters at
8:20 or 8:40 or 8:43 or 8:46:26 or 9:02:54 or 9:24 or at the very least at 9:37.
From the time these two Air stations should have been scrambled and flying at
top speed, both of these air stations fighters could have been in Sarasota
within 16 to 18 minutes to protect Air Force One. Even if both Air stations
waited on the ground with their 4 fighters till the Pentagon gets hit at 9:37,
all 4 fighters could have scrambled and been at Sarasota 4 to 6 minutes before
Air Force One takes-off at 9:59. Where were the fighters from both of these air
stations? Did both of these air stations have something better to do that day
than protect Air Force One? Please, this just does not happen. Why is no one
else in the world asking this question? Stand Down.



Also, is the place to be in the air when there are still a couple of thousand
airliners in the air deviating from their normal flight plans to land, and who
knew then how many of them were hostile or not?



We have captured and saved the video of Bush as he arrives at Sarasota-Bradenton
International Airport, and the take-off of Air Force One. Go to:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/AirForceOneLeavingSarasota.ra



Also, please take a look at the August 30, 2002 BBC article which states: In the
immediate aftermath of the terror attacks US fighter planes took to the skies to
defend America from any further attacks. Their mission was to protect pResident
George W. Bush and to intercept any hijacked aircraft heading to other targets
in the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2222205.stm



9:59:04 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center suddenly collapses,
plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris quickly
fills lower Manhattan. It is later explained that the collapse was not directly
caused by the impact, but the intense heat caused by the fire fueled by the
jet's fuel weakening the steel support beams of the concrete floors. The WTC
towers were built to withstand a 707 being flown into them. A 767 carries almost
the same amount of fuel as a 707.



Seismographs at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in
Palisades, New York, 21 miles north of the WTC, recorded very interesting
seismic activity on September 11, 2001 that has still not been explained.



While the aircraft crashes caused minimal earth shaking, significant earthquakes
with unusual spikes occurred at the beginning of each collapse. The Palisades
seismic data recorded a 2.1 magnitude earthquake during the 10-second collapse
of the South Tower at 9:59:04 and a 2.3 quake during the 9-second collapse of
the North Tower at 10:28:31.



The Palisades seismic record shows that -- as the collapses began -- a huge
seismic "spikes" marked the moment the greatest energy went into the ground. The
strongest jolts were both registered at the beginning of the collapses, well
before the falling debris struck the earth.



These unexplained "spikes" in the seismic data tends to lend credence to the
theory that perhaps a massive explosion(s) in the lowest level of the basements
where the supporting steel columns of the WTC met the bedrock caused the
collapses.



Also, the collapses of the south tower at 9:59:04 took only 10 seconds while the
collapse of the north tower at 10:28:31 took only 9 seconds, this is only
slightly more than a free fall from the same height, indicating that there was
very little resistance. Yet the floors themselves are quite robust, each one is
39" thick; the top 4" is a poured concrete slab, with interlocking vertical
steel trusses underneath. This steel would absorb a lot of kinetic energy by
crumpling as one floor fell onto another. So how did both of the towers fall so
quickly?

The Twin Towers Were Deliberately Demolished
http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers / http://wtc7.net



10:00 a.m.: Bill Wright is flying a small plane when an air traffic controller
asks him to look around outside his window. He sees United Airlines Flight 93
three miles away - close enough to see the United Airlines colors. Air traffic
control asks him the plane's altitude, and then commands him to get away from
the plane and land immediately. Wright saw the plan rock back and forth three or
four times before he flew from the area. He speculates that the hijackers were
trying to throw off the attacking passengers.



10:00 a.m.: The NRC tells all nuclear power stations to go to the highest level
of alert.



10:01 a.m.: The FAA orders F-16 fighters to scramble from Toledo, Ohio. Although
the base has no fighters on stand-by alert status, it manages to put fighters in
the air 16 minutes later, a "phenomenal" response time - but still 11 minutes
after the last hijacked plane has crashed.



One interesting aspect is that NORAD has explained that it didn't scramble
fighters from bases nearer to the hijacked planes because they only used bases
in the NORAD defensive network (Seven bases were on fully armed alert covering
the continental United States). Yet this Toledo base wasn't part of that
network, so why weren't planes in this base and other bases scrambled an hour or
more earlier? Could it be that they were scrambled earlier, and that it was one
of these F-16's that tailed Flight 93? While it hasn't been reported in the
media yet, note this recent claim by a seismologist that there was a sonic boom
in Western Pennsylvania at 9:22. Could that have been a fighter tracking United
Airlines Flight 93?



10:02 a.m.: After a review of radar tapes, a radar signal of United Airlines
Flight 93 is detected near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.



10:03 a.m.: According to the FBI, the cockpit voice recorder stops and United
Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in Somerset county,
about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.



10:04 a.m.: Johnstown-Cambria County Airport reports United Airlines Flight 93
is 15 miles south.



10:06:05 a.m.: According to seismic data, United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in Somerset county, about 80 miles southeast of
Pittsburgh. This is also 124 miles or 15 minutes away at 500 MPH from Washington
D.C. An eyewitness reports seeing a white plane resembling a fighter jet
circling the site just after the crash.



The F-16's from Langley AFB arrived in Washington D.C at 9:49 a.m. The F-16 has
a top speed of 1500 MPH. After the Pentagon gets hit by American Airlines Flight
77 at 9:37, there is only one airliner left in the sky with its transponder
signal off, and once again heading directly for Washington D.C., and that is
United Airlines Flight 93. Flying at top speed these F-16s could have
intercepted United Airlines Flight 93 within 5 to 8 minutes depending on when
they would have left. Why didnt these F-16s try to intercept United Airlines
Flight 93? How could they not go after the only threat in the sky yet once
again? Stand Down.



Listen to what a former Pentagon air traffic controller says "All those years
ago when I was at the Pentagon, this wouldn't have happened. ATC Radar images
were (and are) available in the understructures of the Pentagon, and any
commercial flight within 300 miles of Washington D.C. that made an abrupt course
change toward Washington D.C., or turned off their transponder and refused to
communicate with ATC, would have been intercepted at supersonic speeds within
minutes by fighters out of Andrews AFB. Why there were no fighters from Andrews
up baffles me. If we could get fighters notified, scrambled, and airborne within
about 6 minutes from Andrews AFB then, we could now."

NORAD Press Release: http://StandDown.net/NORADSeptember182001PressRelease.htm

AP Article On NORAD PR:
http://www.AttackOnAmerica.net/8MinutesAway.htm





Shortly after 911, a flight controller in New Hampshire ignores a ban on air
traffic controllers speaking to the media, and it is reported he claims "that an
F-16 fighter closely pursued United Airlines Flight 93... the F-16 made
360-degree turns to remain close to the commercial jet, the controller said. 'He
must've seen the whole thing,' the controller said of the F-16 pilot's view of
Flight 93's crash."



What happened to our first amendment? Where are all of the free and open debates
in the United States Questioning September 11th? I, Mark Elsis will debate
anyone or any panel on this issue. Does any formidable opponent dare to debate
me about what really happened on September 11, 2001?




xoxoxoxo



JFK Assassination Stand Down

Army Aid To Help Protect President Kennedy Was Refused
A Stand Down on November 22, 1963 -- A Stand Down on September 11, 2001

Trained U.S. Army Intelligence Units were told their assisstance was not needed
in Dallas during the JFK visit. William McKinney, a former member of the crack
112th Military Intelligence Group at 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, has revealed that both Col. Maximillian Reich and his deputy, Lt. Col.
Joel Cabaza, protested violently when they were told to "Stand Down" rather than
to report with their units for duty in augmentation of the Secret Service in
Dallas. McKinney said, "All the Secret Service had to do was nod and these units
[which had been trained at the Army's top Intelligence school at Camp Holabird,
Maryland] would have performed their normal function of Protection for the
President in Dallas."

The 315th, the Texas unit which would have been involved if its support had not
been turned down, had records in its files, according to McKinney, on Lee Harvey
Oswald. The 315th had a Dallas office and its records were up to date.

McKinney added that, "Highly specialized classes were given at Camp Holabird on
the subject of Protection. This included training designed to prepare this army
unit to assist the Secret Service. If our support had not been refused, we would
have been in Dallas."

L. Fletcher Prouty -- From 1955 to December 31, 1963, Col. L. Fletcher Prouty
was the Focal Point (liason) officer between the Pentagon and the CIA. During
1962 and 1963 he was Director of Special Plans (clandestine operations) in the
office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Source: http://John-F-Kennedy.net/TheGunsOfDallas.htm


JFK Assassination Secret Service Stand Down (Video)
http://tinyurl.com/n93cw

xoxoxoxo




Stand Down Flash by Eric Blumrich
http://www.ericblumrich.com/buddy.html


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Deception Dollar
http://www.deceptiondollar.com/6/6front.htm


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Still Curious Why No Interception

Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Letter To The Editor, June 25, 2003


Concerning Sept. 11, 2001: Why weren't the airlines that struck the World Trade
Center or the Pentagon intercepted by U.S. fighter jets?

Both the U.S. Air Force and the Federal Aviation Authority have procedures
regarding planes that have veered off course. Federal law mandates that the Air
Force must dispatch a plane to investigate why a certain craft has strayed from
its route. These interceptors are only allowed to shoot an airliner from the sky
under orders from the president.



On Oct. 23, 1999, golfer Payne Stewart's incapacitated Learjet going from
Orlando to Dallas made a wrong turn. Within 19 minutes after the flight appeared
to be off course, an Air Force F-16 was dispatched and ready to intercept the
plane.

But a far different fate awaited the four hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001.
Almost 113 minutes elapsed between the time American Airlines Flight 11 lost
contact and was hijacked at 8:13:31 until the time United Airlines Flight 93
crashed in Shanksville, Pa., at 10:06:05. One hour and 53 minutes went by and
the Air Force did not intercept one of the four planes.



Regarding Flight 77's crash into the Pentagon: A former Pentagon air traffic
controller observed: "… when I was at the Pentagon, this wouldn't have happened.
ATC (Air Traffic Control) Radar images were (and are) available in the …
Pentagon, and any commercial flight within 300 miles of Washington, D.C., that
made an abrupt course change toward Washington, D.C., or turned off its
transponder and refused to communicate with ATC, would have been intercepted …
within minutes by fighters," according to http://StandDown.net



Why no reprimands or firings? Why virtually no investigative reporting? Why such
a lack of cooperation from the Bush administration?



Robert Phillipoff
Bradenton

Source:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030625/NEWS/306250645/1029





xoxoxoxo


"Each time a person stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others,
they send forth a ripple of hope,
and crossing each other,
from a million different centers of energy and daring,
those ripples build a current,
that can sweep down,
the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
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xoxoxoxo



Imagine


Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try,
No hell below us, above us only sky,
Imagine all the people, living for today.
Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too,
Imagine all the people, living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one,
I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people, sharing all the world.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one,
I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one

http://John-Lennon.com / http://John-Lennon.net


Love Is The Answer


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