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Title Debunking 9/11 myths : why conspiracy theories can't stand up to the facts : includes new findings on World Trade Center Building 7 / foreword by James B. Meigs edited by David Dunbar & Brad Reagan ; an in-depth investigation by Popular mechanics.

Imprint New York : Hearst Books, c2011.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.931 D354 2011    ---  Available
Description xxiii, 216 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Note "Includes new findings on World Trade Center Building 7."
Summary "A decade after the World Trade Center disaster, rampant speculation abounds on what actually happened. Wild talk flourishes on the Internet, TV, and radio. Was the Pentagon really struck by a missile? Was the untimely death of Barry Jennings, who witnessed the collapse of Tower 7 and thought he heard 'explosions," actually an assassination? Not everyone is convinced the truth is out there. Once again, in this updated edition, Popular Mechanics counters the conspiracy theorists with a dose of hard, cold facts. The magazine consulted more than 300 experts in fields like air traffic control, aviation, civil engineering, fire fighting, and metallurgy, and then rigorously, meticulously, and scientifically analyzed the 25 most persistent 9/11 conspiracy theories. Each one was conclusively refuted with facts, not politics and rumors, including five new myths involving the collapse of 7 World Trade Center and four longstanding conjectures now considered in the context of new research."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index.
Contents The planes. The hijackers' flying skills ; Where's the pod? ; Flight 175's windows ; No stand-down order ; Military intercepts -- World Trade Center Towers 1 & 2. The Empire State Building accident ; Widespread damage ; Melted steel ; Free-fall times ; Puffs of dust ; "Nanon-thermite" in the Towers ; Seismic spikes -- World Trade Center Building 7. Fire and debris damage ; Wreckage pile ; Silverstein's "pull it" quote ; The death of Barry Jennings ; Minimal wreckage to study-- The Pentagon. Flight 77 debris ; Big plane, small holes ; Intact Pentagon windows -- Flight 93. F-16 pilot ; The white jet ; Cell-phone calls ; The wreckage ; Indian Lake -- The conspiracy industry -- Appendix A. Experts consulted -- Appendix B. World Trade Center report -- Appendix C. World Trade Center Building 7 -- Appendix D. Pentagon Building report.
Subject September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Miscellanea.
Conspiracy theories.
Indexed Term Conspiracy theory
Added Author Dunbar, David, 1953-
Reagan, Brad.
Added Title Debunking September 11 myths
Popular mechanics (Chicago, Ill. : 1959)
ISBN 9781588165473 (pbk.)
1588165477 (pbk.)

 
    
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