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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
Not too sure because I've seen alot of stuff about the Pentagon and how there was only a small hole in the side when a freaking airliner hit it. I think the government knew.
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I was in DC 3 weeks after 9-11....drove down the highway that the plane "followed" (for lack of a better word), stopped and looked at the Pentagon damage....took pictures (if I remember to scan them in I'll post one or two).
There was definitely an airplane sized hole there. I'm no physicist, but based on what I've read about the trajectory of the plane, and by standing there looking at where it came from and how it hit, it didn't have the same velocity as the Twin Towers planes because it didn't have time to get to the same speed as they did and it made a sharp right turn (I believe it was right) in order to hit the building. So it didn't "penetrate" like the Twin Towers planes did. Not only that, but the Pentagon probably was less windows and more concrete at the site of impact (not to mention the "ring" design leads to more concrete) than the Twin Towers did (Towers probably had large floor to ceiling windows). So I'm guessing/observing that the plane exploded as it hit the concrete (which leads to more damage on the outside of the building instead of internally), rather than penetrating further into the building before catching fire like the Towers (leading to more internal structural damage).
If I remember, I'll post a few pics this weekend. They are rather eerie.
PsychTau