As you probably concluded from the host that you found this on, I am a Caltech alumnus. I attended Caltech from 1981 to 1985. I lived in Dabney House and majored in physics.
After graduating from Caltech, I went to MIT for a Ph.D. in physics. My research was in medium energy experimental physics, done in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, at Bates Linear Accelerator Laboratory. I finished my Ph.D.in February, 1993. A few years later, I went to law school at the University of Houston. I graduated in May, 1999, took the Texas bar exam in July, and was admitted in November.
I also teach introductory physics and astronomy part time at Houston Community College.
I let this web site sit unattended for several years until last summer (2005) when I was motivated to place here the evidence that the plane hitting the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was not an ordinary commercial airliner. Therefore:
The photos at the link show the plane hitting the South Tower on September 11, 2001. They are freeze frames of a famous clip of the plane hitting the tower. The clip appears (among other places) in CNN’s DVD, “America Remembers,” 2002 edition. You may step through the frames. Repeatedly pressing "Next," you can simulate an animation of the airplane penetrating the South Tower. The first few frames are samples, but (starting with Frame 26) every frame of the plane penetrating the wall is displayed until Frame 36. The frames are one-thirtieth of a second apart.
The "pod" that 9/11 researchers or conspiracy theorists talk about appears visible on the underside of the plane, where the right wing attaches to the main body. One could argue until one was blue in the face whether the pod was real or an optical illusion, and I was prepared to step back and decline to take sides in the debate. But a further fact settled the question:
Three bright dots were produced when the plane penetrates the wall. The two jet engines caused the outer two. The pod caused the middle bright dot. Optical illusions do not leave large bright dots when they penetrate walls. Optical illusions don't leave anything behind. Optical illusions are nothing physical.
Conclusion: Ordinary commercial airliners have nothing attached to the underside of the airplane, that would produce the third bright dot. Therefore, the plane hitting the South Tower was not a commercial airliner.
Showing that 9/11 must have been an inside job, committed by the Bush Administration, is trivial. Unfortunately, the difficult issue is getting people to see and observe the obvious. The post-9/11 era is biggest evidence I've seen of demonic possession or mass mesmerism of a large part of the United States.
A case in point is the blogospheric nightmare I encountered upon presenting the photographs linked-to above, at The Daily Kos. I may tell that story one of these days. But the vast majority of people there didn't even read the case I made (with comprehension, at least) or look at the photographs, but savaged me for presenting the case.
This is still very much under construction, and I should put these in a separate file.
Twenty-One-Cannon Salutes (a term invented regarding Panama's former leader Manuel Noriega and drug dealing evidence, a combination of a smoking gun and an elephant in the living room):
Smoking Guns:
Overall, the story of AA Flight 77 and the Pentagon is ridiculous.
Suspicious Issues:
Query: Did the Commission even look at the photograph when putting it in the report?
I list this as a suspicious issue rather than a smoking gun because it's possible for databases to be edited later. The web page that led me to the database did mention changes. But I can't imagine why anyone would change the entry.
I don't know the credibility of Sammon in in this case. He was there at the time. He appears to be a conservative Bush Administration supporter. If the story is true, what is the most likely explanation?
The only innocent explanation I can think of is to give the speech-writers time to rewrite Bush's speech to reflect the news. However, many in the secret service wanted to get President Bush out of there because he was in a known location and could be a target as part of the terrorist attacks. If they had got him back to Air Force I and into the air, that would have given the speechwriters time to write.
I find Mike Ruppert's explanation in Crossing the Rubicon far more plausible. They were waiting for Vice President Cheney to get into position to take control before Bush could do anything. If Bush had acted then, he suggests that either standard procedure would have worked as it was supposed to, or the world would gone up in a thermonuclear blast.
In any case, I can't think of any reasonable innocent explanation for Bush staying at the school, and continuing to read "The Pet Goat."
The last three items are rather unlikely, and sound much more like attempts to direct attention to Arabs. In other words, we know who they want us to think did it, not who did it.
Demonic Possession or Mass Mesmerism:
I am going to give a list of persons and organizations who I determine have presented propaganda or otherwise supported the 9/11 attacks. They may have the freedom to say what they choose, but so do I. I have the freedom to denounce them as utter fools or conspirators supporting the 9/11 attacks.
Their section on the "pod" led me to create the South Tower Photograph section of this web site. They used the one of the worst photographs to refute the pod, without looking at better photos or videos. Their section on the paralysis of NORAD and our air security in general was pure propaganda. (Now was golfer Payne Stewart's lear-jet really the only interception of civilian aircraft by NORAD in the previous decade?)
At one time, I had notions of writing essays on these subjects as well. Unfortunately, wishful-thinking is an ever-present vice.
Right now, except possibly for the environmental creationists (Cato Institute, the Three Ls -- Limbaugh, Libertarians, and LaRouche -- etc.), September 11th and the Bush Administration should focus my attentions.
But I have written a few things already:
And I haven't written about a gazillion things:
If you wish, email me at johnm@alumni.caltech.edu.