PILOTS FOR 9/11 TRUTH Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

03/26/07

PILOTS FOR 9/11 TRUTH
www.pilotsfor911truth.org

Contact: Robert Balsamo
e-mail: pilots@...

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF 9/11 FLIGHT CONTRADICTED BY GOVERNMENT'S OWN DATA
Pilots for 9/11 Truth, an international organization of pilots and
aviation professionals, petitioned the National Transportation and
Safety Board (NTSB) via the Freedom of Information Act to obtain
their 2002 report, "Flight Path Study-American Airlines Flight 77",
consisting of a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file and Flight Path
Animation, allegedly derived from Flight 77's Flight Data Recorder
(FDR).

The data provided by the NTSB contradict the 9/11 Commission Report
in several significant ways:

The NTSB Flight Path Animation approach path and altitude does not
support official events.
All Altitude data shows the aircraft at least 300 feet too high to
have struck the light poles.
The rate of descent data is in direct conflict with the aircraft
being able to impact the light poles and be captured in the Dept of
Defense "5 Frames" video of an object traveling nearly parallel with
the Pentagon lawn.
The record of data stops at least one second prior to official impact
time.
If data trends are continued, the aircraft altitude would have been
at least 100 feet too high to have hit the Pentagon.
In August, 2006, members of Pilots for 9/11 Truth received these
documents from the NTSB and began a close analysis of the data they
contain. After expert review and cross check, Pilots for 9/11 Truth
has concluded that the information in these NTSB documents does not
support, and in some instances factually contradicts, the official
government position that American Airlines Flight 77 struck the
Pentagon on the morning of September 11, 2001.

According to the 9/11 Commission Report, which relied heavily upon
the NTSB Flight Path Study, American Airlines Flight 77 struck the
Pentagon at 9:37:46 AM on the morning of September 11, 2001.
However, the reported impact time according to the NTSB Flight Path
Study is 09:37:45. Also according to reports, American Airlines
Flight 77 struck the Pentagon and by doing so, struck down 5 light
poles on Highway 27 in its path to the west wall.

The information provided by the NTSB does not support the 9/11
Commission Report of American Airlines Flight 77 impact with the
Pentagon.

Pilots for 9/11 Truth is committed to discovering the truth
surrounding the events of September 11, 2001. We have contacted both
the NTSB and the FBI regarding these and other inconsistencies. To
date, they have refused to comment on, correct, refute, retract or
offer side-letters that might explain the discrepancies between what
they claim are the data extracted from the FDR of AA Flight 77 and
the official story alleging its crash into the Pentagon.

As concerned citizens and professionals in the aviation industry,
Pilots for 9/11 Truth asks, why have these discrepancies not been
addressed by agencies within the United States Government? Why have
they falsely represented their own data to the American people?
Pilots for 9/11 Truth takes the position that an official government
inquiry into these discrepancies is warranted and long overdue. We
call upon our fellow citizens to write to their Congressional
representatives to inform them of these discrepancies and call for an
immediate investigation into this matter. For more information please
visit pilotsfor911truth.org.

Signed:

Robert Balsamo
4000+ Total Flight Time
Former:
Independence Air/Atlantic Coast Airlines

Glen Stanish
15,000+ Total Flight Time
American Airlines, ATA, TWA, Continental

Captain Russ Wittenberg (ret)
30,000+ Total Flight Time
Former Pan Am, United
United States Air Force (ret)
Over 100 Combat Missions Flown

John Lear
Son of Bill Lear
Founder, creator of the Lear Jet Corporation
More than 40 years of Flying
19,000+ Total Flight Time

Captain Jeff Latas
USAF (ret)
Captain - JetBlue Airways

Ted Muga
Naval Aviator - Retired Commander, USNR

Col Robert Bowman USAF (ret)
Directed all the ?Star Wars? programs under Presidents Ford and
Carter - 101 combat missions

Alfons Olszewski
Founder Veterans For Truth
US Army (ret)
Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief

Robin Hordon
Former Boston Center Controller
Commercial Pilot

John Panarelli
Friend and fellow aviator of John Ogonowski - Capt. AA #11
11,000+ Total Flight Time
Eastern Metro, Braniff, Ryan International, Emery
Worldwide, Polar Air Cargo

Lt. Colonel Shelton F. Lankford
United States Marine Corps (ret)
10,000+ Total Flight Time
303 Combat Missions

Captain Dan Govatos
10,000+ Total Flight Time
Former Chief Pilot of Casino Express airlines
Director of Operations Training at Polar Air

George Nelson
Colonel USAF (Ret.)
Licensed Commercial Pilot and Aircraft Mechanic

Dennis Spear
Army Aviator (ret)
7000+ Total Flight Time Operations Officer, Aviation Safety Officer

Captain Joe H. Ferguson
30,000+ Total Flight Time (ret) USAF (ret)

For complete member list please visit
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/core.html

ENCLOSURE: Cover letter of FOIA requests.