CNN: The 9/11 Doomsday Plane

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Been noted before I know, but now up on Raw Story after CNN report.


Shortly before 10 am on the morning of September 11, 2001, amid rumors of a fourth hijacked plane headed for Washington, DC, a mystery aircraft appeared in restricted airspace over the White House. There has never been an official explanation for this incident, which has provided abundant fuel for 9/11 conspiracy theories.

CNN has now learned from two government sources that the mystery plane was a military aircraft and has determined that the blurry image on video appears to match photos of the Air Force's E-4B, a specially modified Boeing 747 with a communications pod behind the cockpit.

"The E-4B is a state of the art flying command post," CNN explained, "built and equipped for one reason -- to keep the government running no matter what, even in the event of a nuclear war, the reason it was nicknamed the 'doomsday plane' during the Cold War."

9/11 Commission co-chair Lee Hamilton told CNN he was aware of the incident and that it had simply never seemed important enough to make it into the commission's report. He called conspiracy theories involving government complicity in 9/11 "ludicrous."

The plane was previously identified as the E-4B a year ago by one researcher on a forum associated with the 9/11 conspiracy film, Loose Change.

CNN acknowledges that, despite its identification, the absence of the aircraft from official investigations, together with the Pentagon's denial that it was a military plane and the insistence by the Pentagon, Secret Service, and FAA that they have no explanation for the incident, may continue to raise suspicions.


With videos and an already interesting set of comments at:
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/CNN_investigates_secret_911_doomsday_pl ane_0913.html

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I think one of the most significant parts of this story is CNN’s neutral (positive even) coverage of 911blogger.

Quoting from 911blogger: “I have always thought that these planes were exactly that: mission control for the 9/11 attack on our country”

It counters this by quoting Lee Hamilton and showing an interview, but then follows the Hamilton denial with a “but.”

“But six years later the Pentagon, the Secret Service and the FAA, all say they (at least for public consumption) have no explanation of the giant plane...”

Quote taken from: http://www.911blogger.com/node/10441