Eyewitness Accounts Suggest the Pentagon Attack Involved Explosive Detonation

Many of the over 100 eyewitness accounts in Eric Bart’s compilation recall characteristics of the explosion that accompanied the September 11th attack on the Pentagon that are suggestive if not conclusive of the detonation of a powerful explosive device. Two such characteristics are:

• A sharp detonation wave and silvery flash
• The smell of cordite

These reported characteristics might not be explainable by the rapid combustion of jet fuel alone. Neither do they necessarily indicate the presence of explosives, given the effects of a high-speed crash.

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