Southwind17
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No, you most certainly cannot assure me he did not. How can you tell me or anyone else what Lee Purbaugh saw? You are not Lee Purbaugh and you were nowhere near Shanksville on 9/11.
I'm not telling you what he saw; I'm telling you what he didn't see, if his account is correct, which you seem to be convinced of. Why don't you focus on the facts presented in my post about Lee Purbaugh and show me where they fail the smell test?
There's a key, operative word in this post. See if you can work out what it is (I've left a hint), and then question why you chose to use that word! If you're saying that the FDR data plots and eye witness accounts are mutually exclusive, then if the FDR data plots can be shown to be genuine you will be forced to conclude that the eye witness statements are 100% inaccurate. Do you agree?All of your information comes from a FDR , that if the eyewitnesses are all telling the truth, is a 100% fabrication.
Not laughable in anyway shape or form. Mr. Purbaugh obviously did not want to discuss the small white drone plane which had a 15-20' wingspan. The drone plane did not fly over Mr. Purbaugh, the plane that hit the ground did. Whatever Lee Purbaugh saw caused him to jump in his truck and take off. He had no interest in looking for survivors or anything else. The only thing on Lee Purbaugh's mind was getting the hell out of there. On his way out he stopped a truck he was passing and pointed in the direction of the crash and told the trucks occupants a plane had crashed.
Mmm ... somewhat of an irrational, but understandable, reaction, I suppose. An indication as to his state of mind, no doubt!
Lee Purbaugh is the most trumpeted witness when comes to arguing against a no planer. So tell me something what do you propose Lee Purbaugh saw in your fantasy world which you invent to claim Lee Purbaugh saw a plane for less than 1 second?
It was Lee Purbaugh himself who effectively claims to have seen the plane for less than one second. Well, that's what one would be forced to conclude, if his "50ft" claim is correct. So you're questioning the accuracy of his statement now, are you? Is that what you're doing, or do you concur with the "50ft" part?
Would Mr. Purbaugh have even been able to correctly identify it as an airplane?
No, he would not. I said as much before.
Or is he lying about even seeing it?
I'm not suggesting he's lying. I'm suggesting his recollection of what he saw is inaccurate. That's all. Nothing particularly contentious with that, is there?
Would he have completely missed the airplane all together had he blinked?
Yes, essentially he would, if the "50ft" part of his statement is correct.
Is this your argument?
My argument, as has been all along, is that witness statements are notoriously unreliable, and should not, therefore, be relied upon without factual corroboration, that's all. Do you disagree?