grmcdorman
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I'd agree with Myriad too. Reads like a standard rejection letter.
Myriad,
It's also quite possible that the writer did find the "investigation interesting and worthy of further consideration" as in "I personally would like to hear your silly theory for grins and giggles, but I can't waste the governments time for my own entertainment"
That would not then be a lie.
Its not plain English, its a rejection letter, which by custom is worded to let the receiver down gently and to discourage future correspondence.
It means what Myriad says it does or very close.
Lurkers, who thinks the letter means what Jammo think it does and who thinks it means what Myriad say?
My Vote is Myriad.
Since the correspondance with that DEW org has reached an impasse, further discussion about it is pointless at this time.
I suggest we return to the earlier questions that remained open.
First and foremost among them:
Why are we discussing DEW in the first place?
In particular: What observation made on 9/11 informs us that DEWs were used? To answer this, at least the following two sets of premises must be specified and shown to be facts:
1. Specific observations at and around the WTC on 9/11
2. Specific physical and technical properties of actually existing DEWs
It must then be shown, that the specifics in 2. can bring about the observations in 1.
As far as I can see, jammonius has kept us in the dark about these matters.
Only after these premises have been specified should we inquire about the who and why and how. Without these premises, there really is nothing to discuss.
By your own declaration, you have chosen to disbelieve something written in plain English.
We are going to have to resolve that disconnect before going forward.
Are you suggesting that falsehoods cannot be written in plain English?
Well, if you don't want to go forward that's no problem with me. Regarding 9/11 I don't find anything about the status quo too objectionable.
If you disagree, then holding up your own agenda until I agree to believe everything I read (or at least, anything written with a sufficient degree of plain-ness) is probably not very wise. But that's up to you.
It's pretty obvious that you have no further information anyhow.
Respectfully,
Myriad
Myriad.![]()

Myriad,
It's also quite possible that the writer did find the "investigation interesting and worthy of further consideration" as in "I personally would like to hear your silly theory for grins and giggles, but I can't waste the governments time for my own entertainment"
That would not then be a lie.
Or....."interesting and worthy of further consideration" is a euphemism for "I'll keep you busy while someone calls the nearest insane asylum."
Compus
Hey Skinny,
You are engaging in understatement and in an attempt at minimization.
The writer is the spokesperson designated to respond on behalf of the DIRECTED ENERGY DIRECTORATE, the entity that manages the United States' military's arsenal of directed energy weaponry.
Your speculation seems to be totally oblivious to that fact as your response nowhere mentions it.
On questions involving whether directed energy weaponry were a causal factor in the destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11, I will side with the Directed Energy Directorate![]()
I agree with Myriad's interpretation. Any type of organization like this has to be polite all the time, even when dealing with stupid theories.
...a collection of toys that includes the following:
[qimg]http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/jfibonacci/THEL-Beam-Director-Turret-1S.jpg?t=1282909312[/qimg]
Of course, TRW may be more concerned ...
Lyrandar,
...
Link:
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj09/sum09/narcisse.html
Excerpt:
Optimizing the Effectiveness of Directed Energy Weapons with Specialized Weather Support
...
"...The atmosphere, a highly dynamic medium in which these systems must operate, can significantly impact their effectiveness, thus necessitating an understanding of this environment and a capability to predict it. DE systems, particularly high-energy lasers (HEL) employed at low altitudes, will exhibit significant variations in performance based on location, time of day, and time of year..."
It is people like the authors of the above that you might want to consider vetting your opinion with, if you are interested.
There is no "arsenal of directed energy weaponry". What we have in 2010 can do little more than blow up a soda can.
This includes the equipment shown in the picture you just posted and it and nothing like it existed in 2001.
Ok. Cool.
The Directed Energy Directorate has explained to you that DEW don't do the kind of damage you imagine, and that none of its members have the capabilities and capacities that you imagine.
The Directed Energy Directorate also does not think that this line of inquiry has any value.
So, siding with the Directed Energy Directorate, will you agree to drop the issue and your charges against SAIC and ARA?
Here's one of the Directed Energy Directorate's locations where they blow up little soda cans, BigAl:
[qimg]http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/jfibonacci/abdaeriel.gif?t=1282910266[/qimg]
Here's what happens to them when they blow them up:
[qimg]http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/jfibonacci/TrailfromLaunchatWhiteSandsMissileR.jpg?t=1282910590[/qimg]
Here's what the Directed Energy Directorate's sister agency, the Space Vehicles Directorate, concerns itself with:
[qimg]http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/jfibonacci/AFG-070403-011.jpg?t=1282910654[/qimg]
And here's simply an oldie but a goodie:
[qimg]http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/af205/jfibonacci/msf0614881.jpg?t=1282910691[/qimg]