Well, it finally aired. This was by far the best of the three pro-missile films I've seen. Far more informative than I expected - the first part was as hard-driving as anything on "60 minutes." Several new issues were brought up I was unaware of: the "splatter pattern" on the right wing leading edge; Hank Hughes' statement that if he had written the final report he would have stated there was an external explosion; the 27 pages deleted from the final report; the "unprecedented" lack of an "accident analysis" section in the report ; participation by the NTSB in the FBI's illegal mis-tagging of wreckage; the alleged super-accuracy of the explosives-detection machines. Add to this the "smoking gun" Mach 4 radar returns, no doubt it will be case closed for many viewers.
I wasn't one of them though. There are still the discrepancies in the altitude of the explosions and the timing of the streaks that went unaddressed. Fred Meyer appears trying to argue he was misrepresented by the NTSB. But the interrogation by the interviewers of many others, such as Mr. Birky, was spared him: no wonder - his testimony cannot squeeze out more than about 15 seconds for the entire accident. While Mr. Tobin declined to be interviewed, his lengthy testimony explaining the FBI's motives could have been quoted. It wasn't. Especially the part about Mr. Kallstrom about to declare F800 a bomb. Strictly off limits in this film. Like Bill Donaldson, the film proposes no less than THREE missile strikes, all of them "close proximity" blasts. This does little to enhance the film's credibility. The producers don't seem bothered in the least by proposing the successful cover-up of multiple missile attacks. Of the many dozens of streak witnesses, only two people are quoted as seeing more than one ascending streak. If witnesses had reported other angles of streaks, would the film just add more and more missiles to the mix? This is the point in the film where it moved from serious inquiry to the twilight zone, as far as I'm concerned.
Finally, any re-opening of the investigation would seem futile based on a cover-up being so prominent. NTSB re-opens investigation only to conclude they acted illegally, thus destroying their hard-earned credibility? Not in my lifetime.