Posted by turingtest
Bubba knows better. USCG PO Burgun never said that JFK Jr. "radioed FAA"-
this was discussed with Bubba five years ago-
the only contact was radar contact.
Not so fast....Five years ago I didnt catch this nuance regarding radio or radar....
In Hankey's video, as the Boston newswoman introduces the story for her audience, Burgun is waiting on her phone line, live. It seems clear she had just heard him say that there was communication with flight controllers. Then, she brings him on air. She repeats what he had told her off air. You can see that she is being careful to get it right. Burgun confirms her statement with "Correct....That is correct".
That was on Boston TV late news, an hour or two after the plane went down, and half a day before Roark said there was no contact with any airport.**(see correction at bottom.)
Newswoman repeats what Burgun told her, and Burgun confirms.
Here are their exact words:
Introducing Burgun, the newswoman begins her report, explaining:
"We have been told by the Coast Guard that in fact there is now evidence of a last communication last night with JFK Jr's plane as it was making an approach to M V airport. Petty Officer Todd Burgun joins us from the C G base in Boston.
Newswoman: What can you tell us about this last communication with JFK Jr's plane?"
Burgun: "All I really know is it was at 9:39 and it was with the FAA, and it was on its final approach to M V"
Newswoman: "So at 9:39, to the best of your information, JFK Jr made a contact with the airport, with the flight controllers..."
Burgun: "Correct'
Newswoman: "...the air traffic controllers at M V airport, that he was on a final descent."
Burgun: "That is correct."
That conversation is supposed to be about radar contact?
I dont think so.
With Burgun listening, she said "
...a last communication last night with JFK Jr's plane", and
"...made a contact with the airport, with the flight controllers......the air traffic controllers at M V airport, that he was on a final descent.""......Burgun doesn't correct her. He doesnt stop her and say it was radar, not communication with the FAA flight controllers. He just says "Correct".
My impression is that Burgun was informed by FAA, not from the M V airport flight controllers. It probably came from an FAA officer, before the cleaners were put in place on phones and cameras. Burgun was Coast Guard Boston's Public Information Officer. He was replaced with a C G officer that told a reporter asking about tower contact: "I have no information and the FAA is a better point of contact."
Official transcripts are not the only source of utterances from Burgun & Roark.
If you wanna hear it, the Burgun conversation starts at 19:40. Roark is heard later in the video. (lying about the radar).
Dark Legacy II: The Assassination of JFK Jr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL6Gn9IkVzU
**(correction regarding Burgun on air: Newswoman referred to 'last night' therefore he was on air the next day, not the same night, ...before they began repeating Roark's new version of history which took hold across the media later that day)