ZEITGEIST: THE MOVIE

-Testimony:
Dean Eckmann, one of the F-16 pilots who was sent to Washington was asked by NEADS to fly over the
Pentagon and report on the damage. He stated: “there was no airplane wreckage off to the side” and
it looked like it was caused by “a big fuel tanker truck because of the amount of smoke and flames
coming up.” 1
Karen Kwiatkowski, then an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel working at the Pentagon, wrote of: “a strange
lack of visible debris on the Pentagon lawn, where I stood only moments after the impact...I saw...no
airplane metal or cargo debris.” 2
Jamie McIntyre (CNN News) stated on air he saw “very small pieces of the plane...small enough that you
can pick up in your hand. There are no large tail sections, wings sections, fuselage, nothing like that any
where around.” 3
Eileen Murphy, a nurse arriving after the crash, stated: “I knew it was a crash site before we got there...I
expected to see the airplane, so I guess my initial impression was “Where’s the plane? How come there’s
not a plane?” I would have thought the building would have stopped it and somehow we would have seen
something like part of, or half of the plane, of the lower part, or the back of the plane. So it was a real
surprise that the plane wasn’t there.” 4
Steve DeChiaro, Engineer, stated: “When I looked at the site, my brain could not resolve the fact tat it
was a plane because it only seemed like a small hole in the building, No Tail, No Wings, No Nothing.” 5
Captain Dennis Gilry, arriving from the Fort Myer fire department wondered: “why he saw no aircraft
parts...” 6
Captain John Durrer, also a fireman: “had expected to see large parts of the plane and thought, ‘Well
where’s the airplane, you know, where’s the parts to it?” You would think there’s be something.” 7
Former Navy/ Commercial Pilot Ralph Kolstad asked: “Where are the big pieces that always break away
in an accident? Where is all the luggage? Where are the miles and miles of wire, cable, and lines
that are part and parcel of any large aircraft? Where are the steel engine parts?... where is tail
section that would have broke into large pieces?” 8
Arriving 5 hours after the crash, filmmaker Paul Cross said: “There was no passenger jet wreckage; the
lawn wasn’t scorched...” 9
April Gallop, who was injured in the attack and was inside, had this to say about internal debris: “I was
located at the E ring...And we had to escape the building before the floors...collapsed on us...I don’t recall
at any time seeing any plane debris...I walked through that place to try to get out before everything
collapsed...Surely we should have seen something.” 10
Sgt. Reginald Powell said: “I was ...impressed...with how the building stood up...And then I was in awe
that I saw no plane, nothing left from the plane. It was like it disintegrated as it went into the building.” 11
Judy Rothschadl, a media producer who managed to get inside the Pentagon said, “There weren’t seats
or luggage or anything you find in a plane.” 12
1 Leslie Filson, Air War over America... 2003, p 66
2 Karen Kwiatkowski, “Assessing the Official 911 Conspiracy Theory”
3 Jamie McIntye interviewed by Judy Woodruff, CNN, 9/1/01
4 “Responding in the Pentagon”, Office of Medical History, 96
5 Ryam Alessi and M,E. Sprengelmeyer, “An Anniversary of Agony at the Pentagon,” Aug. 1 2002
6 Goldberg et al., Pentagon 9/11, 69
7 Goldberg et al., Pentagon 9/11, 70
8 Alan Miller, “US Navy ‘Top Gun’ pilot questions 911 Pentagon Story” OpedNews.com, Sept. 5 2007
9 Henry Makow, “Filmmaker was at Pentagon on 911” May 28th 2008
10 “Interview with April Gallop” George Washington Blog, July 13 2006
11 “Responding in the Pentagon” Office of Medical History
12 Randy Dockendorf, “Tyndall Native Relives 911” Yankton Press & Dakotanm Sept 11 2003