Beowulf said:
Rumsfeld said it was a missile.
Wanna see a security cam video of it? here it is:
http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics and History/Missile-Not-Flight-77.html
Beowulf. I'm glad that you posted that video...I was looking for the exact same one. Look at it again and look at the first frame:
No, I don't know how many floors are in the pentagon. Looking at the windows, there are 4 rows of windows (4 floors)...and a top level that is big enough to be an additional floor with no windows. Look at the photo above taken from your video. Whatever 'object' that is inbound is at least 2 stories high and moving in at ground level (as eye witnesses said the plane was). Additionally, you cannot see the entire object so it was long enough to not fill the entire frame...The object would have been large (perhaps the size of a commercial aircraft?)
Now, lets look at frames 2, 3 and 4:
In Frames 3 and 4, you will see some debri flying in the air. Look at the difference between where the debris is in each image. Additionally, look at the size of the fireball, Now, go back to the to Frame 1 (the image prior to impact) and then frame 2. This will give you a reference as to the speed of the object coming in. The 'object' coming in would have to been travelling at a pretty good clip. The video is a broken image that moves in frames. Frame 1 shows the object well off to the right. by Frame 2, it has already impacted and exploded. Compare the difference between those 2 frames and the exploding debris. All of this gives you a time reference as to how fast the object was moving. So, we have an object that is moving the speed of a commercial airliner...and is the size of a commercial airliner.
Moving on
Lets look at a common 'tomahawk' missle. I mention the 'tomahawk' missle because this is a larger missle that is so large it is fired from ships or submarines and is not mounted to a plane. For the missile theory to have any plausibility, it would have to be a missile that is large enough to do that much damage, correct? For that reason, I chose the tomahawk.
Now, two photos of the tomahawk in action:
Ok, so now we have a super missle. The building it is hitting is nowhere near the size of the pentagon...not even close. It is hitting a structure that is 2 stories in height (less than 1 half the height of the pentagon).
Now, look at the image after the impact. That impact is nothing compared to what occured at the pentagon. Look back up at Frames 3 and 4 at the Pentagon. In frame 3 alone, the ensuing explosion is almost double the height of the building itself...and this is right after impact. In Frame 4, the explosion is so big that it is off of the camera. Compare that to the strike of the large tomahawk missle....its comparing a pea shooter to a cannon.
Additionally, please note the lack of black smoke in the tomahawk strike. When jet fuel burns, it burns extremely hot and extremely black.
Now, lets look at a commercial aircraft that has missed the runway and crashes. Please note that level the plane is flying at...It is coming in even with the ground (as the plane at the pentagon was). While you cannot see the impact itself because of the trees, please note the size of the following explosion, and the amount of black smoke. Compare that to the explosion of what took place at the pentagon:
The video is here
Moving on again
The term 'missile' doesn't necessarily mean something fired from an aircraft or a ship or a sub. In the dictionary,
An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target; a projectile.
Note 'object' that is 'projected at a target'. A plane that is used to crash into a building is a missile, and it is common for people of the military (including Rumsfeld). In fact, many of the officers I work with who have military training even refer to bullets as missiles. I found it odd the first time I was at the firing range with one and he talked of where my 'missiles' struck the target. We also have another weapon called a less lethal. Basically its a big rubber rod that will knock you on your ass but won't kill you (except for maybe a head or chest shot within a few feet). The projectile that it fires is called a missile. Anything that is used to strike a target, whether its a bullet or a plane, can be referred to as a missile.