# Something happen to the crazy 9/11 Truth thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621 "2007-08-06T14:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/21 "2007-08-07T01:28:10Z")
So a sock puppet hit the Pentagon? Because the impact hole was too small to be an airliner right? What? ---
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/22 "2007-08-07T04:00:12Z")
Was it named Fidgert? ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/23 "2007-08-07T06:33:21Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] The one bit of “evidence” he has that I can’t refute is this: It’s said that the engines from the planes were never recovered. (I know at least one was.) It’s said that they burned up. But jet engines are designed to withstand that kind of heat. What’s the poop on that? [/QUOTE] What’s the source of this claim? Who “said” that the engines burned up? Who “said” that they couldn’t find the engines? Why did the people who “said” this believe that a whole engine would survive an impact like that and remain intact in one piece? You have to know exactly what’s being claimed before you can refute it. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/24 "2007-08-07T08:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] But a friend of mine, who is otherwise very smart, completely buys into the conspiracy. The one bit of “evidence” he has that I can’t refute is this: It’s said that the engines from the planes were never recovered. (I know at least one was.) It’s said that they burned up. But jet engines are designed to withstand that kind of heat. [/QUOTE] First of all, I’d personally presume they’d been pulverized rather than “burning up.” Anyway, FWIW Tom Clancy’s nonfiction book _Fighter Wing_ has a section on jet engines. It said that there was a lot of engineering put into managing the airflow such that the flame itself didn’t actually touch the turbine blades. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/25 "2007-08-07T14:15:39Z")
[QUOTE=riker1384] First of all, I’d personally presume they’d been pulverized rather than “burning up.” Anyway, FWIW Tom Clancy’s nonfiction book _Fighter Wing_ has a section on jet engines. It said that there was a lot of engineering put into managing the airflow such that the flame itself didn’t actually touch the turbine blades. [/QUOTE] Pulverised? You mean, like, by the orbital laser - along with the rest of the towers? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/26 "2007-08-07T17:05:25Z")
Y’know, this is what bothers me about so many of these things. Why would a deliberate “controlled demolition” destroy plane engines? Their own arguments claim that it was some kind of massive con-job with lots of carefully placed explosives all in just the right places (which would have attracted _just a little_ attention anyway [sarcasm]). What, did the govenrment go out and place bombs in the plane engines too? Why would they do this? Love of explosions? It’s like arguing with a mound of tofu. You can’t argue against tofu. It sits there and lumps. (This is using **lumps** as a verb. If you don’t know what lumping is, go argue with tofu. You’ll see very quickly.) They have no actual argument, just things they don’t understand. They could easily understand it if they wanted to, but like the man who always wanted to learn how to spell Connecticut, they just won’t take the time to educate themselves. Instead, they spout off half-assed ideas which largely originate in their own minds or from some rumor “somebody” heard somewhere. How in the world do you argue with someone’s imagination? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/27 "2007-08-08T00:27:33Z")
It looked more like spam than sock to me. Someone turning up and innocently (yeah, right) promoting a specific link, claiming that they haven’t researched it all properly yet, but it looks really convincing and they can’t refute it… Yeah. Seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621/28 "2007-08-08T03:27:42Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] It looked more like spam than sock to me. Someone turning up and innocently (yeah, right) promoting a specific link, claiming that they haven’t researched it all properly yet, but it looks really convincing and they can’t refute it… Yeah. Seen it before. [/QUOTE] Matter of fact, isn’t that pretty much what the last GD thread of its ilk started out with? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-happen-to-the-crazy-9-11-truth-thread/414621.md?page=1)