Mystery AtlasThe Missile-Strike Claim
The claim that a US military test missile or a terrorist weapon, not a mechanical fault, destroyed TWA Flight 800, and that federal agencies suppressed the finding; no physical evidence of a missile has ever been recovered.
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Theories & Explanations
The Missile-Strike Claim contradicts The Center-Fuel-Tank Explanation.
- Moon Landing Hoax Theoryfrom 1976
The Missile-Strike Claim is frequently compared to Moon Landing Hoax Theory — Both ask the public to disbelieve a large body of sincere eyewitness or photographic impressions in favour of a technical official finding, a psychologically demanding substitution in each case.
Events
- TWA Flight 800 Crash17 July 1996
The Missile-Strike Claim attempts to explain TWA Flight 800 Crash.
Organisations & Programmes
The Missile-Strike Claim was debunked by Central Intelligence Agency — The CIA's reconstructed animation argued eyewitnesses saw the burning aircraft's own flight path, not a missile; some proponents treat the CIA's involvement itself as suspicious rather than as the debunking it was intended to be.
Concepts & Beliefs
The Missile-Strike Claim is an instance of Conspiracy Theory.