<story><title>Citing new evidence, families sue feds, Raytheon, Lockheed over 1996 TWA crash</title><url>https://lawstreetmedia.com/news/citing-new-evidence-surviving-family-members-sue-feds-raytheon-and-lockheed-martin-over-1996-twa-crash/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ruddct</author><text>The lawsuit[0] is worth a read and goes into quite a bit of detail about the claimed timeline. Roughly:&lt;p&gt;* Upgraded missile defense systems were deemed a national security priority around this time&lt;p&gt;* Navy ships compatible with these systems were 5 years out, so…&lt;p&gt;* Live missile testing happens at a compatible land base in New Jersey, under congested airspace&lt;p&gt;* Multiple civilians report seeing missile tests in &amp;amp; around the date of the TWA crash&lt;p&gt;* Missile test hits TWA jet. Instead of the NTSB running the investigation (like normal), the CIA and FBI are immediately put in charge&lt;p&gt;* CIA&amp;#x2F;FBI confiscate records, run PR campaign claiming the crash was “NOT A MISSILE”, mislead the families and general public about the incident&lt;p&gt;* Missile tests continue post-crash&lt;p&gt;Damning if true, to say the least.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.docketalarm.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;Massachusetts_District_Court&amp;#x2F;1--22-cv-11032&amp;#x2F;Krick_et_al_v._Raytheon_Company_et_al&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.docketalarm.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;Massachusetts_District_Cou...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>woodruffw</author><text>I feel terribly for these families, but the evidence presented in this filing is circumstantial at best: it adds nothing to contradict the &lt;i&gt;overwhelming&lt;/i&gt; evidence (including the recovered fuselage) that nothing collided with the aircraft.&lt;p&gt;It’s easy to see ghosts everywhere, and sometimes they really are there. But TWA 800 probably isn’t one of those cases.</text></comment>
<story><title>Citing new evidence, families sue feds, Raytheon, Lockheed over 1996 TWA crash</title><url>https://lawstreetmedia.com/news/citing-new-evidence-surviving-family-members-sue-feds-raytheon-and-lockheed-martin-over-1996-twa-crash/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ruddct</author><text>The lawsuit[0] is worth a read and goes into quite a bit of detail about the claimed timeline. Roughly:&lt;p&gt;* Upgraded missile defense systems were deemed a national security priority around this time&lt;p&gt;* Navy ships compatible with these systems were 5 years out, so…&lt;p&gt;* Live missile testing happens at a compatible land base in New Jersey, under congested airspace&lt;p&gt;* Multiple civilians report seeing missile tests in &amp;amp; around the date of the TWA crash&lt;p&gt;* Missile test hits TWA jet. Instead of the NTSB running the investigation (like normal), the CIA and FBI are immediately put in charge&lt;p&gt;* CIA&amp;#x2F;FBI confiscate records, run PR campaign claiming the crash was “NOT A MISSILE”, mislead the families and general public about the incident&lt;p&gt;* Missile tests continue post-crash&lt;p&gt;Damning if true, to say the least.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.docketalarm.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;Massachusetts_District_Court&amp;#x2F;1--22-cv-11032&amp;#x2F;Krick_et_al_v._Raytheon_Company_et_al&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.docketalarm.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;Massachusetts_District_Cou...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>some_random</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m really not convinced, the linchpin of the missile argument is that the CIA and FBI were put in charge to cover up a missile shootdown, but it&amp;#x27;s pretty well documented that they were put in charge because it was a suspected terrorist attack. Everything else is circumstantial evidence at best. I&amp;#x27;m certainly interested in what shakes out of this court case, but as of right now it just seems like a typical conspiracy theory to me.</text></comment>