In my humble opinion, there is something to the notion that non-aviation witnesses have active imaginations. It seems every time there is an aircraft that augers into the ground in daylight near a population center, witnesses invariably all describe how the aircraft stalled, burst into flames, and the wings fell off, whether any of that actually occurred or not.

That said, in the instance of TWA flight 800, given that a respected journalist sacrificed his career to tell what he thought was the truth, I believe that we will never know the truth. Many here already believe they know the truth, but thinking you know, and knowing, are two entirely different things.

The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it. A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it.