This thread is painful to read.

As far as the 800 missile theory goes, it gets divided between people who have actually served in crewed military vehicles and fired real missiles, and people who read Clancy books and watch TV.

The men and women who serve in the military are our neighbors, our friends, regular Joes and Janes, people who would not tolerate a cover up of this magnitude. I'm sorry, no they won't keep their mouths shut because their CO told them to, not with this sort of incident.

And that assumes a missile was fired. The FBI accounted for every single military machine, from ships to helicopters, even craft not missile equipped, and either verified that they were well out of range, or their missile load was intact.

Freaking missiles are not like 9mm rounds in a gun; they are serialized, maintained, and only fired on an authorized range where immense forces are at play to keep things safe.

To the guy who finds the NTSB report "unsatisfying"... so sorry that the actual cause of TWA 800 didn't make you feel good or jazz you sufficiently... it's not a porno. It's just simple fact.