In the latest discussion thread to be added to the Center’s “Debated Topics Forum,” researcher Wayne Coste has written a new paper entitled “Controversy About the Uplifted Second-Floor Slab at the Pentagon: Identifying a Likely Source of Upward Mechanical Impact.”
The introduction to the paper reads:
“As part of the long running controversy about what happened at the Pentagon on 9/11, the curious damage to a portion of the second-floor slab has sustained many wide-ranging speculations. The reason for these speculations is that the mechanical damage from the impacting aircraft largely was contained between the first and second-floor slabs and the destructive momentum was, effectively, only horizontal. The source of a significant vertical mechanical force powerful enough to snap and uplift a portion of the second-floor slab has not been previously identified. An exhibit about the Pentagon at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City provides one explanation—that of an exploding fuel tank beneath it. However, a survivor from the immediate vicinity of the alleged explosion does not recount any such explosion, let alone one powerful enough to snap that slab into two pieces. In this paper, an explanation for the vertical mechanical force will be presented that is based on the gyroscopic properties of the rotating engines.”
Responses welcomed through June 22, 2024
We at the Center cordially invite the 9/11 research community to read this paper, and we welcome anyone who disagrees with the arguments being presented to submit a response paper in accordance with the Forum’s Publication Guidelines.
Responses must be submitted within four months — i.e., by June 22, 2024. Responses will not be subject to peer review; they need only meet the minimal standards set forth in the Publication Guidelines.
The Debated Topics Forum is intended to be a venue for constructive, evidence-based discussions about long-debated questions in the 9/11 research community. It is our hope that the forum will serve as a platform for genuine scholarly debate that produces major advances in our understanding of 9/11.
We thank everyone in advance for their interest and participation.