New Pentagon Footage Does Not Convince American Scholars

For Immediate Release.

Thursday, May 18, 2006 Download Press Release in PDF format

The Department of Defense released new footage Tuesday of the September 11th Attack on the Pentagon to the non-profit organization Judicial Watch that supposedly proves once and for all that a Boeing 757 Plane hit the Pentagon.

However, the many American scholars have not been convinced that anything conclusive has been presented. In fact, the new and slightly closer angle of the attack shows very little. Though the Department of Defense may hope that this footage will silence dissenters, the movement for "9/11 Truth" is actually growing stronger as more people become aware of the problems with the official account of 9/11.

This is evident in the magnitude of the upcoming American Scholars Symposium (http://www.americanscholarssymposium.org) to be held June 24-25 in downtown Los Angeles. The conference seeks to raise questions about the truth of the events of September 11 responsibly and objectively; the American Scholars Symposium will feature speakers from high-level government positions, authors and professors.

Professor Steven E. Jones will be one such speaker; he is a physics professor at Brigham Young University and posits that the World Trade Center Twin Towers were brought down by pre-positioned explosives. Lt. Col. Bob Bowman will also discuss September 11 and his role as the former Director of Advanced Space Programs Development during the Ford and Carter administrations. He emerged as an early public critic of the Strategic Defense Initiative (also known as "Star Wars") during the Reagan administration, which he called, "the ultimate military lunacy, easily overwhelmed and vulnerable."

Professor James Fetzer will discuss some of the most serious questions about 9/11 that the government has ignored as the founder of the Scholars for 9/11 Truth, a group of about 200 faculty, students and scholars who disagree with the official scientific account of the infamous attacks. Synthetic Terror author Webster Tarpley will help frame these questions in a larger view, analyzing the impact these events had vis-a-vis the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq and other global factors.

The event will also screen several documentaries about 9/11, including the debut of a new film by Austin-based radio host Alex Jones, who has appeared on Coast-to-Coast AM, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, 20/20 Downtown, USA Today, 60 Minutes, The Discovery Channel, The Dallas Morning News, A&E, The Austin-American Statesman, Vanity Fair, UK's Channel 4, Country Music Television and many other media outlets. Jones will sponsor the June 24-25 American Scholars Symposium (http://www.americanscholarssymposium.org). His films Martial Law 9-11 and 9-11: The Road to Tyranny have already awakened thousands to truth behind the precipitous events that launched the 'War on Terror.' 22-year old filmmaker Dylan Avery will present his film Loose Change (2nd Edition), which has generated a massive on-line buzz and directed new audiences to the questions that have been raised about September 11, 2001.

The newly released Pentagon footage, which authorities claim reveals the nose cone of the plane that crashed into the unoccupied portion of the building, is likely to expose a whole new sector of the American public to the problems of the official account of 9/11. People who saw the footage and didn't see conclusive evidence of a plane are likely to go online, interact with a search engine and find a larger framework of questions about the official explanation.

Scholars such as Professor James Fetzer have suggested that the release of new footage is good news not because new evidence has been released, but because it shows that the government still has something to prove and that the 9/11 case is not closed in the public mind. It may actually bring more people into the movement for "9/11 Truth."
More detailed information about the June 24-25 American Scholars Symposium can be found at http://www.americanscholarssymposium.org. Tickets are available for on-line purchase and include options for group discounts.

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