Our Italian Friends Take On Jones' Paper

Henry62 shows why he deserves inclusion on the short list of best debunkers of 9-11, with a look at the latest paper published by Steven Jones.

The paper also does not consider the chemical composition of the corrosion-proofing paints and of the vermiculite used as thermal insulation and soundproofing at the World Trade Center and extensively documented by NIST.
These products contain exactly the same elements and exhibit the same structural characteristics as the allegedly thermitic material found by the paper's researchers in their samples.

Great work by Enrico Manieri, aka Henry62 and terrific translation by Paulo Attivissimo. I admit that the discussion gets beyond my level of understanding but I am sure that Dr Jones will be interested in seeing this well-written, technical and substantive criticism of his paper.

Pentagon Attack Could Not Have Been A Missile

I gotta hand it to Henry62; he really sweats the details:

The pictures show clearly that the missile is not designed to explode upon impact against the target (in this test, a reinforced-concrete structure). It must penetrate the structure, piercing its hardened outer shell, and then detonate inside it, producing a pressure and thermal gradient whose effect is actually enhanced by the resistance provided by the structure.

There is nobody doing finer work in 9-11 conspiracy theory debunking today. Simply magnificent!

Henry62 Was Right!

Our Italian buddy Henry62, who is probably doing the best work today in active 9-11 debunking, has heard back from NIST on the UPS issue which we discussed several months ago. His suspicion was right; the UPS in question does not stand for United Parcel Service, but Uninterrupted Power Supply. This indicates that the material flowing from the 81st floor of the South Tower, often claimed to be molten steel by the crackpots, is most likely at least partially lead from the batteries. Given that this "evidence" was cited by Graeme McQueen just the other day per Professor Shallit (see post below this one); this is a significant bit of debunking.

Complicating matters is that United Parcel Service did apparently have an office on that floor in the early 1990s, but by 1999, when the most recent modifications were made, the floor was occupied by another tenant.

Terrific job as always by Henry62!

Pools of Molten Metal Explained?

I'll confess, some of the best work in 9-11 CT debunking is not being done by James and me, or by Mark Roberts, but by the terrific Italian blogger, Henry62. This is a superb post, with original thinking and detailed work behind it and highly recommended.