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FBI Requests Weapons Info from Military

The below is the entire actual text of a message sent to all military units per the request of the FBI concerning assets and weapons in the vicinity of TWA Flight 800. If everyone is so sure Flight 800 was not shot down, why ask for this information a year after it went down?

Subject: O 161200Z JUL 97/ FBI REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP DATA, TWA 800 Date: Thursday, July 17, 1997 7:39AM

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SUBJ: FBI REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP DATA, TWA 800

1. ON 19 JUN 97, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL

OPERATIONS AND LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT SPONSORED A MEETING FOR THE FBI

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WHICH INCLUDED FLAG-LEVEL PARTICIPATION FROM ALL THE SERVICES AND THE

JOINT STAFF. DURING THIS MEETING, THE FBI ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM

EACH OF THE SERVICES IN OBTAINING INFORMATION TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE

TWA 800 INCIDENT.

2. THE FBI EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS "NOT A RELOOK" INTO THE

INVESTIGATION, BUT THE BUREAU DOES WANT TO OBTAIN AND/OR CONFIRM

CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING MILITARY ASSETS THAT WERE WITHIN 200

NAUTICAL MILES OF THE TWA FLIGHT 800 CRASH.

3. IN RESPONSE TO THE FBI AND AF/XOO, REQUEST EACH ACC UNIT RESEARCH

THEIR AVAILABLE FILES/RECORDS FOR THE FOLLOWING DATA:

A. IDENTIFICATION OF ALL AIRCRAFT ASSETS (ON THE GROUND OR AIRBORNE)

WITHIN 200 NM OF COORDINATES 40 DEGREES 39 MINUTES WEST/72 DEGREES 39

MINUTES 50 SECONDS NORTH (APPROXIMATELY 12 NM SOUTH OF THE SUFFOLK

COUNTY TACAN STATION, ON GABRESKI FIELD, LONG ISLAND, NY), AT

APPROXIMATELY 2031 HOURS EDST, 17 JULY 96. DATA MUST BE ALL

INCLUSIVE, INCLUDING NON-WEAPONS CARRYING PLATFORMS AND ANY

CONTRACTOR ACTIVITY. FOR ASSETS ON THE GROUND, A TOTAL NUMBER AND

TYPE WILL SUFFICE, UNLESS AIRCRAFT WERE POSTURED IN A N ALERT STATUS.

FOR AIRBORNE ASSETS, INCLUDE TYPE, CALLSIGN, TYPE FLIGHT PLAN,

POSITION AT TIME OF INCIDENT, ROUTE, STORES (INCLUDING CHAFF/FLARE),

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AND DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL TIMES FOR ALERT AIRCRAFT, INCLUDE TYPE AND

STORES.

B. WING CC CERTIFICATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WEAPONS STORED,

CARRIED, OR EXPENDED.

C. IF AN AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE IN THE 200 MILE AREA, IDENTIFY A POC

AT THE INSTALLATION, AVAILABLE FOR FBI INTERVIEW, WHO IS

KNOWLEDGEABLE OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND PRACTICES, PREFERABLY SOMEONE

INVOLVED WITH THE ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED ABOVE.

D. IDENTIFY THE LAST TIME PRIOR TO 17 JULY 96 ANY TESTING ACTIVITY

WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE 200 NM AREA.

4. SUGGEST COMMANDERS INCLUDE THEIR AIR SPACE MANAGERS IN RESEARCH

FOR PERTINENT DATA. HQ ACC/DOR POC FOR AIR SPACE MANAGEMENT IS MR

ROY SCHENCK, DSN 574-7552.

5. TIMELY RESPONSE TO THIS DATA CALL IS IMPERATIVE TO BRING TO

CLOSURE THE AIR FORCE'S PORTION OF THE FBI INVESTIGATION. PROVIDE

RESPONSE VIA E-MAIL ([email protected]), FAX (DSN

574-7852), OR VOICE (DSN 574-7853) TO HQ ACC/DOOO NLT COB 21

JULY 97. NEGATIVE REPLIES ARE REQUIRED.

6. HQ USAF/XOOR, MAJ BILL MAHONY (DSN 221-7920, E-MAIL

[email protected]) IS AF/XOO POC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT

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ACTION.

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