UPDATED 14 February 2014 with following letter to the Chariman of the National Transportation Safety Board Deborah Hersman:

Honorable Deborah A. P. Hersman
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20594

10 February 2014

Dear Ms. Hersman,
I write to request reconsideration of the Board’s findings and probable cause determination regarding TWA Flight 800, and hereby second the petition received by the NTSB on 19 June 2013 pursuant to 49 CFR §845.41, which, according to the NTSB press release of 28 June 2013, is currently under review.

Let me also point out a crucial flaw in the Aircraft Accident Report, In-flight Breakup Over The Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, Boeing 747-131, N93119, Near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996, (NTSB/AAR-00/03, DCA96MA070, PB2000-910403 National Transportation Safety Board, Notation 6788G, Adopted August 23, 2000), specifically in the Missile Visibility Test (1.18.4.7.1) where it is noted that “observer groups were positioned every 2 nm from the launch point out to 14 nm.”

The methodology of the investigators and their consultants fails to take into account the observation of FBI Witness #174 who was in Rowayton, Connecticut, which is south by southwest of Norwalk and at least 50 miles from the site of the demise of TWA Flight 800 and therefore more than three times the maximum distance provided in the Missile Visibility Test.  FBI Witness #174 saw a distinct point of light rise from the horizon until it met the jet and then exploded.  Such very important eyewitness testimony from a retired US Navy officer tends to rule out a shoulder-launched missile (which is the presupposition of the investigators and consultants) and to allow the possibility of a much larger type of missile.  The bias of the investigators and their consultants reveals a stunning lack of comprehension of the wider range of possibilities with respect to the actual cause of the explosions aboard TWA Flight 800, which includes a tragic friendly fire incident or a false flag provocation carried out by cyber pirates.  This deficiency gives good reason to reconsider the findings and conclusions of the Aircraft Accident Report.

Let me add that I am deeply troubled by the accusations of criminal wrongdoing made by former key investigators and revealed in Kristina Borjesson and Thomas Stalcup’s documentary film TWA Flight 800.  These accusations as well as the evidence offered by these investigators in this great film provide more good reasons to reconsider the findings and conclusions of the Aircraft Accident Report.

Finally, let me point out that I was among the first to formulate a “conspiracy theory” regarding TWA Flight 800 in November 1996.  Please see http://www.show-the-house.com/id13.html .  I would only add that the possibility of a cybernetic crime deserves attention.  Infiltration of computer systems, telecommunications piracy, remote control of aerial vehicles and compartmentalization in the military may be key factors in what I believe was a very serious crime on 17 July 1996.

Very truly yours,
Stephen M. St. John

Stephen M. St. John
Post Office Box 720274
San José, CA 95172
stephen@show-the-house.com
stephen.M.St.John@gmail.com