[Risa]

>>My personal theory was a meteorite strike : not a big one, but moving at hypersonic speeds, and white hot in the bargain.<<

An intriguing theory, genefromjersey.

Seconds before TWA Flight 800 was brought down, my boyfriend heard an air-traffic controller in New Hampshire exclaim to a controller in Bangor, Maine that he had just seen a missle strike a plane over Long Island Sound. The controller was very clear about observing the missle rising from the ground.

We always found it curious that the controller's observations were never reported in the media. If his observation was accurate, it would seem that many other air controllers observed it, too, yet no one spoke up.

regards,
risa

[Yasotay]

There are very interesting radar "graphics" at www.twa800.com