[frogjerk]

I found an interesting graphic/map. It's a little fuzzy.

This is the plotting of the locations of the witnesses to the TWA flight 800 explosion.

This brings up a couple of questions to mind: Given that it was a clear night and given that the visibility was excellent, how many people could have seen a Stinger missile launch from about 10 nautical miles or greater? I don't know how visible a Stinger missile launch would be at night but can one see one from greater than 15 or 20 nm as some have said the did? I am not discounting the witnesses on the shore because they had probably the best view but that was still be about 8nm and 13000 feet up?

Military experts would be able to attest to the visibility of a Stinger missile at night from the ground miles off.

[frogjerk]

The NTSB actually did a study on this and the results were very illuminating.

http://users.erols.com/igoddard/mvs01.htm is some info to back up the visible missile theory.

[RobtPruitt]

I'm rethinking.