The official story is Flight 93 crashed in the field in Pennsylvania. A conspiracy theory is that Flight 93 was shot down. I don't think the evidence matches either theory.

So what's that leave?

To begin with, witnesses said they saw the plane coming in from the NW along Route 30. However, witness to the EAST of the crash site, near Indian Lake, also claimed they heard a plane fly overhead. This can't be true if the plane crashed at the location of the crater.

So how could witnesses to the EAST of the crash site have heard the plane? Maybe because they live right beside a hidden, 4000 foot airstrip that's about a mile EAST of the crater, but on the same flight path as was reported by witnesses WEST of the crater.

Here's the map of the area:

Close-Up of Airstrip

So if you examine this map you will see that the "hidden" airstrip is almost in a direct line of the reported flight path of Flight 93, and in a location where people near Indian Lake would have heard the plane coming in to land. This would explain the eye-witnesses WEST of the crater, and the ear-witnesses EAST of the crater.

But is there any other evidence of some type of operation that could have faked a plane crash at Shanksville?

I think so.

First, there is the C-130 Air National Guard plane that was at the crash site within 2 minutes of the alleged crash of Flight 93. This plane could have easily spread the staged debris, which was reported to have been found up to 8 miles away in New Baltimore.

Here's a map showing New Baltimore in relation to the C-130's flight path and the crash site, along with a photo of a C-130:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/nick7261/C-130.jpg

So as you can see, the C-130 was approaching from the SE on the direct line of the debris field which was found between the creater and New Baltimore. And you can also see the C-130 would have been a perfect choice to spread the debris based on it's ability to discharge its payload from its rear door while in the air.

So far we can explain the witnesses that both saw and heard the plane, and the debris field. But what about the crater? Something had to make the crater!

I believe witness Sue Mcelwain might explain this. This is her account of a plane she saw on 9/11 at Shanksville:

"It came right over me, I reckon just 40 or 50ft above my mini-van. It was so low I ducked instinctively. It was traveling real fast, but hardly made any sound.

Then it disappeared behind some trees. A few seconds later I heard this great explosion and saw this fireball rise up over the trees, so I figured the jet had crashed. The ground really shook. So I dialed 911 and told them what happened. I'd heard nothing about the other attacks and it was only when I got home and saw the TV that I realized it wasn't the white jet, but Flight 93.

There's no way I imagined this plane - it was so low it was virtually on top of me.

It was white with no markings but it was definitely military, it just had that look.It had two rear engines, a big fin on the back like a spoiler on the back of a car and with two upright fins at the side.

I haven't found one like it on the internet. It definitely wasn't one of those executive jets. The FBI came and talked to me and said there was no plane around.

Then they changed their story and tried to say it was a plane taking pictures of the crash 3,000ft up. "But I saw it and it was there before the crash and it was 40ft above my head. They did not want my story - nobody here did."

Does this picture match Mcelwain's description? I think so.

What Mcelwain describes fits the description of an A-10 Warthog military plane with ordinances that could have made the crater.

Here is a summary of the evidence:

* Operation Northwoods shows the government had the means to stage a hijacking and fake plane crash by landing the "crashed" plane at a secret airport while spreading fake debris.

* There is a "hidden" airport on the direct flight path of Flight 93 just over 1 mile where Flight 93 is said to have crashed.

* There are witnesses who saw and heard the plane EAST and WEST of the crater that was supposedly made by Flight 93.

* The C-130 capable of spreading the fake debris which was found as far as New Baltimore flew almost directly along the debris path.

* There was a plane fitting the description of an A-10 Warthog seen by Sue Mcelwain that was capable of firing a missile that made the crater.

* The "crash site" is inconsistent with any commerical airline crash in history. There was no evidence of ANY charred ground near the crater -only a hole in the ground with small pieces of debris.

So the question is, does the evidence show that the crash of Flight 93 was staged?