17 May 2024
synced CCTV footage of AA77 hitting the pentagon on September 11 2001
It's curious, the two angles of the Pentagon explosion shown in the video. It looks like they pulled the same trick as the towers. We were led to believe there were multiple television feeds on the towers, yet in reality, it was the same feed with different distortion filters. The biggest clue we are seeing a similar thing is the car.
There are apparently two different types of lens filming a slight distance apart, but roughly the same angle to where the plane hits the Pentagon. the top image is a wide-angle/fisheye lens. A noticeable distortion curve is seen on the path edge. The bottom image, it's a lot straighter, though there does look to be a slight distortion curve on the path area too.
A closer look. We assume the camera taking the top image is mounted on the beige block nearest the car we can see in the second image. What is the white object at the bottom-right corner? From the second image we get the clue it's equivalent to a lens hood, but why is it only seen in the bottom corners? That suggests the top part of the first image has been cropped off.
If we look at the second pair, we see they are taken moments apart as the car starts to move off. With the strength of the fisheye distortion the downwards arc is quite pronounced on the car's blue and orange stripe, we would expect the top of the image to be just as distorted in the opposite direction. The car's roof slightly curves upwards indicating it's above the centre point of the lens.
A couple of interesting things. If we look at the second image above, the raised pole and its shadow are straight, equally, there is no distortion on the car. But if we look at the path edge where the bollards are and the two beige boxes, they exhibit a slight fisheye effect, this suggests a composite image.