Publisher's Synopsis
The first conspiracy theories about September 11 began to emerge while the wreckage was still smouldering. Today, ten years later, hundreds of books and thousands of Web pages are devoted to the idea that the U.S. government encouraged, permitted, or actually carried out the attacks. These theories claim to be based on hard evidence. But an in-depth investigation by Popular Mechanics, first published in the magazineÆs March 2005 issue and now greatly expanded into book form, definitively proves that the evidence most often cited by conspiracy theorists is inaccurate, misinterpreted, or false. The original article in Popular Mechanics caused a huge groundswell of interest, setting off online debates that continue to this day. Debunking 9/11 Myths expands that investigation to include the 20 most prominent and persistent claims underlying the conspiracy theories, focusing on concrete, physical facts rather than political hypothesizing. The fascinating and in-depth findings come from leading experts in all the relevant fields, including aviation, air defence, air traffic control, civil engineering, firefighting, metallurgy and geology.
