The Missing Windows |
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Even more assumptions have been made by the LetsRoll team of laymen regarding this aspect of the theory. The idea is that tanker jets, at least the 767 prototypes they have in mind, don't have any passenger windows, so if they could verify via the photographs that there are no windows on the plane then they would have a smoking gun. Unfortunately for them, as many skeptics like myself have pointed out, the photo and video that some have used to conclude that there are no passenger windows on UA175, are simply of too poor quality to come to that conclusion. Remember, the LetsRoll team has NO experts of ANY kind, but yet they have anaylized the video evidence and set themselves in stone on this. The quality of the pictures are just too poor to conclude that there are no windows. These are the pictures they are using to shore up their case. Both have been zoomed and filtered with image enhancing programs and show heavy distortion as a result.
Now, load these two a.net photos for a rough comparison: UA-Five & UA-Six. In both of these a.net photos, take note of the size differences between the cockpit windows and the passenger windows. The passenger windows appear to be roughly half the size, in both width and height, of the larger cockpit windows. Also note the spacing difference between the windows themselves. The spacing between the passenger windows appears to be more than double the space between the cockpit windows. So, what does this mean to me? First, the smaller passenger windows will obviously be more difficult to see from a distance and more suceptable to masking via image distortion than the cockpit windows would. Second, windows that are closer together are more likely to appear as a long line, pointing out their location from a distance, even if you can't make out the details. The passenger windows with the greater space between them will be less likely to appear as a line, making their location harder to pin point. Now go back and take a look at the UA175 port side picture above and look closely at the cockpit windows. What do you see? I see a thin black line, barely visible. I do not see windows seperated with spacer bars like you do on the a.net photos. Now try and hunt for the half-sized passenger windows in the UA175 picture. Do you think you could spot them in these pictures given how hard it is to see the larger cockpit windows? Ok, now I'll briefly touch on the starboard side view. This picture is not a good choice for backing up the 'no windows' theory. Just look at the angle of the plane. The passenger windows are on the top half of the fuselage.... the grey strip that you see. The fuselage is round, so as the plane banks at the sharp angle that we see, we would not see (if we could see them) the windows in a parallel fashion. They are tilted away from the camera at this angle. Take a a magazine and hold it in front of you. A magazine is about 12 inches tall and this is easy to see when you hold it vertically. Now, at arms length and eye level or higher, begin to tilt the top edge of the magazine backward until it is almost flat. How tall does the magazine appear to be now? An inch? The point here is that with the planes windows tilted backward from the camera's perspective, these good sized windows would appear much smaller, and that much more difficult to spot from that distance. Next up is the claim that the white rectangular area near the front of the jet (port side) could not be the United Airlines logo because it is too low. They do have a point here as it does appear to be too low, however, the main problem is that video distortion can do some very strange things. As I said, these photos were originally long range video and they have been blown up and filtered to the point where the distortion is easily seen. After having debunked everything else with relative ease, I am inclined to blame this one on the visual distortion, but, I am open to anyone who would like to dispute this with some expertise or contrary evidence. Lastly, there is a small white line near the rear of the fuselage (port side). I believe this is the plane's ID number, and it appears to be in the proper place. I have not seen anyone dispute this conclusion. Conclusion: Given the heavy distortion and the fact that the cockpit windows are barely visible even as they blend together, it is my conclusion that these poor quality photos cannot be used as evidence to prove that UA175 did not have any passenger windows. Additionally, I believe the white rectangular areas in the port side picture reasonably match the location of United Airline's identifying marks. Missing Window Theory Status: Debunked |
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