Press Conference

                       The press conference began at 10:30am with a family member, Marge Gross,
                       who lost her brother on the flight, expressing her belief that the NTSB
                       and FBI were not were not telling the truth about the loss of Flight 800.
                       She also related a story about how FBI Deputy Director Kallstrom, early in
                       the investigation, told her "It was definitely a missile, but I'll deny it
                       if you quote me."  She said she was stunned, but that there were other
                       witnesses present who could corroborate her story.

                       Next was Master Chief Dwight Brumley, the passenger on USAir Flight 217,
                       who saw a streak of light coming from behind his plane (the USAir flight),
                       going faster than Flight 217, end in a small explosion that subsequently
                       grew to a large fireball.  His aircraft was traveling approximately north
                       and Flight 800 was traveling east.  The CIA distorted his statement, after
                       reading a short FBI 302 form, and said his view of the streak was
                       consistent with the flight path of Flight 800.  In fact, his view of the
                       streak was at a 90-degree angle to Flight 800's path and could not have
                       been the burning aircraft as claimed by the CIA.

                       Next was Michael Wire, the eyewitness on a bridge.  Although only the FBI
                       interviewed him, the CIA based their entire video discrediting the
                       eyewitnesses, on his written FBI 302 statement.  Mr. Wire stated that the
                       CIA video bears no resemblance to what he was.  He proceeded to describe
                       seeing a flare rapidly rise from the surface, arcing up leaving a squiggly
                       smoke trail, and then disappear for a second and erupting into an
                       explosion.  During the Q&A it was clear that what the CIA video showed was
                       not what Mr. Wire saw.

                       Next was James Sanders who presented photographs from the Calverton
                       hanger.  He discussed how metal was bent during the reconstruction to fit
                       the CWT explosion theory.  He presented quite a few photographs with a
                       discussion of how the missile went through the aircraft.

                       Next came Tom Stalcup, president of FIRO, Flight 800 Independent
                       Researchers Organization.  Tom gave a discussion of the eyewitness
                       evidence and provided some examples along with the statistics related to
                       the witness forms.  He also discussed the lawsuit filed by FIRO to force
                       the FBI to release information.

                       Last was Cmdr. Donaldson who spoke passionately about his reasons for
                       pursuing this investigation and the evidence that is being ignored by the
                       NTSB - the failure of the left wing due to asymmetrical damage which is
                       completely inconsistent with the CWT theory and completely consistent with
                       the China Lake military expert's report that recommended the FBI fire live
                       stinger missiles into the #2 left wing tank to see if it matched the
                       damage to the left upper wing skin.  The expert suggested this is the only
                       explanation for the damage found on the left wing.

                       Finally, there was an open Q&A session with active participation in by
                       numerous reporters present.  For an hour and a half after the conference
                       all of the presenters were sought out for one on one interviews.

                       At the end of the session, AIM filmed each of the presenters for a
                       documentary on the tragedy.

                       Paula Zahn Interview

                       Cmdr. Donaldson's interview with Paula Zahn was cancelled late this
                       afternoon to provide more coverage of Hillary Clinton's alleged racial
                       slur.

                       Regards,

                       Bob

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