FRANCE: PARIS MATCH MAGAZINE PUBLISHES RADAR IMAGES OF DOWNED TWA 800 JET WHICH IT ALLEGES WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT DOWN BY U.S NAVY MISSILE, KILLING 230

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  • Title: FRANCE: PARIS MATCH MAGAZINE PUBLISHES RADAR IMAGES OF DOWNED TWA 800 JET WHICH IT ALLEGES WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT DOWN BY U.S NAVY MISSILE, KILLING 230
  • Date: 11th March 1997
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 13, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV NEWSPAPER KIOSK 0.06 2. SCU FRENCH MAGAZINE "PARIS MATCH" ON SALE 0.09 3. SCU MAN BUYING "PARIS MATCH" 0.11 4. SCU/CU TWA ARTICLE (6 SHOTS) 0.35 5. SLV/SCU FORMER UNITED STATES (U.S.) PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN AND TELEVISION CORRESPONDENT PIERRE SALINGER SAYING "THAT TAPE DONE BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPLETELY CONFIRMS THAT A MISSILE FIRED DOWNED THE TWA 800. AND DESPITE NAVY STATEMENTS THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TWA 800 CRASH WE HAVE STRONG EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE WRONG. BEFORE PRINTING THE ARTICLE, "PARIS MATCH" BROUGHT IN A RADAR SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TAPE WAS ACCURATE" (ENGLISH) 1.08 6. SCU JOURNALISTS 1.11 7. SLV/SCU SALINGER SAYING "MOREOVER WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT CERTAIN BODIES ON THE PLANE WERE CRUSHED BY SOMETHING WHICH WENT THROUGH THE PLANE - THE MISSILE. AND 154 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LONG ISLAND AREA WHERE THE MISSILE TESTING WAS GOING ON SAW ONE OR TWO MISSILES RISING IN THE AIR AND A NUMBER OF THEM SAW AN EXPLOSION IN THE AIR" (ENGLISH) 1.38 8. SLV MEDIA 1.41 9. SCU FORMER ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, MIKE SOMMER, SAYING "THIS INVESTIGATION STARTED ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 17 1996. PIERRE AND I WERE BOTH INFORMED BY U.S., INTELLIGENCE SOURCES THAT A MILITARY MISSILE HAD SHOT DOWN FLIGHT 800. SEVERAL OTHER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ALSO INFORMED US LIKEWISE, WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME" (ENGLISH) 2.08 9. SCU PICTURES OF TWA JET AND TOMOHAWK MISSILE (2 SHOTS) 2.15 10. SCU SOMMER SAYING "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT YOU SEE ON THAT BOARD BESIDE ME IS A TOMAHAWK MISSILE IN FLIGHT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE TWA FLIGHT 800 WAS STUCK DOWN BY ANOTHER MISSILE FIRED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY, WHICH MISSED ITS LOCK-ON AND LOCKED ON TWA 800 INSTEAD, COSTING THE LIVES OF 230 PASSENGERS, MOSTLY AMERICANS, 70 OF THEM FRENCH" (ENGLISH) 2.50 AT SEA (JULY 17, 1996) (NBC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/ CNN/ MEXICO) 11. SLV NIGHT VIEW BURNING WRECKAGE (4 SHOTS) 3.13 AT SEA (JULY 18, 1996) (POOL - ACCESS ALL) 12. SLV COASTGUARDS LOOKING AT WRECKAGE / BODYBAGS ON BOAT (2 SHOTS) 3.26 NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (MARCH 11, 1997) (NBC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/MEXICO/CNN) 13. SCU NEW YORK FBI CHIEF JAMES KALLSTROM SAYING "WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE RADARS THAT SAW THIS TRAGIC EVENT. THERE IS NO MISSILE FLYING UP HITTING THIS AIRCRAFT ON ANY OF THESE RADAR TAPES" (ENGLISH) 3.42 PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 13, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 14. SLV/CU PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE VICTIMS' RELATIVES, JOSE CREMADES, SEATED AT HIS DESK READING THE PARIS MATCH ARTICLE AND HIGHLIGHTING AREAS 3.52 15. SCU CREMADES SAYING "AS A PIECE OF LOGICAL DEDUCTION IT'S QUITE GOOD. AS AN EVALUATION OF ANY INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH, IT'S ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH" (ENGLISH) 4.01 PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 15. LV TWA PLANES ON TARMAC AND TAKING OFF (3 SHOTS) 4.11 (SW/pc) Initials S3 P3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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