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Scholars for 9/11 Truth is a group, founded in january 2006, of about 50 faculty, students, and scholars who question the official scientific account of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The group believes that the investigations by FEMA and NIST regarding the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings are inadequate, and that crucial facts and question pertaining to the attacks have been ignored by senior government officials. These questions include: What caused building #7 to collapse? Where is the science that explains how all three WTC buildings collapsed close to the speed of gravity? Why was the vast majority of the evidence immeadiately disgarded and/or is unaccessible for independent researchers? The group is petitioning congress for access to the remaining evidence in order for scientific research to be carried out to determine whether or not explosives were utilized to bring down the WTC buildings.

According to their website, "The members of S9/11T are encouraged to take an active role by devoting themselves to reporting the results of research on 9/11 to the nation and the world by means of lectures, articles, and other venues.".

Members

Among those included among the members of this society are:

Conclusion

Their conclusion is based on the results of their own scientific and political research. These experts contend that the official version of events on September 11 are one of the greatest hoaxes in history, which has led to war and unconstitutional policy and decision making. They believe that the 9/11 Commission Report is permeated with omissions, distortions, and factual errors, including the omission of the collapse of Building 7, which was not hit by airplanes and collapsed hours after the twin towers were struck.

Criticism of Scholars For 9/11 Truth

Although most activists and researchers in the 9/11 Truth Movement have been positive and excited about the formation of a scholars group and most would agree that it is an important step for the movement to take, some also express concern that members of the scholars group and its website are promoting debunked theories which discredit the movement , such as the idea that the commercial aircraft used on 9/11 were not actually involved in the attacks, but instead, were replaced by fake planes or military drones, as described by Morgan Reynolds and Leonard Spencer, among other members of the group.

Some 9/11 researchers have criticized the website, noting that it promotes one-sided views of issues which are debated within the movement (such as the idea that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon). Although the 'Resources' page states, "We do not necessarily endorse or concur with conclusions or opinions expressed here, but we think that they provide suggestive and stimulating resources for further contemplation," only one side of a serious and divisive debate within the 9/11 movement is presented for contemplation. Similarly, papers asserting that a plane did not hit the Pentagon are posted on the front page, but no papers asserting the opposite are posted, that a Boeing 757 did indeed hit the building as described by dozens of witnesses at the scene.

As of February 2006, the website was pointing readers to sources which some members of the 9/11 Truth movement say lack credibility and scientific merit, are packaged as entertainment and distort evidence in favor of their claims. A related concern has been that the website effectively ignores the websites and original work by some of the most respected long-term researchers of the 9/11 attacks, such as CooperativeResearch.org, FromTheWilderness.com, 911Truth.org, OilEmpire.us, 911Research.WTC7.net, Ratical.org/ratville/CAH/, and WTCEO.org. These websites represent the efforts of people who have been effectively dealing with the media, victims' families, and congressmembers for years. In contrast to the scholars group, most of these researchers believe that commercial jets with real passengers did hit the buildings on September 11 2001.

Contacts

Fetzer, a philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and Jones, a physics professor at Brigham Young University, are listed as contacts.

Media Coverage and Works

Radio Interviews:

Lectures:

  • 15 March 2006 -- Kevin Ryan: "A 9/11 Whistleblower Examines the Official Conspiracy Theory"
  • 30 March 2006 -- David Ray Griffin "9/11: The Myth & the Reality"
  • 31 March 2006 -- Morgan Reynolds, Ph.D., and Don Paul, Author

"Critical Analysis: 9/11"

  • 2 June – 4 June 2006 -- Steven E. Jones "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future”

Papers:

Scholars for 9/11 Truth claims these papers have been peer-reviewed, although they have not been published in any scientific journal.

  • “Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse?” by Steven E. Jones, Ph.D.
  • “The Destruction of the World Trade Center: Why the Official Account Cannot Be True” by David Ray Griffin, Ph.D.
  • “Thinking about "Conspiracy Theories": 9/11 and JFK” by James H. Fetzer, Ph.D.

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