Lecture by Steven E. Jones, Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University, February 1st 2006.

Jones has written a paper regarding the September 11 terror attacks which is currently undergoing peer review and pending official publication in scientific journals. The most recent draft is posted on his faculty website at BYU ( Why Indeed did the WTC Buildings Collapse ). In this paper, ‘Why Indeed did the WTC Buildings Collapse’, Jones cites evidence supporting the hypothesis that controlled demolition, rather than simply the impact of jet airliners and the ensuing fires, caused the buildings to collapse. In the treatise, Jones presents evidence for the explosive-demolition hypothesis, which has yet to be analyzed in any reports funded by the United States government. Jones notes all three buildings fell symmetrically into their footprints, a phenomenon associated with ‘controlled demolition’ and examined extensively by 9/11 researcher Jim Hoffman, in calling for renewed investigations into the 9/11 attacks. He points out, among other evidence, the speeds of the collapses, the “pulverization of concrete to flour-like powder,” and the presence of horizontal puffs of smoke observed ascending the side of WTC 7, common when pre-positioned explosives are used to demolish buildings. Jones notes that some aspects of the buildings’ collapses remain poorly understood and that the demolition hypothesis can quickly resolve much of the debate.

Jones also examines the official reports by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (aka the 9/11 commission), which all conclude fires and damage alone caused complete demolition of all three buildings. A central topic within Jones essay is the contention that the condition and nature of the debris which remained following the buildings’ collapses was not consistent with the scenarios documented by FEMA and NIST; in particular, along with the observations of molten metal at Ground Zero by Leslie Robertson (WTC structural engineer)and Dr. Allison Geyh (a public health investigator from Johns Hopkins), Jones cites and includes photographic evidence, which he says show molten metal in the debris, and notes the reports on sulfidation of structural steel.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7662934057256174552

911 Symposium – Prof. Steven Jones on New 911 Evidence (Broadcasted on CSPAN)

Professor Steven Jones gives an illustrated keynote speech about the role of incendiary devices used in the destruction of the twin towers and Building 7. Jones has often been cited as the torch carrier for a newly defined 9/11 movement characterized by science, common sense and credibility.

The material that was first brought into question on the back of photos and video clips of the twin towers showing a dripping molten substance and floating white ash can now be confirmed as being thermate, combining thermite which is used as an incendiary device to bring down structures and sulfur, which cuts through steel quicker and leaves a yellow residue.

Jones’ has conducted over 40 peer reviewed scientific studies two of which were published in Nature and Scientific American. Jones stated that thermite was a “clever” choice because its ingredients, aluminum and iron oxide do not require identifying tags by law, meaning they couldn’t be traced back to their manufacturers.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2205940254635302539