Judicial Watch obtains images of 9/11 attack on Pentagon

In response to a FOIA request filed by Judicial Watch, the Department of Defense has released video footage of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The video footage, which was recorded by two Pentagon surveillance cameras, is available on the Pentagon's website. Video 2 shows the airplane more clearly than Video 1 does.

The videos, along with photos of the Pentagon which were released recently during the Moussaoui trial, should dispel conspiracy theories that the Pentagon was hit by a missile or some kind of truck bomb, rather than the jetliner. These theories have often centered around the claim that the hole in the Pentagon was not large enough to have been a plane; photos like this one, and this one, strongly contradict that claim.

Videos of American Flight 77 striking the Pentagon on September 11, 2001:
Video 1 [Defenselink.mil]
Video 2 [Defenselink.mil]
Judicial Watch's statement [Judicial Watch]
"US releases 9/11 Pentagon video" [BBC]
Photos released during Moussaoui trial [RCFP.org]