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Documentary cites FBI fax: Egyptian group downed TWA 800

7/19/2026

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Judicial Watch released a documentary that cites an FBI fax from Cairo claiming an Egyptian terror group downed TWA Flight 800.
The film includes a February 1997 FBI memo listing bomb, missile and mechanical failure as leading theories.
Physicist Tom Stalcup says a curved fuselage fragment indicating an external blast was flattened in NTSB analysis.
The documentary urges agencies to release more records and disputes the NTSB’s short-circuit spark explanation.

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Judicial Watch released a documentary that cites an FBI fax from Cairo claiming an Egyptian terror group downed TWA Flight 800.
The film includes a February 1997 FBI memo listing bomb, missile and mechanical failure as leading theories.
Physicist Tom Stalcup says a curved fuselage fragment indicating an external blast was flattened in NTSB analysis.
The documentary urges agencies to release more records and disputes the NTSB’s short-circuit spark explanation.