Part 2/10:
Initial investigations into the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 pointed to a significant discrepancy between recorded flight data and the eyewitness accounts observed during the crash. The official flight data suggested that the plane was maintaining an altitude well above the 15 feet that many observers claimed it was flying at—only a short distance from the ground prior to impact. Eyewitness reports described seeing an object that seemed radically different from what was typical for a commercial passenger liner.