What Happened to Russell Pickering's Website Pentagonresearch.com?

By: Citizen Investigation Team
January 27, 2012

The following article and corresponding video break down the details regarding the formation of CIT in 2006, and our history with Russell Pickering, the former owner of pentagonresearch.com.


Russell Pickering was arguably the most well known 9/11 Pentagon event researcher for a few years prior to December 2007 when he dramatically "quit" the truth movement as documented here.

He was the creator and owner of the now defunct website pentagonresearch.com that is cited numerous times in David Ray Griffin's book "Debunking 9/11 Debunking". An archive of his site from February 2007 can be found here (cached backup)

Citizen Investigation Team (CIT) spent a few days with Russell in person during our very first research trip to Arlington, VA in late August 2006 while we were volunteering as research consultants to the 9/11 documentary "Loose Change Final Cut" by Dylan Avery.

Continue reading complete article here: What Happened to Russell Pickering's Website Pentagonresearch.com?

Watch Video here: Russell Pickering's History with CIT & the 9/11 Truth Movement

Download image here: Russell Pickering image

NEW ANALYSIS: The Required Low and Level Impact Versus Standing Poles and Obstacles on North Side Path

In the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of the CIT website (CitizenInvestigationTeam.com), FAQ #2 is:

"Why does it matter which side of the gas station the plane flew on? Couldn’t the plane have flown on the north side of the gas station and still hit the light poles and building?"

The short answer to the second question is "no", and that FAQ page (viewable in full here) is an important resource explaining why that is the case.

A new section has now been added to this page. It is entitled:

THE REQUIRED LOW AND LEVEL IMPACT VERSUS STANDING POLES & OBSTACLES ON THE NORTH SIDE PATH

(Clicking the link above or the preview image below will take you to the new section)



Use the following URL when linking directly to that section (it should jump right to the proper spot on the page):

http://www.citizeninvestigationteam.com/faq-can_north_side_plane_hit.html#northsidepoles

As explained:

The ground-level damage [to the building] combined with the lack of foundation damage means that the plane -- if it had struck -- would have had to have done so extremely low and virtually level with the ground (i.e. not in a descent). However, the photographic evidence shows all poles and obstacles on the north side path fully in tact. This means that a plane approaching from north of the Citgo station would not only have missed the downed light poles, but would also have flown OVER numerous other light poles and other obstacles an instant before reaching the building. This further underscores the fact that the plane did not hit the building, and could only have continued on over the building after clearing all of those obstacles on the north side flight path.

This is a point which has been noted by Citizen Investigation Team and others for years, and it is now made more clear than ever.

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Two more speak out in support of CIT - Rusty Aimer and Stanley Beattie

Adding to the continuously growing list of experts, scholars, journalists, activists, researchers and concerned citizens who have formally offered their praise for our presentation National Security Alert we are honored to include pilot Rusty Aimer and engineer Stanley Beattie.

Mr. Beattie is a licensed Professional Engineer in his home state of Michigan. He also holds a B.S. in Physics. After graduation he spent several years in the U.S. Navy, where he served as Operations Officer on the U.S.S. Talbot County (LST-1153). He subsequently spent 33 years serving in various engineering and management positions for the ANR Pipeline Company before retiring in 1996.

Mr. Aimer is a retired professional pilot with 45 years airline experience. As a captain for United Airlines he flew the routes for both Flight 175 and Flight 93 many times. He is a core member of Pilots for 9/11 Truth , and was recently featured in an episode of Jesse Ventura's television show on TruTV about the Pentagon attack, where he demonstrated the implausibility of any pilot, let alone an amateur like Hani Hanjour, to accomplish what Hanjour is alleged to have accomplished.

Our sincere thanks go out to both of these gentlemen for their support.

"The video, NATIONAL SECURITY ALERT, presents stunningly clear evidence that the official story of the Pentagon attack is false and deceiving. All Americans should call for a competent investigation of that heinous crime."

Stanley A. Beattie, P.E.
Farmington Hills, Michigan


"You guys have done an excellent job of investigative reporting, and if somebody honestly wants some answers I think that [National Security Alert] is a good place to go."

Captain Ross "Rusty" Aimer
Pilot, United Airlines (Retired)
30,000 Hours Total Flight Time / 40+ years experience

Full video of conversation between Craig Ranke of CIT and Rusty Aimer:


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Citizen Investigation Team European Tour - September 2010

We are happy to announce that CIT will be spending the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks screening "National Security Alert" throughout France and other locations in Europe.

Official announcement:

Citizen Investigation Team European Tour - September 2010

This year for the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Craig Ranke, co-founder of Citizen Investigation Team (CIT), will be screening their presentation National Security Alert throughout France and other locations in Europe.

The purpose of the tour is to raise awareness regarding the critical eyewitness evidence CIT has gathered and presented during the course of their on-going investigation into the Pentagon attack. As seen in National Security Alert, the plane has been conclusively shown via detailed video and audio-recorded interviews with eyewitnesses to the event to have been on a flight path that is irreconcilable with official reports, official data, and the physical damage, making it physically impossible for it to have struck the downed light poles or to have caused the anomalous directional damage to the building itself.

The main event on Saturday, September 11th will be held in downtown Paris, with screenings scheduled throughout the day. In the evening a "prime time" screening will take place, which will include an introduction by and question and answer session with Craig Ranke.

The following dates have been confirmed. Times, venues, and additional dates to be announced.

September 6th - Faläen, Belgium (National Security Alert screening)
September 7th - Paris, France (Interview on Radio Ici Maintenant)
September 9th - Grenoble, France (National Security Alert screening)
September 11th - Paris, France (all day event with multiple screenings of National Security Alert)
September 13th - Freiburg, Germany (National Security Alert Screening)
September 14th - Lausanne, Switzerland (National Security Alert screening)
September 17th - London, England (National Security Alert screening)

For more details and/or booking information contact:
europeantour2010@citizeninvestigationteam.net

Steve Storti Caught Lying About His Dialog With CIT

Steve Storti is a previously published witness who was in Crystal City over 3/4 of a mile away from the alleged impact point of the Pentagon. You can see his location labeled in the bottom right corner of the below image.

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The yellow lines equal the true eyewitness flight path we have documented and the light blue line is the proven false official flight path.

Despite Steve Storti's relatively far location from either flight path, he describes the plane in detail and even claims that he saw people through the windows moving in the back of the plane. He also claims that he took a picture of the "fireball" within the first second or two after the explosion and that he has not shown this image to anyone.

We got a hold of Steven and interviewed him in Oct 2009. He said he would provide us with pictures to verify his point of view from his 4th floor balcony but failed to do so.

We made the decision to wait until we could get our own images from that balcony (Storti no longer lives there) before releasing his interview so we could be sure to validate that he could actually see what he was claiming he saw. A few months later he showed up at our forum (not knowing it was us) and provided his contact information in case we had questions for him.

I instantly called him and that phone call can be downloaded here:

23 minute discussion with Steven Storti - March 29th, 2010

In this call he praises our efforts, calls us "legit", rails against the 9/11 commission, and agrees to help us in our campaign for justice by making a strong effort to provide us with his alleged photographs of his POV and the "fireball" while agreeing to an on camera interview.

He failed to live up to any of these things and simply never replied again.

But he was contacted by Jeff Hill on June 19th, 2010. At this point he did a completely unjustified and unprovoked reversal and chose to maliciously attack us with blatant lies regarding our dialog. Jeff Hill recorded the conversation and published these lies.

Please listen to the above phone call from March 29 and then read the following open letter for full details about this very strange and contradictory interaction with an alleged witness who has been cited for years as someone who allegedly "saw the plane hit the Pentagon".

Open Letter to Steven Storti Re: 9/11 Pentagon Attack Witness Account From Craig Ranke of Citizen Investigation Team