TWA Flight 800
The Impossible Zoom Climb

H. Ray Lahr v. National Transportation Safety Board, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency.
Dedicated to revealing the truth by making government records available for public review
under the Freedom of Information Act.

Using FOIA to Investigate the
TWA 800 Crash

Chicago Lawyer - December 2006

What many Americans may not recall about the jumbo jet that crashed shortly after take-off from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport are the early reports of eyewitnesses who said they saw missiles in the vicinity of the plane before it fell out of the sky.   Read more...


TWA Crash Records To Be Viewed

National Law Journal - September 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES - A retired United Airlines captain who sued the National Transportation Safety Board, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency has won a partial victory in the first ruling granting public access to records in the investigation of TWA Flight 800, which crashed a decade ago off the coast of New York's Long Island.   Read more...


Ten-Year Commemoration

By Captain Ray Lahr (retired)

What really happened on the evening of July 17, 1996, off the shore of Long Island? With sincere apologies to those who may not wish to be reminded, this is what I believe happened.  Read more...