Author of Flight 800 Tale Admits Hoax
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A man who used the Internet to accuse the Navy of shooting down TWA Flight 800 told CNN that his actions were “reckless and a mistake.” Ian Goddard said he just wanted “to give the government a black eye by any means that looked opportune,” according to CNN. “TWA 800 was just a vehicle for my larger agenda.” In March, Goddard released a report on the Internet claiming that the government was covering up that a Navy missile brought down the plane in July 1996, killing all 230 people on board.
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