Chris Fidis

345 Grand Ave.

West Hempstead

New York 11552-1219

June 8, 1997

I was born and raised in the bedford park section of the Bronx. I lived there till I was 21.

My parents and I moved to MT Vernon then to Yorkers new york. I then met my wife and moved to long island and married in September of 1986. I am currently 38 years old.

My credentials are supported by the following; I am currently a computer network systems engineer developing high speed data/voice/video communication systems. This would include ISDN, Internet, and special professional services which would include special circuit design, component level diagnostics and investigative troubleshooting of power induced power anomalies in commercial power systems and ups backed power systems. I have been doing this since 1977 to present.

My story is as follows; When flight 800 exploded, the first thought in my head was engine fire. I say this because I was on a flight back in 1973 approx. when the number 3 engine burst into flames. I then thought what if this was the same thing only 24 years later. I investigated and searched for facts and was unsuccessful. I found many different mechanical explanations as to what caused flight 800 to explode and crash. I was always looking at the mechanical theory until one day I received in the mail a NASA tech briefs magazine. Well inside I saw an article on how they were able to produce DC current from RF energy in the gigahertz range. I then received another article from the same publication. This article spoke about how a cylindrical shaped metal would be resonant at the gigahertz range, producing dc current.

A few weeks later I saw a show called un-solved mysteries. I was watching a report on a presidential copter crash when all of a sudden the theory I had formulated based upon the 2 magazine articles were as follows; I proposed what if the cause of the crash was an electromagnetic source of electricity, like a passing plane or radar or some other focused high energy. I then saw Franks investigation and my mouth was on the floor. He has just mentioned his theory and my theory was along the same lines. We both came up with a similar explanation for the deaths.

I contacted the show and asked that Frank Owens please contact me. Well several weeks went by and Frank Owens did call to talk etc. Throughout the past year I have been in contact. I provided to him the FAA documents stating HIRF information including the sikorsky helicopter and the sensitive critical control devices. The more you would dig for information the more you would find. In working with Frank Owens I firmly believe what brought down flight 800 may very well have been HIRF emitted from the P3 orion plane while on mavuevers with a submarine below. I also understand that the P3 was mapping the ocean floor with infrared beams while on maneuvers with the submarine down below.

The same type of energy which caused the presidential copter to go down. The copter crash and the twa 800 crash may have encountered the same HIRF, potential buildup. I also firmly believe that flight 800 could have been prevented and 230 lives would have not been lost. I feel strongly that the P3 Orion plane with the infrared beam that night caused the crash while flight 800 was flying slightly in the into the restricted area. The events which unfolded based on my model sequence of events would explain the horrible end result of what was once a missile theory turned mechanical theory. I have concluded that flight 800 was from day one a catastrophic mechanical failure.

The cause of the airliners breakup was the result of all of the manufacturing defects from Boeing and the fatigue over time of the 16,000+ cycles of take-offs and landings. The military that evening was not expecting a passenger jet that evening to be in that airspace. Did the military take 800 out of the sky?

Yes they did! Did they know? They did not realize the potential hazards of HIRF infrared emissions in proximity to a volatile super heated center fuel tank of a Boeing 747 could ignite within 8000 to 10000 feet while mapping the ocean floor that evening.

I believe strongly that the military was negligent in that they should have anticipated a scenario such as this could occur one day. I also blame the airline for not taking the 747 out of service per the January 30 deadline effective January 31 of 1996. The 747 was considered structurally unsafe by manufactured design by the FAAs' own words in their own directive.

What we saw was the worst possible sequence of events which could happen again and again if this scenario were to be repeated. The source of ignition was external to that craft and the end result would be the catastrophic breakup of the 747 aircraft. The FAA mentions back in 1977 during June and November meetings about an event such as this.

They warned the industry back then and no one in the industry thought the cost benefit was justified. The possibility of "electrostatic phenomenon" as well as fire and lightning could cause a volatile center fuel tank, could explode from an unprotected fuel vent system just as the flight 800 Boeing 747 did. The NTSB released also that an uncontained engine fire was responsible for the explosion of a center fuel tank in a 747.

It is also possible that the fuel line or vent line closest to the #3 engine was ignited by this focused energy as the P3-orion passed directly overhead. The facts speak for themselves!!!

Sincerely