Alex Jones' Prison Planet | June 29 2004

Yesterday we were able to confirm that Colonel Don de Grand-pre
claims he spoke face to face with Maj. Rick Gibney and Gibney told
him that he was the pilot who shot down Flight 93.

We are still investigating this matter in trying to uncover the
truth while not going out on a limb to say whether this is accurate
or not.

However, an article from a September 11 website states that Gibney
was not scrambled to track Flight 93, but that he was flying into
New York. The article states,

Derrig, Maj. Dean Eckman and Capt. Craig Borgstrom scrambled from
Langley Air Force Base, Va., to protect the nation's capital. Maj.
Rick Gibney took off from Fargo to fly the New York emergency
management director from Montana to New York.

We have now uncovered footage of the award ceremony in which Gibney
is honored for his activities on September 11. Would Gibney be
rewarded simply for flying an official to New York?

On the other hand, the official FAA Registry does list Gibney's
certificate as 'Airline Transport Pilot.'

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http://www.governor.state.nd.us/media/audio-video/020911-large.ram

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http://www.governor.state.nd.us/media/audio-video/020911-med.ram

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http://www.governor.state.nd.us/media/audio-video/020911-small.ram

Award Ceremony Photos

http://www.governor.state.nd.us/media/gallery/2002-911/911-
photos.html

We are attempting to contact Mr. Gibney. If anyone can help us get
in touch, please E mail us at prisonplanetweb@....

Colonel Don de Grand-pre first raised awareness to the fate of
Flight 93 during an interview on The Alex Jones Show back in
February.

The Colonel's original comments from the interview back in February
appear below.

The full interview can be read by clicking here.

Caller : And was United Airlines Flight 93 shot down in Pennsylvania
by a U.S. or NATO pilot and was that what was supposed to hit the
Pentagon?

DGP: No, that was hit at 10:00 hours. It was taken out by the North
Dakota Air Guard. I know the pilot who fired those two missiles to
take down 93.

Caller : Was it shot down because the airline pilots actually
regained control of the hijacked auto-pilot or was that to replace
the unmanned drone that was shot down?

DGP: No, it was the aircraft, you see, had totally unconscious
people on board. There were no hijackers. At 9:35, the Happy
Hooligans, the Air Guard flying the F-16s were ordered to take that
plane out. And they took it out from 9:35 to 10:00.

Caller : Were there any refueling jets involved in that operation?

AJ: Hold on a second, John. The question is why would they deviate
from the plan of flying it into the Capitol? Why did the globalists
decide to go ahead and shoot the plane down?

DGP: There had been an adjustment to the controls, probably by an
AWACs aircraft flying overhead, again, remote control. And it was on
a course for either the Capitol or the White House. And at this
stage, you don't know. The Happy Hooligans came in and took care of
it.

AJ: Do you think they were not following orders?

DGP: Who, the Happy Hooligans?

AJ: Well, yeah, you've got Cheney running around, we've got the
stand down taking place.

DGP: Well, this is correct, but you see the Adj. General of the
State of North Dakota gave the command to take it out. And, by God,
they took it out. And I've got the full story in the book.

AJ: That's a good thing they did that. You said you talked to the
pilot. Think about this folks. Imagine what Bush would have gotten
if he would have had that plane fly into the Capitol? Imagine the
police state we would be in right now.

John: Was there any refueling tankers used by the North Dakota Air
Guard and what tanker wing was used?

DGP: I don't know about the aircraft itself. I don't know about
refueling. They came off base in Langley and it was just a few
minutes out from Langley to the intercept over Pennsylvania. It was
just a matter of minutes.

AJ: Colonel, how did you get in touch with the pilot who shot the
plane down?

DGP: It turned out to be an old friend of mine from the Air National
Guard and this is my home state of North Dakota. And I attended the
ceremony in North Dakota and watched the Adj. General [garbled] the
pilot being decorated a year later for this activity that happened
on 911 with Flight 93.

Colonel, before we take these four final calls, go over that a
little bit slower for folks. That's a big deal. You talked to the
pilot, a friend of yours, who shot down Flight 93 that was going for
the Capitol or the White House. And go over that for folks.

DGP: Okay, quick rundown. They were out of Hector Field, Fargo,
North Dakota. A bunch, this 119 Fighter Group and they are called
the Happy Hooligans. They are probably the best interceptors that we
have in the country. They were moved to Langley Air Force Base from
Hector Field down to Southern Virginia. And when the klaxon horn
went off at 9:35, those two pilots put down their coffee and shot
into their aircraft and took off. They didn't know where they were
going initially but by 10:00 hours, they had rendezvoused over
Southern Pennsylvania. That's about 250 miles in just a matter of
minutes and engaged 93 with two side-winder missiles. And they
accomplished their objective. Now Hector Field, I use to fly out of
Hector Field some time ago. I know most of those pilots. I could
name names. I know the National Guard Adj. General. And they were
decorated about a year later and I have the full write up of that
story in my book.

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We will continue to track this story as we attempt to confirm its
absolute accuracy.