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November 24, 1997: Cancer Treatments - Dr. Joseph Gold | TWA Flight 800 Investigation - Capt. William S. Donaldson
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Art Bell opens the program with Dr. Joseph Gold of the Syracuse Cancer Research Institute to discuss hydrazine sulfate, an inexpensive compound he has researched for decades as a cancer treatment. Dr. Gold explains that the drug works by inhibiting an enzyme in the liver that drives cachexia, the wasting process responsible for up to 70 percent of cancer deaths. He reports that controlled clinical trials worldwide have shown positive results, while the National Cancer Institute's negative studies were later revealed to have used tranquilizers in 94 percent of patients despite knowing the drugs were incompatible with hydrazine sulfate.
The second half presents a detailed investigation into the TWA Flight 800 disaster. Aviation expert Capt. William S. Donaldson, a retired Navy commander, challenges the official center fuel tank explosion theory. He notes that in the entire history of U.S. civil jet aviation, no fuel tank has ever spontaneously exploded. Two eyewitnesses join: Major Fred Myers, a decorated helicopter pilot who observed what he describes as an ordnance-type explosion, and Richard Goss, who watched a bright object rise from near the surface and make a sharp left turn before a massive explosion.
Donaldson presents forensic evidence including a six-inch through-hole in the fuselage and debris field analysis showing pieces displaced thousands of feet from the aircraft track, patterns he says are inconsistent with a fuel tank explosion and consistent with a proximity-detonating missile warhead.
The second half presents a detailed investigation into the TWA Flight 800 disaster. Aviation expert Capt. William S. Donaldson, a retired Navy commander, challenges the official center fuel tank explosion theory. He notes that in the entire history of U.S. civil jet aviation, no fuel tank has ever spontaneously exploded. Two eyewitnesses join: Major Fred Myers, a decorated helicopter pilot who observed what he describes as an ordnance-type explosion, and Richard Goss, who watched a bright object rise from near the surface and make a sharp left turn before a massive explosion.
Donaldson presents forensic evidence including a six-inch through-hole in the fuselage and debris field analysis showing pieces displaced thousands of feet from the aircraft track, patterns he says are inconsistent with a fuel tank explosion and consistent with a proximity-detonating missile warhead.