New Poll: A Third of U. S. Public Believes 9/1. Conspiracy Theoryby Thomas Hargrove, Scripps Howard News Service. Seattle Post- Intelligencer. Wednesday, August 2, 2.

More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/1. United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll. The national survey of 1,0.

Widespread resentment and alienation toward the national government appears to be fueling a growing acceptance of conspiracy theories about the 2. World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Suspicions that the 9/1. Internet — quickly have become nearly as popular as decades- old conspiracy theories that the federal government was responsible for President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and that it has covered up proof of space aliens.

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Seventy percent of people who give credence to these theories also say they’ve become angrier with the federal government than they used to be. Thirty- six percent of respondents overall said it is “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon or took no action to stop them “because they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East.”“One out of three sounds high, but that may very well be right,” said Lee Hamilton, former vice chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also called the 9/1. Commission.) His congressionally appointed investigation concluded that federal officials bungled their attempts to prevent, but did not participate in, the attacks by al Qaeda five years ago.“A lot of people I’ve encountered believe the U. S. government was involved,” Hamilton said. Many say the government planned the whole thing. Of course, we don’t think the evidence leads that way at all.”The poll also found that 1.

Americans speculate that secretly planted explosives, not burning passenger jets, were the real reason the massive twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. Conspiracy groups for at least two years have also questioned why the World Trade Center collapsed when fires that heavily damaged similar skyscrapers around the world did not cause such destruction.

Sixteen percent said it’s “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that “the collapse of the twin towers in New York was aided by explosives secretly planted in the two buildings.”Twelve percent suspect the Pentagon was struck by a military cruise missile in 2. Watch The Outrage Full Movie. That lower percentage may result from an effort by the conservative Washington- based Judicial Watch advocacy group to debunk the claim. The group filed claims under the Freedom of Information Act and got two fill loops released from Pentagon security cameras.“Some people claim they can’t see anything, but I see a plane hitting the Pentagon at incredibly high speed,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. I see the nose of the plane clearly entering the frame of one video and the tail of the plane entering the Pentagon in the other video.”Many conspiracy Web sites have posted the video loops and report the films are inconclusive or were manipulated by the government.“Some folks will never be convinced,” Fitton said. But I’m hoping that these videos will dissuade reasonable people from falling into a trap with these conspiracy theories.”University of Florida law professor Mark Fenster, author of the book “Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture,” said the poll’s findings reflect public anger at the unpopular Iraq war, realization that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction and growing doubts of the veracity of the Bush administration.“What has amazed me is not that there are conspiracy theories, but that they didn’t seem to be getting any purchase among the American public until the last year or so,” Fenster said. Although the Iraq war was not directly related to the 9/1.

Conspiracy- believing participants in the poll agree their suspicions are recent.“I certainly didn’t think of conspiracies when 9/1. Elaine Tripp, 6. 2, of Tabernacle, N. J. “I don’t know if President Bush was aware of the exact time it was going to happen. But he certainly didn’t do enough to stop it. Bush was so intent on having his own little war.”Garrett Johnson, 1.

Manassas, Va., said it was “well after the fact” before he started questioning the official explanation of the attacks. But then people I know started talking about it. And the Internet had a lot to do with this.

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After reading all of the different articles there, I started to think we weren’t being told the truth.”The Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University has tracked the level of resentment people feel toward the federal government since 1. Timothy Mc. Veigh bombed the federal building in Oklahoma City.

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Forty- seven percent then said they, personally, feel “more angry at the federal government” than they used to. That percentage dropped to 4. But the new survey found that 7. The survey also found that people who regularly use the Internet but who do not regularly use so- called “mainstream” media are significantly more likely to believe in 9/1. People who regularly read daily newspapers or listen to radio newscasts were especially unlikely to believe in the conspiracies.“We know that there are a lot of people now asking questions,” said Janice Matthews, executive director of 9. Truth. org, one of the most sophisticated Internet sites raising doubts about official explanations of the attacks.

We didn’t have the Internet after Pearl Harbor, the Gulf of Tonkin or the Kennedy assassination. But we live in different times now.”Matthews’ Web site averaged 4,0. The site, according to its online policy statement, is dedicated to showing the public that “elements within the U. S. government must have orchestrated or participated in the execution of the attacks for these to have happened the way in which they did.”Participants in the poll were asked to respond to “several serious accusations that some people have made against the federal government in recent years.” Five conspiracy theories were described and participants were asked if each was “very likely, somewhat likely or unlikely.”The level of suspicion of U.

S. official involvement in a 9/1. President Kennedy” and the 3. The poll found that a majority of young adults give at least some credence to a 9/1.

Mo. D expert speaks out against Nibiru conspiracy theory. The fiery destruction of our planet could arrive tomorrow if conspiracy theorists are to be believed. Christian numerologist David Meade has predicted the mysterious planet 'Nibiru' will 'destroy Earth' in a fiery collision on Saturday. His claims are based on verses in the Bible, the timing of last month's solar eclipse, and 'clues' he says are written on the pyramids. A series of You. Tube videos also claim the end of days is tomorrow, citing a combination of numerology and Biblical interpretations. Now a former Ministry of Defence UFO expert has spoken out against the claims, saying they 'lack critical thinking'. Nasa has also denied the Nibiru theory, saying: 'The planet..

Scroll down video. The fiery destruction of our planet could arrive tomorrow if one conspiracy theorist is to be believed. Christian numerologist David Meade has predicted the mysterious planet 'Nibiru' (artist's impression) will demolish Earth in a fiery collision this weekend. WHAT IS NIBIRU? Nibiru, sometimes referred to as Planet X, is a hypothesised '1. Nibiru is a different planet to the Planet Nine, which is also sometimes referred to as Planet X, that was proposed by astronomers in Caltech in January last year.

The planet is supposedly on an elliptical orbit that brings it into close proximity with Earth every 3,6. Earth. Some claim that this 'planet' is sending 'plasmatic energy particles' through our solar system. Conspiracy theorists often blame natural disasters and freak weather patterns on the planet. Commenting on the planet, Nasa has previously said: 'Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an internet hoax.'Obviously, it does not exist.'Nick Pope used to investigate UFOs and other mysteries for the Mo. D, and is a leading expert on conspiracy theories.

He told Mail. Online: 'We'll get through 2. September, just as we got through every other end of the world prediction that's been made.'Nibiru, sometimes referred to as Planet X, is a hypothesised '1.

The planet is supposedly on an elliptical orbit that brings it into close proximity with Earth every 3,6. Earth tomorrow. But Mr Pope told Mail.

Online that the claims are 'easy' to debunk.'The bottom line is that if a mysterious 1. Earth on Saturday, we'd all be able to see it right now.'If it were this close to Earth, you wouldn't even need a telescope - it would be visible to the naked eye.'If any of this was real, every astronomer in the world - not just Nasa, but the amateur enthusiast with a small telescope - would have known about this for months, if not years.'So unless people are going to argue that every amateur astronomer in the world is somehow in on the conspiracy too, the whole theory falls down.'Doomsday theories surrounding Nibiru have been around for decades, but thanks to claims from Mr Meade, speculation resurfaced once again this year. The numerologist, who authored the book 'Planet X – The 2. Arrival', linked last month's total eclipse with various Biblical passages, including the Book of Revelations. As well as detailing markings on Egypt's pyramids, Mr Meade's prediction is mostly based on the Bible passage Isaiah, Chapter 1. See, the Day of the Lord is coming – a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger – to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. Earlier this year Mr Meade made a September 2. Doomsday prediction using verses from the Bible, and he has since claimed this date is backed up by marking on the pyramids (stock image)'The Stars of Heaven and their constellations will not show their light.

The rising sun will be darkened and the Moon will not give its light.' Nick Pope (pictured), a former conspiracy theory expert for the Mo. D, says Nibiru claims demonstrate a 'lack of critical thinking'Mr Meade said in August: 'It is very strange indeed that both the Great Sign of Revelation 1. Great Pyramid of Giza both point us to one precise moment in time – September 2. Is this the end of the Church Age and the transition to the Day of the Lord?'There couldn't be two greater witnesses.'He claimed that Nibiru, also known as Planet X, would become visible in the sky around mid- September before it collides with our planet. But Mr Pope says that the Nibiru prediction is 'anti- science', and could be harmful to vulnerable people.

He told Mail. Online: 'Belief in Nibiru demonstrates a lack of critical thinking, and is anti- science, but more seriously, things like this can do immense harm.'The young, the impressionable and the suicidal might see stories about Nibiru and believe them.'I think there's a danger, for example, that something like this could push an unstable person over the edge.'Nasa has dismissed theories about Nibiru as pseudoscience, issuing a number of statements denying its existence over the years. Doomsday theories surrounding Nibiru have been around for decades, but thanks to claims from Mr Meade, speculation resurfaced once again this year (stock image)In response to the most recent rumours, it said: 'Various people are "predicting" that world will end Sept. Earth.'The planet in question, Niburu, doesn't exist, so there will be no collision.'The story of Niburu has been around for years and is periodically recycled into new apocalyptic fables.'The Nibiru claims are not the only end- of- the- world theory surrounding September 2. ARE DOOMSDAY THEORIES DANGEROUS? Mr Pope says that the Nibiru prediction can be harmful to vulnerable people. He told Mail. Online: 'Belief in Nibiru demonstrates a lack of critical thinking, and is anti- science, but more seriously, things like this can do immense harm.'The young, the impressionable and the suicidal might see stories about Nibiru and believe them.'I think there's a danger, for example, that something like this could push an unstable person over the edge.' Last week several conspiracy theorists and doom- mongers claimed tomorrow will mark the beginning of the apocalypse, based on verses in the Bible. The 'Rapture', set out in the Book of Revelation, will see 'worthy' Christians lifted into heaven by Jesus, while those remaining will be left to face the end of the world. An apocalyptic theory known as Revelation 1.