Reply #42: Responding by paragraph:

[MercutioATC]

1) Perhaps the greatest evidence is the civilian passengers. The military is perfectly capable of carrying out wargames without the use of civilian passengers and planes. WHY would they risk the fallout if word ever got out?

2) You're assuming that the flight attendants weren't incapacitated before they could warn the flight deck.

3) No real question there.

4&5) That's why DAL1989 was also a suspect aircraft. After the first two hijackings (and crashes) longe-range northeastern seaboard departures all became suspect because they would match the profile of the existing hijackings. There could have been hijackings from other departure points, but that would make all 4500 planes in the sky suspect. They narrowed it down, I assume, by range and departure point.

6&7) When has the military ever used an unsuspecting civilian aircraft loaded with ordinary citizens in a wargame? When have they ever mislead civilian ATC for the sake of a wargame? There's absolutely NO reason to do so, and it would create an unacceptable potential for loss of civilian life (not to mention the repercussions if it was ever made public). The military is more than able to carry out simulations without the needless risk to civilians.

8) I have no idea.