The film explores claims that a missile strike had actually downed TWA Flight 800, contrary to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conclusion that a short circuit caused the 1996 fuel tank explosion.
[2] Stephen Pope of Flying, despite finding Stalcup's reasoning flimsy and strongly disagreeing with the conclusion, expressed his belief that the film was made in good faith and not with cynical motives.
[2] The film also stated that shootdown sequence video made by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was not accurate and that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hid or tampered with the remains from the crash.
[3] It includes testimonies of people who saw the crash who stated that a missile shootdown occurred; Pope characterized these as taking up a larger amount of the film.
"[4] Its interviewees include one person each from the NTSB, Trans World Airlines (TWA), and the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA): Hank Hughes, Bob Young, and James Speer.