September 11 · reading guide
Resources
Everything below is derived from this case's own source records — 36 of them — plus a small curated shelf of learning materials. Verification labels say exactly how much checking stands behind each record; nothing here is a recommendation to believe, only to read.
Primary literature18
Papers, preprints, and reports the case draws on — the records to read before trusting any summary, ours included.
- SRC-EO-14040-2021report · 2021
Executive Order 14040 — Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
Executive Office of the President (Joseph R. Biden, Jr.)
- SRC-KHAN-PLASCO-2021paper · 2021
Modeling the Collapse of the Plasco Building Part I: Reconstruction of Fire
A. Khan; R. Domada; X. Huang; M. Khan; A. Usmani; Building Simulation
AI-verified citationdoi.org ↗ - SRC-AHMADI-PLASCO-2020paper · 2020
Collapse of the 16-Story Plasco Building in Tehran due to Fire
M. T. Ahmadi; A. A. Aghakouchak; R. Mirghaderi; S. Tahouni; S. Garivani; A. Shahmari; S. Epackachi; Fire Technology
- SRC-28PAGES-2016report · 2016
Joint Inquiry Part Four: Finding, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters (the '28 pages')
U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- SRC-CHESNEY-2015paper · 2015
Detecting abnormal trading activities in option markets
Marc Chesney; Remo Crameri; Loriano Mancini; Journal of Empirical Finance
- SRC-QUICK-V-NIST-2011report · 2011
Michael Quick v. United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology — Memorandum Opinion
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- SRC-HARRIT-2009paper · 2009
Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe
Niels H. Harrit; Jeffrey Farrer; Steven E. Jones; Kevin R. Ryan; Frank M. Legge; Daniel Farnsworth; Gregg Roberts; James R. Gourley; Bradley R. Larsen; The Open Chemical Physics Journal
- SRC-NIST-NCSTAR1A-2008report · 2008
Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 (NIST NCSTAR 1A)
S. Shyam-Sunder; R. Gann; W. Grosshandler; National Institute of Standards and Technology
- SRC-BAZANT-2008paper · 2008
What Did and Did Not Cause Collapse of World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York?
Zdeněk P. Bažant; Jia-Liang Le; Frank R. Greening; David B. Benson; Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)
AI-verified citationdoi.org ↗ - SRC-POTESHMAN-2006paper · 2006
Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
Allen M. Poteshman; The Journal of Business (University of Chicago Press)
- SRC-SENATE-ABLEDANGER-2005report · 2005
Able Danger and Intelligence Information Sharing — Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- SRC-NIST-NCSTAR1-2005report · 2005
Final Report of the National Construction Safety Team on the Collapses of the World Trade Center Towers (NIST NCSTAR 1)
S. Shyam-Sunder; National Institute of Standards and Technology
- SRC-DOJ-OIG-2004report · 2004
A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General
- SRC-COMMISSION-HEARING12-2004report · 2004
Twelfth Public Hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (transcript)
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
- SRC-EPA-OIG-2003report · 2003
EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General
- SRC-FEMA403-APPC-2002report · 2002
World Trade Center Building Performance Study, Appendix C: Limited Metallurgical Examination (FEMA 403)
Jonathan Barnett; Ronald R. Biederman; R. D. Sisson, Jr.; Federal Emergency Management Agency
- SRC-FEMA403-CH5-2002report · 2002
World Trade Center Building Performance Study, Chapter 5: WTC 7 (FEMA 403)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- SRC-BAZANT-2002paper · 2002
Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? — Simple Analysis
Zdeněk P. Bažant; Yong Zhou; Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)
AI-verified citationdoi.org ↗
Critiques & counter-analyses8
Sources whose evidence in this case predominantly undermines the featured hypothesis. Read these with the same seriousness as the supporting work.
- SRC-USATODAY-PULLIT-2022webpage · 2022
Fact check: World Trade Center Building 7 collapsed due to fire on 9/11, not pre-rigged explosives
Sudiksha Kochi; USA TODAY
- SRC-UAF-WTC7-2020report · 2020
A Structural Reevaluation of the Collapse of World Trade Center 7 — Final Report
J. Leroy Hulsey; Zhili Quan; Feng Xiao; Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- SRC-METABUNK-UAF-DRAFT-2019webpage · 2019
Sept 3 2019 release of Hulsey's WTC7 draft report — analysis
Mick West; Metabunk
- SRC-METABUNK-UAF-2017webpage · 2017
Debunked: UAF study shows WTC7 could not have collapsed from fire
Mick West; Metabunk
- SRC-MILLETTE-2012report · 2012
Revised Report of Results: MVA9119 — Progress Report on the Analysis of Red/Gray Chips in WTC Dust
James R. Millette; MVA Scientific Consultants
- SRC-DOD-IG-ABLEDANGER-2006report · 2006
Report of Investigation: Alleged Misconduct by Senior DoD Officials Concerning the Able Danger Program and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. Shaffer, U.S. Army Reserve
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
- SRC-911COMMISSION-2004report · 2004
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
- SRC-JOINT-INQUIRY-2002report · 2002
Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Datasets, archives & records2
Datasets, artifact records, and archival material.
- SRC-FBI-VAULT-911archive · 2022
9/11 Attacks Investigation and Related Materials (FBI Records: The Vault)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
- SRC-MOUSSAOUI-EXHIBITSarchive · 2006
United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui — trial exhibits
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Web & commentary8
Webpages, press, and commentary — useful for orientation, weak as evidence.
- SRC-AP-SAUDI-RULING-2025webpage · 2025
Judge rejects Saudi Arabia's bid to dismiss claims it supported 9/11 hijackers
The Associated Press
- SRC-NIST-WTC7-FAQwebpage · 2021
FAQs — NIST WTC 7 Investigation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- SRC-NIST-TOWERS-FAQwebpage · 2021
FAQs — NIST WTC Towers Investigation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- SRC-AE911TRUTH-WITNESSwebpage · 2021
Newly Discovered Eyewitness Account Puts NIST in a Corner on WTC 7 Explosions
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
- SRC-NIST-NEWS-2008webpage · 2008
NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse
National Institute of Standards and Technology
AI-verified citationnist.gov ↗ - SRC-BBC-PORTER-2007webpage · 2007
Part of the conspiracy?
Richard Porter; BBC (The Editors blog)
- SRC-BRONNER-VF-2006webpage · 2006
9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes
Michael Bronner; Vanity Fair
- SRC-SNOPES-PUTS-2001webpage · 2001
Were Stocks of Airlines Suspiciously Shorted Just Before 9/11?
David Mikkelson; Snopes.com
grouping is derived: a source lands under “critiques” when its evidence records in this case predominantly undermine the featured hypothesis · every entry links to its full provenance record