Northwoods

[JBeukema]

Sounds a lot like how Germany framed Poland as a pretext for invasion

 

[JBeukema]

It is reported that the US company Raytheon landed a 727 six times in a military base in New Mexico without any pilots on board. This was done to test equipment making future hijackings more difficult, by allowing ground control to take over the flying of a hijacked plane. [Associated Press, 10/2/2001; Der Spiegel (Hamburg), 10/28/2001]

Context of 'October 2, 2001: Remote Controlled Passenger Airplane Flew Before 9/11, Despite Claims to the Contrary'

 

[JiggsCasey]

If LeMay and the gang had their way, we'd be 50 years into a delicious nuclear winter by now.

Three cheers for irrational fear!