Editing American Airlines Flight 77 (section)

===Security camera videos===

[[File:Pentagon Security Camera 2.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=29|alt=A second security video, which shows the plane crashing 25 seconds into the video|Second security camera video; impact is at 0:25]]

The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] released filmed footage on May 16, 2006, that was recorded by a security camera of American Airlines Flight{{spaces}}77 crashing into the Pentagon, with a plane visible in one frame, as a "thin white blur" and an explosion following.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12818225 |title=Video of 9/11 plane hitting Pentagon is released |work=NBC News |date=May 16, 2006 |access-date=June 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530020209/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12818225/ |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The images were made public in response to a December 2004 [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request by [[Judicial Watch]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Judicial Watch Obtains September 11 Pentagon Video |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/5772.shtml |publisher=[[Judicial Watch]] |date=May 16, 2006 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511221056/http://www.judicialwatch.org/5772.shtml |archive-date=May 11, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Some still images from the video had previously been released and publicly circulated, but this was the first official release of the edited video of the crash.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/03/07/gen.pentagon.pictures/ |title=Images show September 11 Pentagon crash |work=CNN |date=March 8, 2002 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531134018/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/03/07/gen.pentagon.pictures/ |archive-date=May 31, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A nearby [[Citgo]] service station also had security cameras, but a video released on September 15, 2006, did not show the crash because the camera was pointed away from the crash site.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/5965.shtml |title=CITGO Gas Station Cameras Near Pentagon Evidently Did Not Capture Attack |date=September 15, 2006 |publisher=Judicial Watch |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501110315/http://www.judicialwatch.org/5965.shtml |archive-date=May 1, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Videotapes dispel conspiracy; Plane, not missile seen hitting Pentagon on 9/11 |work=The Washington Times |date=May 17, 2006}}</ref>

The [[Doubletree]] Hotel in the nearby neighborhood of [[Crystal City, Virginia|Crystal City]] also had a security camera video. The FBI released the video on December 4, 2006, in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by Scott Bingham. The footage is "grainy and the focus is soft, but a rapidly growing tower of smoke is visible in the distance on the upper edge of the frame as the plane crashes into the building."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/4821121.html |title=FBI Releases New Footage of 9/11 Pentagon Attack |publisher=[[KWTX-TV]] |date=December 4, 2006 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208062128/http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/4821121.html |archive-date=December 8, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>