During World War II, new technology was developed to take out German strongholds in Nazi-occupied France. Called Operation Aphrodite, this mission involved remote-controlled Boeing B-17s, loaded with explosives, flown into the Nazi bunkers at Mimoyecques. It was from these bunkers that the the Nazis fired V-3 cannons into London, destroying so many homes and factories.
Persistent allied bombing rendered the large-caliber propellant guns useless, but many planes as well as pilots were lost, including Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. — the elder brother of John F. Kennedy.
Now, pilots belonging to the global group — the 9/11 Pilot Whistleblowers — have charged that many of the same concepts behind Operation Aphrodite were later applied to 9/11. In short, the whistleblowers allege there were no planes commandeered by Islamic terrorists, but simply planes loaded with explosives flown by remote control — an uninterruptible autopilot system — into specified targets. Two of those planes hit the Twin Towers in New York City, while the third plane hit the Pentagon.
Here’s more on Operation Aphrodite from National Geographic on its 2016 series The Strange Truth.
