Pentagon airplane?

[Torplexed]

Okay, here are some questions for those that think that something other than a plane hit the Pentagon.

The official version states that Flight 77 hit the Pentagon. Others have put forth different theories, such as a cruise missile, truck bomb, or other aircraft. If any of these are true, where the heck did Flight 77 vanish to as others have asked?

The only answer that makes sense is that the plane was flown to a remote location, completely off radar (somehow) and all crew and passengers were killed. Either that or all of them, including the news agency (CNN?) staffer that was the first to be identified as a passenger on that flight, were ALL in on it. If anyone on the flight was not in on it, then why would they remain silent about what really happened?

If 'They' had really intended to liquidate all the passengers on the plane in the first place, why not just use the plane that was supposed to be used?

This is why I have such a hard time with these theories. If it was a government conspiracy to hit the Pentagon, why not just have 5 guys from the government do what (most of) the rest of the world believed happened in the first place. Adding military planes and weapons to the mix, then having to dispose of Flight AA77 so completely is where any talk of a conspiracy here falls apart for me.

It would seem to me that the most basic principle in ANY conspiracy would be to make the actual events fit the lie as closely as possible.