On Jul. 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 took off from JFK Airport in New York on its ill-fated attempt to reach Paris. Minutes after takeoff, however, it mysteriously crashed into the Atlantic, and ever since there has been plenty of intrigue surrounding just what happened to cause the crash.

All 230 people aboard the plane were killed, and an investigation was immediately undertaken to figure out just what went wrong. Now, some experts are stepping forward to say that the findings of that investigation were false, and that circumstances surrounding TWA Flight 800 were far more sinister.

"We don't know who fired the missile," said Jim Speer, an accident investigator for the Airline Pilots Association, one of a handful of experts seeking a new review of the probe. "But we have a lot more confidence that it was a missile."

Originally, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that the cause of the crash was an accidental fuel tank explosion. Several members of that that investigation, however, have come forward to claim that those findings were intentionally falsified.

Those NTSB probe investigators say that federal authorities immediately became involved in the investigation and worked to derail their efforts to arrive at the cause of the crash. One of the whistleblowers has since claimed that they found absolutely no evidence of mechanical failure and that the current story is a cover-up.

"All petitions for reconsideration are thoroughly reviewed, and a determination is usually made within about 60 days," spokesperson Kelly Nantel said. "While the NTSB rarely re-investigates issues that have already been examined, our investigations are never closed and we can review any new information not previously considered by the board."

A new documentary, "TWA Flight 800," looks into those supposed claims and has raised quite a stir lately with the results it came up with. Former investigators and family members have already petitioned the NTSB to engage in a re-examination of the evidence, a move that is now being considered. Not everyone is excited about these new findings, however.

"Personal self-fulfilling motives by exploiting those who died on TWA 800 is nauseating," said Matt Zimkiewicz, who lost his sister on the flight. "It is my personal, as well as my family's position that we have full faith and confidence in the NTSB's final report on TWA 800."