http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Jones
Jones is currently investigating[4] the hypothesis that the World Trade Center Twin Towers and WTC 7 were brought down by pre-positioned cutter charges, one of the various conspiracy theories surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks. Jones' work in this area has not been peer reviewed or published.
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Jones has written a paper entitled "Behold My Hands: Evidence for Christ's Visit in Ancient America" in which he used archeological evidence to support the claims of Joseph Smith Jr. (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) that Jesus had visited the Native Americans after his Resurrection, an event chronicled in the Book of Mormon. The evidence pointed to is Mayan depictions of deities which have stigmata like markings on their hands.
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Jones was also a speaker at the "9/11 + The Neo-Con Agenda Symposium."
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Qualified experts have dismissed Jones' paper as being a "non-issue", and containing "nothing to debunk." Since Jones' paper has not been published in a scientific journal, there are academicians, including some from Jones' own university, who question whether the article has been properly vetted by other experts in the field.
The BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has issued a statement in which they distanced themselves from Jones' research. A similar statement was issued by BYU's structural engineering faculty, the "Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology." The statements noted that Jones' hypotheses and interpretations of evidence were being questioned by scholars and practitioners, and that his analyses and hypotheses had not been "submitted to relevant scientific venues that would ensure rigorous technical peer review."
D. Allan Firmage, Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, BYU [16], responded to an article from the Provo Daily Herald which detailed a presentation that Steven Jones had recently given, and remarked that after reading reports from FEMA, the ASCE and from other professional engineering organizations, as well as Jones' paper, he found the thesis that planted explosives (rather than fire from the planes) had caused the collapse of the Towers, "very unreliable." Dr. Firmage further added: "Before one (especially students) supports such a conspiracy theory, they should investigate all details of the theory. To me, a practicing structural engineer of 57 continuous years, Professor Jones' presentations are very disturbing."
In August 2006, former members of "Scholars for 9/11 Truth", Judy Woods and Morgan Reynolds, strongly critized Jones' work within the 9/11 Truth movement, stating: "Steven E. Jones, BYU physicist, rocketed to the top of the 9/11 research ladder based on position and credentials. But nearly a year later, his contributions range from irrelevant to redundant to misleading to wrong. He has not turned up a single item of value. The majority of what Jones says is political and his physics is egregiously wrong, deceptive, nonexistent and shallow."
