exactly..no one verified much of anything they just ignored and destroyed evidence and made up a story
So what substance can melt steel and keep it in a molten state under oxygen starved conditions for weeks?
Well now that's the mystery isn't it? Do you have any suggestions?
Yeah. The evidence of it being molten steel is against you.
There is no evidence of maintained temperatures of 2,800F within the pile. Also, thermite/thermate cannot maintain temperatures of 2,800F for weeks.
Now, could what was seen be a byproduct of a eutectic reaction? WPI looked at some steel and said that the pieces showing evidence of a corrosive attack reached temperatures between 1,290F and 1,800F, FAR from the temps of molten steel.