Posted on 10/25/2006 7:54:41 AM PDT by BILL_C
Its fall, the temperature is falling, the leaves are turning and with November here, we have some repeats to watch on the cable networks.
The History Channel will show one of their favorites, ABCs documentary Beyond Conspiracy featuring Peter Jennings and a computer animation which shows a bullet that hit President Kennedys back four inches below his collar but then the bullet allegedly exited his neck after nicking the upper part of the knot of his tie, and then it goes down at approximately a 25 degree down angle to hit Governor Connally in his back. Its amazing what computers can show.
Well also most likely see the Discovery Channels explanation of the assassination in Beyond the Magic Bullet. This show also features Dale Meyers computer animation, the same one used in Beyond Conspiracy. The show goes beyond the previous documentary as the producers go to Australia to get an expert shooter to attempt to duplicate the magic bullet, the shot that hit both JFK and Governor Connally. The shots they fire are aimed at figures composed of material which act like human muscle and bone when a bullet is fired into them.
Both of these shows think they proved the magic bullet theory is true.
Watch the digitized and stablilized Zapruder Film
The Closeup Zapruder Film with Frame #
For over 40 years weve heard and seen documentaries which talk about strange details in the JFK assassination investigation and reports. We first had the Warren Commission appointed by President Johnson with the main purpose to show that a lone gunman fired three shots at the limousine and wounded JFK, Governor Connally and a bystander too. We then had the House Subcommittee on Assassinations investigation in 1978 which investigated additional evidence in part because the Zapruder film was first shown to the American public on night TV in 1975. One of the newer pieces of evidence was the finding that the Dallas Police radio channel recorded a stuck open microphone during the time of the assassination and may have actually recorded the actual gunshots.
In 1991 the movie JFK again ignited the publics curiosity about the assassination with back and to the right along with witnesses saying they saw another gunman. The government again responded and gave us the Records Review Act which released even more information about the murder. In 1997, the Zapruder film was digitized and now we can see even more details in the film. And in 2001, a statistical analysis was published concerning the Dallas Police recording with the finding there were five shots captured by the recording. A gunshot and its reflections off objects is like a fingerprint in that its fairly unique and dependent on where the shooter is and where the microphone is that captured the sounds, and the objects such as buildings that the sounds reflect off of.
Although weve heard about discrepancies for years in documentaries such as the Men Who Killed Kennedy, weve also had some documentaries disappear from the airways as the History Channel found them not to be accurate such as the Guilty Men, a documentary that fingered Vice-President Johnson and other cronies in a Texas murder ring.
The story in my opinion will not die as so many of the facts dont seem to fit reality. We need to see something that makes sense.
Last year I met with one of the best known critics of the Warren Commission. I showed Dr. Cyril Wecht that one assumption made in the killing had led virtually everyone to make incorrect conclusions in the case. That assumption is that all of Governor Connallys wounds were caused by one bullet when in fact Governor Connally was wounded by two separate shots which were both fired from the Texas School Book Depository. Dr. Wechts questions and observations led me to do more research which Im still working on.
But what I want to show you today is when Governor Connally was wounded, something that has never been shown correctly on any of the documentaries or in any of the books that Ive reviewed. You see, experts such as Dr. Wecht have been arguing about what did not happen. Instead, lets show you what actually did happen.
To do that, I think the best place to start is with the last shot.
To briefly familiarize you with the Zapruder Film frame numbers, Z frame number 313 will be called Z313. The following are a few major frame numbers for familiarization.
Z=133 We first see the Limo in the film
Z=160 Some theorize the first shot from the Texas School Book Depository, we see Gov. Connallys head movement to the right shortly afterwards
Z=220 We first see President Kennedy emerge from behind the sign, clutching his throat and obviously wounded
Z=223 Governor Connally reacts to his first wound
Z=220 to Z=324 Governor Connally turns to look over his shoulder toward what he thinks are gunshots
Z=313 We see the fatal shot to President Kennedy
Z=325 Governor Connally is hit in the back and driven forward
With the film speed of 18.3 frames/second, things happened quickly, too quick for 1960s technology and the lack of accurate information they had to extract the truth. What we can see now in individual frames captured and edited was not possible even a few years ago when everything was analogue. And of course, nobody looked at Governor Connally closely after JFK's head shot at Z=313. Most everyone was sure all the serious action was over.
To those of you who remember the basic scenarios of the Warren Commission and the other numerous theories, the descriptions shown above concerning Connallys wounds are new. And as Ill show you, it isnt a theory, its the only times Governor Connally could have been wounded in the eight seconds from the first shot until the last was fired.
With literally thousands of books and hour after hour of documentaries on what must surely be the most investigated murder in history, at this time lets concentrate on Governor Connallys wounds. Once you understand the only way possible that Governor Connally could have been wounded based on the facts we have, then not only can we understand how both men were wounded, it will once and for all reveal how the Guilty Men pulled this off.
The first question concerns the last shot shown above at Z=325. The Warren Commission concluded the last shot was the fatal head shot at Z=313 but was faced with testimony such as one of the best witnesses, Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman who sat in the Limo directly in front of Governor Connally. During his Warren Commission testimony, Kellerman spoke of the ending of the shooting as a flurry of shots. When pressed for how many, he said two. He described the spacing of the last two shots as bang-bang. When Arlen Specter pressed him again, he said it was like an airplane breaking the sound barrier (the front of the plane breaks the sound barrier before the rear of the plane, hence you hear bang-bang also).
When Arlen Specter asked the spacing between the first shot and the flurry of shots, Kellerman said three to five seconds.
When we look at the Zapruder film, we see at Z=325 the collapse forward and downward movement of Connallys head. Looking at the sequence in real time, we see Connally driven quickly forward with his head snapping forward when he is shot. Further confirmation is given when you look at the analysis of the Dallas Police Recording. The difference between the Z=313 shot and the last shot is 0.7 seconds or approximately 12 frames.
We now have a credible witness, a recording, and the best motion picture of the assassination showing agreement that a shot was fired at Z=325.
But listen to a recent explanation of the Zapruder film factoring in the Dallas Police Recording. The reasons for Dr. Thomas' confusion and his trying to cling to the Warren Commission's are easily explained, but I'll leave that for later. Listen to the description of the last shot, "fired almost simultaneously" but they didn't even look to see what it might have done.
The Zapruder Film and the Dallas Police Recording per the Main Stream Media
A Warren Commission supporter will tell you that Governor Connally could not have been shot after Kennedy was shot because his leg wound does not line up with the shot trajectory through his body and through his right wrist. And, of course, there were only three bullets fired from the TSBD.
The hole in their argument is that Connally was indeed wounded earlier by a bullet fragment which entered Governor Connallys leg. And note the importance of the fact to this investigation that it was a bullet fragment, not an intact bullet. That Connally was hit by a bullet fragment to his left leg is well documented but many of todays documentaries incorrectly describe that the left leg wound was caused by an intact bullet which then fell out of his leg later at the hospital.
Three bullet fragments were found under Nellie Connallys seat (CE840), who sat directly to the left of Governor Connally. Its therefore credible that the bullet fragment that John Connallys left leg is from the CE840 shot.
To test this theory against the Warren Commissions, I took some of the better known observations in the JFK assassination list and compared the Z=325 scenario against the Warren Commission scenario. This is a quick way to see how facts fit against both theories.
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Observation
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Warren Commission Three Shots |
Z=325 Shot to Connallys back |
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Connally turns in his seat and looks back at JFK Z=230 to Z=324 |
No (1) |
Yes |
Connally holds hat in his hand until at least Z=325 |
No |
Yes |
Nellie and John Connally both said John Was shot after JFKs first wound (3) |
No |
Yes |
Connally falls forward as he describes in later Interviews when he is shot |
No |
Yes |
Three shots were fired from the TSBD |
Yes |
Yes |
Several Witnesses saw shooter(s) at the Grassy Knoll |
No |
Yes |
Agrees with Dallas Police Recording |
No |
Yes |
Kellerman Described flurry of shots |
No |
Yes |
JFK and Connally both react to Z=222 shot |
Yes |
Yes |
Connally bullet left wide scar to his back like the bullet was tumbling |
Yes (4) |
No |
Bullet to JFKs back did not have a point of exit (5). |
No |
Yes |
(1) If seriously wounded at approximately Z=220, this turn would be incredible for a man wounded so seriously.
(2) Connallys right wrist is allegedly broken by the shot at Z=220, its not reasonable to believe he could hold his hat for over 5 seconds
(3) Both Nellie and John Connally were actually very sure he was not wounded by the same bullet that first struck JFK. At a showing of the Zapruder film, John Connally guessed that he was wounded closer to Z=238. If the Dallas Police recording is valid, there is no shot fired at that time. Roy Kellermans testimony also stated that it was 3-5 seconds before the last two shots after the first.
(4) The Single Bullet supporters such as Dr. Latimer use this as support that the bullet which hit Gov. Connally in the back struck something else first. Experimental shots show that a bullet passing through tissue like JFKs upper body tends to roll over; hence the wider scar that was left in Gov. Connallys back. This is not proof, however, that the bullet struck something else before it entered John Connallys back.
(5) FBI agent ONeal described the autopsy discovery of the bullet wound to Kennedys back and then said no point of exit was discovered by probing with both the doctors finger and instruments.
The above table indicates based on some of the information commonly discussed concerning the assassination that the Z=325 scenario has merit. When you look at the location of the shot to JFKs back (four inches below the collar) and the fact that after exiting his neck, the bullet next has to be traveling at a 25 degree down angle; this is probably the major reason the single bullet theory has been so disbelieved.
Is that enough of an introduction? Ill tell you later the rest of the story as for this to be credible, there had to be at least six shots with three different shooters according to one of the doctors involved in the Warren Commission investigation. But as Ive shown so far, Governor Connallys left leg wound was caused by a bullet which fragmented and hit both JFK and Governor Connally.
That reduces to five shots and three different shooters, three shots from the TSBD and two shots from the front of the limo, fired by two different shooters. And funny thing is, there were witnesses who saw them!
To give you a hint about the rest of the story, in Tip ONeals book, The Man of the House he discusses a conversation with JFK aid Kenny ODonnell who said he was quite sure there were two shot fired from the front. ODonnell also tells why he did not tell the Warren Commission what he saw and heard when he testified.
The cover-up and the misinformation supplied by the government is as interesting as the shooting analysis itself. You see, for the government to get the investigation this wrong with testimony so clear, there had to be some interesting arm twisting going on. Arlen Specter, do you even today have a clue what you did? And Gerald Ford, the lone surviving member of the Warren Commission, you have to know something, dont you? Or did both of you keep your heads buried in the sand as you were manipulated by the Guilty Men? The truth is buried in a Conspiracy of Silence, just like Dr. Crenshaw said in the first book I read on the subject.
And how could the major news media keep getting this so wrong? "We" will deal with you later.
If you check Tip ONeals book, The Man of the House, youll see that he talks about Kenny ODonnells description in the book of two shots that were fired from the front. Since ODonnell was in one of the cars behind JFKs, he had a unique position and describes later to Tip ONeal why he did not tell what he saw correctly to the Warren Commission.
Now lets look at the individual frames and see Connellys head snap downward immediately after the bullet hits him in the back. I drew a white line through the back of his head in each frame to make the rapid movement of his head clearer. This is the first time to my knowledge that this head movement has been documented. With 18.2 frames per second, it would be virtually impossible for Connallys head to collapse without an external force.
Z=324
Z=325
Z=326
Z=327
Z=328
Now that you see in just a couple of frames how Governor Connally's head rolled down as he was ducking forward from the Z=313 shot that hit JFK in the head, listen to his description of how he was thrown forward as he was shot in the back.
A interview with Connally describing how he was shot
As you listen to Connally's description, the part about how he was hit in the back and thrown forward by the force of the bullet agrees with the Z=325 shot to Connally's back scenario very well, but then Govenor Connally goes on to describe how he then hears the fatal shot to JFK's head.
One of the reasons that this issue has been so confusing for so long is that many of the witnesses only got parts of what they said correct. Governor Connally, for example, did not see the head shot to President Kennedy as he was looking forward as he was turning to look over his left shoulder but he clearly says in his interview clip that JFK was shot after his back wound was received. Secret Service Agent Roy Kellerman says he heard one shot followed by 3-5 seconds then two shots, bang-bang. Kellerman argues with Specter later trying to reason there had to be more shots than three but Kellerman never says he heard more than three. The shots Kellerman identifies are number 3, 4 and 5. Shot 3 fragments and hits both JFK and wounds Connally in the left leg with a bullet fragment, shot 4 is the fatal head shot at Z=313, and shot 5 is the shot to Connally's back at Z=325.
And later when other details are explained, the actual killers will be exposed. No investigation could get this so wrong without some serious arm twisting.
If there was a 2nd Shooter, the whole assassination was definitely conceived & funded by the Mafia, probably New Orleans capo Carlos Marcello.
Why are they quiet?
Criminals can be counted on to squawk, that's why I don't believe the mafia connection.
Paid mercenaries on the other hand, do their job and keep quiet.
There were a few mercs, Cubans to be exact, who were really hot at JFK (oink, oink).
I'm thinking guys like that, having gotten revenge, would rather die with the secret.
Just an opinion.
a) get stationed on a forward airbase in Japan that had recon flights into the Soviet Union.
b) go to the Soviet Union (the "defection") with a 1200 ticket from a 200 bank account
c) get back in the States, paid for by uncle sam, bring his sweetheart, and more importantly, not get charged with treason
d) get involved in a ruckous with Anti-Castro Cubans that was later determined to be orchestrated by New Orleans Police...."
a) Oswald spent very little actual time serving in his trained MOS as an Aviation Electronics Operator, considering his brig time, hospital stay from shooting himself in the arm, and unit movements. He underwent psychiatric examination and was pulled from the fleet. Thereafter, his job duties were menial in nature until he satisfied his sea duty time length requirement. He mowed lawns, emptied trash cans, and polished floors.
b) Oswald traveled on board the freighter SS Marion Lykes sailing from New Orleans LA bound for France inexpensively. From there he took a train to Sweden, acquired a six-day visitor visa to the USSR. He traveled inexpensively, expecting to never return. I don't know where you get the $200 figure, but Oswald had scrimped and saved his USMC pay for more than two years spending little and mooching quite a bit from his fellow Marines.
c) Oswald applied for, and got, a State Department loan for travel to return to the United States. He actually paid it back over time. What would he be charged with treason for? Have you read in the US Constitution about what it takes to charge an American with treason? It's in there, crystal clear. Why was the government unable to charge 'Taliban Boy' John Walker with treason?
d) That's the first time I've ever heard that the altercation in New Orleans with Carlos Bringuier (who is still alive, by the way) was orchestrated by the New Orleans police. Your conspiracy web spins so far as to implicate the New Orleans Police Department in orchestrating the events that ultimately led to the murder of JFK?
... Oswald was an intelligence officer of the US Government, and was till the day he died. He may have been in deep cover."
How so? Remember that Oswald just turned 17 when he joined the Marines, getting his mother's approval to enlist as a minor. Oswald was 19 years old when he was discharged from the USMC. Before being assigned to the fleet, his tech schooling was only about a month and a half long. The rest of his time was served (exluding his hospital stay and brig sentences) in plain view of his fellow Marines. After a nervous breakdown, he applied for and received a hardship discharge from the USMC after just three years to care for his allegedly sick mother.
When would the shadowy secret elements of the US government have had time to train teenaged Oswald into becoming a 'deep cover intelligence officer'? Do they have some high speed four week crash course which they give to shitbird high school dropout PFCs with undesirable service records? It is unreasonable to believe this.
"... But if we go by the evidence of the Zapruder film, and the Dallas Police sound recording, none of the shots from the Texas School Book Depository could have been fatal to Kennedy. The fatal shot sent him back and to the right, which meant the fatal shot came from the front and left of the motorcade, from either the Grassy Knoll."
No.
"... (The remaining incorrect data and unsupported claims)"
No. Just no.
No comment follows.
Stennis - 1973: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Stennis
Hale Boggs & Nick Begich - 1972: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Boggs
I've got no idea who did it or why, but the thing that has always bothered me is the trajectory of the shot that went through JFK's neck. No book, no photos, no reinactment, nothing I have ever seen has explained the trajectory.
I've seen attempts to explain the trajectory... mostly by moving JFK's position, but nothing that even comes close to convincing me.
The entry and exit points of the neck wound simply do not match up with the claimed point of origin. Not even close.
jw
Cowinkidink???? Be afraid ..... very afraid .... NOT! God works in mysterious ways my friend.
Anyone who believes Oswald's rifle was something other than junk should remain silent.
The scope was not even attached properly even if it were something other than junk.
The Mannlicher-Carcano's only sin is selling for a bargain price.
Sorry but the rifle was so bad that it was called the "Mercy Rifle" in WWII because you couldn't hit anything with it.
And as I said the scope on Oswald's was improperly attached by Kleins and could not be used to sight a target properly. Only after it was shimmed up by the Ordinance Lab could it be sighted.
No way the bolt could have been operated with the rapidity required to make the shots in Dallas.
But you can believe whatever crap you wish.
I'm thinking guys like that, having gotten revenge, would rather die with the secret
REPLY:
OK, if it was a criminal element then WHY did the government lie at the time (the Warren COmmission) and why NOW?
WHAT I SHOWED was there were multiple shooters as TWO of the shots were 0.7 seconds apart. You've NEVER seen ANYONE say that John Connally was shot AFTER Presdent Kennedy was hit in the head. WHY NOT? An excellent witness said there were two shots, BANG-BANG. How come I have to pull that out of the Warren Commission testimony and talk about how it's OBVIOUS that's what happend?
IT simply doesn't make sense for the government to LIE about something so easily proven. IT may give you some idea WHY the Zapruder Film was locked away until 1975 when it was shown on TV. The why is because it's obvious that's when Connally was shot in the back.
The reason ALL the numerous authors have missed this is that EVERYONE assumed that Connally's wounds were ALL caused by one bullet. There was some questions raised earlier, but the Warren Commission crowd argued that it was too complicated unless one bullet caused all Connally's wounds. They are wrong.
The entry and exit points of the neck wound simply do not match up with the claimed point of origin. Not even close.
REPLY:
The reason it is so hard to understand is that the bullet hitting JFK's back had NO point of exit. Those are the words of the FBI agent who found the wound in his back during the autopsy.
Not to jump ahead, but the bullet to his neck was, by the hospital staff, believed to be an entrance wound.
IF you believe the pictures I posted which shows Connally's head collapsing 0.7 seconds AFTER the shot that killed JFK, then you don't have to understand anything about the single bullet theory. I'll try to send you two pictures later when I'm on my other computer, one is the hole in JFK's shirt (the Warren Commmission NEVER saw that) and the other is the drawing the Warren Commission did see which shows the entrance wound to the back of his neck, something that we now Know did NOT happen.
The point of this exercise for me is to see IF there is enough information given to help you believe without any doubt how Connally was wounded that day. It is one of the most written about and investigated topics in history, and we've never been shown what really happened.
On to your other question...
I did mention that there's plenty of evidence and testimony that shows Lee Harvey Oswald didn't have a lot of money and was very stingy with his savings. For $19.95, the rifle jumped right off the page at him when he saw the advertisement. Remember that $19.95 in 1963 dollars is probably somewhere close to $150-$200 in today's dollars, maybe even more. An Omega Speedmaster Professional watch sold for $185 in 1958, but they're bought new for $2200 today. How much did a Ford Galaxie 500 sell for in 1963? Probably $2500 loaded? The point is that $20 was a lot of money to a schmuck doing spotty menial labor in 1963. In fact, when Marina Oswald found that her husband spent $20 to buy the Carcano, it started an argument between them because she couldn't believe he was wasting money when their family had so little. I think that I recall Oswald was paying $65 monthly rent in Dallas.
I suppose that Oswald could have purchased something more suitable to your tastes, like a Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster, but that was not an inexpensive rifle in 1963 retailing for about $139.95. James Earl Ray murdered Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with one, unless we now have to debate that he wasn't the assassin either.
The bottom line is that Oswald spent what he thought he could afford, and unfortunately and tragically he got a good bargain for his money.
It must be close to November because the loons are out again.
The first bullet missed and hit a curb. The bullet fragments or concrete hit a guy standing near the underpass. That bullet or fragments were never found.
The second bullet traveled 2000 fps to hit the president 5 1/2inches [14 Centimeters]below the Mastoid Process[there's a picture of the hole and the ruler], it hit no bones and exited out his neck[1772 to 1,779 feet per second] clipping his tie[photos of the tie]. It traveled 28 inches away[trajectory report]to hit Connelly near the right armpit[Doctor's report] clipping his rib[Doctor's report]and keyholed out his chest
leaving a 2 inch by 1/2 inch wound [Doctor's report]. At this point it had only hit one bone and is now flying sideways when it hit the wrist [3/4 inch wound] and buries itself in a shallow wound[very little soft tissue damage,[Doctor's report] in the thigh leaving an amount of lead in the thigh. The amount of lead in the wrist and the bullet add up to the original weight of 161 grains which is the same amount of the bullets from the Western Ammunition Company. Connelly had a broken rib bone and wrist bone. {Doctor's report]. Cloth from his clothing was found in his wrist.
The third bullet hit Kennedy in the back of the head toward the right side. The bullet broke into two pieces and one piece cracked the inside of the windshield near the mirror. The second fragment hit the chrome strip at the top of the windshield. There are photographs in evidence of the crack and the dent. The two pieces were found at the front of the limousine, one on the floorboard and the other on the seat. The Zapruder film shows Kennedys head moving approximately two to three inches forward at the moment of impact. The photographs of Kennedys head and skull show a small entrance hole and a large exit hole. Cratering of the hole at the back of the skull is typical of entrance holes.
We can't help if you can't shoot. You should go to the gun range more often. You would be surprised how well a person can learn how to hit a nine inch target at less than 100 yards.
Hell, I will.
Hey, mods, remove this junk. We have an election to win.
You contend the single bullet theory happened and many support you.
BUT explain Connally's description of how the bullet drove him forward
Explain how a man so severely wounded can turn around in his seat to look back, and not just a glance but a full turn.
Explain how Connally held his hat even after the back shot to Kennedy (Connally's wrist was supposedly broken then yet he held his hat for another 5 seconds).
Explain why numerous people from the secret service man who first saw Kennedy's head in the limo to the Parkland Memorial staff to the Autopsy in Washington said the back of his head was blown out?
Have you ever seen the pictures of JFK's autopsy with stitches in the side of his head? I bet you haven't.
The few things I mentioned above are hard to explain, especially that nasty old turn made by Connally.
No, the single bullet didn't happen. One of the biggest lies in history is going down.
I'll take a dozen. Where and when?
I will have to study this one. Thanks for posting this.
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