Favor us with a few gems.....I’m not quite up to five hours of reading on that.
The shadow of the flagpole is at about 275 degrees (making the sun at about 95), and the angle of the sun looks rather low......didn’t this supposedly take place at mid day???? Looks more like 8 or 9 am.
(note that the orientation of the post of the satellite image and the “vector” to JFK is not to the north, go to google map to get a better idea)