Resolving Kennedy's Assassination

From: brodix (brodix_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: 10 Oct 2004 16:58:31 -0700

Adding to the conspiracy aspect of this forum...

 This first occurred to me about the time Oliver Stone's JFK came out.
I read several books on the subject and in the notes at the end of
one, it was mentioned that of the three shell casings found at the
window of the book depository, two were shiny and one was tarnished.
 The author said it was the opinion of some theorists that only two
shots had been fired from this location and an old casing had just
been chambered to ensure the breech was clear.
 Another reason occurred to me. Bullet brass tarnishes easily,
especially from finger oils and a tarnished shell casing is often
evidence of reloaded ammunition.

 There were three primary wounds and two secondary wounds.
 The first shot struck Kennedy in the upper back and travelled at an
upward trajectory, exiting out his neck. I don't recall any
description of internal damage, but there were minor fragment wounds
around the entry wound. This bullet apparently lodged in the window
frame, next to the rearview mirror.
 It seems likely that this bullet did not hit Kennedy directly, but
struck directly behind him and ricoshetted at an upward angle.
 
 The second shot struck Connelly in the back and grazed a rib as it
was exiting. This bullet then entered his leg and fell out on the
hopital gurney. It was this bullet that the Warren Commision claimed
had hit both Kennedy and Connelly, thus earning the "magic bullet"
designation because it was in such good condition.
 Even Connelly didn't believe this. According to an interview with Dan
Rather that I saw, he said that after the first shot, he turned around
and saw that Kennedy was hit. He turned back forward and was struck.
He also said the third shot was louder than the first two.

 One of the first two bullets also went through Kennedy's right wrist.

 The third shot struck Kennedy in the head and caused massive damage
to the right side. There were fragments in his brain that showed up on
x-rays taken at the hospital.
 Presuming this bullet struck him in the back of the head. It must
have fragmented on contact.

 So there were five wounds. Four were the normal entry/exist wounds
expected of a high-powered military round of the sort used in Oswald's
rifle. The last one was caused by a round that fragmented completely
on contact.

 In Fredrick Forsythe's The Day of the Jackal, one of the plot devices
was that the assassin used explosive ammunition. It was manufactured
by drilling out the bullet and putting in a drop of mercury and
soldering it over. When the bullet struck its target, the mercury flew
forward, exploding the front of the bullet.

 Consider that one of the memorable clues was that on the motorcycle
dictagraph recording, the were three clear spikes that were clearly
the result of gunshots, but a seventh of a second after the third
shot, there was another spike that wasn't quite as prominant. This was
held up as evidence of a fourth shot.

 Earlier this summer, there was an episode of Histories Mysteries that
was about the various photographers on the scene and the information
that could be gleaned from them and their pictures. Toward the end of
the show, one of them was describing how shocked he was as it
happened. Then he said that when he felt the pressure of the third
shot on his face, he knew it was for real.

 Of the conspiracy theories, the main contention has been that there
was a shooter on the grassy knoll, behind the fence. The primary
reason for this was because the acoustics made it sound as if the
third shot had come from a different location and it was the closest
possibility.
 Another reason was an apparent puff of smoke in one of the pictures.
It should be noted that "smokeless gunpowder" had replaced black
powder when modern guns replaced muzzle loaders.

 Another conspiracy theory is that Oswald had not actually been the
one firing the gun, but had been set up. If you accept the possibility
that the first shot ricoshetted, then the first two shots actually
missed. This doesn't seem as though it would be the work of a
professional.
 Oswald had tried to kill a general some months previously and had
missed with the one shot he fired. If this was his trial run, an
obvious lesson would be not to count on only one shot.

 I am not by nature a debunker, but I recognize my own tendencies to
perceive patterns that only exist as a function of my particular
perspective and I've come to see that human behavior is generally
happenstance, with secret conspiracies lacking the broad oversight
that is so often necessary to keep efforts from failing.

regards,

brodix

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