Connally as well as secret service agent roy kellerman, believed that kennedy and connally were hit by separate bullets. What was jackie kennedy reaching for when president. And chambers is aptly qualified to make such an assessment, having a ph. Lets say it was a loaded shell, containing mercury.
Shooting holes in theory that a secret service agent. A great deal, according to this author, a physicist and ballistics expert. The film showed kennedys head being thrown back violently and to his left. Kennedy was shot by a second gunman on the grassy knoll is wrong, according to a new analysis of video footage of the shooting, published in the journal heliyon. The science behind the jfk assassination reprint by g.
The science behind the jfk assassinationthe first book to. Jfk suffered a gunshot wound caused by the same type of rifle as that owned by lee harvey oswald, fired from the vicinity of the texas. President kennedys hand reaches toward his head after being shot, as jacqueline kennedy reaches out to him. The prepublicity made some fairly bold promises such as identifying the second rifle and proving the locations of the other assassins that, on reflection, were destined to go unfulfilled. I know theres a theory that if you get hit by a bullet from behind, the head goes towards the source of the bullet. Chapter 5, the head shot describes donahues analysis of the shot that hit kennedy in the head, using the warren commission evidence. Robert mcclelland of jfks massive exit wound located in the back and on the right side of jfks skull, that this exit wound could only be created when a projectile enters from the front and exits from the right rear if the shooter was located in front of. Nallis model shows that the wound wasnt where the bullet exited, but where it entered. After more than four decades and scores of books, documentaries, and films on the subject, what more can be said about the assassination of president john f.
Head shotnew book claims jfks fatal shot, came from a. Each special came to the same conclusion oswald a socialist cuban sympathizer killed the president, he acted alone, he fired 3 shots including the magic bullet. Dallas bureau ap press photographer james altgens took this black and white photo identified as altgens no. Jfks head wounds suggested to donahue that the third shot was not fired by the mannlichercarcano rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. I was with my family at winn dixie in jacksonville florida at the time. Surgeon in parkland er insists fatal jfk head shot came. For anyone seeking a fresh understanding of the jfk assassination, this is an in. When the president was shot, he says, kennedys head exploded, as the film so graphically shows.
This supposedly means that the back of the head was blown out, as depicted in the mcclelland drawing above. Multiple shots from many directions killed jfk debate. Jfks head shot under scientific scrutiny constant contact. Kennedy ryan is a phenomenal writer, her stories always grab your attention from the very first word and keep you completely mesmerised and captivated right up until the very last word has sunk in. G paul chambers what more can be said about the assassination of president john f. Researchers like stewart galanor, who were lucky enough to see the film in the 1960s at a private screening in the u. Kennedys life could sensationally prove kennedy was shot by two different gunmen. Surgeon in parkland er insists fatal jfk head shot came from the front editors note. It also illustrates why the third and fatal head shot could not have come from the texas school book depository, but from a location almost horizontal and slightly to the left of the president. But the reality is that the word occipital isnt used so precisely as the conspiracy books believe. It has been a massive, thirtyyear plus campaign by conspiracy books, videos, filmmakers like oliver stone, and conspiracy promoters on the internet. They announced over the loudspeaker that the president had been shot and then just a few minutes later as we were standing at the check out they announced that the.
This provocative, rigorously researched book presents evidence and compelling arguments that. Chambers writes that because kennedys head recoils backward at the moment of impact, it is reasonable to conclude, based on the law of conservation of momentum, that the bullet that struck him arrived from the front side of the head, remained trapped inside, and never exited. The debris exiting from the back of jfks head is traveling too fast to be captured in the 18 frame per second zapruder film. Lets say that there was a shot that struck kennedys head almost precisely prior to the fatal head shot. A shot from the grassy knoll would have exited through the left side of kennedys brain, but that is largely undamaged. Kennedy would be rife with heartbreak, a new book has revealed. To view more accounts of witnesses who saw the location of the headwound click here. Jfk autopsy photos pictures head shot wounds john f kennedy. The presidents limousine travels down elm street immediately after the first shot was fired. The science behind the jfk assassination is another one of those books that i probably should have expected would be disappointing.
Using an anatomical surrogate, a jfk assassination final shot recreation is made using two locations. Examining key zfilm frames and compiling evidence of conspiracy. Further disputing the theory of a lone gunman, texas authorities reportedly discovered three spent shell casings on the sixth floor of the school book depository where oswald made his snipers nest. The view from the sixth floor window of the texas school book depository, from which lee harvey oswald is thought to have shot president kennedy, as seen approximately one hour after the assassination. The hypothetical trajectory path red line was extended forward without. A still from the zapruder film shows kennedy in thornburns position seconds after he is shot in the back of the head. Jfk kennedy autopsy photos photographs throat wounds shot in the head. The jfk head shot captured by the zapruder film is famous for showing us the moment u. And 4 a description of the head wound in the autopsy reports from bethesda and is as follows. The kennedy assassination crime scene in dealey plaza, dallas, texas. The campaign has been to push kennedys head wound to the very back of his head, in occipital bone, in order to promote the idea of a. There is a large irregular defect of the scalp and skull on the right involving chiefly the parietal bone. Conspiracy books are always quoting parkland and bethesda witnesses saying kennedys head wound was occipital or occipitalparietal. Paul chambers is aptly titled because the author hones in on the fatal head shot and proves, through painstaking application of the laws of physics, that the bullet must have come from the rightfront of kennedy, specifically the grassy knoll.
I think the first shot hit kennedy in the back actually, i think it did more than that, as my book outlines, the second shot hit connally, the third shot was the accidental ar15 head shot, and the fourth shot was a miss from oswald that caused bystander james tagues injuries. The first shot apparently missed, the second struck kennedy in the back at the base of his neck, and the third in the head from a distance of 81 m. The autopsy face sheet verbally described in the death certificate that there was an entry wound at the. Wouldnt the mercury seek the path of least resistance, and blow the area of the other bullets entry point wide open. The head shot jfk assassination debate the education forum. The choice of autopsy hospital in the washington, d.
This book is a recount of a firearms experts efforts to investigate the kennedy assassination and alert the authorities to his startling but verifiable conclusions that lee harvey oswald might have shot at and wounded kennedy, but that he could not have fired the fatal head shot, and in donahues opinion there was only one man who could have. In this case, the two relevant issues are the singlebullet theory and the source of the head shot, the motivation for the title of the book. Feb 8, 2018 he took the head shot that killed jfk, what a picture. Mcclelland said the film validated the possibility that a second. The book describes the characteristics of oswalds fullmetal jacket rounds designed to pass through a body, versus the frangible secret service. Jfk autopsy photos pictures head shot wounds john f. Convincing evidence that the shot came from the front. As one of several hundred headshot survivors during the viet nam war, iwe stand as living proof that fmj bullets do not produce the kind of massive trauma that occured in the jfk case. Jfk was not shot from the grassy knoll, suggests new research. Most investigators, including donahue, believe that weapon, linked to lee harvey oswald, fired the first two shots, if not all three. Robert mcclelland, who tried to save president kennedy. The umbrella of the infamous umbrella man is seen in the lower left. The above image, frame 312 of the zapruder film, provides us with a good profile of president kennedys head just a fraction of a second before the fatal head shot. Head shotnew book claims jfks fatal shot, came from a 2nd shooter on the knoll, w a.
Anyone who didnt sleep through high school physics and payed attention to the zapruder sp film of kennedys assassination knows oswald was no lone shooter, head shot, by rigorously analyzing kennedys movements in response to bullets striking his body documents the falseness of the lone assassin narrative proposed by the warren commission. The parkland hospital staff reported a large, avulsive wound in the right rear of kennedys head. Head shot presents a unique and fascinating correlation of history and science with the governments investigation of the assassination of president kennedy. Jfk john f kennedy assassination autopsy photos pictrues head shot location temple wound from front fatal trajectory lone assassin theories injury description conspiracy blown off wetnesses. See more ideas about jfk, john f kennedy and john kennedy. Est november 22, 1963, on the day of his assassination and ending at about 12. James patterson has delved into the familys history and come up with some surprising anecdotes in the house of kennedy, which was published last week, according to people. Kennedy was murdered on november 22, 1963 in dallas, texas. Kennedys temporal bone temple because that is the only possible exit from a bullet that came from the book depository using an entry wound in the rear of kennedys head. Jfk assassination head shot recreation part 1 youtube. Jfk head shot wound kennedy assassination autopsy photos.
There is a good deal of discrepancy regarding a shot that kennedy took to the back. Kennedy allegedly was turned left enough to compensate for having the bullet exit out the right of his head. A fascinating drawing by the surgeon who tried to save john f. According to the official story put out by the warren commission, the fatal shot was one of three fired by lone assassin lee harvey oswald from the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. Yes if you were alive that day november 22 1963 you remember where you were at and what was going on when you heard that the president had been shot. It should be noted chambers was not a conspiracy freak, in fact he had no interest until challenged to solve the mystery one way or the other. National archives, believed that this proved that jfk was killed by a shot coming from in front of him and to his right from the. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. He took the head shot that killed jfk, what a picture. Kennedy assassination, and his findings should perhaps be required reading for anyone who wants to write sf about it hereafter. The shot that killed jfk is a 1992 nonfiction book by bonar menninger outlining.
Kennedy, first lady jacqueline kennedy, and texas governor john connally ride through the streets of dallas prior to the assassination on nov. President kennedy died on the emergency table after 20 minutes. Shown is the location of cameraman abraham zapruder along with the trajectory of the third and fatal shot that killed president. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Kennedys assassination in dallas, texas on november 22, 1963and the investigation and conspiracy theories that followed. No doubt one may have been in the school book building with the simpleton oswaldon another floor, maybe above him, and may have made the fatal shot. The assassination of jfk was the crime of the century. Block shot is the second instalment in kennedy ryans hoops series and can absolutely be read as a standalone.
You can see from the description given below by dr. Not interested in any comments or such of the idiotic belief it was a lone nut or such. The zapruder film seems to show the front of jfks head being blasted open by a shot. The shot that killed jfk is a 1992 nonfiction book by bonar menninger outlining a theory by sharpshooter, gunsmith, and ballistics expert howard donahue that a secret service agent accidentally fired the shot that actually killed president john f.
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