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[Jack Nessan]

How do you come to that conclusion? On the 26th when Norman was obviously inside, Norman says he heard a shot, then stuck his head out and then when he was back inside he heard another two shots, 1 +2 = 3!
The time between the first shots is believed to be about 3 seconds so Norman who was right at the window had plenty of time to have a quick look up between shots 1 and 2.

JohnM

Not until 12 days after the assassination did Norman claim he could hear the rifle cycling and the shells hitting the floor. Except how can he hear anything about the cycling of the rifle while his head is outside of the window between the shots. Yet he claimed he could hear the action worked three times.  The cycle time of the carcano was 2.3 seconds.

In his first statement on 11/26, he claimed the dust was in his eyes as he looked up outside, not from the dust from the ceiling inside that was part of his second 12/4 statement,  He makes additions and adjustments to his statement with each telling. It culminates with a story to the HSCA about LHO making an imaginary pistol with his fingers and making shooting noises (pew, pew) on the day of the assassination. A statement from Norman on the day of the assassination would have value, but the more time that passed the more embellished and contradictory his statements became. Other than him locating the shots from the window above, the rest of his statement should be viewed skeptically.

[Colin Crow]

Norman (and Jarman) only eventually revealed that Williams did not go in the elevator with them to the 5th floor at their WC testimonies.

[Bill Chapman]

I assume that excludes the 3 loud noises on the day of the actual event.

Yeah, those 3 loud noises between the 3 (loud-enough) noises of the bolt operation and 3 (loud-enough) noises of the shells hitting the floor.

[Bill Chapman]

Too bad Norman could not tell the same story twice. First statement on 11/26, no mention of the sound of the bolt or shells. The big question is did he stick his head out of the window between the shots or didn't he?  Apparently he even heard the bolt and shells when his head was outside of the window. I bet the WC members did not try that. Did the dust fall into his eyes from the ceiling or when he was looking up outside of the building?

FBI 11/26: "He stated that about the time the car in which the President was riding turned on to Elm Street, he heard a shot. He said he thought the shot had been fired from the floor directly above him. He further stated at that time he stuck his head from the window and looked upward toward the roof but could see nothing because small particles of dirt were falling from above him. He stated two additional shots were fired after he had puled his head back in from the window."

Secret Service 12/4:  Now he adds the bolt and shells but not his head outside of the window. "I knew that the shots had come from directly above me, and I could hear the expended cartridges fall to the floor. I could also hear the bolt action of the rifle. I also saw some dust fall from the ceiling of the fifth floor and I felt sure that whoever had fired the shots was directly above me.

Via his affidavit, Norman basically said he heard 3 shots, the bolt action, and shells dropping on the floor above. You seem to find the later testimony's more detailed description of those basics sinister in some way. Seems natural that in testimony, the Q&A would draw out more details.

[Colin Crow]

Yeah, those 3 loud noises between the 3 (loud-enough) noises of the bolt operation and 3 (loud-enough) noises of the shells hitting the floor.

Was I too subtle or did you choose to ignore?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15387085

[Jack Nessan]

Via his affidavit, Norman basically said he heard 3 shots, the bolt action, and shells dropping on the floor above. You seem to find the later testimony's more detailed description of those basics sinister in some way. Seems natural that in testimony, the Q&A would draw out more details.

No, there is nothing basic about his statements.---- His first statement was his head was outside and he was looking up during the cycling of the rifle. He stuck his head outside and pulled it back all within 2.3 seconds. No mention at all about hearing the shells or the bolt action.  He then changed his mind and gave a completely different accounting in the 12/4 Secret Service statement.

There is absolutely nothing that can be derived from his many statements other than he thought the shooter was above him and JFK was hit by the first shot
(WC: I heard a shot, and then after I heard the shot, well, it seems as though the President, you know, slumped or something, and then another shot and I believe Jarman or someone told me, he said, "I believe someone is shooting at the President," and I think I made a statement "It is someone shooting at the President, and I believe it came from up above us.").
 After that it was one contradictory statement after  the other. The other two members of the group believed two shots caused all the wounds. BRW thought there was only two shots and Jarman thought there was a third shot after the car accelerated leaving Dealey Plaza.

[Ray Mitcham]

No, there is nothing basic about his statements.---- His first statement was his head was outside and he was looking up during the cycling of the rifle. He stuck his head outside and pulled it back all within 2.3 seconds. No mention at all about hearing the shells or the bolt action.  He then changed his mind and gave a completely different accounting in the 12/4 Secret Service statement.

There is absolutely nothing that can be derived from his many statements other than he thought the shooter was above him and JFK was hit by the first shot
(WC: I heard a shot, and then after I heard the shot, well, it seems as though the President, you know, slumped or something, and then another shot and I believe Jarman or someone told me, he said, "I believe someone is shooting at the President," and I think I made a statement "It is someone shooting at the President, and I believe it came from up above us.").
 After that it was one contradictory statement after  the other. The other two members of the group believed two shots caused all the wounds. BRW thought there was only two shots and Jarman thought there was a third shot after the car accelerated leaving Dealey Plaza.

BR W Statemenht to the W.C.

"Mr. WILLIAMS. After the Presidents car had passed my window, the last thing I remember seeing him do was, you know--it seemed to me he had a habit of pushing his hair back. The last thing I saw him do was he pushed his hand up like this. I assumed he was brushing his hair back. And then the thing that happened then was a loud shot--first I thought they were saluting the President, somebody even maybe a motorcycle backfire. The first shot--there was two shots rather close together. The second and the third shot was closer together than the first shot and the second shot, as I remember. "

Jarman to the W.C.

"Mr. JARMAN - After the motorcade turned, going west on Elm, then there was a loud shot, or backfire, as I thought it was then--I thought it was a backfire.
Mr. BALL - You thought it was what?
Mr. JARMAN - A backfire or an officer giving a salute to the President. And then at that time I didn't, you know, think too much about it. And then the second shot was fired, and that is when the people started falling on the ground and the motorcade car jumped forward, and then the third shot was fired right behind the second one. "