The First Shot

[Jarrett Smith]

No, DPD Baker is just another witness in a large group of witnesses confirming that there never was an early missed shot. The eyewitnesses correlate where the first shot occurred by relating the limousines position to where they were standing. Motorcade 63 relates the first shot to Westbrook/ Calvery statements placing it between Z204 and Z212. The Chisms, Jean Newman, and Mary Woodward also place it in the same time frame.

The first shot was fired around Z157. Look at the photos below within a second both Connally and Jack Ready quickly turn their heads to the right.

[Andrew Mason]

The first shot was fired around Z157. Look at the photos below within a second both Connally and Jack Ready quickly turn their heads to the right.

And if that was the only place they turned their heads and a rifle shot was the only reason offered for turning their heads, and if it were not for the 25 or so witnesses who said that JFK visibly reacted to the first shot, and if there weren’t another 20 witnesses who put it much later, that might be worth considering.

[Jarrett Smith]

And if that was the only place they turned their heads and a rifle shot was the only reason offered for turning their heads, and if it were not for the 25 or so witnesses who said that JFK visibly reacted to the first shot, and if there weren’t another 20 witnesses who put it much later, that might be worth considering.

Connally was an experienced hunter and knew it was a rifle report. How could Oswald fire three shots between Z223-Z312?

[Andrew Mason]

Connally was an experienced hunter and knew it was a rifle report. How could Oswald fire three shots between Z223-Z312?

JFK was clear of the tree well before z207 and he was visible as he passed under the tree. He was visible before he had reached the Thornton sign which puts it before z200:



A first shot at z190 and a last shot at z312 leaves 6.67 seconds.  More than enough time to load aim fire, load aim fire.

[Tom Graves]

The first shot was fired around Z157. Look at the photos below within a second both Connally and Jack Ready quickly turn their heads to the right.

Starting at Z-150, Connally, who had been looking at the spectators on the grass to his right, quickly and consciously (i.e., not as a startle reaction) turned his head to his *left* before that. That's why he appears to be looking almost straight ahead in the famous Croft photo which was taken at Z-160 (iirc).

Jack Ready had also turned his head to his *left* about the same time.