Failure Analysis Associates and the SBT

[Tom Graves]

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AI Overview:

Failure Analysis Associates (FAA) conducted three-dimensional (3D) graphical analysis for a 1992 American Bar Association (ABA) mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, using computer animation to model the path of the single bullet. Their findings, along with other studies like those from Exponent engineers, supported the single-bullet theory by showing that one bullet could have inflicted all the wounds on President Kennedy and Governor Connally from the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.

Key Aspects of the FAA Study

Purpose:

To analyze bullet trajectories and wound patterns for the ABA's mock trial of the assassination.

Methodology:

The firm used three-dimensional graphics and computer modeling to recreate the events and the path of the bullet.

Findings:

The study demonstrated that a single bullet could inflict all seven wounds on President Kennedy and Governor Connally.

The analysis confirmed that the bullet could have passed from Kennedy's neck to Governor Connally's back and then into his wrist and thigh, as proposed by the single-bullet theory.

The results showed that the required shooter's position was a "splayed out cone" of fire, centered on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
 
Other Supporting Evidence

Exponent Analysis:
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A separate engineering and science firm, Exponent, also conducted a re-examination of the evidence for the same ABA mock trial, concluding that a single assassin on the sixth floor could have committed the murder.

Discovery Channel Re-enactment:
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A 2004 Discovery Channel program, "Unsolved History: JFK — Beyond the Magic Bullet," used up-to-date forensics to duplicate the single-bullet trajectory and found it closely matched the postulated path.

Ballistic Evidence:
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An earlier analysis by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1977 confirmed that the recovered bullet fragments were consistent with two bullets from the same origin, which could be explained by two successful shots from the same rifle.

[Michael T. Griffith]

Google's AI software gave me this info without my directly asking for it:

AI Overview:

Failure Analysis Associates (FAA) conducted three-dimensional (3D) graphical analysis for a 1992 American Bar Association (ABA) mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, using computer animation to model the path of the single bullet. Their findings, along with other studies like those from Exponent engineers, supported the single-bullet theory by showing that one bullet could have inflicted all the wounds on President Kennedy and Governor Connally from the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.

Key Aspects of the FAA Study

Purpose:

To analyze bullet trajectories and wound patterns for the ABA's mock trial of the assassination.

Methodology:

The firm used three-dimensional graphics and computer modeling to recreate the events and the path of the bullet.

Findings:

The study demonstrated that a single bullet could inflict all seven wounds on President Kennedy and Governor Connally.

The analysis confirmed that the bullet could have passed from Kennedy's neck to Governor Connally's back and then into his wrist and thigh, as proposed by the single-bullet theory.

The results showed that the required shooter's position was a "splayed out cone" of fire, centered on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
 
Other Supporting Evidence

Exponent Analysis:
.
A separate engineering and science firm, Exponent, also conducted a re-examination of the evidence for the same ABA mock trial, concluding that a single assassin on the sixth floor could have committed the murder.

Discovery Channel Re-enactment:
.
A 2004 Discovery Channel program, "Unsolved History: JFK — Beyond the Magic Bullet," used up-to-date forensics to duplicate the single-bullet trajectory and found it closely matched the postulated path.

Ballistic Evidence:
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An earlier analysis by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1977 confirmed that the recovered bullet fragments were consistent with two bullets from the same origin, which could be explained by two successful shots from the same rifle.

A misleading, incomplete, errant, and badly outdated summary. A few facts that you left out, facts that have been presented to you in other threads:

-- First and foremost, you continue to duck the determinative fact that JFK's tie had no hole in it, which proves that no bullet exited the shirt slits, since ample photographic evidence proves the tie was neatly centered between the edges of the collar band and directly over the location of the shirt slits.

-- Dr. Piziali of Failure Analysis admitted during the ABA mock Oswald trial that if JFK is reacting to a wound in Z225, this means the bullet must have hit him no later than Z221.

-- Piziali then made the ludicrous argument that JFK is not reacting to a wound in Z225, contrary to the findings of every other expert and government panel that has commented on JFK's reactions in the Zapruder film. Even the WC's experts admitted that JFK is plainly and clearly reacting to a wound in Z225. So did Dr. John Lattimer. So did the HSCA's experts.

-- Another Failure Analysis expert, Dr. Roger McCarthy, testified against the SBT at the ABA mock trial.

-- The Failure Analysis SBT wound ballistics test was a joke. It merely consisted of firing bullets into cadaver wrists at a reduced velocity. It made no effort to simulate passing through a human neck, passing through a human chest, smashing 5 inches of rib bone, and penetrating a human thigh.

-- The claim that "the recovered bullet fragments were" found to be "consistent with two bullets from the same origin" was blown to pieces some 20 years ago. You're referring to Guinn's NAA, which has been soundly debunked. For interested readers, here's a good beginners' article on the death of Guinn's NAA fraud:

http://www.ctka.net/death_of_naa.html

-- Speaking of HSCA experts, the HSCA's photographic evidence panel determined that JFK was hit by Z190 and begins to react in around Z200, which destroys the latest version of the SBT, i.e., the Z224-lapel-flip SBT.

Piziali made the ridiculous argument that JFK is not reacting in Z225 because he was committed to the Z224-lapel-flip SBT.

BTW, the panel also determined that photos show that someone was moving boxes around in the sixth-floor window within 2 minutes after the shooting (6 HSCA 112-115). Obviously, Oswald could not have been the one moving the boxes.

-- The Failure Analysis and the Discovery Channel SBT trajectory studies, as well as Dale Myers' study, did not include nearly the same amount of data and specificity as the 2023 Knott Laboratory SBT trajectory analysis, which found that the SBT is impossible. Neither the Failure Analysis study nor the Discovery Channel study included a digital replica of Dealey Plaza based a site laser scan of the plaza.

To reconstruct the scene with modern technology, the Knott Lab experts conducted a high-definition laser scan of Dealey Plaza to generate a point cloud of up to 2 million points per second, to accurately measure point-to-point anywhere in the scene. The sophistication of the Knott Lab study dwarfed the Failure Analysis, Myers, and Discovery Channel studies.

https://knottlab.com/blog/knott-lab-uses-forensic-science-to-refute-warren-commission-findings-on-jfk-assassination/

https://knottlab.com/blog/knott-laboratory-presents-digital-reconstruction-and-findings-on-the-assassination-of-president-john-f-kennedy/

BTW, Exponent was not a "separate engineering and science firm" from Failure Analysis. They were the same company. Failure Analysis changed its name to Exponent.

-- Governor Connally, the person who actually experienced the wounding, insisted he was not hit before Z229. He reached this conclusion after studying high-quality prints of the Zapruder frames under high magnification for Life magazine. In referring to Z228, Connally said, "there is no question about it. I haven't been hit yet." The WC's experts agreed with Connally on this point, as we have known for years now.

-- As we have also known for years, some of the WC's staffers cooked up the SBT in response to "the timing problem," i.e., the fact that their experts said Connally does not react to a wound before Z237 and that JFK is already reacting to a wound in Z225, proving he was hit before Z225. The staffers knew that the alleged murder weapon could not have been fired twice in such a short amount of time, so they cooked up the SBT to try to solve the problem.

Any defense of the SBT is based on deliberate self-delusion, given that we have known for decades that no bullet exited the shirt slits because there was no hole in the tie. The SBT was destroyed when Harold Weisberg finally obtained high-quality prints of the FBI's photos of the tie, which prove there was no hole through the tie. No bullet could have exited the slits and then avoided tearing through the tie. This is a self-evident fact that SBT believers just cannot bring themselves to face.

[Jack Nessan]

A misleading, incomplete, errant, and badly outdated summary. A few facts that you left out, facts that have been presented to you in other threads:

-- First and foremost, you continue to duck the determinative fact that JFK's tie had no hole in it, which proves that no bullet exited the shirt slits, since ample photographic evidence proves the tie was neatly centered between the edges of the collar band and directly over the location of the shirt slits.

-- Dr. Piziali of Failure Analysis admitted during the ABA mock Oswald trial that if JFK is reacting to a wound in Z225, this means the bullet must have hit him no later than Z221.

-- Piziali then made the ludicrous argument that JFK is not reacting to a wound in Z225, contrary to the findings of every other expert and government panel that has commented on JFK's reactions in the Zapruder film. Even the WC's experts admitted that JFK is plainly and clearly reacting to a wound in Z225. So did Dr. John Lattimer. So did the HSCA's experts.

-- Another Failure Analysis expert, Dr. Roger McCarthy, testified against the SBT at the ABA mock trial.

-- The Failure Analysis SBT wound ballistics test was a joke. It merely consisted of firing bullets into cadaver wrists at a reduced velocity. It made no effort to simulate passing through a human neck, passing through a human chest, smashing 5 inches of rib bone, and penetrating a human thigh.

-- The claim that "the recovered bullet fragments were" found to be "consistent with two bullets from the same origin" was blown to pieces some 20 years ago. You're referring to Guinn's NAA, which has been soundly debunked. For interested readers, here's a good beginners' article on the death of Guinn's NAA fraud:

http://www.ctka.net/death_of_naa.html

-- Speaking of HSCA experts, the HSCA's photographic evidence panel determined that JFK was hit by Z190 and begins to react in around Z200, which destroys the latest version of the SBT, i.e., the Z224-lapel-flip SBT.

Piziali made the ridiculous argument that JFK is not reacting in Z225 because he was committed to the Z224-lapel-flip SBT.

BTW, the panel also determined that photos show that someone was moving boxes around in the sixth-floor window within 2 minutes after the shooting (6 HSCA 112-115). Obviously, Oswald could not have been the one moving the boxes.

-- The Failure Analysis and the Discovery Channel SBT trajectory studies, as well as Dale Myers' study, did not include nearly the same amount of data and specificity as the 2023 Knott Laboratory SBT trajectory analysis, which found that the SBT is impossible. Neither the Failure Analysis study nor the Discovery Channel study included a digital replica of Dealey Plaza based a site laser scan of the plaza.

To reconstruct the scene with modern technology, the Knott Lab experts conducted a high-definition laser scan of Dealey Plaza to generate a point cloud of up to 2 million points per second, to accurately measure point-to-point anywhere in the scene. The sophistication of the Knott Lab study dwarfed the Failure Analysis, Myers, and Discovery Channel studies.

https://knottlab.com/blog/knott-lab-uses-forensic-science-to-refute-warren-commission-findings-on-jfk-assassination/

https://knottlab.com/blog/knott-laboratory-presents-digital-reconstruction-and-findings-on-the-assassination-of-president-john-f-kennedy/

BTW, Exponent was not a "separate engineering and science firm" from Failure Analysis. They were the same company. Failure Analysis changed its name to Exponent.

-- Governor Connally, the person who actually experienced the wounding, insisted he was not hit before Z229. He reached this conclusion after studying high-quality prints of the Zapruder frames under high magnification for Life magazine. In referring to Z228, Connally said, "there is no question about it. I haven't been hit yet." The WC's experts agreed with Connally on this point, as we have known for years now.

-- As we have also known for years, some of the WC's staffers cooked up the SBT in response to "the timing problem," i.e., the fact that their experts said Connally does not react to a wound before Z237 and that JFK is already reacting to a wound in Z225, proving he was hit before Z225. The staffers knew that the alleged murder weapon could not have been fired twice in such a short amount of time, so they cooked up the SBT to try to solve the problem.

Any defense of the SBT is based on deliberate self-delusion, given that we have known for decades that no bullet exited the shirt slits because there was no hole in the tie. The SBT was destroyed when Harold Weisberg finally obtained high-quality prints of the FBI's photos of the tie, which prove there was no hole through the tie. No bullet could have exited the slits and then avoided tearing through the tie. This is a self-evident fact that SBT believers just cannot bring themselves to face.

The tie was nicked by something, given the events of the day and the fact that JFK was shot in the back/neck, maybe that would be a good place to start figuring out why it was nicked.

JFK’s back required the use of large amounts of painkillers to control the pain. How do you account for that in all of your SWAG assumptions on his reaction times. Can Knotts Lab whip you up a little cartoon to help? Isn’t the whole basis of your beliefs is that everyone reacts exactly the same way with no variance.

Any breakthrough on explaining JBC's wounds other than a bullet passing through JFK?