Why I Believe in the JFKA Conspiracy

[Tom Graves]

Believe it or not, there is actually a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal called "The Journal of Perpetrator Research" - https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/. My new favorite name - it's sounds like something out of Monty Python skit. The Minister of Silly Perpetrator Research.

Nevertheless, in 2019 Dr, Richard Reiman, Professor of History at South Georgia State College, published a 27-page article entitled "Six ‘Shots’ in Dallas: ‘Framing’ the Perpetrator of the Kennedy Assassination through the Zapruder Film, 1963–2013" - https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/articles/39/files/submission/proof/39-1-307-1-10-20191018.pdf.

It's a completely LN-supportive piece. He actually refers to the Z film as a Rorschach test and the thesis is basically how the film has been made to say whatever anyone wants over the decades. He places the first shot very early, when Rosemary Willis reacts, has JFK being hit around Z224, and JBC's first obvious reactions around Z235 - but with JBC's "lapel flip" at Z224 being proof he was actually hit at the same time as JFK.

And on it goes. Rorschach test.

It was probably just a firecracker.

[Michael T. Griffith]

Believe it or not, there is actually a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal called "The Journal of Perpetrator Research" - https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/. My new favorite name - it's sounds like something out of Monty Python skit. The Minister of Silly Perpetrator Research.

Nevertheless, in 2019 Dr, Richard Reiman, Professor of History at South Georgia State College, published a 27-page article entitled "Six ‘Shots’ in Dallas: ‘Framing’ the Perpetrator of the Kennedy Assassination through the Zapruder Film, 1963–2013" - https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/articles/39/files/submission/proof/39-1-307-1-10-20191018.pdf.

It's a completely LN-supportive piece. He actually refers to the Z film as a Rorschach test and the thesis is basically how the film has been made to say whatever anyone wants over the decades. He places the first shot very early, when Rosemary Willis reacts, has JFK being hit around Z224, and JBC's first obvious reactions around Z235 - but with JBC's "lapel flip" at Z224 being proof he was actually hit at the same time as JFK.

Which proves Reiman doesn't know what he's talking about or is just so biased that he won't process evidence that destroys his version of the shooting.

He ignores the scientifically tested blur-episodes evidence. He ignores Connally's unequivocal insistence that he was not hit before Z229. He ignores the fact that lapels cannot magically flip up and down in just 55 milliseconds, and that the "lapel flip" is an optical illusion caused by reflective sunlight (as David Wimp has demonstrated). He ignores the fact that there was no hole through JFK's tie and no fabric missing from the shirt slits, which abjectly destroys the SBT in one fell swoop. He ignores JFK and Jackie's Z200-207 reactions, which prove JFK was hit by the Z186-190 shot. He ignores the fact that JFK's Z224-225 reaction proves he was hit no later than Z220. He ignores JFK's dramatic Z226-232 reaction, which proves he was hit twice before his head was hit. And on and on we could go.

The Zapruder film is indeed a type of Rorschach test, and Reiman and other WC believers keep proving that they are unable to face reality when viewing the film.

[Tom Graves]

Which proves Reiman doesn't know what he's talking about or is just so biased that he won't process evidence that destroys his version of the shooting.

He ignores the scientifically tested blur-episodes evidence. He ignores Connally's unequivocal insistence that he was not hit before Z229. He ignores the fact that lapels cannot magically flip up and down in just 55 milliseconds, and that the "lapel flip" is an optical illusion caused by reflective sunlight (as David Wimp has demonstrated). He ignores the fact that there was no hole through JFK's tie and no fabric missing from the shirt slits, which abjectly destroys the SBT in one fell swoop. He ignores JFK and Jackie's Z200-207 reactions, which prove JFK was hit by the Z186-190 shot. He ignores the fact that JFK's Z224-225 reaction proves he was hit no later than Z220. He ignores JFK's dramatic Z226-232 reaction, which proves he was hit twice before his head was hit. And on and on we could go.

The Zapruder film is indeed a type of Rorschach test, and Reiman and other WC believers keep proving that they are unable to face reality when viewing the film.

Dear Comrade Griffith,

I'm guessing "former" KGB counterintelligence officer Vladimir Putin pays you quite a lot.

Am I right?

-- Tom

[Benjamin Cole]

MTG:

Thanks for your collegial comments.

Verily, Connally is recorded as saying what he said to LIFE magazine, and being shot at Z-234.

I don't understand that. He also said he was pushed forward, bent over by the impact of the shot and immediately incapacitated. That seems to happen at ~Z-295.

That Z-295 shot also jives with the sequence of shots many heard, the well-known "bang...bang, bang" sequence.

While I believe in a small conspiracy, I also believe the JFKA immediately became a litmus test for ideology and agenda (see the Kirk assassination and Trump assassination attempts for how this works out).

There are actually lefties suggesting Trump faked the Butler attempt, and that he was not really grazed by a bullet on the top of his ear. Ideologies and agendas are stronger than truth.

LIFE magazine wanted to LN version to prevail. Did they accurately quote Connally, or lean on the photos they showed him? I dunno. LIFE magazine also reported JFK turned in his seat and faced the TSBD before being shot in the throat as seen...in the Z-film, which only they had.

In brief, I believe my own eyes on the Z-film, and nothing in LIFE magazine, circa 1960s, re the JFKA.

IMHO, caveat emptor and draw your own conclusions.

[Benjamin Cole]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Single-shot_bolt-action_rifles

[Charles Collins]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Single-shot_bolt-action_rifles

Thank you. Click on the link to the Ferret 50 in the page you provided a link to. Then read the first paragraph.

From the Ferret 50 page (first paragraph):

It is a single-shot, meaning it has no magazine, internal or external.


Yes, there are plenty of single-shot bolt action rifles around. My first .22 caliber rifle was one of them. However, as I said previously, the Carcano found on the sixth floor of the TSBD is not one of them because it has a magazine.

[Charles Collins]

Or just call it a bolt action, but it's definitely not a single shot. I had a single shot shotgun - you actually have to stop and reload it each time. Ditto with an old Mauser. I guess "repeater" is the correct term, but we used to reserve that for lever action rifles like the Winchester the Rifleman (Chuck Connors) had on TV.

I had a humorous experience once with a .25 caliber six-shot handgun a friend had modified to be fully automatic. I fired at a target and it just went "blip." I asked "What happened?" He replied "That was it, six shots." Yep, the magazine was empty. I had absolutely no sense of anything other than a single "blip." There was no blip-blip-blip AT ALL. I still can't quite believe it.

Orr says his 1.75 seconds between the first and second shots is enough time for the Carcano to be worked. He really needs to start paying me for all this free publicity.

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Your comment made me curious about the rate of fire in the opening scene of The Rifleman TV show.

[Benjamin Cole]

Yes, you are correct.

I will henceforth refer to the M-C rifle (which some say is technically a carbine) as "single-shot-per-bolt-action" rifle.

I have fired a lot of different weapons (not hardly an expert), but a lot of readers have not. That is why I was referring to the "single shot bolt action rifle," which, as you point out, is something of a misnomer. 

Many readers probably have seen semi-automatic or even automatic weapons in action, if only online. I was trying to tell them you have to work the bolt action between shots. Not just squeeze the trigger again.

Gov, Connally knew a lot about guns too, and twice referred to bullets entering the cab of the JFK limo as if fired by "automatic" weapons. I thought he might have meant "semi-automatic" weapons, but he repeated the expression "automatic" in his WC and HSCA testimonies.

That is wild.