Gov. John Connally Grips His White Stetson Hat at Z-272

[John Corbett]

If you observed a car accident a few hours ago do you think that you could give an account of details of what occurred that are clear in your mind?  If so, I gather you would still think that your recollection, though clear in your memory a few hours after the events is unreliable.

Like most witnesses, I would probably get some things wrong and some things right. I'm guessing I would get more wrong than right.

[Andrew Mason]

Like most witnesses, I would probably get some things wrong and some things right. I'm guessing I would get more wrong than right.

Suppose you were in Dealey Plaza to watch the President’s motorcade and you heard three loud rifle shots each separated by about 5 seconds. You were then asked to give a statement a few hours later and asked what you recalled.
1. If you did not recall the spacing of the shots clearly in your memory would you mention it?
2. If you did recall the spacing of the shots and it was clear in your mind so that you mentioned it in your statement, would you think your statement was reliable?
 
 

[Zeon Mason]

Perhaps you mean this kind of uniform forward motion immediately before he goes back onto Nellie’s lap:

If the bullet deflected off the back of the wrist as Dr. Shaw suggested and as the shirt cuff might suggest:


and if the narrow slit in the palm side was caused be one of many small bone shards created by the impact, then maybe that would explain why the fragments deflected up to the top of the windshield area….

 It is looks to me like JC leaning back is a SIDEWAYS  movement relative to the bullet trajectory from TSBD. But that’s just my eyeball judgement .  It may require some help from JohnM to post measurement overlays on film sequences and frame by frame.

It’s improbable imo
That JC was hit at that point (Z275?) anyway because his upper body looks like it is too far rotated around to his right for that entry/exit wound angle thru his chest to be plausible from a Z275 shot.

You’re going to need to work this out with Dale Myers lol.