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Gov. John Connally Grips His White Stetson Hat at Z-272
John Corbett:
Here is Andrew Mason's drawing showing how he thinks the bullet exiting JFK's throat could have struck JBC in the thigh without first passing through his torso:
Here are some photos which he says simulate JBC's position at Z193:
Even the photo looks to me that JBC is turned farther to the right than we see in Z193 but let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say the photo acurately depicts JBC's position. The drawing shows an exaggerated turn to the right and even then shows there was barely enough room for the bullet to miss JBC's torso and still find his thigh. Note how dissimilar these two representations are. The drawing shows an extreme turn to the right. Note how much further forward JBC's left shoulder is in the drawing than in the photo. Note how much more it is turned to the right in the drawing than in the photo.
So even using his photo of JBC's simulated position, JBC's left shoulder is not turned anywhere near far enough to create an open path from JFK's throat to JBC's thigh. He has to exaggerate JBC's position at Z193 to even show a theoretical possibility of his SBT 2.0 scenario. This is why I said earlier it is impossible.
EDIT: I should have included the actual Z193 frame when I first posted this so I am adding it now:
Compare JBC's shoulder turn in the actual frame to Andrew's photos and drawing.
Andrew Mason:
--- Quote from: John Corbett on April 22, 2026, 03:31:26 PM ---Here is Andrew Mason's drawing showing how he thinks the bullet exiting JFK's throat could have struck JBC in the thigh without first passing through his torso:
Here are some photos which he says simulate JBC's position at Z193:
Even the photo looks to me that JBC is turned farther to the right than we see in Z193 but let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say the photo acurately depicts JBC's position. The drawing shows an exaggerated turn to the right and even then shows there was barely enough room for the bullet to miss JBC's torso and still find his thigh. Note how dissimilar these two representations are. The drawing shows an extreme turn to the right. Note how much further forward JBC's left shoulder is in the drawing than in the photo. Note how much more it is turned to the right in the drawing than in the photo.
So even using his photo of JBC's simulated position, JBC's left shoulder is not turned anywhere near far enough to create an open path from JFK's throat to JBC's thigh. He has to exaggerate JBC's position at Z193 to even show a theoretical possibility of his SBT 2.0 scenario. This is why I said earlier it is impossible.
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I appreciate the fair critique of my Sketchup 3D skills. Jerry Organ does a much better job.
But the position of the shoulder is really not that important. It is the position of the lower and middle back that matters because the bullet is travelling on a downward slope of 18 degrees relative to the car at that point and just passes over the back of the jump seat:
So it would have to pass by the middle/lower back, not the shoulder or upper back, in order to strike the thigh directly. But I do appreciate that you think the trajectory intersecting with the left side of JBC is possible. It all depends on how much JBC is turned in z193. I suggest he is turned to past the sightline to Zapruder which is 30 degrees or a 1 o'clock position but it is difficult to be exact because of the poor resolution. It is at least a 1:30/45 degree turn.
John Corbett:
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You made your reply before I added the actual Z193 frame to my original post but we now have that for comparison as well.
--- Quote ---I appreciate the fair critique of my Sketchup 3D skills. Jerry Organ does a much better job.
But the position of the shoulder is really not that important. It is the position of the lower and middle back that matters because the bullet is travelling on a downward slope of 18 degrees relative to the car at that point and just passes over the back of the jump seat:
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I see virtually no difference between the position of the shoulders and the lower back. Both would have blocked a bullet exiting JFK's throat from going directly to the thigh.
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So it would have to pass by the middle/lower back, not the shoulder or upper back, in order to strike the thigh directly. But I do appreciate that you think the trajectory intersecting with the left side of JBC is possible.
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It only looks possible in your exaggerated drawing, not in the photo of JBC's simulated position and not in the actual Z-frame.
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It all depends on how much JBC is turned in z193. I suggest he is turned to past the sightline to Zapruder which is 30 degrees or a 1 o'clock position but it is difficult to be exact because of the poor resolution. It is at least a 1:30/45 degree turn.
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I suggest you are seeing what you want to see. JBC's shoulder rotation in your photo looks about 30 degrees to me. Your drawing shows a turn that is well past 45 degrees. If the shoulders in the forward facing position are at the 9:00 position and the perpendicular position to that is 12:00, I would put JBC's rotation in the photo at 10:00 and 11:00 in your drawing. That's a 30 degree difference
Andrew Mason:
--- Quote from: John Corbett on April 22, 2026, 04:48:36 PM ---I suggest you are seeing what you want to see. JBC's shoulder rotation in your photo looks about 30 degrees to me. Your drawing shows a turn that is well past 45 degrees. If the shoulders in the forward facing position are at the 9:00 position and the perpendicular position to that is 12:00, I would put JBC's rotation in the photo at 10:00 and 11:00 in your drawing. That's a 30 degree difference
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?? The angle of the sightline to Zapruder is a tad more than 30 degrees as I showed in my map of DP. Connally is turned well past that sightline so it is definitely more than 30 degrees.
If you think that is wrong, then you should do your own measurement on a scale drawing of DP. I used the drawing in the inside cover of Trask's book: Pictures of the Pain. It is also what I built my 3D sketchup model of DP on.
John Corbett:
--- Quote from: Andrew Mason on April 22, 2026, 05:31:56 PM ---?? The angle of the sightline to Zapruder is a tad more than 30 degrees as I showed in my map of DP. Connally is turned well past that sightline so it is definitely more than 30 degrees.
If you think that is wrong, then you should do your own measurement on a scale drawing of DP. I used the drawing in the inside cover of Trask's book: Pictures of the Pain. It is also what I built my 3D sketchup model of DP on.
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I have no problem with that drawing. I'll take it at face value. I disagree with your assessment of JBC's shoulder turn. If you are talking about the relationship of JBC's shoulders to the Zapruder sight line, I would say at most they are perpendicular. If anything, they look slightly less. His head is turned much more sharply to his right but certainly not his shoulders. Check the Z193 frame I added to my earlier post. I see more of JBC's jacket on his right side than on his left. That indicates to me his shoulder turn is short of perpendicular to the sight line. If he was turned beyond perpendicular, we would see more of his left side.
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