JFK Assassination Forum

There might have been

" "Rifle" Smoke?  Who specifically attached this alleged smoke to a "Rifle"?"

Apparently, Mark Lane.

This Niederhut guy is something else, eh? Apparently believes all the World Trade Center buildings were leveled by "controlled demolition" ? He should hash out his issues with members of his own forum over there, not here.

It can look like anything you want it to be. Use your imagination.

Oh, wait. You already did.

Exactly. Almost nothing Oswald did during the roughly 45 minutes between the time he shot JFK and the time he shot Tippit was time stamped. That includes his encounter with Officer Baker in the lunchroom. We know he shot JFK at 12:30 because that is the time showing on the Hertz clock above the TSBD. The next accurate time stamp was when a citizen used Tippit's radio to report the shooting of Tippit. Everything else is an estimate and many of those estimates were not even made at the time of the event. They were made when people were asked about it later. For example, Earlene Roberts was asked what time Oswald showed up at the rooming house. Her answer was ABOUT 1:00. People aren't in the habit of time stamping mundane events and when they make estimates, they usually round the time. Who would ever say "about 12:57"? Without accurate time records, no one can say what was or was not possible.

Prediction: Conspiracy theorists will largely ignore this post. They don't like to deal with issues that challenge their preferred narrative.