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JFK Assassination Discussion & Debate / Re: Acoustic Evidence
« Last post by Michael T. Griffith on October 01, 2026, 08:23:08 PM »This is no reason to reject the acoustical evidence. Even if we assume the Zapruder film is pristine and ignore all the scientific evidence of alteration, the acoustical evidence does not require us to believe that the dictabelt recorded all the shots that were fired during the assassination, as the HSCA's acoustical scientists themselves explained. Thus, the alleged inability to sync the dictablet with the Zapruder film cannot logically invalidate the acoustical evidence.
It certainly cannot explain the scientifically proven presence of gunfire N-waves and gunfire windshield distortions on the dictabelt; nor can it explain the amazing timing-movement correlations between the dictabelt's impulse patterns and the test-firing impulse patterns identified by the BBN scientists, correlations that were so powerful that even the NRC/NAS panel admitted there was 93% probability they occurred because the dictabelt recorded gunfire in Dealey Plaza during the shooting.
I should add that WC apologists fail miserably when it comes to matching their three shots with the Zapruder film. For starters, they must ignore three shot reactions visible in the film because they only have three shots to use. The Zapruder film shows at least six reactions to gunfire, three of which are obviously wound reactions.
"Reactions to Six Shots in the Zapruder Film"
This article is a condensed version of chapter 5, "Too Many Shot Reactions in the Zapruder Film," in my book A Comforting Lie: The Myth That a Lone Gunman Killed President Kennedy.
WC apologists must ignore or lamely evade reactions that refute the single-bullet theory (SBT), such as the dramatic drop of Connally's right shoulder drop in Z238-242. To deal with the shoulder drop, they offer three lame contradictory explanations: the shoulder drop is an optical illusion, or the shoulder drop is a delayed reaction to the alleged Z221-224 SBT hit, or the shoulder drop actually starts in Z224. It is a tossup as to which explanation is the most implausible and unscientific.
WC apologists must also ignore or lamely evade the bullet that hit the grass near the manhole cover on Main Street. They offer three implausible answers to the evidence for the grass bullet: a piece of JFK's brain somehow flew over the limo's roll bar and windshield and then veered leftward and hit the grass; or, a fragment from the lone-gunman scenario's missed shot magically hit the grass and then skipped onward to hit the Tague curb spot; or, it was all just a big misunderstanding over a hole in tghe grass that was made before the shooting.
Dr. Josiah Thompson has offered a sync of the dictabelt's shots with the Zapruder film, and it is credible if you assume (1) that four shots were fired, (2) two bullets hit JFK's head from different directions, and (3) that the Zapruder is authentic. The second assumption is on very solid ground, since there is considerable evidence that JFK's head was hit twice.
Personally, as I've said, given the scientific evidence that the Zapruder film has been altered, and given the probability that the dictabelt did not record all the shots that were fired, I see no need to spend time trying to sync the dictabelt with the Zapruder film, and the Zapruder cannot logically be used as evidence against the dictabelt (even if we assume the film is pristine).
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in that book as well. 
