JFK Assassination Forum

Because it's a scientific fact that it takes most people about a second to consciously react to an unexpected loud sound, and because photos and films, unlike human beings, don't tend to have faulty memories of sudden and traumatic events.

if you're correct about Connally's turning to his right to try to catch a glimpse of JFK in the corner of his eye for such a brief period of time in the mid-140s, it seems strange to me that he would remember that but neither remember turning to his left to check on Nellie right after that, nor turning far to his right, again (and for a much longer time) at Z-170, and for failing to remember that so much time had elapsed (and so many turns had been made) between his original turn to his right in the mid-140s and getting hit by CE-399 around Z-222.

In other words, if your're right, then Connally's recollections of the tragic event were even more messed up than I realized.

JFK was under fire from Oswald for 6 seconds.
Then 4 seconds later Hill jumped, while at that same time Hickey fired Hickey's AR15 (an accidental auto burst of at least 4 shots, the last shot hitting JFK in the head).
Hill should have (instead of jumping) grabbed the barrel of Hickey's AR15.

We should rename this thread “A Rorschach test approach:  reading head turns to solve the JFK shot sequence.”

To prefer this approach and ignore large bodies of actual evidence as to when the first shot occurred is difficult to understand.

Not really that messed up. All he would have been forgetting was looking to his left towards Nellie. And frankly I do not believe he has ever said that he did look towards her. He still could have been hit around Z223 or Z224 when he began another turn to his left.