Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi

Author:Vincent Bugliosi [Bugliosi, Vincent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Countryman

With respect to shots allegedly coming from the grassy knoll, where, specifically, on the knoll do the conspiracy theorists claim the triggerman was? The consensus among theorists, including the HSCA, is that he was standing behind the stockade fence at a point about eight feet to the west of the southeastern corner of the fence (see photo section).27 The HSCA determined the location through the mathematical computations of its acoustic experts. A celebrated Polaroid photo taken by Dealey Plaza spectator Mary Moorman at the time of the shot to the president’s head includes this spot as well as other locations in the knoll area that conspiracy theorists have claimed was the location of the second gunman. Many conspiracy theorists are convinced they see the human figures of assassins in several places amidst the heavy foliage on the knoll shown in the Moorman photo.28

The photographic evidence panel of the HSCA examined the Moorman photo and said, “It was not possible to determine the nature of the images [in the photo] with the naked eye…Enhancement attempts in the region of the retaining wall produced no significant increase in detail and no evidence of any human form. Because the stockade fence region of the photograph was of even poorer quality than the retaining wall area, no enhancement attempts were recommended.”29 The HSCA went on to say, somewhat sheepishly, that if the photo “did not contain images that might be construed to be a figure behind the fence, it would be a troubling lack of corroboration for the acoustical analysis” (subsequently discredited), which alleged a fourth bullet was fired from this general area of the grassy knoll.30

Suffice it to say that anyone who can actually see human figures at the aforementioned encircled points in the Moorman photograph, or anywhere else in the background of the photo, should be thoughtful enough to bequeath his or her eyes to the scientific and medical communities for study and analysis.

It is important to note that the HSCA photographic panel examined several other photos that conspiracy theorists have maintained, throughout the years, show the outline and existence of a gunman on the grassy knoll or in the retaining wall area on the north side of Elm Street. Its conclusion was that “we find no [photographic] evidence [emphasis by panel] to support the contention that there were [other] gunmen in the Dealey Plaza area…We believe that the best available science and technology in photography and computer manipulation of images was utilized in preparing the evidence that led to the above conclusion.”31

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