chorlton
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 4:36 pm
sky of mind
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 8:16 pm
You might want to explain to people just exactly what ce 399 is. (even though most might assume correctly)
I must say, now yer headed straight down conspiracy road.
happymisanthropy
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 1:46 am
QUOTE(sky of mind @ Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:16 pm)

You might want to explain to people just exactly what ce 399 is. (even though most might assume correctly)
I must say, now yer headed straight down conspiracy road.
Yeah, posting a picture of FBI evidence is just wacky.
chorlton
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 8:54 am
The magic bullet needs an introduction?
From wikipedia:
"According to the single bullet theory, a one-inch long, copper jacketed, lead core 6.5 millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through President Kennedy’s neck, Governor Connally’s chest and wrist and embedded itself in the Governor’s thigh. In doing so, the bullet traversed 15 layers of clothing, 7 layers of skin, approximately 15 inches of tissue, struck a tie knot, removed 4 inches of rib and shattered a radius bone. The bullet that is supposed to have done all this damage was found on Governor Connally’s stretcher in the corridor at the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. It became a key Commission exhibit, identified as CE399. Its copper jacket was completely intact. The bullet’s nose appeared normal, but the tail was compressed laterally on one side."
sky of mind
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 12:39 pm
As you know, it's very easy to make an accusation.
It's much more difficult and time consuming to refute it.
However, you quoted the Wikipedia article. Lets read a little further down shall we?
Discovery Channel's reenactment of bullet CE399's path
A Discovery Channel special "Unsolved History: JFK — Beyond the Magic Bullet", attempted to replicate, as well as possible, the conditions of that day. The participants set up blocks of ballistics gel with a substance similar to human bone inside. These studies showed that largely undeformed bullets were possible to produce, if they were slowed by a passage though a tissue-like substance before striking bone. Next, two mannequin figures made of ballistic anatomical substances (animal skin, gelatin, and interior bone-like cast) were set up in the exact relative position of JFK and Connally. A marksman, from a distance equal to that of the sixth floor of the Book Depository building, fired the same rifle model found in the Book Depository, using a round from the same batch of "Western Case Cartridge Company" 6.5x52 mm ammunition purchased with the surplus Carcano weapon in early 1963. The path of their single bullet (followed by high speed photography) duplicated, almost exactly, the wounds suffered by the victims that day, the only difference being that the bullet did not quite have enough energy to penetrate the "thigh" substance in front of the Connally figure, because it struck an extra bone in the "rib" model (i.e., it fractured 2 ribs in the model vs. one rib in Connally). It was also slightly more deformed than CE 399, possibly for the same reason. However, this bullet came close enough to duplicating all wounds in both men with a single shot, with a bullet having little deformation. Thus the theory, while technically improbable, was proved to be much more plausible than previously thought.
Conclusion.
When a projectile moving faster than the speed of sound is being thrown around in an active and emotional moment, even the improbable becomes quite possible.
chorlton
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 12:53 pm
I posted that photo as an interesting historical document. I'm not here to change anyone's mind about that day, just present information (no "accusations" here).
We could talk about the reputation of discovery channel and history channel "documentaries", single bullet theory, fatal shot direction, total number of shots fired, secret service procedures, witnesses etc etc ad nauseum, all day, but its been done.
sky of mind
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 1:08 pm
QUOTE(chorlton @ Thursday, 6 September 2007, 11:53 am)

We could talk about the reputation of discovery channel and history channel "documentaries", single bullet theory, fatal shot direction, total number of shots fired, secret service procedures, witnesses etc etc ad nauseum, all day, but its been done.
Factual observation, you just did.
chorlton
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 1:28 pm
QUOTE(sky of mind @ Thursday, 6 September 2007, 2:08 pm)

Factual observation, you just did.
Under provocation, congratulations
