How and Why the Z-film was altered

[Peter Lemkin]

I would add to Peter's important commentary the fact that on one occasion only I sat across a table from Tom Wilson and literally begged him to come forward with all of his material in ways that would protect him and his family. I also focused on the need for independent verification/replication of his methods.

He would have none of it.

I wonder why he would have none of it. I have read the book "A deeper darker truth" but i was not convinced by Wilson's analysis.
It seemed to be far fetched, there were shots from all over the place, every single location that has been proposed. He also believed in Badgeman and in the Elm Street sewer theory. I have written in the past regarding the sewer shot but i will not give it credit, until someone comes forward and proves that the sewage pipes were bigger in diameter that would easily fit an adult in 1963 and that were replaced with smaller pipes sometime afterwards, But he'll need to show evidence to back it up.

His technique is eminently valid and usable IMHO. The conclusions drawn by him may not all be 100% on the mark, in that you are missing the main point and value of his research technique. That said, I'd say any of his conclusions lend weight to others that coincide. His use of measuring angles was a later activity, and much of that was based on assumptions about the Z-film [with the obvious problems there] and some other films/photos and evidence.

A shooter in the sewer wouldn't need to go far...a few meters/yards to the manhole cover just behind the fence - to escape - if someone was covering for him as lookout...and they could also have long waited just where they were - no one was going to look in there! If they waited until dark, they could have come out directly above - again with helpers - of which there were many.

Wilson's main technique involved identification of what a material was [glass, metal - even type, plastic, wood, cloth - even tone and likely color, etc.]. He could also see patterns and outlines of ovjects not visible in normal photo analysis.