21-07-2014, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-07-2014, 03:13 PM by Drew Phipps.)
Part of the problem with the autopsy is that the official description of the back wound IS oval: 6 mm by 4 mm. Since bullet holes of entrance may be somewhat smaller than the bullet itself, as the skin is elastic, I could get behind the idea that a 6.7 mm bullet could leave a 6 mm hole. But I can't get behind the idea that a round bullet 6.7 mm in diameter could leave a oval hole with a minor axis measurement of only 4 mm.
But if you believe that a 6.7 mm bullet could leave a 4 mm hole (60%), then you must also believe that this bullet struck JFK while tumbling, or at an angle, that the bullet's "apparent" size in the long direction was around 10 mm (if you assume that the resiliency of the skin is the same in a "north-south" direction as it is in an "east-west" direction). Looks like to me that requires a 3 cm long bullet entering at a 30 degree angle from the horizontal.
Upon further reflection, if you assume not that the resiliency is proportional, but absolute (namely that 1.35 mm of JFK's skin along the edge of the bullet hole would "bounce back" (to give us a small axis of 4 mm) then the large axis of the bullet's apparent size as it enters the skin is 8.7 mm. Which is an angle of 3.8 degrees from the horizontal.
Alas, I am not a doctor, and can't tell you which of these scenarios is more likely from a medical standpoint. However, neither of these angles appear to match the apparent angle of entry of 45 - 60 degrees observed by the autopsy physicians.
But if you believe that a 6.7 mm bullet could leave a 4 mm hole (60%), then you must also believe that this bullet struck JFK while tumbling, or at an angle, that the bullet's "apparent" size in the long direction was around 10 mm (if you assume that the resiliency of the skin is the same in a "north-south" direction as it is in an "east-west" direction). Looks like to me that requires a 3 cm long bullet entering at a 30 degree angle from the horizontal.
Upon further reflection, if you assume not that the resiliency is proportional, but absolute (namely that 1.35 mm of JFK's skin along the edge of the bullet hole would "bounce back" (to give us a small axis of 4 mm) then the large axis of the bullet's apparent size as it enters the skin is 8.7 mm. Which is an angle of 3.8 degrees from the horizontal.
Alas, I am not a doctor, and can't tell you which of these scenarios is more likely from a medical standpoint. However, neither of these angles appear to match the apparent angle of entry of 45 - 60 degrees observed by the autopsy physicians.
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