26-08-2014, 05:30 PM
Richard
Excellent argument and, surprisingly, one that I never thought of. Yes, why would only one of the three shots produce an echo, if they were all from the same origin?
William
I'll go even one better. Why not three shots within the .7 second period, assuming there was some form of coordinated fire taking place? I say this because there would appear to be two entrance wounds on JFK's skull (one in the right temple and one just to the right of the external occipital protuberance - coincidentally, exactly where the large blowout was observed at PH) and one wound in JBC's back. Although the ear witnesses only heard two shots close together, evidence of the "firecracker" sound of the first shot, back near the Stemmons Freeway sign, is a strong indication that at least one of the rifles in Dealey Plaza was equipped with a suppressor.
Would a "firecracker" noise be audible over the sound of two unsuppressed rifle shots?
From the WC testimony of Roy Kellerman, Secret Service:
"Mr. KELLERMAN. Yes. Good. There was enough for me to verify that the man was hit. So, in the same motion I come right back and grabbed the speaker and said to the driver, "Let's get out of here; we are hit," and grabbed the mike and I said, "Lawson, this is Kellerman,"--this is Lawson, who is in the front car. "We are hit; get us to the hospital immediately." Now, in the seconds that I talked just now, a flurry of shells come into the car. I then looked back and this time Mr. Hill, who was riding on the left front bumper of our followup car, was on the back trunk of that car; the President was sideways down into. the back seat."
Would two shots qualify as a "flurry"?
Excellent argument and, surprisingly, one that I never thought of. Yes, why would only one of the three shots produce an echo, if they were all from the same origin?
William
I'll go even one better. Why not three shots within the .7 second period, assuming there was some form of coordinated fire taking place? I say this because there would appear to be two entrance wounds on JFK's skull (one in the right temple and one just to the right of the external occipital protuberance - coincidentally, exactly where the large blowout was observed at PH) and one wound in JBC's back. Although the ear witnesses only heard two shots close together, evidence of the "firecracker" sound of the first shot, back near the Stemmons Freeway sign, is a strong indication that at least one of the rifles in Dealey Plaza was equipped with a suppressor.
Would a "firecracker" noise be audible over the sound of two unsuppressed rifle shots?
From the WC testimony of Roy Kellerman, Secret Service:
"Mr. KELLERMAN. Yes. Good. There was enough for me to verify that the man was hit. So, in the same motion I come right back and grabbed the speaker and said to the driver, "Let's get out of here; we are hit," and grabbed the mike and I said, "Lawson, this is Kellerman,"--this is Lawson, who is in the front car. "We are hit; get us to the hospital immediately." Now, in the seconds that I talked just now, a flurry of shells come into the car. I then looked back and this time Mr. Hill, who was riding on the left front bumper of our followup car, was on the back trunk of that car; the President was sideways down into. the back seat."
Would two shots qualify as a "flurry"?
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964