03-07-2014, 02:23 PM
I find January and the Red Bird Airport incidents more believable. I must confess I did not allow for time zones in my calculations, so upon further mathematics it is possible. However.
It seems entirely unlikely that a pilot (even from the CIA) would receive some sort of confirmation over the radio about a fact of the Kennedy assassination so quickly. Most of the reporters at the scene didn't know there had been a shooting for a few minutes. At any rate, the timing for Vinson is still a problem. Is he resetting his watch for time zones as he flies around, or is his watch on Eastern time? He did have a meeting with a congressman in Eastern time. I don't know of many people who reset their watches as they fly.
12:30 was the Central Standard time of the assassination. (1:30 PM EST, 11:30 AM MST.) Neither his departure nor his destination is on Central Standard time. If our intrepid traveler had set his watch for mountain time as soon as he departs, then 12:29 PM MST is a reasonable amount of time for the pilot to learn of the news and receive new orders. In addition, that places the plane somewhere over Kansas, which is more or less a 90 degree turn. From there its roughly 400 miles to Dallas (2 hours) then landing, turn around, takeoff, and off to Roswell 450 miles or about 2.4 hours. That puts in to Roswell shortly after 5:00 MST which does match the dusk time. So it is possible.
However, if Vinson's watch had been set on MST the whole time (with Washington meetings and departure times in MST) it isn't going to work. The two hour time difference he gains by travelling west is necessary for his story to be true.
It seems entirely unlikely that a pilot (even from the CIA) would receive some sort of confirmation over the radio about a fact of the Kennedy assassination so quickly. Most of the reporters at the scene didn't know there had been a shooting for a few minutes. At any rate, the timing for Vinson is still a problem. Is he resetting his watch for time zones as he flies around, or is his watch on Eastern time? He did have a meeting with a congressman in Eastern time. I don't know of many people who reset their watches as they fly.
12:30 was the Central Standard time of the assassination. (1:30 PM EST, 11:30 AM MST.) Neither his departure nor his destination is on Central Standard time. If our intrepid traveler had set his watch for mountain time as soon as he departs, then 12:29 PM MST is a reasonable amount of time for the pilot to learn of the news and receive new orders. In addition, that places the plane somewhere over Kansas, which is more or less a 90 degree turn. From there its roughly 400 miles to Dallas (2 hours) then landing, turn around, takeoff, and off to Roswell 450 miles or about 2.4 hours. That puts in to Roswell shortly after 5:00 MST which does match the dusk time. So it is possible.
However, if Vinson's watch had been set on MST the whole time (with Washington meetings and departure times in MST) it isn't going to work. The two hour time difference he gains by travelling west is necessary for his story to be true.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."