Kennedy conspiracy theorists appear to have one less bullet in their arsenal. Hany Farid, a computer science professor and expert in digital forensics at Dartmouth College, spent two months evaluating a photograph of John F. Kennedy shooter Lee Harvey Oswald.
“You can’t really authenticate a photo in all honesty,” Farid said of the image, which shows Oswald holding a Marxist newspaper and a rifle. “But I can say pretty definitively that the things that people thought made the photo a fake, well, those people are wrong. And it doesn’t make them stupid. I was wrong too. But that photo is not the proof they think it is.”
It’s long been the contention of conspiracy theorists that photos of Oswald were doctored as part of an elaborate cover-up after the President’s Nov. 22, 1963, assassination.
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He used a computer program Facegen, to build a virtual 3D model of Oswald’s head. Once that was completed, he added in the background features of the photo. Through a series of computations, he figured out where the camera had to be, the trajectory of the sun and where Oswald was in relation to the camera.
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Farid said given the technology available 46 years ago, there is no way someone would have been able to get the internal and external elements of the photo just right in order to fabricate not only the one photo, but two others in the series.
#15. Look at the picture of E Howard Hunt and a picture of one of the three “tramps” arrested that day in Dallas.
http://greatdreams.com/E_Howard_Hunt-tramp.jpg
If someone admits to being involved in the murder, AND you can place him at the scene. The evidence is pretty damning..wouldn’t you think? Or are you even capable of thought.
By the way..one of the “tramps” is the father of actor Woody Harrelson. Who just recently died while serving a life sentence for murdering a Federal Judge in Texas. These were not tramps.
Did Oswald shoot with his left hand or right hand? A Marine Corps sniper wrote that based on the location of the Texas School Book Depository window it would have been better if the sniper shot left-handed. Even If he was right-handed he still may have shot with his left.
#4
Nonsense. The evidence points to a single shooter. There are rumors that Oswald was aided by Castro but that still points to a single shooter.
#9
I suspect it is a case of weaponry and tactics outpacing security for a brief moment in time.
#14
You mean like this guy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uy_T7D2-Y3o
This guy fired seven shots in 6.8 seconds with the same rifle.
Got cut off. This is the rest of the thread discussing that YouTube video:
http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=14741
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_rifle
During the investigation by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976–1978), the lead attorneys for the Committee, Robert Blakey and Gary Cornwell, were allowed to use WC-139 at an FBI firing range. The attorneys wanted to see how fast the bolt action could be operated. Blakey was able to fire two rounds in 1.5 seconds and Cornwell fired two rounds in 1.2 seconds. This was an experiment to test a possible theory that Oswald in his excitement may have pointed and fired, as opposed to aimed and fired. Some critics of the Warren Commission had claimed it was impossible to fire a Carcano rifle in less than 2.3 seconds. Both the CBS and HSCA tests proved conclusively this claim is not accurate.
Thomas: Stop being such a plant: Gigs up fella.
I love this conspiracy. Some of you are obviously consumed with it.
I have only two words to add in rebuttal of the OP: Hany Farid
#26
We certainly wouldn’t want facts to get in the way of a good conspiracy.
Oswald only got employment at the Book Depository, because a Quaker woman living in Texas, help him and Russian wife get settled and the job. So to believe this was some kind of conspiracy, you’d have to believe that the Quakers are in on it too. Now really, Quakers?!!
Also JFK chose the car he rode in, to be more visible to the crowds. When he could have ridden in something more bulletproof.
The only real hint of any conspiracy was how little security was put in place around the plaza where the shooting occurred. And that the parade route was announced in advance. Oswald probably was wound up and sent after Kennedy, by underworld forces. But those who were responsible for protecting the president from nutjobs like Oswald, seem to have been leaving too many opportunities open. Almost as if they were hoping something would happen, to get Kennedy out of office. Perhaps to extend the Vietnam war, as many believed JFK was opposed to it.
Back then, the FBI knew of at least one defense contractor using a stolen diary of reputed Kennedy mistress Judith Exner, to possibly influence his approval of a DOD contract. Blackmail? Make you wonder what other entities were counting on Kennedy’s cooperation or his demise?
I’ve seen all kinds of wacky theories of things like an umbrella gun, used by a bystander at street level. And the blurry image of someone maybe shooting from a fence on the Grassy Noll. One supposed expert even worked out how someone might have fired a rifle from down inside a street storm drain, as the car drove by. I very much doubt such ideas. Why would any pro risk getting seen or caught, in a crowded place?
This is a form of mental illness, and it’s much more advanced and widespread than I had thought. Go back on your meds, people! At least enough to quiet the voices…
There were 2 photos of Oswald in the backyard holding the rifle. The head of Oswald in both photos is exactly the same which isn’t that big of a deal since they were shot within seconds of each other. Except in one photo his head is tilted, BUT THE SHADOW UNDER HIS NOSE IS ALSO TILTED. Fake, end of discussion.
Read more about it here:
http://pimall.com/nais/news/backyard.html
And it’s not that hard for the people orchestrating the coverup of JFK’s killing to find/hire an “expert” to dispel any notion of conspiracy.
An expert, scientific photo analysis of that photo was done for a TV documentary (History or Discovery Channel) _YEARS_ ago and it reached the same conclusion. The photo is authentic. So, why is this news?
Regardless of what your theory is of the JFK assassination, there was obviously a government cover-up of the facts… and that is VERY disturbing.