From: cortez@milton.u.washington.edu (Tom Warner)
Subject: Re: The Adventures of Tom Warner
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 12:18:45 GMT

mst4298@summa.tamu.edu (Mitchell S Todd) writes:

>In article <cortez.716076528@milton>, cortez@milton.u.washington.edu (Tom Warner) writes...

>	We're talking about a coverup so sophisticated that the 
>	autopsy is botched, crucial documents are not altered
>	or forged, "unreliable" people are allowed to see 	
>	the evidence, the "magic bullet" is not obviously not
>	sufficiently deformed.... According to the conspiracy
>	mongers, almost every piece of evidence is obviously wrong.
>	Then they talk about how sophisticated the conspiracy was... 

There's a difference between a sophisticated conspiracy and one that
controls every aspect of the U.S. government. Would it be more convenient
if I were only allowed to believe the latter, or none at all?

>	Find a decent copy of the enhanced x-rays. You should have little
>	difficulty finding the lower half of the right eye socket.
>	In the enhancement, you can trace the edges of the eye socket
>	all the way 'round, until you come to a triangular piece 
>	that has been broken off and displaced a bit at the top of the
>	orbit. This is the only piece of facial bone that is broken;
>	it is mentioned in the autopsy report as "unusual mobility
>	[of bone] in the right superorbital region." See for yourself.

You have a copy which shows the edge of the defect further back, not 
extending into the forehead?

>>It's startling to me the silly neurotrauma hypothesis
>>is still being trumpeted.

>	Why is it so silly?

Because neuromuscular trauma is just a big twitch. It isn't a force that impels
someone's head and torso toward and to the left of an impacting bullet.

>>>	Bullets don't knock people over, in and of themselves.

>>Depends on what kind of bullet you're talking about.

>	Bullet, scmullet. Since we're back into momenta analysis,
>	consider the momentum of a bullet and the momentum of the
>	gun it was fired from. Due to aerodynamic drag, the bullet
>	slows down before it hits its target, so the bullet will
>	have less momentum than the gun. Further, the gun will
>	discharge combustion gasses and particulates along with
>	the bullet, increasing the difference between the momenta
>	of the gun and bullet. If a bullet will knock someone over 
>	in and of itself, then the gun the bullet was fired from 
>	will knock the shooter on his ass.

It happens. Probably not too often with a 6.5mm Mannlicher Carcano, however,
even if we're assuming Oswald on the trigger. :)

>>>	One can determine very little of the source of the shot
>>>	by looking at the Z-film.  It is a myth that because he
>>>	moved backwards and to his left he had to have been
>>>	reacting to the force of a bullet fired from his front
>>>	right.

>>Bullshit. First, it can clearly be seen from the film that Kennedy's head
>>takes the hit and then impels the entire torso backward. His arms stay
>>completely limp, and his back does not arch -- it simply gets thrown backward.
>>There is absolutely no visbible sign of any muscular action at all.

>	Considering that JFK was wearing a suit, and that the
>	z-film isn't exactly the clearest photography ever done,
>	I'm suprised that you, can say with such certainty that
>	JFK doesn't arch his back at all.

His shoulders stay forward of his back until after his back collides with
the seat.

>       I'm also suprised that
>	you don't seem to factor in the back brace and associated
>	apparatus JFK was wearing at the time.

You're right. But would these hold his shoulders forward?

>        Also, next time you
>	watch the Z-film, watch JFK's right arm. I'm sure you'll find it
>	interesting. 

Don't be so mysterious. What do you see?

>	Knoll-shooter fans never seem to bother to check the location
>	of the wounds in JFK's head to the trajectory between the 
>	President and the knoll. The angle between the direction the
>	limo is travelling and the knoll trajectory has been measured
>	by the HSCA to be 50 degrees.

At what point on the knoll?

>       JFK's head was turned about
> 	30 degrees to the left of the direction vector for the limo
>	at z-312. The angle between a knoll shot at 312 and the
>	direction JFK is facing is, then some 80 degrees. Now, if
>	JFK was hit in the temple, then the exi wound should be
>	on the *left* side of JFK's head.
>		

Based on the direction of Kennedy's head and torso, I would put the shooter
somewhat forward. As far as exit, I don't see why the bullet couldn't blow
out the rear top, or for that matter, splinter and come out multiple ways.