The Uni Led Solution of -Z,4,,,;( the Shots Fired in Dealey Plaza in This Solution
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eif,A IVY The Uni led Solution of -z,4,,,;( the Shots Fired in Dealey Plaza In this solution. one winner is Josiah Thompson, who predicted in 1967 that the first shot occurred around Z-200 and that the Connally shot occurred at Z-234.238. Thompson's double head shot, however, is not supported. Another winner is Noel Twyman, who determined that the Zapruder film had been edited between the Connally shot and the fatal head shot. At the 1997 JFK Lancer Conference, Matthew Smith and his German computer expert, Joachim Marcus, used computer simulation by Bill to determine that the Kennedy neck shot occurred at Z-196 (plus or Truels, M.D. minus 2 frames). Smith also suggested that this bullet exited Kennedy's back. The trajectory correlated with a bullet mark found on Elm Street as depicted in Bruce Cutler's map. Revelations g the 1997 JFK Lancer Conference in Dallas have led me to a rather simple solution to the Dealey Plaza shot sequence, Kennedy's position at this point (Z-196) was such that a bullet entering his throat from the grassy knoll would exit Kennedy's right For years, I have been attempting to match the Zapruder film with the acoustics analysis and the three bullet strikes on the pavement. But I posterior shoulder, pass between the Secret Service man standing on the running board of the car behind Kennedy and the motorcycle police- could never achieve a satisfactory fit to the shots from the Book man, and strike Elm Street at the point where a mark had been found. Depository, which 1 assumed must have occurred, but just didn't seem In my opinion, this was a muffled shot, and it occurs on the acoustics to jibe with the trajectories. And the acoustic spacing between the two 0.5 seconds before two louder, successive rear shots. groups of shots did not match the apparent Zapruder film spacing. in the acoustics analysis, the second shot is heard one-half As with the solution to Fermat's last theorem, the answer was second or 9 frames later, at Z-205. Acoustics indicates it to be a rear elusive and seemed unsolvable to many determined researchers. Some shot, If this bullet had been argued that a true solution to the Dealey Plaza shot sequence would fired from the northwest corner of the roof of the County Records Building, and missed Kennedy's head a few never be found because there were too many unknown variables. The inches high, it would strike the north sidewalk of Elm Street at precisely solution to the Dealey Plaza shot sequence is a puzzle that has waited the point where a bullet mark was seen. A six-inch circular cement almost 35 years for someone to solve. patch can presently be seen on the sidewalk at this point, and, according I presented an earlier version of this solution to the COPA to Ken Holmes, Jr., corresponds to the bullet strike, which has been meeting in Dallas, November, 1997. but have modified it as a result of repaired twice. my discussions with Matthew Smith and Joachim Markus at the 1997 The third shot in this first volley is also from the rear on the JFK Lancer Conference about the timing of the rust shot and after acoustics. It occurs 30 frames later than the second shot, which would reading Noel Twyman's report on editing of the Zapruder film in his place this at Z-235. According to Josiah Thompson, this corresponds to book, Bloody Treason (Laurel Publishing, 1998). the Connally hit. A shot fired from the roof of the Dal-Tex Building After trying dozens of possible combinations, I found the would narrowly miss Kennedy's head high and strike Governor solution amazingly simple—two triangulated shot patterns. I have Connally in the right axilla, exiting below the right nipple. called this the "Unified Solution" to the Dealey Plaza shot sequence This description is also a match with Governor Connally's because it successfully weds the acoustics analysis with the Zapruder statement, upon viewing the Zapruder film, placed his point of injury at film analysis and the three pavement marks. To my knowledge, this Z-234. The "magic bullet" was in reality two separate shots fired 38 synthesis has never been done. In fact. the Zapruder film analysis frames or 2.1 seconds apart. A recently released picture from the combined with the three pavement marks are enough to solve this problem. Archives presented by Robert Groden at the COPA conference shows the exit wound in Connally's coat to be well below the lapel on the right The acoustics merely act to support the above conclusion, if one side. At Z-234, Connally's right wrist is well out of line with this allows for editing of 30 frames of the Zapruder flint between the trajectory and must have been injured by a later bullet. Connally hit at 236 and the Kennedy head hit at Z-313 (see postscript at But the Connally hit can be traced even more precisely. As the end of this article, where the shot sequence is determined without using acoustics). Connally rotates to his right, each frame between 234 and 238 places the shooter in a different building, if one assumes a straight line In my book, Breach of Faith (Concorde Publishing Co.. 1995), 1 between his wounds of entry and exit. also used the term "Unified Solution" to refer to the cooperation - I call this the "Connally Clock" A bullet that narrowly misses between the CIA and the Mafia in the assassination of President Kennedy. Kennedy's head and strikes Connally in the left axilla most likely comes from the roof of the Dal-Tex Building. 2 believe frame Z-236 There are several surprising findings to this solution. One result provides the best trajectory alignment for the Connally hit from the Dal- is that probably no shots were fired from the Book Depository. Another Tex Building, but this conclusion will require computer simulation. is that the "missed shot" which hit James Tague did not occur during the first volley. In addition, Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, who was Using the gaps present on the acoustics during the first volley, assigned to protect the First Lady, becomes a hero for saving Jacqueline and Smith and Markus' starting point of Z-196 for the first shot, one obtains the following sequence: Kennedy's life. I will explain shortly. 6 Volume 4, Issue 2 1998 JFK Lancer Productions & Publications ' FIRST VOLLEY SECOND VOLLEY Z-196--Kennedy throat hit from grassy knoll, exits right 2-313—Fatal head shot from Grassy Knoll with frangible bullet shoulder, strikes pavement on Elm Street Z-327--Missed shot from second floor of Dal-Tex Building, strikes Z-205—Missed shot from County Records Building, strikes Connally in the right lower forearm (just above the wrist), then the sidewalk north of Elm Street, at present site of six-inch circular patch windshield Z-235--Bullet narrowly misses Kennedy's head, strikes Z-340—Missed shot from the County Records Building, as the rifle is Connally in left axilla, exits below right nipple pulled off-line when Agent Clint Hill jumps off back of limousine: James Tague is then struck One problem with the acoustics has been that it predicts about 30 frames to be missing between the Connally chest shot at Z-235 and the Surprisingly, the Unified Solution suggests no shots were fired Kennedy head shot at Z-3I3. Until the work of Noel Twyman (and from the Book Depository. The computer work of Matthew Smith and David Mantik), this was considered unlikely. Apparently, the editing Joachim Markus indicates serious problems with a Depository shot. was done by the FBI in an attempt to make it appear the car had not During the first volley, the Depositary Oak Tree obstructs a clear slowed down prior to the fatal head shot. view of Kennedy. Josiah Thompson argues that, because of trajectory If the acoustics are timed to the erassy knoll head shot at Z-3I3, considerations, the Connally shot had to come from the south side of then the two additional rear shots occur at Z-327 and Z-340. For a shot Dealey Plaza, and certainly not from the Book Depository. at Z-327 to narrowly miss Kennedy's head ( and Jacqueline Kennedy's During the second volley. Secret Service men standing on the car head) high, traveling downward at a 25 degree angle, it would strike behind Kennedy also obstruct a clear view of Kennedy. Secret Service Connally's right distal forearm, which at this point was at the level of Agent Forest Sorrels, who was in the lead car, looked back and did not his neck, as he was in the process of falling to his left into Nellie see or hear any Depository shots. In addition, witnesses in front of the Connally's lap. Depository ran over to the Grassy Knoll looking for gunmen, rather Such a bullet could then deflect slightly upward, after passing than up the Depository steps. through Connally's forearm (distal radius bone), and strike the chrome Remember the Secret Service looking behind them at Altgen's above the windshield, where a non-penetrating bullet strike was seen. photo at Z-255. The sixth floor window was clearly visible after Z-210, This defect might also explain the James Tague strike, except that but none of the Secret Service men saw anyone shooting out the pictures suggest that while the windshield was cracked, there was no Depository window as they looked back.