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| Unsolved History: "Kennedy III: Magic Bullet" |
I just watched the DVD version of the compelling Discovery Channel "Unsolved History" documentary (from November 2004), "JFK: Beyond The Magic Bullet", which PROVES beyond ALL doubt that the SBT was certainly a doable act from Oswald's 60-foot perch at the TSBD.
The remarkable test used simulated, but highly-accurate human "torsos", including two complete mock skeletal structures, which were built based on each victims' physical characteristics. The test resulted in the Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5mm Western Cartridge bullet passing through both torsos and emerging in good condition (but not as pristine as CE399, which is the so-called "Magic Bullet" or "Stretcher Bullet").
But the likely reason this test bullet didn't mirror CE399 exactly is that the simulated shot accidentally struck more ribs within the Connally model than actually were broken in JBC's own body on 11/22. (Which was no doubt due to the fact that the gunman performing the recreation missed the target on JFK's upper back slightly (he hit the torso slightly left of the target representing the actual back wound).
But even so, the simulated bullet still wasn't nearly as deformed as many/most CTers seem to feel CE399 HAD to be after causing seven wounds in two men.
The Connally back wound was also "elongated" (keyhole-shaped) in nature, just exactly like the real deal from 1963.
This impressive Discovery Channel demonstration, coupled with Dale Myers' computer animations favoring the SBT's likelihood, coupled also with Dr. Lattimer's recent tests showing that the bullet could definitely have been "tumbling" upon exiting JFK's throat, illustrates that 40 years of CT cries claiming "The SBT Is Impossible" are obviously dead wrong.
And the CT argument of: How could JFK's front-of-neck wound be small & round as described by the Parkland witnesses? can easily be explained as well. --- The bullet began to tumble upon exiting the throat/neck of the President, and not while inside the President. An entirely reasonable and feasible interpretation, IMO, because we're talking about 23 inches between JFK and JBC. And if it started to tumble WITHIN JFK's body, we're only talking about a few inches difference in total tumbling time. A very small distance of space, and a negligible difference. **
** = Footnote on this tumbling matter -- Upon re-watching the "SBT recreation" in the Discovery Channel Magic-Bullet program, and pausing/freezing the slo-mo video of the recreation, it can easily be verified that the bullet exits the JFK neck wound straight, and then begins to tumble into Connally's back. You can freeze-frame the bullet in mid-air between JFK & JBC, and the bullet is travelling STRAIGHT (not tumbling) upon exiting the Kennedy neck mock-up.
The SBT has been PROVEN a likely possibility given the known wound locations. Because, now, after seeing such successful tests, we would have to believe the even MORE unlikely scenario (IF the SBT is not how the shooting occurred) that includes a SEPARATE back wound striking Connally at PRECISELY the same spot where a possible SBT shot would also have struck him. What are the odds of that?
Another very impressive test in the Discovery Ch. program was the firing of a Western Cartridge (Oswald-like) bullet through a solid block of wood (log) -- with the bullet penetrating more that half the way through the lengthy log and emerging in EXACTLY the same condition as CE399! It could have been a precise duplicate for CE399, right down to the lead oozing slightly from the core base.
That "log" test, again, illustrates just how tough the M-C 6.5 ammunition is. That test is nearly as impressive as the final "SBT" torso test. Because the bullet exactly mirrored CE399 after striking nothing but a hard, solid object!
Do the conspiracy theorists here who watched that excellent Discovery Channel program STILL deny even the remote possibility of the Single-Bullet Theory being a viable scenario in the JFK assassination?
If so, I'm at a loss to see how you can still cling to the idea that the SBT was/is "pure fiction" (at least from the standpoint of the likelihood that CE399 could have emerged in its known near-"pristine" condition, which has always been scoffed at by the conspiracy theorists).








