>>> "Since Spector [sic] is demonstrating roughly a 20 degree down angle, (not a 17.5 angle as "DVP" tried to claim)..." <<<
Arlen Specter's rod is angled at 17.725 degrees downward. The rod is
perfectly parallel with the string on the wall in the background of
CE903, and that string is angled at 17d-43m-30s (which equals 17.725
degrees).
Benjamin Holmes, being the retarded conspiracy-giddy kook that he is,
apparently thinks that the WC and Lyndal Shaneyfelt just made up the
very specific and detailed testimony concerning the angles seen in
CE903 that can be found in Shaneyfelt's WC testimony session:
ARLEN SPECTER -- "I now hand you a photograph which has been marked as
Commission Exhibit No. 903 and ask you if you know who the
photographer was?"
LYNDAL L. SHANEYFELT -- "Yes; I took this photograph."
MR. SPECTER -- "When was that photograph taken?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "It was taken Sunday afternoon, May 24, 1964."
MR. SPECTER -- "Is there a white string which is apparent in the
background of that photograph?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "That is correct."
MR. SPECTER -- "What is the angle of declination of that string?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "That string was placed along the wall by the
surveyor at an angle of 17 degrees-43'-30''." ....
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/html/WH_Vol18_0055b.htm
MR. SPECTER -- "Did the surveyor make that placement in your
presence?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "He did."
MR. SPECTER -- "Were the stand-ins for President Kennedy and Governor
Connally positioned in the same relative positions as those occupied
by President Kennedy and Governor Connally depicted in the Zapruder
films?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "Yes; these positions were approximately the
position of the President and Governor Connally in the Zapruder films
in the area around frame 225 as they go behind the signboard and as
they emerge from the signboard."
MR. SPECTER -- "Was the rod which is held in that photograph
positioned at an angle as closely parallel to the white string as it
could be positioned?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "Yes."
MR. SPECTER -- "And through what positions did that rod pass?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "The rod passed through a position on the back of
the stand-in for the President at a point approximating that of the
entrance wound, exited along about the knot of the tie or the button
of the coat or button of the shirt, and the end of the rod was
inserted in the entrance hole on the back of Governor Connally's coat
which was being worn by the stand-in for Governor Connally."
MR. SPECTER -- "And was Governor Connally's stand-in seated in the
position where the point of exit would have been below the right
nipple at the approximate point described by Governor Connally's
doctors?"
MR. SHANEYFELT -- "That is correct."
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Holmes probably is thinking that 20 degrees is the correct angle in
CE903 due to the fact that Elm Street has a slope of about 3 degrees
(3d-9m to be exact, which equates to 3.15 degrees).
But the picture seen in CE903 was taken in a garage in Dallas--and
there's obviously no 3.15-degree "slope" evident in the garage. So,
the 3.15-degree slope of Elm Street was subtracted from the angle for
the purposes of the garage demonstration seen in CE903. Therefore, the
angle (sans the Elm St. slope) is between 17 and 18 degrees.
If we were to add the 3.15-degree street grade back into the equation,
the angle would be 20.875 degrees. But the angle seen in CE903 is
definitely not 20+ degrees -- it's 17+ degrees, just as Shaneyfelt
said in his Warren Commission testimony.
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/06/sbt-perfection-of-ce903.html
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/06/sbt-perfection-of-ce903-part-2.html
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2011/12/ce903-part-3.html