On 10/10/2014 11:14 AM, Mike wrote:
> The lapel flip was part of John Connally's startle reaction to the
> something on his left side. It is not the result of a bullet exiting
> his chest.
>
> John Connally was hit on the back of his LEFT shoulder by the bullet
> that exited JFK's throat. That is what caused John Connallys startle
> reaction to his LEFT. It also caused the lapel flip.
>
> That bullet is not the bullet which penetrated his back and broke his
> ribs. Connally was hit by a second bullet about 1 second later that
> completely missed JFK.
>
> Here is a gif animation of frames 224 and 225 that show John Connally
> raising his left shoulder in reaction to a stimulus....
>
> Watch John Connally's left shoulder...
>
>
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Acd9cyfLnwQ/VDf1EOzqX_I/AAAAAAAADrI/bSBrPFMjlck/w313-h251-no/shoulder.gif
>
>
> Here is the complete startle reaction
>
> in real time
>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB_H5spNq7o
>
> And in slow motion
>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HesB3lzbV0E
>
>
> In reality, John Connally was hit by two bullets. The bullet which
> passed through JFK struck Connally on the back of his LEFT shoulder.
> That bullet became CE399. It was traveling too slow to do any damage.
>
> He was hit by a second bullet, 1 second later that completely missed
> JFK. That bullet penetrated his back and exited his chest.
>
I am posting this as a rebuttal to something David Von Pein is posting
in another forum.
He is posting this image and asking people to look at the "TIE" moving.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KCPYZe3ljVA/UolSwZ4DOwI/AAAAAAAAw1o/JH7p-L7CfvU/s1600/110a.+Z224-Z225+Toggling+Clip.gif
The tie is moving because Connally was hit by the bullet that passed
through JFK's neck. But this bullet hit Connallys left shoulder. The
reason the Tie is moving is because Connally is reacting to being hit in
the left shoulder by the bullet that just passed through JFK's neck.
However this bullet was moving too slow and was probabily yawing when it
hit Connally and did no damage other than to startle him. Connally
reacts to this FIRST bullet by
1)raising his left shoulder
2)turning rapidly to his left and swatting with his hat.
This bullet became CE399.
That startle reaction can be seen in this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB_H5spNq7o
About 1 second later, as seen in both the photographic and acoustic
evidence, a SECOND bullet was fired. The second bullet missed JFK
completely and it is this bullet that struck Connally in the back and
the bullet that caused Connally to grimmace in pain.
Connallys actions are showing us what TWO closely spaced bullets look
like photographically.
So how do we know the bullet that exited JFK's neck was moving at a very
slow velocity?
First, the video evidence suggests that it the case
Focus on JFK, it appears that he is gagging...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O44oq_W1Ao
Second, look at this two frame sequence. JFK is closing his hand as if
he is trying to grab something AT EXACTLY the same time as Connally
raises his LEFT shoulder.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Acd9cyfLnwQ/VDf1EOzqX_I/AAAAAAAADrI/bSBrPFMjlck/w313-h251-no/shoulder.gif
Third, look at JFK in this frame. JFK has his right hand to his mouth
and he is ripping his shirt open with his left hand.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Acd9cyfLnwQ/VDf1EOzqX_I/AAAAAAAADrI/bSBrPFMjlck/w313-h251-no/shoulder.gif
Now the medical evidence.
We have the testimony of Dr. Ronald Coy Jones.
Dr. JOnes saw the neck wound before the tracheotomy.
He said the wound was small and circular with no jagged edges. He said
that if that wound was an EXIT wound it was caused by a missile moving
at a very slow velocity. So slow it almost did not exit the neck. This
description is completely consistent with the photographic evidence,
including the left shoulder raise of Connally and bullet CE399.
Mr. SPECTER - Will you describe as precisely as you can the wound that
you observed in the throat?
Dr. JONES - The wound in the throat was probably no larger than a
quarter of an inch in diameter. There appeared to be no powder burn
present, although this could have been masked by the amount of blood
that was on the head and neck, although there was no obvious, amount of
powder present. There appeared to be a very minimal amount of disruption
of interruption of the surrounding skin. There appeared to be relatively
smooth edges around the wound, and if this occurred as a result of a
missile, you would have probably thought it was a missile of very low
velocity and probably could have been compatible with a bone fragment of
either--probably exiting from the neck, but it was a very small, smooth
wound.
Dr. JONES - The hole was very small and relatively clean cut, as you
would see in a bullet that is entering rather than exiting from a
patient. If this were an exit wound, you would think that it exited at a
very low velocity to produce no more damage than this had done, and if
this were a missile of high velocity, you would expect more of an
explosive type of exit wound, with more tissue destruction than this
appeared to have on superficial examination.
Mr. SPECTER - Would it be consistent, then, with an exit wound, but of
low velocity, as you put it?
Dr. JONES - Yes; of very low velocity to the point that you might think
that this bullet barely made it through the soft tissues and just enough
to drop out of the skin on the opposite side.
And finally, we have the bullet. We have CE399. That bullet looks
exactly like we would expect a bullet to look if it passed through JFK
without striking anything hard, slowed down almost to the point it did
not exit, and struck Connally a glancing blow on his left shoulder.
All of the evidence, AND I MEAN ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, is consistent with
the fact that there were two shots, the first passed through JFK ,
slowed down , almost did not exit, did exit, struck Connally on his left
shoulder blade and became CE399. One second later Connally was struck by
a second bullet that completely missed JFK. That bullet struck Connally
below his right armpit.
This is a good example of the Sherlock Holmes quote..."Once you
eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbabily,
must be the truth"