The Robert Groden scan of Doorman is considered the best and the most
detailed. But, are all the details real?
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3929/86470341.jpg
To test that, I created a scan of my own. We'll call it the Cinque scan.
What I did was take a sharp, clear version of the Altgens photo-from Life
magazine-and I cut Doorman out of it. Period. That's it. No editing. No
filtering. No nothing.
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9104/collage573.jpg
So, what you have above is the Cinque scan on the left, and the Groden
scan on the right.
I had to keep it small because otherwise the enlargement would look
pixellated, and the Idiot Backes would accuse me of doing it on purpose.
What I want you to notice is that, on my side which is left, the pattern
of Doorman's shirt is quite smooth and consistent. It looks a little
mottled, but it still looks consistent with no sharp contrast. However,
the Groden scan on the right shows quite a lot of contrast with white
lines and splotches against the dark background.
On my Doorman, and I'm sure Richard Hooke will agree with this, we're just
seeing the light reflecting off his shirt. That's what the slight mottling
is. Oswald's shirt glistened in the sunlight. It had a fine, grainy
pattern- so fine that away from the direct light, it just looked brown.
But, in the direct light, as Doorman was, it sparkled, it glistened, and
that's what we are seeing.
But on Groden's side, we are seeing much more contrast than that, and some
have equated it with the "plaid" pattern of Lovelady's shirt.
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7620/collage574.jpg
They are obviously not the same. The only thing those patterns have in
common is that they are both varied, but they are not varied in the same
way. There is nothing plaid or checkered or geometric about Doorman's
pattern, and there is no reason to think we are seeing Lovelady's pattern
on him.
But, what are we seeing? I maintain that the contrasting pattern that we
see is distortion introduced by Robert Groden. Go back to the comparison
with my Doorman. The distinct white lines on Groden's cuff are an
exaggeration of the light glistening off the shirt- which Groden somehow
converted into distinct white lines.
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9104/collage573.jpg
Here is what Groden reportedly said about it as published in the HSCA
Final Report:
He said that he detected a "pattern of lines" that correspond more "in
pattern and color" to Lovelady's plaid shirt than to Oswald's tweed
shirt.
Bull crap! There are no lines on Doorman's shirt. It has a consistent
grainy pattern with some faint light reflections- that's all. But somehow,
Groden exaggerated that effect into distinct white lines.
I am saying that Groden infused artificial content into that scan of his,
and here's my proof: look at the collar of Black Tie Man on his scan.
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3929/86470341.jpg
How on Earth could the detail of that collar- which is evident- show up in
the Altgens photo? It's impossible. Look what it started with:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2674/lifealtgens.jpg
Do you really think that honing in close on that doorway, that you would
be able to distinguish the fine line of Black Tie Man's shirt collar?
This was Tri-X film, which was lousy film, with poor resolution, and poor
detail. The idea that that collar would be distinguishable from Altgens'
distance is preposterous.
I don't know what was done, but that carved out collar isn't real. And it
makes me wonder: has Robert Groden been working for the other side all
along? Is he a plant? Is he a phony CT like Joseph Backes and Albert
Doyle?
Or, is Robert Groden more like the Inspector Clouseau of JFK assassination
research, where he was tricked by others to do the things he did? I think
it's more likely the latter.