CT's, in court how would you defend Oswald?

[Charles Collins]

Probably when the sniper stood up, Iacoletti.

Question:  Could Brennan have seen "the full length of the barrel"?

I think so.

-- MWT 

My analysis shows he had a shot still sitting on the box. And, yes he could see the full length of the barrel.

[Charles Collins]

Brennan may have thought the sniper was in a standing position while firing the final shot by mistakenly assuming that the bottom of the window was much higher off the floor than it really was.

-- MWT 

After the last shot, if the sniper had just sat straight up from his leaning forward shooting position, I believe that, from Brennan's position, he would have appeared to have stepped back and into the corner.

[Thomas Graves]

After the last shot, if the sniper had just sat straight up from his leaning forward shooting position, I believe that, from Brennan's position, he would have appeared to have stepped back and into the corner.

I don't believe the sniper was sitting on anything during the second and third shots, so his "sitting up" after the final shot makes no sense to me.

He was squatting or kneeling during those two shots, imho.

-- MWT 

PS  Uh oh. I see T.S. is still cuttin'-and-pastin' together an entertainin' "post" for us, here.

Been workin' on it for at least twenty minutes ...

[John Iacoletti]

Here's Brennan's view of the same first shot:

Brennan only claimed to see a guy aiming for the head shot.  Is this person in your model accurately placed for the head shot?

Also, how does Brennan identify this guy's height, weight, and clothing?  Or see him from the belt up?

[Charles Collins]

I don't believe the sniper was sitting on anything during the second and third shots, so his "sitting up" after the final shot makes no sense to me.

He was squatting or kneeling during those two shots, imho.

-- MWT 

PS  Uh oh. I see Scully's still cuttin'-and-pastin' together yet another entertainin' "post" for us here.

He's been workin' on it for twenty minutes, already.... ..............................

Here are a couple of images showing that it wasn't necessary for him to squat or kneel for those two shots.





As you can see, the rifle is a little above the top of the boxes. If he wanted to use the boxes as a support for the rifle he could have just scooted his ass back a little and leaned forward more in order to lower his eye level. I believe that this would be more stable than a squat or kneel. However, in my opinion, doing that would have slowed him down during the interval between the shots. The more likely case would be to hold the rifle above the boxes. I don't have the ability to adjust the arms and legs on the characters. So you have to use your imagination for that.

[Charles Collins]

Brennan only claimed to see a guy aiming for the head shot.  Is this person in your model accurately placed for the head shot?

Also, how does Brennan identify this guy's height, weight, and clothing?  Or see him from the belt up?

That image was at the first shot. This one is with the rifle aimed for the head shot and the model turned a few degrees accordingly. Brennan said he saw him sitting on the window sill earlier.

[John Iacoletti]

Here are a couple of images showing that it wasn't necessary for him to squat or kneel for those two shots.





As you can see, the rifle is a little above the top of the boxes. If he wanted to use the boxes as a support for the rifle he could have just scooted his ass back a little and leaned forward more in order to lower his eye level. I believe that this would be more stable than a squat or kneel. However, in my opinion, doing that would have slowed him down during the interval between the shots. The more likely case would be to hold the rifle above the boxes. I don't have the ability to adjust the arms and legs on the characters. So you have to use your imagination for that.

Thanks again, Charles.  It's difficult to tell because these images are small, but are these two images different views of the same placement?  In the top image, the shooter looks to be too far in the corner for his head to be visible from Brennan's position.  Also, it looks like the rifle is too far below his face to be aiming with the scope or the iron sights.  What angles are you using for the rifle barrel?

[John Iacoletti]

That image was at the first shot. This one is with the rifle aimed for the head shot and the model turned a few degrees accordingly. Brennan said he saw him sitting on the window sill earlier.

Well setting aside Brennan claiming he could see the guy from the belt up at the time he was aiming for the final shot, how did he know this was the same guy he saw earlier on the windowsill with no rifle?  Or was that just an assumption?