Before 3pm, those who viewed the SN assumed the sniper was shooting as the motorcade approached. Mooney makes reference to this obliquely when talking about the scar on the box.
"the sniper was shooting as the motorcade approached."
So Mooney imagined that the scar on the box indicated that the scar was made by the recoil of the rifle , and the rifle was aimed south and east ( toward Houston street) of the window?
Can you provide verification that" Mooney makes reference to this obliquely when talking about the scar on the box." ?
Walt you need to add what Day said about the crease to understand Mooney's assumption.
MooneyAnd the minute I squeezed between these two stacks of boxes, I had to turn myself sideways to get in there that is when I saw the expended shells and the boxes that were stacked up looked to be a rest for the weapon. And, also, there was a slight crease in the top box. Whether the recoil made the crease or it was placed there before the shots were fired, I don't know. But, anyway,
there was a very slight crease in the box, where the rifle could have lain--at the same angle that the shots were fired from.DayThere was a scar on the top of or the top side of this box that was sitting there. I noticed that at the time. I thought the recoil of the gun had caused that. I
later decided that was in the wrong direction. It was not the recoil of the gun but I did notice this scar on the box.