Here is another fact that destroys the single-bullet theory, a fact that few lone-gunman theorists ever address: The "hole" in the front of Connally's shirt consisted of two very uneven vertical tears, one of which was over half an inch (1.7 cm) longer than the other. The HSCA:
It does not require advanced English skills to see that the "defect" consisted of two very uneven vertical tears, and that one tear was 1.7 cm longer than the other, or over half an inch longer than the other, which is not the kind of "defect" that you would get from a nearly pristine bullet but rather from a deformed bullet or from a large fragment.
Now, obviously, these tears sound much more like tears from a deformed bullet or a bullet fragment than from a bullet such as CE 399, just as Connally's chest surgeon, Dr. Robert Shaw, concluded. Given that the bullet shattered several inches of rib bone, it is not a bit surprising that the bullet fragmented.
The SBT is just whacky nonsense that falls apart on several grounds, if one is willing to consider the evidence objectively.
Of course you guys grasp onto the HSCA's conclusion that the fragments in the neck x-ray were artifacts, and that the Clark Panel just got it wrong, and that even your usual fallback expert, Lattimer, got it wrong. It's just comical. What about Custer's testimony that he saw bullet fragments in the neck x-rays he took at the autopsy? Let me guess: he was "mistaken."
By the way the HSCA FPP said the transverse process at T1 was "fractured," just to set the record straight.
Are you guys ever going to deal with the ARRB evidence that the doctors determined absolutely that the back wound had no exit point?
And are you ever going to deal with Dr. Mantik's finding that, based on the x-rays, there is no path from the back wound to the throat wound without smashing through the spine? Ignoring it won't make it go away.
Dr. Mantik's finding confirms what Dr. John Nichols deduced decades ago: Dr. John Nichols, who was a professor of forensic pathology at the University of the Kansas, had already reached the same conclusion, even though he was unable to study the autopsy x-rays. Dr. Nichols deduced from the trajectories involved and from his knowledge of human anatomy that no bullet could have gone from the back wound to the throat wound without smashing into one of the transverse processes of the spine--not just grazing it but smashing into it. Said Dr. Nichols,
No, this easy to explain. The bullet hole in the shirt is elongated with resulting multiple tears originating from the same hole. The bullet exited JBC's chest length wise.
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How did the bullet enter Gov Connally's back if it does not first pass through JFK? That is the million dollar question. By your own admission there were only two shots from the 6th floor. Dr Canning's trajectory analysis also places the shots from the 6th floor window. The eyewitnesses place the shots from the 6th floor. Three men on the fifth floor place below the SN place the shots on the 6th floor. There is only evidence of two bullets both matched to the rifle found on the 6th floor. A majority of the eyewitnesses state they only heard two shots. Jackie, Nelly, DPD Hargis, Bill Newman all state JFK and JBC were struck by the same shot. On and on and on it goes.
When you answer the question about Connally's wound you are left with SBT as the only alternative. You may not like the answer but it is the only one that explains it. All the wound analysis and various statements over time do not begin to change what is readily obvious.
Create all the conspiracy theories you want about who was shooting and why, but first start with the correct information.
