The two yellow lines encircle the string on the wall in two different locations. Do you see the string now? That string was placed by the surveyors using the transit which has the blue arrow pointing at it. The surveyors placed the string at the same angle as their survey showed the angle to be to the sniper’s nest window (less the 3-degree slope of the street) which equals approximately 17-degrees. The photo shows that the pointer is being held parallel to the string which indicates the pointer is at the same elevation angle as the path to the sniper’s window. This is very scientific and can be repeated today with the same results. The Bronson photo shows that the 17-degree angle places the path of the bullets well above the SS agents standing on the running boards.
An excellent post.
A bit of old school surveying and common sense.
It reminds me of this Reply you posted a while back, which remains one of my favourite posts of any member of the forum:
Out of curiosity, I tried my hand at the two-laser test. Here are the results:
Here is the set-up, about 5-feet apart and a little over seventeen degrees elevation slope with an eleven degree right to left angle:
The laser level is mounted on a tripod, the front laser is mounted on a boom microphone stand, and they are pointed directly at each other:
The results are shown as follows. I don't have what I think would be a suitable mirror. But you might notice that the image from the rear is a screenshot of a pause in the video at the same time that I took the front photo with a phone camera (I spoke the words "right now" when I took the front photo and, while replaying it, paused the video when I heard me speak those words). This helps to assure that I didn't move between the two photos.
Judging from the location of the laser "crosshair" on the pattern of the shirt, it is about 3-7/8" down from the top of the collar:
This was yet another verification for me that the WC got it right. I thought I would share the details of how I set this experiment up. I triple-checked the aiming of the lasers before and after the test. It appears to me that Jack Trojan might not have set things up properly in his test.
On the flip side we have the latest in "science" from the Knotts Labs crew which culminates in this representation of Zapruder frame 225:
There are two really serious issues with this model:
1] The green line shows the trajectory of the bullet through JFK. It hits JBC in the back about 10 inches away from the actual location JBC was hit.
Where did this shot go? Where is the bullet hole in JBC's back according to this model? And why doesn't the green line pass through JFK's throat?
2] A way more serious issue is the red line which represents the trajectory of the bullet through JBC.
According to this model JFK must have shot JBC!!
How does the red line represent the reality of the situation? It shows the bullet that passed through JBC must have passed through JFK's chest!
It is also worth noting that, although the representation of Dealey Plaza and the limo are first class, the Knott-so-hot crew seemed to have employed children to do the modelling for JFK and JBC. Why is that?
Luckily, we have our resident Knotts Lab expert, Royell, to clear up these issues.
