The upper zone (which I'm suggesting is a bullet impact) isn't a reflection like the one lower down. It doesn't have the same intensity at all. It's in front of Kennedy's shoulder (as you can see in the extreme zoom) and it merges with the woman's bag at the rear.
It doesn't have the same intensity at all.Yes, if it is simply the woman’s bag then it wouldn’t be a direct reflection off of the windshield and therefore would not have the same intensity as a direct reflection.
However, I believe that it could be intense enough that it could still cause a starburst effect through the aperture of the camera. I don’t know what the woman has, but I seem to remember women’s white patent leather bags being popular back in that era. If it is white patent leather, then I think that the reflectiveness of the shiny white patent leather could reflect the sun similarly (to the reflection we think we see lower down on the windshield). And the curvature of the windshield (that that light would pass through to reach the camera from the bag) might cause the shape of the starburst that is associated to the bag to be different than the shape of the starburst of the sun’s reflection (directly from the surface of the windshield).
It's in front of Kennedy's shoulder (as you can see in the extreme zoom) and it merges with the woman's bag at the rear.If it is a starburst effect caused by the aperture of the camera, then it might appear to you to be in front of JFK’s shoulder. After all the camera aperture is between the film and JFK’s shoulder.
