Originally posted by Dave T:
I never believed in any conspiracy theories until watching "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" on the History Channel for three nights.
What's to say that the History Channel didn't make up things? It's not just the government that is capable of lying.
The thing on "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" that I found to be totally UNBELEIVABLE that conspiracy buffs site as
proof that it was a conspiracy, is the "photo" of the soldier and the the "second gunman". After this "soldier" came forward,
many years after the event, and said he saw the second gunman, someone analyzed this photo and "found" him. If you have seen a copy of the actual photo, it was a Polaroid taken by someone at least 50 yards away on the opposite side of the plaza. The photo was taken of Kennedy's limo as it passed by. Anyone familier with Polaroid personal cameras, knows that the quality of the image is poor to begin with. The photo "experts" then analyzed the photo pixel by pixel to find the second gunman. They found images made up of 2 to 5 pixels and traced lines around them and "proved" that the soldier and the second gunman was there. One big white smudge was even said to be the smoke from the fired gun. This "smoke" pretty much covered the head of the "shooter" so I guess he must have been using a black powder rifle!
Another problem I have with this photo is that the soldier is alive to tell about it. If this soldier was actually there standing just feet away from the shooter, and known to be there by the shooter and his companion, why was this soldier allowed to live? If the Kennedy assasination were a conspiracy, it required a large number of people to carry out it and the following coverup. These conspirators would allow their intricately planned plot to be discovered by one single soldier? If the government at the highest levels was involved in the plot, as many believe, why was this soldier not shipped out to Viet Nam and "killed" in enemy action if they were unable to kill him at the plaza?
Originally posted by SaxonPig:
Discovery did same thing on Wed with cooked facts and altered history trying to prove Oswald was killer and acted alone. They claimed 8 second of shooting when for 40 years everyone, even lone gunman people, have said it was 6 second. All lies. I wonder why the TV networks are doing this all of a sudden?
The 8 second time frame is based on the Zapruder film. ABC and Discovery are NOT the first to use this figure. Gerald Posner in his book "Case Closed" uses it as well. It is now pretty common belief that Oswald's first shot missed. This is supported by the Zapruder film that shows Gov. Connolly and others turning to look behind them. If you take the frame number at this reaction, and the frame number at the killing shot to Kennedy's head, it works out to be around 8+ seconds between the first and third shots. The 6 second figure was based on the assumption that the shot that wounded Kennedy was the first shot.
Actually it would work to the advantage of TV networks and other journalists to "prove" that it was a plot. The journalist that could prove this would be rich and famous. Just look what Watergate did for Woodward and Bernstein. Proving a plot against Kennedy would make Watergate look like the second rate burglary Nixon proclaimed it.
Was Oswald the "lone gunman"? Over the years my opinion has changed to believe that he was. The recent computer analysis done in the past 10 years has convinced me that the shots were possible. Did Oswald work alone? I don't know but I suspect he did.
The simple fact that there are so many different conspiracy theories, instead of many different conspiracy buffs coming to the same conclusion, tends to support the idea that most of the theoriests are looking to make money on books and to get their 15 minutes of fame. You would also think that after 40 years, you would have at least ONE death bed confession!