Post by John Duncan on Oct 5, 2019 21:36:21 GMT -5
This was written by Gil Jesus in January 2007 and looks at the witnesses in Dealey Plaza who said they saw smoke during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Here is Cheryl McKinnon who was intent on being very observant so she could write her observations for a class project. She was situated next to the Newman's on the Grassy Knoll north. "There were puffs of white smoke still hung in the air in small patches." "The only thing I am absolutely sure of today is that at least two shots of the shots fired that day in Dealey Plaza came from behind where I stood on the Knoll, not from the book Depository."
James L. Simmons in a 1966 filmed interview.
"And there was a puff of smoke that came from underneath the trees on the embankment directly in front of the wooden fence."
Nolan H. Potter, Richard C. Dodd, and Clemon E. Johnson, the railroad workers situated on the Triple Underpass "saw smoke off to their left." Dodd's film interview…"smoke came from behind the hedge on the north side of the plaza."
Other Railroad workers interviewed in Dallas 1966. Walter L. Winborn, and Thomas J. Murphy--- confirmed seeing smoke in the trees on the GN.
Futher Smoke Corroboration: From TV news film was analyzed by assassination researchers. NBC photographer Dave Weigman was riding in the seventh car in the motorcade. Hearing shots, Weigman started filming even before the firing stopped. He then jumped out of the convertible and ran up the GN with his camera still operating. Because of all this motion, his blurred and jerky film was overlooked as assassination evidence until recently . However in one clear frame, which depicts the presidential limousine just entering the TU, a puff of smoke is clearly visible hanging in front of the trees on the knoll--exactly where Holland and the other railroad workers claimed to have seen it. It has been well established that there was no other natural source of smoke in that area that day.
Jean Hill. "I saw a man fire from behind the wooden fence. I saw a puff of smoke and some movement of the GN where he was. [fifteen feet north of the eastern corner of the wooden picket fence]. Saw man running toward behind the TSBD.
Sam Holland. WC testimony. "....and a puff of smoke came out about six or eight feet above the ground right out from under those trees."
1966 Interview of Sam Holland. "I looked over to where I thought the shot came from and I saw a puff of smoke still lingering under the trees in front of the wooden fence. The report sounded like it came from behind the wooden fence...I know where the third shot came from---behind the picket fence. There's no doubt whatsoever in my mind."
Nix film has "flashes of light"
A. J. Millican who was between the TSBD and GN "heard three shots from up toward Elm by TSBD, and then after two more from the Arcade (GN) between the bookstore and TU.
Jesse C. Price, building engineer of the Union Terminal Annex on the Southside of the Plaza. After describing the shots by the north Knoll..."a man running behind the wooden fence towards the passenger cars" ...carrying what could have been a rifle. He was on top of the building just to get a birds eye view.
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Here is Cheryl McKinnon who was intent on being very observant so she could write her observations for a class project. She was situated next to the Newman's on the Grassy Knoll north. "There were puffs of white smoke still hung in the air in small patches." "The only thing I am absolutely sure of today is that at least two shots of the shots fired that day in Dealey Plaza came from behind where I stood on the Knoll, not from the book Depository."
James L. Simmons in a 1966 filmed interview.
"And there was a puff of smoke that came from underneath the trees on the embankment directly in front of the wooden fence."
Nolan H. Potter, Richard C. Dodd, and Clemon E. Johnson, the railroad workers situated on the Triple Underpass "saw smoke off to their left." Dodd's film interview…"smoke came from behind the hedge on the north side of the plaza."
Other Railroad workers interviewed in Dallas 1966. Walter L. Winborn, and Thomas J. Murphy--- confirmed seeing smoke in the trees on the GN.
Futher Smoke Corroboration: From TV news film was analyzed by assassination researchers. NBC photographer Dave Weigman was riding in the seventh car in the motorcade. Hearing shots, Weigman started filming even before the firing stopped. He then jumped out of the convertible and ran up the GN with his camera still operating. Because of all this motion, his blurred and jerky film was overlooked as assassination evidence until recently . However in one clear frame, which depicts the presidential limousine just entering the TU, a puff of smoke is clearly visible hanging in front of the trees on the knoll--exactly where Holland and the other railroad workers claimed to have seen it. It has been well established that there was no other natural source of smoke in that area that day.
Jean Hill. "I saw a man fire from behind the wooden fence. I saw a puff of smoke and some movement of the GN where he was. [fifteen feet north of the eastern corner of the wooden picket fence]. Saw man running toward behind the TSBD.
Sam Holland. WC testimony. "....and a puff of smoke came out about six or eight feet above the ground right out from under those trees."
1966 Interview of Sam Holland. "I looked over to where I thought the shot came from and I saw a puff of smoke still lingering under the trees in front of the wooden fence. The report sounded like it came from behind the wooden fence...I know where the third shot came from---behind the picket fence. There's no doubt whatsoever in my mind."
Nix film has "flashes of light"
A. J. Millican who was between the TSBD and GN "heard three shots from up toward Elm by TSBD, and then after two more from the Arcade (GN) between the bookstore and TU.
Jesse C. Price, building engineer of the Union Terminal Annex on the Southside of the Plaza. After describing the shots by the north Knoll..."a man running behind the wooden fence towards the passenger cars" ...carrying what could have been a rifle. He was on top of the building just to get a birds eye view.
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