Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
History
Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
And the variations from the position of the rifle at that particular
window, I feel would be negligible.
Senator COOPER. At every point where you made it, hypothetically, at
least, made the determination that at a particular point the President
was struck by a bullet, at that point the car and the President could
be seen from the window?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. That is correct.
Senator COOPER. That is all I want to ask.
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Even under the tree you still could see the car and the
President through the tree.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Shaneyfelt, did the surveyors calculate the angle and
distance from each position where the simulated car was stopped from
the President to the triple underpass?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. That is correct.
Mr. SPECTER. And are those figures reproduced in terms of distance to
overpass, and angle to overpass on every one of the exhibits which also
depict distance to window, referring to the sixth floor window, and
angle to rifle in window?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Yes; they do. They are on all the exhibits.
Mr. SPECTER. Now; is there any point on the overpass where the angle
to the President's car or the angle to the President's stand-in seated
in the simulated car, would permit a shot to be fired and to create
the wound in the President's neck, which has an angle of decline of
approximately 17°, based on the information furnished to you by the
medical evidence, which we have asked you to assume, where that wound
could be inflicted on the President's neck without regard to the point
of entry?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. No; none of the angles from the overpass are anywhere
near 17°. They range from frame 161 at a minus 7´, from horizontal, to
frame 313 which is 1°28´. None of them are even close to 17°.
Senator COOPER. From the exhibit that has been introduced, showing
the position of the car and the President at the time of the first
shot--what was the distance from that point to the overpass?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. The approximate location of the first shot----
Senator COOPER. Frame what?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Well, the exact frame has not been established, but
it would be in the range from frames 207 to 225. At frame 207, the
distance to the handrail on a line of sight vision to the wound on the
President is 350.9 feet.
At frame 225 the line of sight distance from the handrail of the
overpass to the wound on the President is 334 feet.
Senator COOPER. What is the distance at those points to the window in
the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Frame 207 line of sight distance from the wound to the
window is 174.9 feet. This distance to the overpass from there is 350.9.
On frame 225, line of sight to the window is 190.8 feet as opposed to
the distance to the handrail on the overpass of 334.0 feet.
Senator COOPER. Did you yourself stand at the handrail of the overpass?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Did I?
Senator COOPER. Yes.
Mr. SHANEYFELT. No; I did not.
Mr. SPECTER. What do you mean, Mr. Shaneyfelt, by line of sight?
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account