Ballistics

By far the most controversial aspect of the JFK Assassination is the single-bullet theory. Derogatorily named the "magic-bullet theory", that being that Commission Exhibit 399, the bullet that was found on Connally's Parkland Hospital stretcher by Darrell Thomlinson, caused seven separate wounds between Kennedy and Connally and did not undergo any substantive flattening of its nose. As this post will demonstrate, the CE 399 is not "pristine" and has in-fact undergone deformation, merely at the side of the bullet instead of at its nose. First, a lateral photograph of CE 399 from the National Archives:

Now, a base-to-nose photograph:

CE 399 quite obviously struck something sideways in order to be deformed in that way. Now, how do we know that this bullet came from Oswald's Mannlicher-Carcano (serial number C-2766) to the exclusion of all other rifles? Well, rifling striations can prove that for us by comparing a test-bullet fired from the rifle and the bullet that we are analyzing, see below, Commission Exhibit 566:

And the test-bullets that was fired for comparison purposes:

Now, what about the fragments recovered from inside of the limousine? Do any of them not match Oswald's Mannlicher-Carcano rifle? Well, those fragments, categorized as CE 567 and CE 569 by the Warren Commission (as seen below), all match Oswald's Mannlicher-Carcano rifle to the exclusion of all other rifles:

So, in conclusion, every single bullet fragment recovered within a state intact enough had been conclusively ballistically linked to Oswald's rifle to the exclusion of all other rifles. And, finally, Waldman Exhibit 7, a microfilm of the mail-order form demonstrating that an "Alek Hidell", Post Office box 2915 ordered the rifle, and Alek Hidell, as shall be shown, was conclusively Lee Harvey Oswald's pseudonym:

Below, two pages from Oswald's phonebook, demonstrating ownership of PO box 2915:

Below, Oswald's forged "Alek James Hidell" Selective Service Card, found in his possession when he was arrested on November 22nd, 1963:

To return to the single-bullet theory, how is it that a bullet was able to turn around in mid-air and hit Connally? Well, the problem with this criticism is that it is founded on a false premise, that being the Kennedy and Connally were parallel with each, when they were in-fact partially diagonal as the David Powers photograph, taken not long before the assassination:

Below is the trajectory conspiracy theorists usually postulate for the absurdity of the single-bullet theory:

Here is the actual trajectory of the single-bullet, with the correct seating arrangement of Kennedy and Connally:

But what about the lack of any substantive damage to the nose of the bullet? Well, wound ballistics researchers John K. Lattimer and Martin L. Fackler solved this problem decades ago:

And below, a test bullet fired through human bone by Fackler:

Talk about a pristine bullet! The problem with those who doubt the single-bullet theory is that they fail to understand that as the bullet struck and exited Kennedy, it underwent a reduction in velocity after having passed through Kennedy's soft tissue and, once it exited, began yawing or tumbling, striking Connally's bone sideways, not nose-first, hence the squeezing out of lead out of the bullet core when is then ejected from copper coating of the bullet and into Connally's right wrist and left thigh. Finally, the ballistics of the murder of J.D. Tippit, who was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas around 1:15 P.M. on November 22nd, 1963. First, the cartridge cases recovered at or around the crime scene:

And a comparison between the breech face impressions on those cartridges and cartridges test-fired using Oswald's .38 revolver, serial number V510210:

Finally, to conclusively demonstrate Oswald's criminal culpability, there are rifling striations between one of the bullets recovered from the body of J.D. Tippit and a bullet test-fired for comparison purposes. First, the bullet that was recovered from Tippit's body:

And the ballistic comparison regarding rifling striations: