The Ballistics of Assassination
Graphic Analysis
One man, acting alone, killed the President. That was the Warren Commission’s conclusion in 1964. Ever since, the technical plausibility of such marksmanship has been under attack. Did Oswald have the skill? Enough time? Could one bullet have so extensively wounded both Kennedy and Connally? Today, the ballistics can be subjected to advances in computer analysis. By tracking the trajectories of the shots in reverse from the wounds, the source of the shots can be determined with precision. The following graphics are based on forensic evidence analyzed by these new techniques, using timing from the frames of the now-famous 8mm film of the assassination taken by Abraham Zapruder. The crucial seconds in Dealey Plaza are reconstructed, step by step. Then Oswald’s escape from the Texas School Book Depository is plotted from eyewitness accounts.
Graphics by John Grimwade
Edited by Clive Irving
Research by Joyce Pendola
This is the single bullet that wounded both JFK and Connally
