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<blockquote data-quote="Paracelsus" data-source="post: 1071215" data-attributes="member: 8098"><p>That graphic really helps to make my point about the third, final bullet, the one that destroys Kennedy's head.</p><p></p><p>Let's leave aside that, amusingly, the graphic conveniently omits the size of the exit wound from Kennedy, which, as I said, was smaller than the entry wound.</p><p></p><p>The graphic does, however, point to the velocity of the bullet as it entered and left various parts of the body.</p><p></p><p>The studies that Miatella points to had one significant result:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Carcano bullet when it hits Connolly is travelling at what would be considered a moderate velocity. It's a softer, less durable bullet than the armor-piercing projectiles used in the tests Miatella points to, but the substance it's acting on is also a lot softer than the titanium, aluminium, and steel plates the tests were conducted on. The Carcano bullet hits Connolly almost side-on, i.e. near full obliquity, while tumbling, i.e. spending its kinetic energy moment by moment, and thus subjecting it to less destructive pressures as it moves, i.e.e. avoiding the bullet shattering into a thousand pieces.</p><p></p><p>So: when the magic bullet hits JFK, there's no deformation because of a combination of relative softness of target substance <em>and</em> the fact it's hitting at a low degree of obliquity to the target.</p><p></p><p>This is why I have said that <em>if</em> CE399 was fired at Dealey Plaza, its condition is an expected result, or at least within physical possibility: a hit at full velocity and low obliquity followed by subsequent hits at high obliquity but low velocity, combined with a relatively soft target substance.</p><p></p><p>And <strong>that's precisely the point.</strong> The magic bullet is the <strong>control</strong> in this experiment. It's the <strong>expected</strong> result. The third, final bullet does something entirely inconsistent with the obliquity of impact, velocity, target, and bullet composition given how the magic bullet behaved, being a bullet from the same gun and same position.</p><p></p><p>The third bullet hits at the same or very similar velocity to the magic bullet, at a very similar obliquity, but behaves as if it had been fired <strong>either</strong> at a much higher velocity <strong>or</strong> at a much higher obliquity. Despite the fact they're hitting at almost the same obliquity and almost the same velocity, the magic bullet stays virtually intact, the third bullet tears apart so completely it's difficult to tell whether or not they actually found its remnants in the limousine. Kennedy's skull had a large number of bullet fragments inside it; one of the medical examiners described a small cloud of almost metallic dust within the wound. That is <strong>not</strong> consistent with a bullet impacting at low obliquity or medium speed, but it <strong>is</strong> consistent with an impact at obliquity of 60 degrees or so.</p><p></p><p>Given Oswald could not have delivered a shot which could impact at 60 degrees oblique (30 degrees is as high as the estimate can ever get), it means one or more of the following things: a different bullet, a different rifle, or a different shooting position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paracelsus, post: 1071215, member: 8098"] That graphic really helps to make my point about the third, final bullet, the one that destroys Kennedy's head. Let's leave aside that, amusingly, the graphic conveniently omits the size of the exit wound from Kennedy, which, as I said, was smaller than the entry wound. The graphic does, however, point to the velocity of the bullet as it entered and left various parts of the body. The studies that Miatella points to had one significant result: The Carcano bullet when it hits Connolly is travelling at what would be considered a moderate velocity. It's a softer, less durable bullet than the armor-piercing projectiles used in the tests Miatella points to, but the substance it's acting on is also a lot softer than the titanium, aluminium, and steel plates the tests were conducted on. The Carcano bullet hits Connolly almost side-on, i.e. near full obliquity, while tumbling, i.e. spending its kinetic energy moment by moment, and thus subjecting it to less destructive pressures as it moves, i.e.e. avoiding the bullet shattering into a thousand pieces. So: when the magic bullet hits JFK, there's no deformation because of a combination of relative softness of target substance [i]and[/i] the fact it's hitting at a low degree of obliquity to the target. This is why I have said that [i]if[/i] CE399 was fired at Dealey Plaza, its condition is an expected result, or at least within physical possibility: a hit at full velocity and low obliquity followed by subsequent hits at high obliquity but low velocity, combined with a relatively soft target substance. And [b]that's precisely the point.[/b] The magic bullet is the [b]control[/b] in this experiment. It's the [b]expected[/b] result. The third, final bullet does something entirely inconsistent with the obliquity of impact, velocity, target, and bullet composition given how the magic bullet behaved, being a bullet from the same gun and same position. The third bullet hits at the same or very similar velocity to the magic bullet, at a very similar obliquity, but behaves as if it had been fired [b]either[/b] at a much higher velocity [b]or[/b] at a much higher obliquity. Despite the fact they're hitting at almost the same obliquity and almost the same velocity, the magic bullet stays virtually intact, the third bullet tears apart so completely it's difficult to tell whether or not they actually found its remnants in the limousine. Kennedy's skull had a large number of bullet fragments inside it; one of the medical examiners described a small cloud of almost metallic dust within the wound. That is [b]not[/b] consistent with a bullet impacting at low obliquity or medium speed, but it [b]is[/b] consistent with an impact at obliquity of 60 degrees or so. Given Oswald could not have delivered a shot which could impact at 60 degrees oblique (30 degrees is as high as the estimate can ever get), it means one or more of the following things: a different bullet, a different rifle, or a different shooting position. [/QUOTE]
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