The Warren Commission (1964)

The House Committee (1977)

• Oswald acted alone and was the assassin.
• The shots came from behind and above JFK
• 2 shots hit JFK

• It could have been a conspiracy
• A second gunmen may have taken part, but missed

• Oswald's prints were found on the rifle
• Oswald had ordered the rife (based on handwriting)
• Three spent cartridges were found and boxes had been stacked by the window

• Oswald was an expert marksmen; he could have fired rapidly
• "The Single Bullet Theory" - Oswald fired 3 shots. The first missed, the second Kennedy and Connally, the last one hit Kennedy in the head.
• The bullet's path zig zagged
• Both men could have been leaning
• The shots came from above and behind
• The bullet slowed down going through Kennedy and then hit Connally
• Rear entry wounds

• Oswald could no have fired 3 shots in that length of time (takes 3-4 seconds per shot)
• Connally said he and Kennedy were hit by separate shots
• The bullet's trajectory was flat and the angle of the shot couldn't have hit both men
• The bullet found on the stretcher  wasn't damaged
• The Zapruder film doesn't support the single bullet theory (the men had separate reactions)
• The shots came from the the front and side
• Front entry wounds

• No grassy knoll assassin
• Pictures are inconclusive
• Witnesses heard 3 shots
• Rear wound would cause head to jerk back
• "Crosstalk" invalidates the motorcycle recording

• Photos show a grassy knoll gunman
• Eye witnesses saw a gunman
• Ear witnesses heard 4 shots
• A hit in the rear of the head pushes head forward
• Motorcycle recorded 4 shots

Kennedy's Body

• The Bethesda autopsy doctor was a rookie and did a poor job
• A small rear entry wound could have caused a large exit wound on the side of the head
• The Dallas doctors widened the frontal neck wounds (they performed a tracheotomy)
• The scalp could have been pulled back to examine the skeletal bone (thus a large wound for the picture)
• The Dallas doctors were trying to save his life not investigate the causes of death
• A rear entry wound could leave a large hole

Kennedy's Body

• Bethesda autopsy showed large rear neck and head wounds - proof of frontal entry
• The Dallas doctors made mistakes
• Nurse Well testified that the Dallas doctors didn't make alterations and no surgery had been done
• Nurse Audrey Bell testified that it was a small rear entry wound
• One Dallas doctor said that Kennedy had been shot from the front
• The body was tampered with?
• A different casket
• In a body bag