A Review of the JFK Cranial x-Rays and Photographs by Dr. Michael Chesser T his review of the JFK cranial x-rays and photographs is based upon two visits to the archives in College Park, and also a visit to the Presidential Library in Boston. on the Internet. I also worked my way through the second year of med school as a morgue assistant and I assisted on multiple autopsies during that year. The majority of the records have not been digitized. In a memo in August 2017, William J. Bosanko, chief operating officer of the National Archives, protested the FBI's decision to continue to withhold the names of confidential sources from the . March 22, 1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. The family of the late President John F. Kennedy can control the access to his autopsy photographs now held by the National Archives, a federal district court in Washington ruled in late February. 21 0 obj Dr. G. M. McDonnel oversaw the production of computer enhanced copies of the original skull x-rays for the HSCA, and then copies of these copies were made available and released by NARA. Thank You.\r\r*Thanks to Eddie for getting me on Coast to Coast A.M. with George Knapp!! On the frontal view, the AP x-ray, the particle trail is located high in this image, which is probably in the scalp and meninges. I cant exclude this, however I think that Dr. Mantik is probably right that double exposure is how the alteration was accomplished. Compare the angle of President Kennedys head on the previous illustration with the appearance on the Zapruder film. From there, images of John F. Kennedy's assassination take on a new kind of haunting character. Secret Service agent Clint Hill jumps aboard the presidential limousine to act as a protective shield for President Kennedy and the first lady moments after the shots were fired. I think that one of the reasons that they moved the entry wound up was due to the fragment particle trail shown in the right lateral skull x-ray. The lower circle demonstrates a fracture line ending abruptly at the white patch, rather than intersecting another fracture line. The trove of documents were made public after Biden issued an executive order authorizing their release. Many of these writers delivered sweeping statements on the historic weight of this catastrophe or relayed the thoughts and words of the insiders sitting in America's highest corridors of power. The pituitary gland sits in the sella turcica and the sella turcica appears relatively enlarged compared with the overall skull dimensions on this skull x-ray. Poignantly, his young son John saluted his father's casket as it passed. We tried [to] debunk this impression, but Karasev held to his views, the document read. HOTEL TORNI REGISTRY SHOWS OSWALD REGISTERED ON 10 OCT. OSW10 : V46 : 1993.06.14.15:49:55:680000 : SR/CI DISCUSSION WITH SLAWSON 9 JULY ON QUESTIONS OF SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIAN WIVES OF AMERICANS AND VISA PROCEDURES. of the top of his head. Looking at this image in the report would make you think that this x-ray is in horrible condition, and that the anterior half of the skull was so dim that no useful information could be obtained. Jackie Kennedy's pink dress. ". After Albert Einstein's death in 1955, his brain was removed and studied by pathologist Thomas Harvey, much of it sliced and mounted on hundreds of slides, many of which have been lost. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, JFK Assassination Collection Reference System, How to File a FOIA Request for Archival Records. Contact the Textual Records unit at: Texas Governor John Connally and his wife (front) sit with President and Mrs. Kennedy in their limousine just minutes before the assassination took place. I stumbled onto this, thinking that whoever made these marks may have tried to use a chemical to dissolve the silver in the film. One was the fatal shot to the skull, while the other . Could it have something to do with the burn marks, or the white patch, or the 6.5 mm object? On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy's open-top limousine turned onto Dealey Plaza around 12:30 pm. I believe that it is at the level noted in this image, lined up with the main part of the fragment particle trail, based upon the angle at which the AP x-ray was made. I applaud Dr. David Mantik for his courage in reporting the truth., While there are many debatable items of evidence in this case, many of which cannot be proved one way or another, the medical evidence has now been subjected to scrutiny by several eminently qualified medical experts and a physicist. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration OSW11 : V49B : 1993.06.14.17:54:28:090000 : SEE XAAZ-22406 FOR CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING (INCLUDED). Notice on the left this same area on the 1960 skull x-ray, and how it is much less white, or dense, compared to the base of the skull, the petrous portion of the temporal bone. In 1965, for reasons not fully understood, JFK's brother, Robert, ordered the removal of JFK's brain from the White House and he had it put into the National Archives. ], [image-button label="Help Us Recover Lost and Stolen Documents" image="phone-red" classes="" link="/research/recover/" /], Warren Commission's Records of Key Persons, the windshield of the RESPONSE TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS POSED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT FILES. The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (the Collection), established by the National Archives in November 1992, consists of approximately five million pages. The records were made public under the 1992 John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, which mandated that all material housed at the National Archives about the assassination be made . Thisreview of the JFK cranial x-rays and photographsis based upon two visits to the archives in College Park, and also a visit to the Presidential Library in Boston. The next question is what are the two bulging, dense areas projecting on the inner side of the right frontal bone on the copy. Images of John F. Kennedy's assassination hold a permanent place in the American consciousness. Telephone: 301-837-3510 And again, this same area appears differently in this autopsy photograph in this image, the area appears to be obscured by a fuzzy dark blob it appeared this way on the actual photograph at the archives I believe that this photo has been altered. There is a lot going on in this image, with multiple skull fractures, and much of the skull missing over the right frontal, parietal, occipital regions. Those documents cannot be released independently by the Archives, the White House, or the executive branch. OSW10 : V46B : 1993.06.14.16:00:31:840000 : CAPT. JFK Autopsy Photos (HD) (reupload) by John Stringer and Floyd Riebe Publication date 1988 Topics JFK assassination, conspiracy, truth, history, education, photo, autopsy, dead body WARNING: Extremely graphic content. more https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/ARRB_Medical_Testimony.html Approximately 4,400 documents are still being withheld to protect against an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure, the White House said. Why are we not able to see the frontal bone at this level? OSW10 : V43 : 1993.06.12.08:11:59:680000 : EFFORTS TO OBTAIN OSWALD FLIGHT INFORMATION. This blurred image is very misleading the purported reason for the need to enhance the x-rays was the poor image quality that simply isnt true. Secret Service agents and assorted staff carry the president's casket up the stairs into Air Force One at Love Field Airport. Former President Donald Trump released some 2,800 secret records in 2017, and the Biden administration ordered the release of nearly 1,500 more records last year. Dallas Police Department/Wikimedia Commons. *\r\rMusic by: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards\rSong title: \"Piobaireachd\"\rAlbum: \"Second to None\" JFK Assassination Lee Harvey Oswald After conducting some 25,000 interviews and running down tens of thousands of investigative leads, the FBI found that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. It was the moment, in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963, when American history changed forever. During the course of the autopsy, doctor's removed the brain and put it into a metal box. At this writing (13 December 1963) we do not know what action the FBI and other agencies may have taken based on our report, the CIA report said. We know that the pathologists and morticians had to reconstruct the skull, and the right forehead appeared sunken, the right eye was bulging out. He said that this fragment bounced back from the bone, to be embedded between the bone and the galea. The resulting Collection consists of more than 5 million pages Puppes rule states that a when a fracture line #1 stops at fracture line #2, then fracture line #2 occurred first. At the edge of both circles I could see the layers of the film clearly outlined. The country's largest online source of JFK assassination records is suing President Joe Biden and the National Archives to force the federal government to release all remaining . My intent was to review and re-study the original JFK autopsy materials, as well as . NSAM 263, National Security Action Memorandum 263, NSAM 273. According to Dr. Chesser: I viewed the original autopsy skull X-rays at the archives this year [2015] and I confirmed [Mantiks] optical density readings of the lateral skull film, which support his conclusion that there was manipulation. was probably five or six inches in diameter. The president slumped forward, and the nation would never be the same. President Kennedy's motorcade passes the Texas School Book Depository just prior to the assassination. One document appeared to shed light on how the CIA intercepted assassin Lee Harvey Oswalds communications with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City a few weeks before he shot Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. His work also supports the findings of Dr. David Mantik. OSW10 : V43 : 1993.06.12.10:11:17:650000 : DISCUSSION BETWEEN MEMBER SR DIVISION CONCERNING OSWALD'S STAY IN HELSINKI. Calibration was performed. The Clark panel in 1968 and also the HSCA physicians moved the wound of entry up about 10 cm to the posterior parietal area, and the exit at the right coronal suture line. If you plan to visit the National Archives at College Park to examine JFK Assassination Collection records, we strongly urge you to visit our Now, going back to the AP skull x-ray, the obvious question is where does this map out? More than 3,000 other documents are being withheld in full or in part because they were under seal, were part of grand jury proceedings, or involve individuals tax information or details of gifts or donations to the US government. There are no reviews yet. Perfectly round, with metallic appearing densities inside, and the surface was raised and crinkled. Im fascinated with the different ways that people are brought into this journey to find the truth and Id like to tell you a little bit about my journey. This lateral skull x-ray was performed on President Kennedy in 1960, and it took me a while, but I located the original at the Presidential Library in Boston, where it was labeled as a sinus x-ray. POSSIBLY DUE CONTINUED AND UNEXPECTEDLY STRONG (DELETION) CONTROL OVER (DELETION) ORGANIZATION. A mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald lies on a stretcher on its way toward an ambulance just after he was shot in the basement of Dallas Police headquarters by Jack Ruby. an 'x' marks the spot on elm street in dealey plaza, dallas, where john f. kennedy was shot - assassination of john f. kennedy stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images President John F Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally ride in a convertible in a motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963 moments before a. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). But as the car crossed Dealey Plaza, shots suddenly rang out. The hearse carrying the body of the president leaves Parkland Memorial Hospital as a crowd of people look on. The vomer bone (nasal) is fractured. The resulting Collection consists of more than 5 million pages of assassination-related records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and Most of the records are open for research. xQmCSb_Wp9CvFBZ1-v{oO'WU,OML3m0PcGo,'VMg""kXBS#+hY'Xe6EJ/l{d\4e!ZkiW$X%K\. I visited the archives before I really knew much about the medical evidence before reading David Lifton, Doug Horne, Sherry Fiester, Gary Aguilar, and others. %R e#9P=*1uX7!J~B"]2o!GE0AK~2)3G}e8h:[3hkR||}@e =kI`#=TMDF02:-_wJ}+G>KXElY!!9^aSRK8n5'eigUxoCUJG=$0 sK j As it passed beneath the Texas School Book Depository, two shots hit the president. Please keep in mind that Dr. Mantik is much more qualified to assess the evidence in this case than I am. endobj The doomed convertible. here, in relation to the skull and facial profile of the President, at the hairline. I think others have measured this around 15 to 16 degrees. We've received your submission. % In Sept 2014 I saw the notice about the AARC 50th anniversary of the Warren Commission conference, and I decided to go. Below are digitized images of records that have previously only been available in hard copy form. I apologize to the Kennedy family for this. The autopsy determined that JFK had been shot twice, from above and behind. I agree with him that the surface of the film appeared smooth, when viewed at eye level. But the saga was far from over. There are different possible explanations first there may not be enough tissue, at this level, to show up on the AP x-ray. The National Archives on Thursday released thousands of secret documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.. Driving the news: In a memo, President Biden authorized more than 70% of the roughly 16,000 remaining files on JFK's death to "now be released in full." The decision came after a "comprehensive effort to review" the files over the last year, Biden stated. A Review at the National Archives of the ARRB enhancements of the exposed roll of 120 Ektachrome E3 film from the JFK autopsy On November 23, 2015, authorized by Senator Paul Kirk acting for the Kennedy family, I visited the National Archives at College Park. Now if you do the same for the HSCA entry and exit sites, youll notice that the line is closer to the particle trail, but it still doesnt seem to correspond. Dr. Ebersole took the blame for these marks, and much later Jerroll Custer supported his claim. Please voice your opinion by taking the poll at the end of this article. An autopsy photograph of the president's body taken at Maryland's Bethesda Naval Hospital. Proponents of this approach are always on the lookout for their "gravedigger," the unassuming corner of a story that proves all the more weighty because of just how peripheral it may seem at first. of assassination-related records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and The 1992 law required the government to release all non-exempt documents related to the 35th presidents murder by October 2017. Id like to give you a little background information on Dr. McDonnel, since he produced the computer enhanced images of the x-rays for the HSCA. I also took optical density measurements of this film, and the left posterior temporal/occipital skull was more dense than the petrous ridge. The pattern of variable density throughout the skull is typical. NARA never released an actual copy of the left lateral skull x-ray. CABLE RE FINNAIR REPS DELAY IN RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS. The view from the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository, from which Lee Harvey Oswald is thought to have shot President Kennedy, as seen approximately one hour after the assassination. (Photo: PBS) The theory of the lone gunman holds that JFK's autopsy was bungled. OSW9 : V35B : 1993.06.04.11:54:31:430000 : NO ATTACHMENTS TO MEMO, HOWEVER, MEMO WAS ATTACHED TO 29 APR 64 MFR. Washington The National Archives on Wednesday released hundreds of previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, nearly 60 years after he was . This is shown here to show that the petrous portion of the temporal bone is the most dense, and brightest, region on a skull x-ray. "PurposeTo solve the mystery of the 6.5 mm "metallic" object on President John F. Kennedy's anterior-posterior (AP) skull X-ray. Ive talked with several radiologists who have seen burn marks on film, and none of them had ever seen a perfectly round mark made they all described an irregular, crinkled area on the film. John F. Kennedy Jr. (who turned three on this day) salutes as the casket of his father as it's carried out of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. while Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy stand behind the boy. I agree with Dr. Mantiks description of the two fragments visible within the circumference of this object. FINANCIAL AID FOR FOREIGNERS IN THE USSR. National Security Action Memorandum 273, A Review of the JFK Cranial x-Rays and Photographs. --()-- In that call, recorded Oct. 1, 1963, Oswald asked an embassy guard if there was anything new about a telegram a Soviet diplomat had promised to send to Washington on Oswalds behalf. And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Photos of John F. Kennedy's assassination seem to slow down time. With the expanded edition of David Liftons book, . OSW10 : V43 : 1993.06.12.09:00:26:150000 : REPLY TO QUERY FOR DETAILS OF OSWALD'S ACTIVITIES IN FINLAND IN OCT 59. JOHN E. DONOVAN REPORTS THAT HE KNEW AND WORKED WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD FOR NINE MONTHS. The National Archives released more than 13,000 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Thursday, while President Biden ordered . This illustration was made for the Warren Commission, based upon the pathologists description. I agree with Dr. Mantik that this is artifactual, and it was most likely added by double exposure. On November 23, 2015, authorized by Senator Paul Kirk acting for the Kennedy family, I visited the National Archives at College Park. Cecil W. Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. This significant disclosure reflects my Administrations commitment to transparency and will provide the American public with greater insight and understanding of the Governments investigation into this tragic event in American history, Biden wrote in his order. "According to investigative journalist Jim Marrs, a new study of JFK's autopsy reveals falsification of X-ray evidence . Kennedy, with his eye on reelection, was all smiles. MINNEAPOLIS - The man who placed the body of John F. Kennedy in a casket - dressed him, tied his tie and put a rosary in his hands - says the memory of that long night remains burned into his memory. One problem when youre looking at the lateral skull x-ray copies is that the orbital rim isnt clearly visible this was blacked out when they obscured the facial bones in this copy. artifacts (approximately 2,000 cubic feet of records). Next to him in the car is his wife, Jacqueline, and in the front seat is Texas Gov. 7 0 obj After seeing these photos of the JFK assassination and autopsy, learn a little about what's inside the secret Kennedy assassination files released by the U.S. government. The Warren. Just hours after the president's death, an autopsy was performed and its findings were recorded in a report which is publicly available through the United States National Archives. Guards stand in the hallway of Maryland's Bethesda Naval Hospital, where President Kennedy's body was prepared for burial. Jackie Kennedys pink dress. Dr. Mantik took many more optical density readings that I did, but I wanted to show that my readings agree with his that the white patch appears much more dense than is possible. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. I tried to duplicate a burn mark on x-ray film from the 70s and I couldnt do it it would burn straight through, and the edges simply turned brown. endobj These rarely-seen pictures of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, autopsy, and funeral reveal the full story of the shooting that shook the nation in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The vertical arrow identifies the 7 x 2 mm metal fragment, which was removed at the autopsy. JFK: Bethesda Autopsy Photos not JFK, Oswald Framed, Warren Report a Sham Jim Fetzer Thanks to the brilliant research of Larry Rivera, we now have proof that the JFK autopsy photos are not of the body of JFK, that Lee Oswald was framed and that The Warren Report (1964) was a sham. The report outlines the autopsy's findings, including the severity of Kennedy's injuries and what happened in the moments after he arrived at the hospital. This story has been shared 102,155 times. President Lyndon B. Johnson places a wreath before the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy during funeral services in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. j*7)Lh9,n%?gUe%KM$ |`-!R#%!ke> {c 2$R2@;\niT|`'/RLB8O6 iS&WXb'8tO8$"%qX The circle appeared raised off the surface. OSWALD INVESTIGATION APPEARING IN NEWSPAPERS SOURCED TO U.S. WORLD NEWS ON 2 AND 3 JUNE IS ERRONEOUS AND MISREPRESENTATION OF FACT. If the angle is correct, the lower edge of the orbital rim lines up with the external auditory canal, in the petrous bone. Many of you recognize the national archives II building in College Park. John F. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. I think that one of the primary reasons that the entry location was changed was because of the appearance of the x-rays, and because the time was approaching for the autopsy x-rays to be made available for viewing to other physicians. More information on Adobe Acrobat PDF files is available on our Accessibility page. 1654 There is low density, or missing bone behind the nasal bones and at the lower edge of the left orbit and I agree with Dr. Mantik that this suggests missing occipital bone, extending over to the left side. Be the first one to, One of the most, if not the most important pieces of evidence in the assassination; the autopsy photos. I stumbled across this insurance advertisement from 1963, featuring Dr. McDonnel he had left active duty by this time. Radiation passing through the skull to the x ray film passes through all of these tissues, as well as blood vessels and spinal fluid, and they all contribute to the image we see on the film. Sodium hydroxide can be used to recover silver from x- ray film and this is a close-up photo of a film treated with NaOH. I am still not certain what to make of this observation, whether there is wax mark embedded in the external surface of the film or whether it is covered by the film surface, and this is one area that I would like to review again. He and Dr. James Humes and Dr. J. Thornton Boswell, who performed the autopsy on Kennedy,. The National Archives on Thursday released thousands of previously classified documents collected as part of the government review into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The mystery deepened in 2015 with the work of Dr. David Mantik, a California physician, who along with Dr. Cyril Wecht, a former president of the American Academy of Forensic Science, had studied the JFK X-rays and other material for nine days at the National Archives. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime. College Park, MD 20740-6001 These OD readings were taken with an X-Rite 341 portable optical densitometer. The delicate folia of the cerebellum are so much different than the lobular gyrus pattern of the cerebral hemispheres well I just cant imagine that many medical professionals mistaking the two. 8 0 obj I absolutely do not believe that these marks are due to a hot lamp, for multiple reasons. "Mistakes were made," said President Ronald Reagan when the Iran-contra conspiracy-a CIA operation to deceive a Democratic Congress-was exposed. View at your own risk. The HSCA authenticated the photos by using these face measurements to prove the man in the photos is indeed John F. Kennedy. Dr. Cyril Wecht was the first non-governmental forensic pathologist to gain access to the National Archives to . The standard angle of the x-ray beam for an AP skull x-ray is shown on the in red, and the approximate angle from the autopsy AP skull x-ray is shown on the right, in green. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply with President Joe Biden's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassinat. I think that it is safe to conclude that the x-ray of the fractured, deformed skull was not used to prepare a bust of the President. "Put yourself in our place," said Joe Hagen. Maybe this was legal but to me it clearly violates the spirit of the Deed of Gift. It was not until Nov. 1, 1966, that the two pathologists saw the autopsy photos-when they were summoned to the National Archives to help (identify) all autopsy materials. right part of the back of his head and a little bit of the back part. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society of history students. Washington The National Archives and Records Administration released a trove of 13,173 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Thursday, shortly after President . I dont know. Optical density readings were used for quality control of x-ray film. Dr. David Mantik explains a JFK autopsy mystery image. Marrs, author of the best-selling book, "Crossfire," claims that the famous bullet fragment depicted in the autopsy X-ray is an artifact superimposed on the X-ray after JFK's autopsy. OSW9 : V37B : 1993.06.08.16:31:19:150000 : OSW9 : V38 : 1993.06.08.17:44:01:310000 : OFFICE PAPER, ROUTING SHEET, PHONE MESSAGES, REQUEST FROM WC FOR ADDITIONAL INFO ON OSWALD'S OBTAINING USSR TOURIST VISA IN HELSINKI, OSW9 : V38 : 1993.06.09.17:19:17:680000 : WITH TWO COVER SHEETS. AND MRS. CARL RAY JACKSON REPORT OSWALD PRESENCE IN TANGIER. My intent was to review and re-study the original JFK autopsy materials, as well as the autopsy photographs made from the exposed roll of 120 Ektachrome E3 autopsy film. Search the history of over 778 billion Earlier in the conversation, the Americans questioned what really happened to Oswald during his stay in the USSR after he defected in 1959. X-ray film layers are demonstrated in the lower image. ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images. A lower optical density measurement indicates a more dense region of the skull. According to Puppes rule, fracture line 2 occurred first. A picture of President Kennedy's head and shoulders taken at the autopsy.jpg 450 345; 18 KB JFK autopsy.jpg 407 288; 53 KB JFK posterior head wound.jpg 980 1,277; 215 KB Jfkautopsy.jpg 546 430; 40 KB jfk autopsy photos photographs john f kennedy assassination. web pages There has been a lot of speculation regarding the JFK Assassination, and numerous conspiracy theories abound. By Dave O'Brien, author of Through The 'Oswald' Window and JFK Case NOT Closed! They sobbed on the streets and stared at newspaper headlines. One document appeared to shed light on how the CIA intercepted assassin Lee Harvey Oswalds communications with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City a few weeks before the murder. That allowed the president, his wife, the governor of Texas, and his wife, to take the plastic bubble top off their car. The following material contains a collection of photographs which are purported to be from JFK's autopsy; however, the "official" autopsy photographs have never been published and continue to be under seal at the National Archives. And again, the exit location according to the HSCA, at the coronal suture. Bidens order set a new deadline of May 1 for the National Archives and other agencies to review the remaining redacted documents and propose keeping any material under wraps beyond June 30, 2023. Only recently did I read Gary Aguilars essay of the various description of the wounds made by medical personnel at Parkland and Bethesda, and most of the observers described a skull defect of the occipital region. This is from the image we just saw, now focusing on the frontal bone. The most important finding here is the proximity of these tiny metallic fragments to this bone defect. <> A December 15, 2021 release of Kennedy assassination classified files per law mandated by the JFK Records Act of 1992 validates that a clandestine CIA - Mafia alliance to murder Cuban dictator Fidel Castro did occur, raising the possibility that the target may have changed to the U.S. President as reported . The skull at the level of the petrous ridge is almost all bone, and it is impossible to explain this finding except to consider that the evidence was altered. The second. The seldom-seen Kennedy assassination photos above including tragic scenes of JFK's body, JFK's autopsy, and more are certainly proof of that. In the days that followed, JFK's body was carefully examined by doctors and JFK autopsy photos capture this horrific moment in time. National Archives 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 2400 College Park, MD 20740 Phone: 301-837-3510 Email: archives2reference@nara.gov PDF files require the free Adobe Reader. An entry wound at the HSCA entry site would not be expected to show this pattern. Now I want to go back to the right lateral view, and to focus on the white patch, which Dr. Mantik has written so much about. So memorable and moving was Breslin's approach that not only does his piece live on more than a half-century later, but it's also inspired what's since been called "the gravedigger school of news writing.". 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Homemaker became main collector of JFK assassination records, National Archives set to release more files on JFK assassination, Pal reveals Lee Harvey Oswalds weird, paranoid life one year before killing JFK, Jackie Kennedy was prepared to die during Cuban Missile Crisis, ex-Secret Service bodyguard claims in new book. The optical density measurement is a logarithmic value, as shown, with a density of 1 for 10% of the light transmitted through the film, and a density of 2 is equivalent to 1 % of light transmission through the film. The cerebellum is covered primarily by the occipital bone. ], [free-text-block title="Online Highlights " ], [free-text-block title="What's Not Online Here? " I went to McDonalds drive-thru for lunch but left with bags of cash instead, Biden, Harris photo-op with Warriors team takes awkward turn: 'I'm not doing that', Prince Harry roasted at Critics Choice Awards 2023, Lisa Marie Presleys grave prepped at Graceland across from Elvis, Tom Brady carries Louis Vuitton bag featured in ex-wife Giseles ad campaign, Pamela Anderson: Tommy Lee divorce crushed me during lowest point of life, Nick Sirianni's update on the status of Eagles' star QB Jalen Hurts, The Fabelmans Flops on Jeopardy After All 3 Contestants Fail to Name Spielbergs Film, Wife of 'Boy Meets World' star William Daniels details 'painful' 'open marriage'. From that fateful moment to the autopsy and funeral that followed, see some of the most powerful JFK assassination pictures below, then go deeper inside the story of that tragic day. On the HSCA film and on the original AP film, these are perfectly round. And I also think that if present day technology could be used to make good digital copies of the original x-rays, that the images could then be analyzed and we could obtain much more information and we could possibly identify the entrance wound on this AP x-ray. Hopefully there will come a time when better copies of the autopsy x-rays and photographs will be made available for review by a wider audience and the evidence will speak for itself. If a line is drawn from the Warren Commission entry site and the proposed exit site, youll notice that the particle trail doesnt correspond with these sites. I agree with Dr. David Mantik that there are multiple instances of manipulation or tampering of the evidence, and I would like to add the so called burn marks to this collection. An initial review by The Post found few new revelations about the events of Nov. 22, 1963, when Kennedy was shot while riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas. Rather than wax tragic about the state of the nation or interview those closest to the president, legendary New York journalist Jimmy Breslin instead spoke with Clifton Pollard, the man tasked with digging Kennedy's grave, and delivered an affecting account of a lowly laborer who'd suddenly found himself in the middle of a historic moment. Almost 30 years later, Congress enacted the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. [Editorial note: The following presentation, A Review of the JFK Cranial x-Rays and Photographs, was prepared and delivered by neurologist, Dr. Michael Chesser, at the 2015 JFK Lancer Conference in Dallas, Texas. National Archives and Records Administration. Stringer's JFK autopsy photos resulted in his being called to the National Archives in 1966. The sniper's perch on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President Kennedy, as seen within a few hours of the assassination. DENIES HE HAD FORETOLD ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY. The California based radiation oncologist is among a select group of medical scientists allowed to view the Kennedy autopsy photos and X-rays in the National Archives that are not available to the general public without an approved appointment in writing. OSW10 : V43 : 1993.06.14.14:55:36:650000 : OSW10 : V43 : 1993.06.14.14:56:42:710000 : OSW10 : V46 : 1993.06.14.15:38:07:810000 : PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATION BY SOVIET EMBASSY IN STOCKHOLM. Karasev caught the implication, the report read, and replied that this would have been possible if Oswald had been in China but not in the Soviet Union.. Photos from the JFK Assassination Records Collection November 22, 2013, commemorates 50 years since JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. You can see that there is brain shadow on the left side, but you really cant see any on the right side. 'Dishonest autopsy photographs were created; skull x-rays were altered; the contents of the autopsy report changed over time as different versions were produced; and the brain photographs in the National Archives cannot be photographs of President Kennedy's brainthey are fraudulent, substitute images of someone else's brain.' Forces Slaughtered As Many As 200 Unsuspecting Native Americans, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Abbie Rowe/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. If you notice the location, Ive moved it up slightly from the skull defect which I think represents the entry site, because the right side of the frontal bone had separated and had dropped in relation to the left frontal skull. The official John F. Kennedy autopsy showed that the president had been shot twice, once in the head and once in the back. Mortician Tells Of Preparing Jfk's Body. Uploaded by Before we start, I just want to say that I regret that we have to continue to show these photographs, which show the violence and trauma inflicted upon President Kennedy. This is from Dr. McDonnels report to the HSCA dated August, 1978. Again, on the left, the blurred image from the HSCA report, from the original x-ray, and on the right, this same area from a copy of the computer enhanced right lateral x-ray. November 24. The National Archives released more than 13,000 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Thursday, while President Biden ordered thousands of other records kept under wraps until at least the middle of next year. Conspiracy theories regarding who . It included most of the. View at your own risk. I think that this defect is probably due to a combination of an entry wound and associated radial fracture line(s). MAIL TO ALLEN DULLES ADVANCE COPY OF BUCHANAN BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION. One of the most, if not the most important pieces of evidence in the assassination; the autopsy photos. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. INTERVIEW RIDDERSTRALE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1964. They drove together through downtown Dallas, beaming and waving at the crowd. He has described this in detail in his publications. OSW9 : V35B : 1993.06.14.14:42:19:900000 : NO ATTACHMENTS AS STATED. It was kept on file along with several samples of brain tissue, first by the Secret Service then at the National Archives. If you take into account the angle taken for the AP x-ray, then it has to lie somewhere along the red line on the left. Kennedy became the fourth US president to have been assassinated while in office when Oswald fired at his motorcade from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository in downtown Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. jfk autopsy photos, Another head wound OSW11 : V49 : 1993.06.15.17:13:23:680000 : INTERVIEW OF SUBJECT WHO DENIES VISITING COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE AND LIVING IN CUBA FOR SEVEN YEARS OR VISITING HAITI AS ALLEGED. At the time they were turned over, a deed of gift was set up, to review requests to view the autopsy materials. In the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, countless writers spilled untold amounts of ink in an effort to grapple with a tragedy that had rattled the United States of America to its core. The autopsy x-rays show an abnormally dense and homogeneous appearance in the occipital region of the skull. Thank you to James Fox, Mark Crouch, and David Lifton for unveiling these important pictures! The actual original x-rays are in excellent condition, showing only minor aging, and this blurred copy doesnt represent the original film well. on April 16, 2022, Back of head (B&W 15 & 16) (cropped) (High Treason 2).JPG, Back of head (Color 42) (JFK Absolute Proof).jpg, Back of head (Color 43) (JFK Absolute Proof).jpg, Back wound (B&W 11 & 12) (uncropped) (JFK Absolute Proof).jpg, Left profile (B&W 1, 2, 3, & 4) (High Treason 2).jpg, Mystery wound (B&W 17 & 18) (uncropped) (High Treason 2).jpg, Right profile (Color 26, 27, & 28) (uncropped) (JFK Absolute Proof).JPG, Stare of death (B&W 13 & 14) (uncropped) (High Treason 2).jpg, Top of head (B&W 7 & 8) (uncropped) (JFK Absolute Proof).jpg, Top of head (B&W 9 & 10) (uncropped) (JFK Absolute Proof).JPG. Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Part of a file from the CIA released by the National Archives in 2017, dated Oct. 10, 1963, details "a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico" report of Lee Harvey Oswald's contact . The previously redacted document shows that a wiretap operation targeting the embassy was done with the help of the office of the Mexican president, but without the knowledge of Mexicos security or law enforcement officials. This (authentic) fragment was not removed at the autopsy. Donald Uhrbrock/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Dallas Police escort Jack Ruby to jail soon after questioning him in the shooting of alleged President Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at Dallas Police headquarters earlier that day. The interior of the presidential limousine, as seen soon after JFK's assassination. He postulated that this broke off when the bullet hit the skull, and this fragment was thrown sideways and away from the skull, embedding itself in this location. I hope that I can do justice to the evidence, and Ill do my best to describe these x-rays and photographs. As you see, the back part of the skull isnt visible. JUST AS THE DALLAS DOCTORS DISCRIBED IT!!! Figure 2. I believe that this location also corresponds to the area circled here. . Evidence of Autopsy Photo Tampering Housed at the National Archives? WARNING: Extremely graphic content. Its an incredible story Dr. Young was never called to testify. On the left lateral x-ray, the OD reading was much more dense than the petrous bone and again, this is not possible. It's a reassuring excuse of the sort often heard in the wake of a Washington scandal. That day of the Kennedy assassination started out full of promise. In total, 13,173 new files were made public Thursday, the largest release of JFK assassination material since 2018. A report on the call was sent to the FBI, State Department and Navy Department. The autopsy of president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was performed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.The autopsy began at about 8 p.m. EST November 22, 1963 (on the day of his assassination) and ended at about 12:30 a.m. EST November 23, 1963. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The autopsy doctors who examined JFK's body on the night of November 23, 1963 concluded the fatal shot had struck Kennedy from behind in the middle rear of his head. Tuesday, November 10, 1998; Page A03. This story has been shared 117,525 times. A few hours after the assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy get into the Navy ambulance carrying the body of President Kennedy at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, D.C. A mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald lies on a stretcher just after being shot by Jack Ruby inside Dallas Police headquarters. Again, perfectly round, with concentric margins at the edge.

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