The JFK Assassination Theories

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The JFK AssassinationTheories

• Victor Kim
• SBF-01
• Instructor Mary Villani

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Various Assassination Theories

• There have been various theories/conspiracies
  regarding the assassination of the thirty fifth
  president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
• Of these Theories include
• The Single Bullet Theory (Linking Lee Harvey
  Oswald)
• The Grassy Knoll Theory
• The Cubans
• The K.G.B.
• The Mafia
• The US Government/CIA
• LBJ Theory
• The Zero Theory
• Israeli conspiracy

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Quick Assassination Overview

• John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday,
  November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
• The thirty fifth president was shot while riding
  in a car with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, while
  riding through the Dealey Plaza.
• When the Presidents car passed the Depository
  building in the Dealey Plaza and continued down
  Elm Street, shots were fired at Kennedy.
• It has been concluded by various government
  inspections that a man by the name of Lee Harvey
  Oswald had assassinated the president.
• However, many were and are not satisfied with
  this conclusion, and various conspiracy theories
  as well as other theories as to how he died were
  created.

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Lee Harvey Oswald

• Lee Harvey Oswald was the accused assassin of
  President John F. Kennedy.
• As a child, Oswald kept to himself and did not
  socialize much.
• Oswald dropped out of school in the ninth grade,
  never to receive a high school diploma.
• He later became a Marxist, eventually leaving to
  live in the Soviet Union, later to return to the
  United States.

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Lee Harvey Oswald (Contd)

• Upon the date of the presidents assassination,
  he was reported missing to the police by his
  supervisor at the Depository.
• Oswald was then arrested an hour and twenty
  minutes later after the assassination, for
  killing a police officer, then charged with the
  murder of John F. Kennedy.
• Oswald never went to trial due to his untimely
  death, murdered by Jack Ruby

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Evidence Linking Lee Harvey Oswald

• During Investigations, a M91/38 bolt-action rifle
  was found on the sixth floor of the Texas Book
  Depository Building.
• This rifle matched the bullet found on a random
  stretcher in the hospital..
• Lee Harvey Oswalds palm print was also found on
  the bolt action rifle.
• Oswald purchased the rifle under a fake name.
• However, for Oswald to have been the murderer of
  the president, the single bullet theory would
  have to be true.

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The Single Bullet Theory

• The Single Bullet Theory is the theory that a
  single bullet went through both Kennedy and
  Connally, injuring them both. A second bullet
  fired later would kill the president
• According to the single bullet theory, a one-inch
  long bullet penetrated Kennedys neck, then
  traveled to Governor Connallys chest and wrist
  and fastened itself in the Governors thigh. If
  the bullet had made this tremendous journey, then
  the bullet penetrated 15 layers of clothing, 7
  layers of skin, approximately 15 inches of
  tissue, struck a tie knot, removed 4 inches of
  rib and shattered a radius bone.

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The Single Bullet Theory (Contd)

• The bullets path however, seemed unlikely, as it
  would have zigged and zagged through the air in
  order to hit the president and the governor.

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The Single Bullet Theory True or False

• Various tests were conducted in response to the
  single bullet theory, by shooting a bullet
  through animal flesh and bone.
• The results yielded that when a bullet penetrates
  flesh, it will not remain in a linear path, as it
  will tend to move.
• However, the bullet that was found and concluded
  to be the single bullet was found in pristine
  condition, with no defects on it.
• If this was the bullet that penetrated skin and
  shattered bone, then why was it in perfect
  condition?

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The Grassy Knoll Theory

• The Grassy Knoll Theory is the theory that
  includes more than one gunman, in addition to Lee
  Harvey Oswald. This theory also provides an
  alternate place for an assassin to be, proving
  that Lee Harvey Oswald may have been set up.
• This Theory comes from puffs of smoke and
  outlines of assassins in various pictures taken
  of the knolls at the time of the assassination as
  well as eyewitnesses that report sights of these
  things.

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The Grassy Knoll Theory (Contd)

• Various parts of pictures that were taken before
  and during the assassination of the president may
  make it seem like there was an assassin at the
  Grassy Knoll.
• In addition to pictures, eyewitnesses such as Ed
  Hoffman have claimed that a man, dressed in a
  business suit, shot from behind the fence, and
  then tossed the rifle to a man dressed as a
  railroad worker, who disassembled it, put it into
  a case, and walked off.

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Disproving The Grassy Knoll

• There have been discrepancies with Ed Hoffmans
  testimony, thus disproving the grassy knoll
  theory.
• Sam Holland and two others with him, who
  supposedly went over to the fence where they
  thought they saw a man, did not see anything that
  Ed Hoffman had stated, thus contradicting both of
  their accounts.
• In addition to this, Ed Hoffmans claim that the
  gunman gave the gun to another person to
  disassemble couldnt have been correct because in
  the parking lot, there were masses of cars and
  that the gunman could not have moved swiftly
  enough to comply with Hoffmans claims.

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The Cubans

• Another theory involves the Cubans, as some
  suspect that they are responsible for the death
  of JFK
• The theory states that JFK was killed by Cubans
  who were upset with Kennedy due to his actions
  regarding the Bay of Pigs .
• The Bay of Pigs invasion was an invasion funded
  by the US government for Cuban exiles to invade
  the Bay of Pigs.
• Kennedy refused to allow the US army to assist.
  By staying out of the affair, the exiles were
  sitting ducks for Castro and his men. The event
  was a complete disaster as thousands were killed
  or captured by Castro.

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The Cubans Weak Hypothesis?

• The Cuban theory appears to be very unlikely, as
  there are too many missing factors.
• Although Cubans did have the motive to kill the
  president, they could not have
• Framed Lee Harvey Oswald
• Escaped the Police
• Hired Jack Ruby to Silence Oswald
• The more believable, yet far fetched theory would
  be that Castro Himself, killed Kennedy in
  response to all of the attempts on his life.

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The K.G.B.

• A more feasible theory, the K.G.B. theory links
  directly with Lee Harvey Oswald.
• It was known the Lee Harvey Oswald spent two
  years in Russia because of his firm beliefs in
  the Soviet Union. In addition to this, he married
  a K.G.Bs colonel's niece.
• It would be easy to conclude that the Soviet
  Union sent Oswald to kill the president.

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The Mafia

• The theory that the Mafia killed JFK involves
  more of John f. Kennedys policies.
• During Kennedys presidential term, he took a
  very aggressive stance against organized crimes.
• This breakdown of organized crimes was far more
  drastic than any other president that served
  before him.
• Kennedys brother, Robert Kennedy was responsible
  for the enmity of Teamsters Union boss Jimmy
  Hoffa, in addition to other mafia members.
• It became even more evident when it was
  discovered that Jack Ruby had ties with the mob,
  thus explaining his role in the murder of Oswald,
  IF the Mafia theory proved to be correct.

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The Mafia Possible or Not?

• If, in fact, the Mafia did organize the
  assassination of John F. Kennedy, then it would
  be hard to explain roles in the assassination.
• It would be difficult to explain how the Mafia
  would have gotten a hold of Lee Harvey Oswald to
  play such a large role in the assassination.
• In addition to this, even if Oswald was used and
  killed by Jack Ruby, who did have connections
  with the Mafia, others would have had to have
  been killed to keep everything silent including
  Jack Ruby.
• The whole idea of the Mafia plotting to kill the
  president makes little sense because they would
  have a lot to lose and very little to gain from
  killing the president.

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The US Government/CIA

• There would be three major reasons why the CIA
  would have had a part in the assassination of
  John F Kennedy
• John F Kennedy gave up Cuba, the country in which
  the CIA worked extremely hard for in regards to
  the struggle of the exiles.
• The US still had control over Vietnam, so the CIA
  would want Kennedy to be killed in order for him
  not to make the same mistake he did with Cuba.
• John F Kennedy blamed the CIA for the failure of
  the Bay of Pigs, even thought it was mainly his
  fault for the failure, as he did not allow US
  soldiers to assist.

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Evidence pointing to the CIA

• The single piece of evidence that may have
  cleared up any discrepancies to where the shots
  actually came from, has gone missing.
• Simply put, JKFs brain is gone.
• As well as the actual brain, slides, X-rays,
  photographs and other medicals that the Kennedy
  family had in possession were required to be
  handed over to the National Archives. However,
  the brain and several other items were not
  returned.

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The Zero Theory

• The Zero Theory relates to the theory that ever
  since 1840, every president that has been
  elected in office with the year ending in 0 has
  died in office.
• Kennedy and Lincoln were both assassinated during
  their presidencies.
• In addition to this, their election dates
  coincide with the Zero Theory.
• Lincoln was elected President 1860
• Kennedy was elected president in 1960

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LBJ Theory

• The LBJ Theory involves Kennedys vice president,
  Lyndon B. Johnson.
• Kennedy was seriously considering removing Lyndon
  Johnsons name as his running mate in the voting
  ballot, which may have angered Lyndon.
• Madeleine Duncan Brown, a woman claiming having a
  twenty one year old relationship with Johnson,
  recalls that the night before the assassination,
  Johnson told her that tomorrow, those goddamned
  Kennedys are never going to embarrass me again
  thats not a threat, thats a promise

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LBJ Theory (Contd)

• More suspicious evidence suggests that LBJ
  organized the assassination of JFK when a picture
  catches an interesting scene on Air Force One,
  where a Texas Congressman is winking at Johnson.

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The Israeli conspiracy

• The Israeli conspiracy was formed because of the
  dissatisfaction coming from the Israeli
  government when Kennedy began to put pressure on
  their goals of a nuclear program at the Negev
  Nuclear Research Center.
• In addition to this, the Israelis were also
  suspected because they were angry over Kennedys
  sympathies with Arabs and his use of men that
  were previously in their rocket programs.

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Theories Connect and Collide

• Of the theories listed before, there are many
  connecting bridges in-between them.
• The Mafia had connections with Cuba as they were
  involved in Havana casinos.
• In addition to this, Mafia families supported
  Cuban exiles with money, anticipating their pay
  when Castro was overthrown.
• These coincidences may be mere coincidences, but
  it is peculiar how each part that is connected
  with each other has been, at one point or
  another, accused and blamed for the assassination
  of JFK.

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