charles wallace
2013-03-14 15:52:36 UTC
What can be said about the facial image shown in news photographer Tom Dillard's photograph which is partially obscured by the framing? The face appears in the window set next to the open window in which almost every researcher or investigative body accepts as being occupied by a shooter during the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Everyone accepts that this photograph was taken by Tom Dillard shortly after the assassination. How soon after is in dispute, but estimates range from a few seconds to slightly over one minute. Dillard took at least two photos during this time period. The one that shows the facial image, I contend was taken slightly over one minute after the assassination. The movement of a box in the window from its position shown in a photograph taken 30 seconds after the assassination by Military Intelligence employee James Powell establishes the time sequence. This sequence is confirmed by another photograph taken minutes later by Dallas photographer Jim Murray. Murray's box positions match Dillard's. Shadows on the building confirm all three photos were taken within minutes of each other. The timing eliminates Lee H. Oswald as the person seen.
Upon close examination of this figure in the window, it appears that it is a white male, Caucasian, approximately 35 years old. He has dark hair and is dressed in dark clothing with no hat. He is standing, and his height appears to be ( compared with inside building photographs ) five feet six inches; but, since he is back from the window, he is probably five feet eight inches or more. Judging from his facial appearance and approximate height, I estimate his weight to be 150 pounds or more. His features or facial expression appears to be stern, and he is looking possibly at the photographer. The shadows on his face are consistent with the light source and what the window's framing would cast. There is a light place on the top of his left shoulder that I speculate to be consistent with the appearance of a Dallas policeman's uniform. DPD officers have dark uniforms with red shoulder ribbons. There is a bright spot that could be a button on the uniform. Even though the figure appears to be wearing a DPD uniform, this fact does not mean he was an actual policeman. Another light area could be that the top two buttons of his shirt are undone, and his t-shirt is showing slightly. A dark/light area at the window sill indicates his body is blocking one's view of the stacks of boxes in the background. The sill is approximately fourteen inches above the floor.
A confirmation that the facial image is real, centers on the relative size of it. This size comparison can be made directly from two other faces shown in the photograph. On the floor below, the fifth floor, Bonnie Ray Williams is seen to the left, and to the right is Harold Norman. These employees of the Texas School Book Depository stayed at these windows at least a minute or more after the assassination until they saw the crowd in Dealey Plaza converging on the grassy knoll. Then, they went to the western windows to observe this crowd. The facial image, while not clear and distinct, is not cartoonish looking, as if one were trying to use imagination to see it. It is definitely human looking and real in appearance.
Another confirmation that the facial image is real is to view other photographs taken near the same point in time. These photos show no such face or even dust and dirt on the window of the same magnitude in size as the facial image shown in Dillard's photograph. This photograph belongs to the Dallas Morning News newspaper. This Dillard photograph has been shown in magazines, books, and even the Warren Commission Report. The facial image can be seen in all of these photographs with varying degrees of clarity, depending on cropping and photo size. Ironically the best display of this facial image appears in the book by Gerald Posner entitled, Case Closed. Yet, its presence signifies a Case Wide Open.
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Upon close examination of this figure in the window, it appears that it is a white male, Caucasian, approximately 35 years old. He has dark hair and is dressed in dark clothing with no hat. He is standing, and his height appears to be ( compared with inside building photographs ) five feet six inches; but, since he is back from the window, he is probably five feet eight inches or more. Judging from his facial appearance and approximate height, I estimate his weight to be 150 pounds or more. His features or facial expression appears to be stern, and he is looking possibly at the photographer. The shadows on his face are consistent with the light source and what the window's framing would cast. There is a light place on the top of his left shoulder that I speculate to be consistent with the appearance of a Dallas policeman's uniform. DPD officers have dark uniforms with red shoulder ribbons. There is a bright spot that could be a button on the uniform. Even though the figure appears to be wearing a DPD uniform, this fact does not mean he was an actual policeman. Another light area could be that the top two buttons of his shirt are undone, and his t-shirt is showing slightly. A dark/light area at the window sill indicates his body is blocking one's view of the stacks of boxes in the background. The sill is approximately fourteen inches above the floor.
A confirmation that the facial image is real, centers on the relative size of it. This size comparison can be made directly from two other faces shown in the photograph. On the floor below, the fifth floor, Bonnie Ray Williams is seen to the left, and to the right is Harold Norman. These employees of the Texas School Book Depository stayed at these windows at least a minute or more after the assassination until they saw the crowd in Dealey Plaza converging on the grassy knoll. Then, they went to the western windows to observe this crowd. The facial image, while not clear and distinct, is not cartoonish looking, as if one were trying to use imagination to see it. It is definitely human looking and real in appearance.
Another confirmation that the facial image is real is to view other photographs taken near the same point in time. These photos show no such face or even dust and dirt on the window of the same magnitude in size as the facial image shown in Dillard's photograph. This photograph belongs to the Dallas Morning News newspaper. This Dillard photograph has been shown in magazines, books, and even the Warren Commission Report. The facial image can be seen in all of these photographs with varying degrees of clarity, depending on cropping and photo size. Ironically the best display of this facial image appears in the book by Gerald Posner entitled, Case Closed. Yet, its presence signifies a Case Wide Open.
http://community.webtv.net/ccwallace/CaseWideOpenAJFK