(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
a point designated on the map as frame 210 which relates to the frame No. 210 of the Zapruder assassination films.
I then drew a green line from Mr. Zapruder's position to President Kennedy, at frame 210, and find that that green line passes directly through the Stemmons Freeway sign which is position 3 in photographs A and B on Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 25.
Based on this, it is my opinion that photograph A of Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 25 was taken in the vicinity of the time that frame 210 of the Zapruder picture was taken. This is not an accurate determination because the exact location of Mr. Willis is unknown. This would allow for some variation, but the time of the photograph A, as related to the Zapruder picture, would be generally during the period that the President was behind the signboard in the Zapruder films, which covers a range from around frame 205 to frame 225.
Mr. Redlich.
The record will show that prior investigation has revealed that President Kennedy emerges from the sign at frame 225, and that he starts going behind the sign at approximately frame 205.
Prior investigation has also revealed that when viewed from the southeast corner window of the sixth floor, the President emerges from the oak tree at approximately frame 210.
Mr. Willis has stated, Mr. Shaneyfelt, that he took this photograph almost the instant that the President was hit by a shot which sounded to Mr. Willis as if it was the first shot that he heard.
On the basis of your examination of the Zapruder films, and your examination of the Willis photograph, would it be a correct statement that this photograph, the one appearing in Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 25, was taken at approximately the same time as the shot which struck President Kennedy at the rear of the base of the neck?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; that would be a correct statement, to the best of our knowledge at this time.
Mr. Redlich.
Returning for just a moment to Mr. Willis' location, would it not have been possible for you to fix his exact location by reference to two different fixed points in the background at different points in this picture?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; it would be possible having Mr. Willis' camera, to fix his location with some degree of accuracy by using it at the specific location in Dallas, and relating various objects in the photograph to their location as they appear in photograph A of Exhibit No. 25.
Mr. Redlich.
You are reasonably satisfied, however, that the technique that you have used to fix his location is a reasonably accurate one upon which you can base the conclusions which you have stated today ?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes, yes. I feel that the exact establishing of the position of Mr. Willis would not add a great deal of additional accuracy to my present conclusions.
Mr. Redlich.
Mr. Shaneyfelt, during the course of the Commission's investigation we have had occasion to request the Bureau to investigate whether any bullets or fragments of bullets struck any of the street or curbing or other area around Dealey Plaza.
In connection with this investigation, the Commission asked the Bureau to investigate a photograph taken by Mr. James Underwood, a newsman for KRLD-TV in Dallas, and a photograph taken by Mr. Tom Dillard, a photographer for the Dallas Morning News. In connection with this request the Commission received a communication from the FBI dated July 17, 1964, which is now designated as Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 26.
(The document referred to was marked Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 26 and introduced.)
Mr. Redlich.
Would you briefly summarize the results of that investigation as of that time, Mr. Shaneyfelt?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. The Commission requested that we conduct an 'investigation relative to reports that there was a mark or a nick on the south curb of Main Street in the assassination area, and that we attempt to locate it and make whatever tests could be made to determine whether or not a bullet could have struck the curb at that point. The investigation was initiated by
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