(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
sufficiently forward to reestablish the position that the chalk mark would be in at its last clear shot before going under the tree, based on this 10 inches, and this gave us frame 166 of the Zapruder film.
Mr. Specter.
What Commission Exhibit number has been affixed to that?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
This is Commission Exhibit No. 889.
(Commission Exhibit No. 889 was marked for identification.)
Mr. Dulles.
Is that 10 inches difference due to the difference in the two cars?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Dulles.
That is the President's--the car the President was in and the car you had to use for this particular test?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
On Exhibit No. 889, is the car in the same position on the "photograph through rifle scope" as it is on "photograph from reenactment"?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct, the same position.
Mr. Specter.
And what is the comparison between the photograph from Zapruder film on that Exhibit No. 889 and the photograph from reenactment?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
The car is in the same position relative to the surrounding area in both the reenactment photograph and the Zapruder photograph.
Incidentally, the position that was used throughout all of the positioning of the car was the President's. His placement in the photograph, and this will be clearer in some of the later photographs, if the President's head was directly under a stop sign or a street sign or whatever, in the background, this was then the way we positioned the car with the person standing in for the President directly below or slightly to the side or directly below the stop sign and so on; so all of the calculations were based upon the position of the President.
Mr. Specter.
Before leaving frame 161 finally, would you recite the distances which appear from the various points on that exhibit?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes,
At the position that has been designated as frame 161, and appears on Commission Exhibit No. 888, the distance from the wound mark on a stand-in for President Kennedy to station C was 94.7 feet.
The distance to the rifle in the window was 137.4 feet, the angle to the window was 26°58' based on the horizontal line, the distance to the overpass was 392.4 feet, and the angle to the overpass was minus 0°7'.
Mr. Specter.
Are all angles calculated thereon based on the horizontal?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
Was there any street angle taken into consideration in the calculations here?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; there is a 3° street grade that has to be deducted from the angle to the window to determine the actual angle from the street to the window as opposed to the horizon.
Mr. Specter.
Will you now----
Mr. Dulles.
Frame 161 is 3° on 161?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Three degrees all along Elm Street.
Mr. Dulles.
All along. That applies to all of these different pictures, is that correct?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
Would you now read the same statistical data from frame 166 on Exhibit No. 889, please?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
From the chalk mark on the back of the stand-in for President Kennedy, to station C is 95.6 feet, the distance to rifle in window, 138.2 feet, the angle to rifle in window based on the horizontal, is minus 26 52'.
Distance to overpass is 391.5 feet. The angle to the overpass is 0 7'.
Mr. Specter.
Did the back of President Kennedy ever come into view at any time while he was passing through the foliage of the oak tree?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
What frame number was ascertained with respect to that position?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
This was determined to be frame 185. There is a slight opening in the tree, where the car passed under the tree, where a shot could have
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