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Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
I found it without redactions in Ernie Lazar's FOIA Collection: 12/4/63 FBI memo from SA LOEFFLER to DALLAS SAC It seems to a relatively unbiased observer like me that Sullivan just wanted the FBI to be on top of the developing Walker situation. How can you guys read into the memo that Sullivan had "urgent concerns about the authenticity of the Walker Bullet" and thought "the true Walker Bullet might actually be steel jacketed?" I can agree with some of the points you're making, but this attempt (in your K&K article) to read Sullivan's mind is stretching it a bit. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Btw, this 1957 news item doesn't prove anything about anything, but it reminded me of the Walker case. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
I'm probably the one who should apologize—for having such low expectations of 60's country boys. But it doesn't have to be purely a matter of terminology. Not having high quality color photos of the bullet to rely on, perhaps the officers tasked with the paperwork were in doubt about the metallic composition of its jacket, and it only took one to suggest it may have been "steel-jacketed" for that term to stick. The bullet had, after all, pierced a thick wall. I think the article overstates the significance of all four officers signing reports containing the term. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Yeah, he received a slightly longer one. What a bummer. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
You very well know that "steel-jacketed" was the misnomer that I referred to. Bedtime now. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
It could use some gentle editing, that's for sure. It's hard to disagree with Tom that more could and should have been done to resolve inconsistencies, not least the use of a certain misnomer, but there's also a lot to disagree with and some glaring mistakes. -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
It had to come to rest somewhere, and apparently the paper provided sufficient resistance (not unlike Connally's thigh). What do you think happened with the bullet that went through the wall? Just how many bullet switches do you guys imagine took place? -
Walker Bullet Article in KennedysandKing
Mark Ulrik replied to Benjamin Cole's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Well, someone got the rifle into the TSBD without raising eyebrows. Besides, in the Walker case, Oswald was careful not to travel with it on the same day he used it, but a few days before and after. -
Help with unresolved small leads 1963-1978
Mark Ulrik replied to Jason Ward's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Duncan MacRae's forum crashed in late 2017, and all its content was wiped, so older links are not working anymore 🙄 -
Bart Kamp & Malcolm Blunt discuss Dallas
Mark Ulrik replied to Pete Mellor's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Have to confess that I know next to nothing about Blunt and his relationship with the ARRB and/or NARA. Is there a bio floating around somewhere? Just interested in the Reader's Digest version. How many other researchers had the level of access that he seems to have had? I assume he had proximity and time on his side, but perhaps academic credentials also helped? -
Did David Josephs leave the forum?
Mark Ulrik replied to Michael Crane's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
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Tucker Carlson did it again
Mark Ulrik replied to James DiEugenio's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
What gave you that idea? I'm not a fan of "cancelling" anybody, even someone as goofy as TC. -
Tucker Carlson did it again
Mark Ulrik replied to James DiEugenio's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
TC may have felt genuinely ashamed of his sadistic impulses and realized that it's probably wrong to murder people whose politics you don't approve of, but the "white men" remark is still pretty offensive. -
Geez Louise. When is your novel coming out?
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Why would anyone have any clue about its significance on 11/29? After the "Walker note" appeared and Marina talked is another story.
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Now, that's a stretch! For starters, why would Curry think that a seemingly random photo of a house was relevant, and why would he associate it with Walker?
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Did Curry personally examine any of the bullet evidence? It seems to me that he was using "steel-jacketed" colloquially, but you should probably try to find his original statement. Where did you get the idea that he asked the FBI to confirm anything?
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I'm afraid it's my fault. I posted the news item below to show Ben that even a police chief can make errors of terminology (although he may have been misquoted by the reporter). We don't know exactly what was said or how "soon after the shooting" it was. Curry's opinion may have been based on the behavior of the bullets, but especially after the discoveries on the 6th floor, it should have been obvious that jacketed ammo was used.
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Why do a demolition at all? Wouldn't it be enough to damage the building beyond repair?
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A DEFECT IN THE MOORMAN PHOTO?
Mark Ulrik replied to Chris Bristow's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
That's an amazing version of CE637. Thanks for the confidence, Pat, but I'm sure I'm not more qualified to render an opinion than anyone else. FWIW, they don't look too much like letters to me. There are similar spots in the left side of the image, right? it would be surprising to find letters in those places, and as you said, they would also have to be very tiny. That part of the barrel obviously wasn't particularly smooth or clean, but exactly what the spots represent is hard for me to say. -
A DEFECT IN THE MOORMAN PHOTO?
Mark Ulrik replied to Chris Bristow's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
I'm sorry about not reading your post more carefully. The repeating patterns are clearly there, so (unless they can be explained as compression artefacts), it seems likely that someone (digitally) retouched that area of the image. -
I don't think there is reasonable doubt that CE573 is the slug that was recovered from the Walker home on April 10, 1963.