Ben Green

Oswald was married with kids. I wouldn't describe someone like that as a 'loner'.

His monologue in JFK is an absolute masterclass. It was that film and arguably that scene which sparked my obsession with the assassination. Just seen a tribute segment about Sutherland on the BBC News in which they describe Oliver Stone's JFK as a 'paranoid conspiracy thriller'!!

I've not seen these images before. Is there a comprehensive/searchable online resource of high quality JFKA images available anywhere? I've searched with no success, so if such a thing exists i'd appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction.

Thanks Ron. I've read Crossfire a couple of times, but not for a while now. It was the first book on the JFKA I read and I agree it really is a fantastic piece of work. When I was a journalism student in the late 90s I sent Jim Marrs an email with a few questions about the assassination. He took the time to send me back a really detailed response. What a guy! It seems that Ed Hoffman was treated quite shabbily by the authorities. I bet he would have been treated with a hell of a lot more respect had he not had any disabilities.

To my knowledge, there is no evidence or corroboration that Ed Hoffman was where he said he was at the time of the assassination nor did any other witnesses describe seeing exactly what he saw (although JC Price claimed to see a man running north through the rail yard behind the picket fence immediately after the shooting). The other main problem with Hoffman's account is that he didn't come forward with his version of events until some time after the assassination. Obviously none of this means what he said isn't true but I just think when you take the above into consideration it makes a less credible witness than some others, which is probably why many have discounted his story.

For the record, personally, I don't believe Beverly Oliver is the Babushka Lady either.

I'd say there is some resemblance, but my understanding is that the lady with the sunglasses is not the same 'Babushka Lady' as seen in the Zapruder film and other images. Apologies if I'm wrong on this and I'm more than happy to be corrected.

The herd is powerful - and when the herd moves, it moves. It takes something to go against the herd.

Those are really good points, Joe. Personally, I feel facial recognition is an area where at some point AI could come into its own as a helpful tool for JFKA researchers. I'm also heartened to read that people like Jefferson Morley are open to using AI and even though initial results have been disappointing they remain open-minded about its potential.

Interesting...

Thanks Tom, this was exactly the sort of insight I was looking for. Like I say, my knowledge and understanding of AI is fairly limited but based on what I do know my hunch is that it could be of some use to JFKA researchers (certainly in the future as AI becomes more sophisticated).

There are various problems with AI as it stands. Firstly, we need to remember it is still very early in it's evolution. It's not a finished article and that's the point - it never will be. It will continue to get ever more sophisticated and will do so exponentially. I think it's potential is quite mindblowing. The other problem is, lay people like ourselves have very little understanding of AI and I would go as far to say many so-called 'experts' have a limited grasp of it and its potential. The fact of the matter is, AI is already being used by intelligence agencies and law enforcement. It's being used as a tool to solve cold cases. This is the biggest cold/unsolved case of the lot.

Firstly, apologies if this topic has already been covered off elsewhere, but I'm interested to know if any JFKA researchers have used/or are using AI as part of their work, or how valuable researchers believe AI could be in this quest. If it is being used - how so? And what specific areas of JFKA research do people think AI could be a useful tool for? Given the sheer volume of documents, research, books, audio, still and moving images, and other resources pertaining to the assassination, my view is AI could be very useful indeed. Possibly even a game changer. I see potential particularly around thinks like image enhancement, facial recognition and also modelling the likelihood of various scenarious. Would be interested to know the thoughts of others.

Apologies if I'm looking at the wrong thing, but I've looked closely at these images and the bits that are purportedly people and if they are indeed people they must have had huge heads. Enormous heads. Like Frank Sidebottom. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

This smacks of someone at the BBC sensing an opportunity to get some clicks by picking a topic of modern history which is the subject of a high volume of search queries on Google. They then would have realised how much actual legwork would go into seriously addressing the question “Who was behind JFK’s assassination?” so instead followed the path of least resistance by sticking to the 'official' version. Poor journalism? Yes. Ignorant? Ditto. Lazy journalism? No doubt. But I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that the objective of the article wasn't anything more sinister.