In January of 2000, the National Archives completed its testing
of Warren Commission Exhibit 567, which consists of nose portion
of a bullet found in the limousine in which JFK was riding while
assassinated. The fragment is accompanied by 4
pieces of organic material. The tests were conducted to determine
the nature of the fibers adhering to the bullet and the nature
of the accompanying organic material. This including DNA tests
to see if the organic material could be identified as tissue
from either President Kennedy or Texas Governor Connally. Laboratory
tests were conducted by outside laboratories including that of
the FBI and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Tests concluded
that the fibrous material was not of textile origin, and thus
could not be matched to the clothing of either man. The organic
material was determined to be of human origin, but mitochondrial
DNA tests were inconclusive.
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