Combat-hardened ex-Marine and police sharpshooter
Craig Roberts, author of "Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey
Plaza", asked,
"How in the world could anyone look at that {Zapruder} film and
say that the fatal head strike had come from the rear? The so-called
experts who stated that the rearward jerk of Kennedy's head was due
to 'muscle reaction,' 'jet force from an erupting bullet' or some other
violation of the laws of physics, had obviously never served in combat,
where witnessing high-velocity bullet strikes was commonplace...
"Some of the supporters of the Warren Commission...stated that
the bullet came from the rear because the eruption of brain matter
and blood came out of the front of the president's skull. I saw something
else. In a head shot, the exit wound, due to the buildup of hydrostatic
pressure, explodes in a conical formation in the down-range direction
of the bullet. Yet in the Zapruder film, I could plainly see that the
eruption was not a conical shape to the front of the limo, but instead
was an explosion that cast fragments both up and down in a vertical
plane, and side to side in a horizontal plane. There was only one explanation
for this: an exploding or 'frangible' bullet. Such a round explodes
on impact--in exactly the manner depicted in the film."
Craig Roberts attempts the sniper's nest duplication
and fails:
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This test was for a Japanese production company. Craig
was unable to duplicate the shooting required for the single bullet
theory to work. |
Craig Roberts has lived a life many people only dream about. He is an
internationally published author of over a dozen books, has written hundred
of magazine and newspaper articles, appeared in several shows on The History
Channel, written for Time-Life books, hosted a radio talk show and appeared
on scores of radio talk shows. He is a US Marine Vietnam combat veteran,
where he served in a line company and as a Marine sniper--hence his extensive
writing on marksmanship, sniping, weapons and the 2nd Amendment.
He is also a career police officer, having retired in 1996 with over
26 years of service with the Tulsa Police Department, where he served
in patrol division, undercover assignments, SWAT (Special Operations),
and as a police helicopter pilot with the Air Support Unit for 14 years.
He has had a dual career, while serving as a police officer he continued
his military career in the reserves where he completed 30 years total
service in 1999 as an infantry and intelligence officer.
He retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.
Craig is a highly decorated combat veteran, and holds four medals from
the police department including the Tulsa Police Department's second
highest award, the Medal of Valor. Craig is the author of The Medusa
File: Crimes and Coverups of the US Government, Kill Zone: A Sniper
Looks at Dealey Plaza, and One Shot--One Kill: America's Combat Snipers
among others.
Websites: www.riflewarrior.com and www.chouteautel.com/~centurion007/ E-Mail: craig@riflewarrior.com |