The 47th page of the JFK files is what finally flipped me

I used to think the moon landing hoax crowd had some points. Not the whole thing, but maybe the photos were touched up or something. Then last month I sat down and read the actual Warren Commission testimony online, page by page. When I hit page 47, the testimony from the FBI firearms expert about the bullet trajectory angles just didn't match the single bullet theory at all. That number, 47, stuck with me because I counted it twice to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong. It wasn't some crazy hidden code or a secret document, it was just a plain official record that contradicted the official story. Now I'm the guy arguing with my buddy Dave that the second shooter theory is at least worth a real look. Has anyone else had one specific page or line in a primary source that changed their whole stance on a conspiracy?

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jana30921d ago

Grabbed the actual declassified CIA cable about the Bay of Pigs from the National Archives site one night, and the date stamps on the operational orders were three weeks off from what every history book says. That one sloppy detail made me question everything else I thought I knew about it. Now I just tell people to read the raw stuff, not the summaries.