Testimony of the witnesses to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, President of the United States was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963. The testimony and statements of witnesses to the assassination of John F. Kennedy is detailed, sometimes supporting each other, and sometimes conflicting. This article discusses some of that testimony.

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John F. Kennedy - President of the United States - Dallas - Texas - 22 November - 1963 - Assassination of John F. Kennedy

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Several witnesses, indeed, observed a weapon extended from the 60.7 feet (18.5 meters) high sixth-floor easternmost open window of the depository, 265.3‘ away from the President when his head first exploded. One witness saw that weapon fire, yet he also testified that assassin was a dark-skinned, balding man, and the witness remembered hearing 4 separate shots. Another witness who saw a rifle testified he remembered hearing 2 shots, and, he saw that assassin's upper body half, yet, on the evening of November 22, 1963 (and despite seeing Lee Harvey Oswald's face on television), he refused to positively identify that assassin as Oswald.

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Several witnesses have claimed to see an assassin fire from the grassy knoll where a reporter's film segment seems to show gun smoke, where several overpass witnesses saw gun smoke, and where one government investigation scientifically determined that a shot had been fired.

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Shortly before the attack started, several witnesses saw a second man wearing a dark colored coat standing with a sixth floor eastern-most window assassin. Another witness testified to seeing two armed assassins behind different open windows on each end of the sixth floor of the depository.

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