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Isn it true that you incorrectly modeled the presidential limousine, positioning Connallys jump seat six inches from the inside of the door rather than the actual distance of 2.5 inches?

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Isn it true that you incorrectly modeled the presidential limousine, positioning Connallys jump seat six inches from the inside of the door rather than the actual distance of 2.5 inches?

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No. One critic claimed that I “used the incorrect limo measurement of a 6 inches clearance between JBC jump seat and door. The actual measurement was 2.5 inches. So whatever trajectory [Myers] thought he proved was not what ‘a single bullet’ could have taken.” This particular criticism stems from a comment made during the ABC News broadcast. At one point in the program, a computer animated sequence compares a diagram of how conspiracy theorists believe Kennedy and Connally were seated in the limousine with how they actually were seated as seen in the Zapruder film. Peter Jennings notes in voiceover narration that Connally was not seated directly in front of Kennedy, as some conspiracy theorists believe, but was “six inches” to Kennedy’s left. However, the six inch figure mentioned in narration did not refer to the distance between the jump seat and the inside of the limousine door, as presumed by this critic, but instead referred to the distance between the center of Kennedy and Connal

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