RE: Ask A Historian
September 20, 2015 at 9:50 am
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2015 at 9:53 am by vorlon13.)
Blakeley seized on the "open mic" with considerable enthusiasm. The Dallas police department in 1963 had 2 radio channels for all their police cars and motorcycles. The 2 channels were recorded on a Dicta-belt recorder. It was noted there was a microphone stuck on during the assassination, and it was theorized it was close enough to the Texas School Book Depository to have recorded the sounds of the shots. The committee decided the stuck mic was on a motorcycle that was very close to Kennedy's limo. Analysis of the recording was believed to show 4 shots. The committee authorized an acoustic recreation of the assassination to see if they could match up the sounds supposedly recorded on the Dicta-belt with any of the various theories about where the shooter(s) were located.
This led to Blakeley (mindful of his book deal needing something salacious to make $$$$) to insist the ambiguous (at best) acoustic findings supported a second gunman at a second location in the plaza.
At the time, there were BIG problems with the "stuck mic" issue. The officer on the motorcycle believed to have the mic problem testified he switched on his siren immediately after the shooting stopped. There is no appropriate siren sound on the recording at the correct time. Blakeley asserted the AGC function on the radio explains this. (Obviously, that is NOT how AGC works, otherwise, radios wouldn't work at all)
There are sirens heard on the recording however. A couple of minutes after the assassination however. The sirens grow louder and then fade away.
This is what edumacated folks call a 'clue'.
Where would one have had to be in Dallas to hear sirens get louder and then fade away 2 minutes after the assassination, and plausibly have had a police department motorcycle with a radio and a stuck on microphone located ??
Hmmmmm.
What about Dunkin Donuts ??
No, it was right after lunch, not mid morning, so we can rule out Dunkin' Donuts.
OMG !!
What about the Dallas Trade Mart ?!?!?!?!
It was Kennedy's destination!! It is halfway between the Texas School Book Depository and Parkland Hospital, where Kennedy was rushed for treatment, and Parkland is roughly 4 minutes away !!!
AND THERE WERE COPS THERE AT THE TRADE MART WAITING FOR KENNEDY !!!!!
Anyhow, Blakeley couldn't admit the bleeding obvious because of his book deal, so the nation was stuck with the second shooter bullshit, and there was ABSOLUTELY no acoustic evidence for it all.
Unless of course, the second shooter was at the Dallas Trade Mart, 2 miles away from Dealey Plaza, and a helluva amazing marksman.
And thus is born another conspiracy theory . . .
This led to Blakeley (mindful of his book deal needing something salacious to make $$$$) to insist the ambiguous (at best) acoustic findings supported a second gunman at a second location in the plaza.
At the time, there were BIG problems with the "stuck mic" issue. The officer on the motorcycle believed to have the mic problem testified he switched on his siren immediately after the shooting stopped. There is no appropriate siren sound on the recording at the correct time. Blakeley asserted the AGC function on the radio explains this. (Obviously, that is NOT how AGC works, otherwise, radios wouldn't work at all)
There are sirens heard on the recording however. A couple of minutes after the assassination however. The sirens grow louder and then fade away.
This is what edumacated folks call a 'clue'.
Where would one have had to be in Dallas to hear sirens get louder and then fade away 2 minutes after the assassination, and plausibly have had a police department motorcycle with a radio and a stuck on microphone located ??
Hmmmmm.
What about Dunkin Donuts ??
No, it was right after lunch, not mid morning, so we can rule out Dunkin' Donuts.
OMG !!
What about the Dallas Trade Mart ?!?!?!?!
It was Kennedy's destination!! It is halfway between the Texas School Book Depository and Parkland Hospital, where Kennedy was rushed for treatment, and Parkland is roughly 4 minutes away !!!
AND THERE WERE COPS THERE AT THE TRADE MART WAITING FOR KENNEDY !!!!!
Anyhow, Blakeley couldn't admit the bleeding obvious because of his book deal, so the nation was stuck with the second shooter bullshit, and there was ABSOLUTELY no acoustic evidence for it all.
Unless of course, the second shooter was at the Dallas Trade Mart, 2 miles away from Dealey Plaza, and a helluva amazing marksman.
And thus is born another conspiracy theory . . .
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