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John F. Kennedy was killed by a second gunman on the grassy knoll.

by anon·2026-07-03 03:11:42·6 sub-claims projected
Anchored facts · survived projection
  • 100%
    John F. Kennedy died on November 22, 1963.
    John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
  • 100%
    John F. Kennedy died in Dallas, Texas.
    John F. Kennedy was assassinated and pronounced dead in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
  • 100%
    John F. Kennedy died from gunshot wounds.
    John F. Kennedy was assassinated by gunshot wounds on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
  • 90%
    Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots during the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
    The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy, a finding widely accepted as the official account.
Anomalies · mainstream ≠ evidence
  • mediumA gunman, other than Lee Harvey Oswald, fired shots at John F. Kennedy.
    Mainstream
    No, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, and there was no other gunman.
    Evidence
    It is uncertain if another gunman fired shots.
Buried truth candidates
  • The Zapruder film, a primary visual record of the assassination, clearly shows President Kennedy's head recoiling violently 'back and to the left' after the fatal head shot.
    Why buried: While the Zapruder film is widely known, the significance and intuitive interpretation of this specific motion (which many viewers interpret as suggesting a shot from the front or right) is often downplayed or countered by the mainstream narrative. Official explanations typically rely on alternative scientific or physiological theories (e.g., neurological spasm, 'jet effect' from exiting bullet, u
    verifiability: high
    95%
  • A significant number of eyewitnesses in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, including both civilians and law enforcement officers, reported hearing shots coming from the direction of the grassy knoll or observing suspicious activity in that area.
    Why buried: While these individual testimonies appear in primary sources like the Warren Commission Hearings and initial police reports, the cumulative weight and consistency of these diverse reports are often downplayed or dismissed in the mainstream narrative. The Warren Commission generally attributed such reports to echoes, confusion, or unreliable perception, in order to maintain its single-shooter concl
    verifiability: high
    90%
  • The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), a U.S. government committee, concluded in its 1979 final report that there was a 'high probability' that two gunmen fired at President Kennedy and that a conspiracy was 'likely'.
    Why buried: This finding directly contradicted the Warren Commission's conclusion of a single shooter and represents a U.S. government body acknowledging the high probability of a conspiracy. While the specific acoustic evidence central to this conclusion was later largely discredited by subsequent scientific review, the *fact* that a government committee officially reached this conclusion is often downplayed
    verifiability: high
    80%
Sunk to obsidian · did not survive
  • · A gunman, other than Lee Harvey Oswald, fired shots at John F. Kennedy.
report id · obs_7e25c980b443
hmac · 85e360ef185bff3baaf2890ba4d0129d…
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