The thing that struck me about Dealey Plaza was the rather small overall size of the place, and the steep angles of everything. The angle from the 6th floor to the street, the angle of the road itself, were all steeper and closer than I envisioned. This is a common bias in film and television, to not capture depth and angles properly.

For me, if you took the image that I had in mind and cut the distance in half, and doubled the steepness of the angles you would be pretty close to how it looked to me in person.

I went to the site three times, the last of which was for a long time with my phone for reference. I watched the Zapruder film, looked at autopsy photos, photos of the scene that day, etc.

The plaza has changed very little. From the buildings to the monuments, even the fence that is so often speculated about in the "Grassy Knoll" has been rebuilt over and over again to nearly the same specs as the original. This made me feel that I could have been standing there just a few days after the horrific event. Save for the few additional pieces specifically placed in remembrance to both JFK and the assassination. There are also two X's in the street marking the approximate location of JFK when he was struck. These have been removed by the city many times, but are always quickly restored.

My conclusions are as follows:

*The sixth floor window is the most advantageous firing position available in that plaza for the placement of the shots that were fired.

*From that position, with that rifle and scope, many marksmen with similar experience to Lee Harvey Oswald could have killed the President. (For what it's worth, I feel that I could have replicated the shots, given a similar time as L.H.O. to familiarize myself with that rifle/scope combination. I was my states Jr Olympic Rifle Champion in 10 Meter Running Target many years ago.)

*I do not believe that any shots were taken from the "Grassy Knoll". I base that conclusion on the observation of how close it is to to onlookers, including Mr. Zapruder. It is approximately 75 feet, just 25 paces, from where that famous film is taken. I believe if Mr. had heard a shot taken from that range he would have, at the very least, flinched obviously. An unexpected shot, at that range would have had me hitting the deck, and would have left my right ear ringing. There would be no speculation about the possibility of the shot coming from that direction. A number of people would have been more likely to report temporary hearing loss, and to underestimate the range of the shot.

*There is no possibility for a shot to have come from the storm drain approximately 75 feet from the fatal impact point, on the right side of the road. It may appear so on film, but the angles are too small to be possible. From inside that drain you could not even see the President for the first shot, and just barely with your right eye only for the second. It would not be possible to present a rifle from this position. The rifle would need to be fully extended, by itself, out of the drain, with no possibility of aiming. I rule this out.

*To my eye the fatal shot occurred from behind forcing the President's head to snap forward and then back. The pieces flying backward are a natural part of an event like this. The frame-rate of the Zapruder film is so slow as to make this hard to see, but I feel I see it none-the-less. His head was already very forward due to the first wound and his back brace would make this "snap back" response all the more likely.

All this being said I still find a great many problems with the Single Shooter/Two Bullet (One miss) theories. My problems are as follows:

*Governor Connally reported being startled by the sound of the first shot and quickly turning to his right to check on the President (all visible in the film), and THEN being shot in the back/arm/thigh. A position he/his wife refused to budge on all of his remaining days. I am open to the possibility that he didn't know he was shot, but rather felt his broken ribs when he turned.

*The bullet found on a stretcher near the Governor could not have inflicted all of the damage that it did and remained in that condition. If fact, I find the presence of such an intact bullet that matches L.H.O.'s rifle way too convenient.

*The lack of gunshot residue on L.H.O.'s cheek (but existence on his hands) and the presence of other chemicals on his face leads me to believe that he likely didn't fire aimed shots that day, nor washed his face to cover up that fact. He may have earlier fired his rifle "from the hip", say into water (potentially producing that intact bullet), but not a shot aimed in a way that could have killed the President.

*Jack Ruby behaved as a person would who was sent to kill L.H.O. shortly after the assassination. He attempted at least three times and succeeded. His connections to organized crime seem highly likely.

*If Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole mastermind behind this I find his testimony odd. I would expect him to take full credit and enjoy the platform from which to promote his political beliefs. Instead he constantly claimed to be a "patsy", and he makes a rather perfect one. His defection, Russian wife, political views, etc. He feels like someone who was at the edge of this plot, and surprised to find himself betrayed. His insistence on only being represented by the Communist Party USA, one John Abt, seems like a person who trusts no US persons anymore.

My best guess as to what happened:

*Lee Harvey Oswald brought a 6.5x52mm Carcano Rifle to work with him.

*One or more shooters began firing at the President from on or near the 6th floor of the Public Records Building when he was approximately 175 ft from the building.

*Two rounds struck the President from above and behind, one struck the Governor from the same/near firing position.

*The governor was not intentionally shot. All shots were fired with the sole intention of killing the President.

*Evidence was planted at the hospital where the Governor was treated.

*Evidence was likely removed from various scenes.

*Both the President and the Governor were likely shot at ONLY from the Records Building, by rifle/s with ballistic properties of the 6.5x52mm round. This is a small, long projectile that is very unstable after impact. This kind of bullet, fired from this direction, produced the fatal impact.

*Lee Harvey Oswald likely didn't take part in the final killing of the President.

*After there was enough evidence removed/planted, and the capture of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby was instructed to assassinate Lee Harvey Oswald.

For the record this was not the conclusion that I expected to come to. When I first saw the plaza I thought that one person could have done this, that I could have done this. I am still open to the possibility of their being only one shooter, but I believe that there was a conspiracy.

This is where the evidence had led me.

I am not certain of my conclusions, but unless I review further evidence to the contrary, I find this scenario the most plausible.