The Assassination of John F. Kennedy ( English ).
Mysterious bullet, suspect's death and conspiracy theories: The assassination of John F. Kennedy, about which doubts still exist today.
On the morning of November 22, 1963, the sun was shining brightly when a sniper's bullet ripped through the air of the American city of Dallas and hit then-President John F. Kennedy, sparking conspiracy theories about the most high-profile assassination in American history that have not subsided to this day.
The commission also relied to some extent on the fact that a bullet was found on the stretcher on which Governor Connally was being treated in the hospital to reach this conclusion.
At the time, no one knew where the bullet came from, but the committee concluded that the bullet must have come out of the governor's body at the time the doctors were treating him.
However, critics of this official position did not believe in the magic bullet theory that a single bullet could cause such a wound in two people.
A significant development in this regard came in 2023 when former US Secret Service agent Paul Landis, who witnessed the US president's assassination up close, claimed in his autobiography that he had left a bullet found in John F. Kennedy's car on the president's stretcher in the hospital.
It should be noted that the assassination of John F. Kennedy has long been the focus of conspiracy theories, with questions arising about how many people were involved in the incident, who was actually behind it, and how many bullets the president was shot with.
It is generally believed in the United States that the true facts of the case differ from the official position, and according to some historians, the American public's trust in the government began to decline after the assassination.
Now, after President Trump signed a presidential decree, the United States has released 'all documents' related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. However, experts believe that because the people who were directly involved in the investigation of the assassination are no longer in this world, the new documents in this regard will not lead to any significant revelations.
Experts who have been researching the case for years have been poring over thousands of documents, not all of which are yet available online. Experts believe that this will take a long time and that they do not expect any significant breakthroughs from these documents.
Past US administrations have released millions of documents related to the case, but some documents have been kept secret or classified until now due to national security concerns.
Many Americans still believe that the gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, who is accused of firing the shots, did not act alone.
What is written in Paul Landis' book?
Paul Landis was with the President's wife, John F. Kennedy, that day. He was just feet away from the President when the incident occurred and saw John F. Kennedy being shot in the head.
Then a stampede broke out, and what Paul Landis did at that time, he did not tell anyone except a few people for decades.
In an interview with the New York Times, Paul said that when the motorcade arrived at the hospital, he saw a bullet lying in the president's car.
Paul picked up the bullet and put it in his pocket. According to him, within a short time he was with the president in the emergency room, where he placed the bullet on John F. Kennedy's stretcher so that it would remain with the president's body as evidence and reach those responsible.
"There was no one there to secure the scene and that was a disturbing thing for me," he says.
"Everything was happening in such a hurry, and I was afraid I had important evidence that shouldn't be lost or wasted."
However, he never brought this evidence to light himself before. He did not mention it in any official report, nor was he interviewed by the Warren Commission at the time.
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Historian James Robinault, speaking to the BBC, said, "He (Paul) had not slept very late and even then, he had to do more duty while he was also suffering from psychological problems."
"Paul forgot about the bullet. He was lost in what was happening at the time," James says.
For many years, Paul didn't even bother to read anything about the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the conspiracy theories surrounding it, but there came a time when he decided to tell his story to the world.
There are various reasons for the mystery and interest surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy. Peter Ling of the University of Nottingham says: "Kennedy was a great president for most people. He was the first television president, a young president with a beautiful wife and lovely children.
According to him, more than two million condolence letters were written to Jackie Kennedy after Kennedy's death.
The interest in the case is also heightened because the murder was filmed. The 26-second footage was captured by a movie camera in the home of a Dallas tailor who was standing at a distance observing the president's visit.
The image of Jackie Kennedy, sitting in the back of a car in pink, was etched in the minds of all Americans.
Zapruder is considered the first citizen journalist whose footage changed the traditional boundaries for crime footage.
Ambiguities and doubts about the report soon began to emerge, and many questions remain today. Professor Ling says, "The problem with Kennedy's assassination is that we never got to know Oswald's story."
"You had a man in your custody who was apparently a suspect, although he told the police he was innocent, but he was never tried."
A 2017 survey in the United States found that 61 percent believed someone else was involved in the murder. In a country where people often seem to disagree on issues, this is one issue on which there appears to be a fair amount of agreement.
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