JFK Assassination Conspiracy

Theories
Nicole, Anna, and Skyler
 John F. Kennedy’s Presidency

Term: January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963

Single Bullet Theory

● Lee Harvey Oswald

● “Magic-bullet theory”
● Single bullet went through Kennedy’s back, out his neck, then through Connally’s rib, then
out his chest, through his wrist and then his thigh

Support: Criticism:
● Re-enactments ● Bullet’s drastic change in
○ Discovery Channel direction
in 2004 ● Pristine condition
● Computer Analyses
○ Failure Analysis
Associates
The Government

● Bobby Kennedy’s first suspicion was that it was a rogue element in the CIA
○ Met with CIA director John McCone, and the meeting changed his mind
● CIA was angry over the Bay of Pigs Invasion
○ Bay of Pigs Invasion: failed landing operation on the southwestern coast
of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban
Revolution
● CIA Spokesman Edward Price: “ CIA conspiracy theories make good fodder for
movies, they are pure fiction”
 The Umbrella Man

● Louie Steven Witt was seen holding an umbrella in the Zapruder

film (famous video of assassination)
○ Pointed umbrella in the air at the same time JFK’s limousine
drove past
○ Some believe it was a signal for someone else to shoot
○ Others believe the umbrella itself was a weapon
● Counterpoint:
○ In a 1978 interview, Witt stated that the act was an attempt
at “heckling” the president
○ JFK’s father had agreed with the British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain on allowing Germany to expand its
territory unchecked, which in hindsight was unpopular
■ Umbrella acted as an allusion to Chamberlain
The Mafia
● Political conspiracies of the 1960 election
● Didn’t defeat Fidel Castro in Cuba, mob-controlled casinos had to remain shutdown
● Robert Kennedy worked against the mafia as attorney general
○ Fought against Jimmy Hoffa (union leader)
● Frank Sheeran (The Irishman) stated that he delivered rifles to Dallas days before
Kennedy’s visit
Works Cited

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a13093037/jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theori
es/

https://www.livescience.com/41369-single-bullet-theory-jfk-assassination.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy/Conspiracy-theories

https://www.livescience.com/41382-top-kennedy-assassination-conspiracies.html