Gordon Arnold
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Gordon L Arnold is a man who claimed to have witnessed the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
in Dallas, Texas
.
Arnold served twelve years in the United States
Army
, after enlisting in 1963. After being discharged from the Army, Arnold married in 1966 (one living son as of 2004) and became employed with the Dallas Department of Consumer Affairs in Dallas, Texas
.
In 1978 Arnold first publicly claimed to have been a witness to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy
in Dealey Plaza
in Dallas. He claimed that minutes before the assassination he was twice approached by a business-suited CIA or Secret Service
agent who demanded that he move from behind the picket fence of the Dealey Plaza
north grassy knoll to the front of the fence. He claimed he moved just south of the picket fence and then filmed the assassination with a movie camera from a few feet north of a 3.3-foot (1 meter) high concrete retaining wall on the grassy knoll, and that a bullet passed extremely close to his left ear, then he dove to the ground.
Arnold said that very soon after the end of the attack a man armed with a revolver and dressed in a Dallas police uniform kicked him while Arnold was still lying on the ground then demanded his movie film while another man armed with a rifle and also dressed in a Dallas police uniform and wearing yellow lens tinted "shooter's glasses" stood close by crying, shaking, and waving his rifle around. A person of this description has been brought out of the Moorman photo and been named the badge man. Debate continues over the validity of the assumption due to poor negatives, missing negatives and trajectory needed to make the "head shot". Suggestions to counter those concerns come from using a stool, shooting off a bumper or other aids to make the shot fit the scene.
Arnold claimed he gave the revolver-armed police officer his movie camera, the police officer removed the film, then returned the camera to Arnold (now with the policeman's fresh fingerprints).
Arnold said that three days later he reported for his pre-assassination-scheduled transfer to the U.S. Army's Fort Wainwright
in Alaska
.
Despite his claims being made public some five months before the House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ended, the HSCA, which did learn of his claims, decided not to interview him.
Arnold elaborated on his claims in the 1988 documentary The Men Who Killed Kennedy
and in a 1989 interview with the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The transcript of that 1989 interview was eventually made available to the public in 2004.
A unimpeachable witness, Senator (D) Ralph Yarborough Ralph Yarborough
, stated he did see a man in that exact
location that Gordon Arnold claimed to have been. In this video clip, at about 4:00, the Senator speaks about what he saw and it does validate
the account of Mr. Arnold.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-_06iHdM3A&NR=1.
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
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Arnold served twelve years in the United States
United States
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Army
Army
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, after enlisting in 1963. After being discharged from the Army, Arnold married in 1966 (one living son as of 2004) and became employed with the Dallas Department of Consumer Affairs in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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In 1978 Arnold first publicly claimed to have been a witness to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
in Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza , in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas , is the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
in Dallas. He claimed that minutes before the assassination he was twice approached by a business-suited CIA or Secret Service
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
agent who demanded that he move from behind the picket fence of the Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza , in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas , is the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
north grassy knoll to the front of the fence. He claimed he moved just south of the picket fence and then filmed the assassination with a movie camera from a few feet north of a 3.3-foot (1 meter) high concrete retaining wall on the grassy knoll, and that a bullet passed extremely close to his left ear, then he dove to the ground.
Arnold said that very soon after the end of the attack a man armed with a revolver and dressed in a Dallas police uniform kicked him while Arnold was still lying on the ground then demanded his movie film while another man armed with a rifle and also dressed in a Dallas police uniform and wearing yellow lens tinted "shooter's glasses" stood close by crying, shaking, and waving his rifle around. A person of this description has been brought out of the Moorman photo and been named the badge man. Debate continues over the validity of the assumption due to poor negatives, missing negatives and trajectory needed to make the "head shot". Suggestions to counter those concerns come from using a stool, shooting off a bumper or other aids to make the shot fit the scene.
Arnold claimed he gave the revolver-armed police officer his movie camera, the police officer removed the film, then returned the camera to Arnold (now with the policeman's fresh fingerprints).
Arnold said that three days later he reported for his pre-assassination-scheduled transfer to the U.S. Army's Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright is a United States Army post adjacent to Fairbanks in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
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Despite his claims being made public some five months before the House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation ended, the HSCA, which did learn of his claims, decided not to interview him.
Arnold elaborated on his claims in the 1988 documentary The Men Who Killed Kennedy
The Men Who Killed Kennedy
The Men Who Killed Kennedy is a 9-part video documentary series by Nigel Turner about the John F. Kennedy assassination. The series, which related various conspiracy theories, was extensively challenged on factual grounds....
and in a 1989 interview with the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The transcript of that 1989 interview was eventually made available to the public in 2004.
A unimpeachable witness, Senator (D) Ralph Yarborough Ralph Yarborough
Ralph Yarborough
Ralph Webster Yarborough was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office...
, stated he did see a man in that exact
location that Gordon Arnold claimed to have been. In this video clip, at about 4:00, the Senator speaks about what he saw and it does validate
the account of Mr. Arnold.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-_06iHdM3A&NR=1.