Dartmouth scientist says Oswald rifle photo real

[Adsos Letter]

Source: HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer

CONCORD, N.H. – The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, according to a new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor.

Oswald, who was shot to death days after being charged with the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, claimed the photo of him holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other had been doctored. Over the years, many others have pointed out what appear to be inconsistent lighting and shadows.

But Hany Farid, director of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth, said the shadows are exactly where they should be.

"You can never really prove an image is real, but the evidence that people have pointed to that the photo is fake is incorrect," Farid said Thursday. "As an academic and a scientist, I don't like to say it's absolutely authentic ... but it's extremely unlikely to have been a fake."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_oswald_photo

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Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this...it doesn't fit in Sept/11 group...other than GD, I don't know where to post it; thought people here might be interested.

[charlie]

1. Huh

From what I remember, the shadows were secondary to the claims that he stood at an impossible angle and his head was the wrong size. Unfortunately, Farid didn't talk about those two.

[jberryhill]

2. Oswald was real....

But the limo and Kennedy were CGI fakes.

[Orrex]

3. Why would the article not show the photo in question?

I hate when they do that.

[Adsos Letter]

4. Those shadows may be real...

but tell me how he isn't falling over in that shot...

[realisticphish]

6. maybe he's on a hill

and they're just shooting him tilted, Battlefield Earth-style

[salvorhardin]

7. He's likely on flat ground, but there's a visible slope on the edge of the property

It's not hard to see how this photo could have been taken from an odd angle. The property is small, and the person taking the photo could have been off to the side standing on the slight rise at the edge of the driveway.

Here's a link to the Google street view of the house at 2515 W 5th St., Irving, TX.: http://tr.im/EKN9



ETA: I had no idea the house was almost 12 miles from the Texas School Book Depository. Not that it's important, I just always envisioned it being much closer.

[Silent3]

5. Your usual sig line...

...makes a great caption for that picture. :)