ㅤ: Assassination Timeline

On November 20, two cops noticed several men aiming rifles over the fence.

On November 21, the secret service get hammered the night before Kennedy's trip to Dallas.

On November 21, Layton Martens and Alvin Beaubouef are photographed in Dealey Plaza, while they are meant to be ice skating in Houston.

At 1:50, a man with a dirty blonde crew cut in a business suit, resembling Gerry Hemming, is seen carrying a rifle and a gun case while walking up Akard St.

Around 11:00, Jack Ruby is seen in a Green pickup truck, from which a younger man retrieves a rifle case before walking over to the grassy knoll.

Bubble Top - At 11:55 the secret service fight over whether the limo should be equipped with a bubble top.

Elevator - At the time of the assassination, the elevator in the TSBD breaks down, preventing people from reaching the 6th floor.

Distraction - At 12:26, Jerry Belknap supposedly suffers an epileptic seizure, in front of the grassy knoll, drawing attention of the crowd, moments before Kennedy's limo arrives on Elm St. An ambulance arrives on scene in 2 minutes, with no record of having been called. Belknap recovers in the ambulance, and leaves Parkland on foot with no record of having checked in.

Sharp Turn - At 12:30, Kennedy's limo makes the turn onto Elm St. from Houston, requiting the limo to slow to a crawl. A similar turn had been rejected by Charles de Gaul, for fear of an assassination attempt.

Umbrella Man - Researchers name the umbrella man seen signaling JFK's turn round Elm St. as Michael Harari, a Mossad agent stationed in Mexico City to train anti-Castro forces. He knew William Seymour, Lawrence Howard, Gordon Novel and other associates of David Ferrie in New Orleans.

The dark complected man at the north side of Elm St., pumping his fist as Kennedy's limo pulls in front of the grassy knoll, might be Moroccan general Ahmed Dlimi, an assassination director for the Mossad, and future member of the Safari Club.

Two men can be seen sitting by the sidewalk holding radios and looking in the general direction of the fence.

Another man with a radio can be seen over the triple underpass.

The Altgens photo reveals a shooter between the stoop bellow the fire escape on the Dal-Tex building.

Later a man dressed in black is photographed being taken into custody by officer Marrion Baker.

At 12:30, a shot is fired from the Dal Tex Building, hitting the pavement, causing concrete debris to fly off, striking James Tague on the cheek.

Loran Hall fires 2 to 3 shots with a Mauser from the left side of the Book Depository, striking Governor Connolly.

Lawrence Howard fires two shots from the snipers nest; one misses.

A gunman is seen with a Johnson 30.06 behind the pergola, which is exactly where the Nix film was edited.

This bullet is later dug up from the south side of Elm St. by Buddy Walther's.

A bullet hits Kennedy in the neck from the corner of the picket fence; another lands the head-shot.

After the fact, Mary Moorman snaps two shots of a man with a hat behind the picket fence.

Jackie Kennedy crawls onto the trunk of the limo to try and collect fragments of her husband.

At 12:31, Lawrence Howard exits the book depository, but is stopped, photographed and detained, before being let go after pretending to not speak English.

About an hour later, Danny Greene and the other tramps are arrested from the rail yard and detained before being released without question.

Howard and Loran Hall later Pick up Seymour from Elm St. in a green Nash Rambler.