Scientists confirm 'fake' Lee Harvey Oswald photo
Science has trumped a popular conspiracy theory that suggests Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.An old photo of Oswold shows him in a backyard in Dallas holding a marxist newspaper and the same model rifle used to kill Kennedy. Oswald said the photo was faked and used to set him up at the time of his arrest.
Other supported his claim and said the way he was posing with the lighting and shadows are inconsistent.
A new Dartmouth study now suggests the photo is completely real. Scientists used sophisticated 3D imaging technology to analyze key details of the photo.
See images of Oswald and the scene:
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Although the Warren Commission claimed the photo was real and other analysts disputed the idea the lighting and shadows were altered, some argued the way Oswald leaned in the photo would have been impossible.
"Our detailed analysis of Oswald's pose, the lighting and shadows, and the rifle in his hands refutes the argument of photo tampering," Hany Farid, the study's senior author, said in an announcement.
"Our analysis refutes purported evidence of manipulation in the Oswald photo, but more generally we believe that the type of detailed 3-D modeling performed here can be a powerful forensic tool in reasoning about the physical plausibility of an image," Farid added in a press release. "With a simple adjustment to the height and weight, the 3-D human model that we created can be used to forensically analyze the pose, stability and shadows in any image of people."
As one scientist put it years ago, it's highly unlikely anyone had the photoshop skills or technology to forge a photo like that in 1963.
See images of JFK through the years:
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