Badge Man; an unknown figure reputedly visible within the famous Mary Moorman photograph of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. Some researchers have theorized that this figure is an assassin firing a weapon at the President from the area of the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza : r/UnexplainedPhotos Skip to main content

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Badge Man; an unknown figure reputedly visible within the famous Mary Moorman photograph of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. Some researchers have theorized that this figure is an assassin firing a weapon at the President from the area of the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza

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u/Raul_The_Goat avatar

I have been looking for a good 10 minutes, and I cannot figure out where in the photograph I am supposed to see badge man.

u/blitzballer avatar

That is creepy!

u/blitzballer avatar

its a weird world out there, full of conspiracies and questions...

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You seem like a really cool guy, man. Keep it up.

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u/blitzballer avatar

according to wiki;

"Badge Man" is reputedly located behind the stockade fence at photo center

u/Raul_The_Goat avatar

Do you see anything there though?

u/evillemon28 avatar

Not a thing, personally.

u/blitzballer avatar

had a search;

http://jfkmurdersolved.com/badgeman.htm

here you go

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info;

During the Presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza, Dallas resident Mary Moorman took a series of photographs with her Polaroid camera. Her nonprofessional photos captured images of all of the Presidential limousine occupants, several other close witnesses (including Abraham Zapruder filming), two Dallas police motorcycle Presidential escorts, and much of the Plaza's grassy knoll. The "Badge Man" is reputedly visible in Moorman's fifth and most famous photo of the area, taken at the moment of the fatal shot. This photo has been calculated to have been captured between the Zapruder film equivalent concurrent frames of Z-315 and 316, less than one-sixth of a second after President Kennedy was struck in the head at Z-313.

The Moorman photograph was seen contemporaneously in world media through UPI, but the Warren Commission did not include it in the volumes of its Report (1964).

The House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976–1978) sent a high-quality negative of the Moorman photo to the Rochester Institute of Technology for enlargement, enhancement, and analysis. RIT's report states that it found no evidence of human forms anywhere in the background, and the specific area behind the stockade fence was deemed to be so underexposed that it was impossible to glean any information from it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_Man

http://www.jfkfiles.com/jfk/html/badgeman.htm

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Ok, so this is 8 years later and you'll probably never see this, hell you probably don't even use reddit anymore, but I'd just like to say, thank you. It was like two days before the deadline to turn in assignments and I had a whole research paper to write and my topic was the JFK assassination and I was struggling to find good sources but that 2nd link you posted was an absolute goldmine and it saved me. Thank you random redditor from 8 years ago.

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that's awesome

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Badge Man:


Badge Man is the name given to an unknown figure reputedly visible within the famous Mary Moorman photograph of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. Some researchers have theorized that this figure is an assassin firing a weapon at the President from the area of the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza. An alleged muzzle flash obscures much of the detail, but "Badge Man" has nonetheless been described as a person wearing some kind of police uniform – the moniker itself derives from a bright spot on the chest, said to resemble a gleaming badge.

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Image i - The Moorman photograph (detail) showing the fatal shot; "Badge Man" is reputedly located behind the stockade fence at photo center


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u/Omariamariaaa avatar

I can't find the supposed human form in the background

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had a search;

http://jfkmurdersolved.com/badgeman.htm

here you go

u/Omariamariaaa avatar

Wow...that is most definitely a bush.

Are you saying the Bush family is behind this!? Good LORD!

u/blitzballer avatar

theres a conspiracy theory i havent heard of before...!

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u/blitzballer avatar

People see what they want to see to fit their agenda

u/Omariamariaaa avatar

Yep, it's called confirmation bias

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u/patrick_work_account avatar

This show on the assassination showed how the official story could actually be what happened. To me, at least, it makes a strong case for the lone gunman theory.

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Thanks for the link mate

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