Autopsy Images
Dr. David Mantik, M.D., Ph.D., is an oncology radiologist, meaning that he looks at X-rays for a living. He received special permission from the Kennedy family to view the so-called "original" autopsy X-rays and photographs held in the National Archives, and made a number of trips to study the images. Much of Dr. David Mantik's work involves showing that the autopsy images (X-rays and photographs) were altered. You can go to his website https://themantikview.org/ to read his many articles, or buy his books online via Amazon. Mantik describes the too-white "white patch," the "fake 6.5mm object," and other anomalies indicating alteration. Dr. Mantik's work has been corroborated by neurologist Dr. Michael Chesser, who also viewed the materials in the Archives. A slide-show presentation by Dr. Chesser can be found at https://assassinationofjfk.net/a-review-of-the-jfk-cranial-x-rays-and-photographs/
The "computer-enhanced" lateral X-ray is a particularly egregious alteration. My own study shows that it is a composite of the "living" right lateral X-ray image of Kennedy taken some years before the assassination overlaid with the HSCA-published "original" lateral image not readily found online, but available at https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0060b.htm . Note that the original caption for this "original" lateral image (not the "computer-enhanced image) describes it as showing the "occipital defect," which is medical-speak for "hole at the back of the head." Note that the AP image on the page before this one has a similar caption (i.e., showing the "occipital defect"). The HSCA report never specifies whether the lateral image is a right-side or left-side image. I contend that it is a left-side image, but in the composited "computer-enhanced" version, is made to appear as if it is a right-side image. I discuss the composite (which crops off the bottom of the "original" that shows the spinal column and mastoid processes) in more detail on this website at https://www.a-benign-conspiracy.com/hsca-published-x-rays.html. By cropping and composite overlay, the hole at the back of the head was made to appear as if it was at the front of the head.
I previously used the Vanity Fair article from December, 1994 to quote Jerrol Custer and Floyd Reine as disavowing the autopsy images as "fake" and "phony" and "not the pictures we took." I now have a better source for the quotes--the original AP wire regarding a press conference featuring X-ray technician Jerrol Custer and photographer Floyd Reine,, found on https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/30/2002816967/-1/-1/0/JFK00011.PDF that Vanity Fair used for its source quotes. Specifically, Custer said that there was "no damage" at the front of the head or face, adding that "These are fake X-rays." Photographer Floyd Reibe, who took pictures of the body during the autopsy, claims that the photographs released by the government are "phony and not the photographs we took."
Here is the AP wire from that news conference:
Dr. David Mantik, M.D., Ph.D., is an oncology radiologist, meaning that he looks at X-rays for a living. He received special permission from the Kennedy family to view the so-called "original" autopsy X-rays and photographs held in the National Archives, and made a number of trips to study the images. Much of Dr. David Mantik's work involves showing that the autopsy images (X-rays and photographs) were altered. You can go to his website https://themantikview.org/ to read his many articles, or buy his books online via Amazon. Mantik describes the too-white "white patch," the "fake 6.5mm object," and other anomalies indicating alteration. Dr. Mantik's work has been corroborated by neurologist Dr. Michael Chesser, who also viewed the materials in the Archives. A slide-show presentation by Dr. Chesser can be found at https://assassinationofjfk.net/a-review-of-the-jfk-cranial-x-rays-and-photographs/
The "computer-enhanced" lateral X-ray is a particularly egregious alteration. My own study shows that it is a composite of the "living" right lateral X-ray image of Kennedy taken some years before the assassination overlaid with the HSCA-published "original" lateral image not readily found online, but available at https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0060b.htm . Note that the original caption for this "original" lateral image (not the "computer-enhanced image) describes it as showing the "occipital defect," which is medical-speak for "hole at the back of the head." Note that the AP image on the page before this one has a similar caption (i.e., showing the "occipital defect"). The HSCA report never specifies whether the lateral image is a right-side or left-side image. I contend that it is a left-side image, but in the composited "computer-enhanced" version, is made to appear as if it is a right-side image. I discuss the composite (which crops off the bottom of the "original" that shows the spinal column and mastoid processes) in more detail on this website at https://www.a-benign-conspiracy.com/hsca-published-x-rays.html. By cropping and composite overlay, the hole at the back of the head was made to appear as if it was at the front of the head.
I previously used the Vanity Fair article from December, 1994 to quote Jerrol Custer and Floyd Reine as disavowing the autopsy images as "fake" and "phony" and "not the pictures we took." I now have a better source for the quotes--the original AP wire regarding a press conference featuring X-ray technician Jerrol Custer and photographer Floyd Reine,, found on https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/30/2002816967/-1/-1/0/JFK00011.PDF that Vanity Fair used for its source quotes. Specifically, Custer said that there was "no damage" at the front of the head or face, adding that "These are fake X-rays." Photographer Floyd Reibe, who took pictures of the body during the autopsy, claims that the photographs released by the government are "phony and not the photographs we took."
Here is the AP wire from that news conference:
