Discovery Throws a Boatload of Tech at JFK Conspiracies
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. Whether you're the paranoid type who thinks the government is hiding lizard people in the basement of Area-51, or if you simply revel in debunking conspiracies as ridiculous nonsense, you can't help but get sucked into the almost romantic notion of some larger, possibly nefarious scheme being carried out behind closed doors.The Discovery Channel is always down for putting the kibosh on crazy-eyed speculation. Whether it's government cover-ups of alien encounters or faked moon landings, wilder assertions about world events (and the debunking of them) are this channel's bread-and-butter.
The latest conspiracy to be put to the test by the edutainment network is the assassination of JFK. Through modern blood splatter analysis and computer simulation, a team of scientists and forensic experts were able to rule out ideas of a second gunman on the grassy knoll. The team recreated the scene of the crime, including complex, lifelike, analogues for the slain president and his companions in the motorcade, as well as landmarks such as the book depository and the "grassy knoll."
Discovery claims that the pair of forensic experts performing the blood splatter analysis had no idea that the experiment was a recreation of the JFK assassination or that it was for a TV special -- we find that incredibly hard believe, considering how iconic of an image JFK's motorcade and the book depository are.
The special, 'JFK: Inside the Target Car,' airs Sunday, November 16 at 9 PM, EST. [From: MSNBC]
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