Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

The image on the right below is meant to give us an awareness of the length of Jackie's forearm.

I put an x at her elbow and wrist to show that it's pretty long. So, what are we seeing on the left? Well, we see her bracelet and we know where that is, and then we see the end of her sleeve, which is retracted. But, how retracted is it? It's not nearly as retracted as her sleeve in the other picture. In that picture, the sleeve is retracted about 2/3 the length of her forearm, but on the left, it's only retracted a few inches. So, how much farther is it to get to her elbow on the left? A long way. So, we are not seeing her elbow on the left. It is not in the picture. And neither is her upper arm. So, we are not seeing her upper arm, and we are not seeing her elbow. We are seeing a partial forearm, and that is all. 

So, where are those other parts? Presumably, they are by her left side. Let's look at it close.

We're seeing a change in direction right about where the shadow of JFK's thumb is. I'll circle it for you.

Do you see how the line of her forearm abruptly changes at that point? I'll mark it for you.

The only thing that could cause that change in direction is if it reached the elbow. But, that is way too short. How far back do you think that sleeve was retracted? It couldn't have been that far. All she was doing was sticking her arm out, right? So, that can't be her elbow. That deviation, that change in direction, is unexplained and unaccounted for. But, the presumption has to be that her upper arm and her elbow are by her left side and out of view, and that's why all we are seeing is a partial forearm. It would mean that her upper are was straight up and down by her side, and not extended forward. But, look at this picture.

I've pointed out before that here she is twisted around to her left some and looking leftward, and she has her left hand resting on the ledge, which is different because in the other picture her hand was up higher at the top of the window and so could not have been resting on the ledge. But, I want you to notice here that her upper arm is extended. In fact, her elbow is straightened. She is exploiting the combined length of her upper arm and her forearm in order to reach the window, and she barely makes it. So, if she were not extending her upper arm, if her upper arm were down at her side, how could she possibly reach the window with just the length of her forearm?

Above, on the right, she is NOT extending her upper arm and straightening the whole appendage. Her elbow is bent. Her arm is down at her side and would probably be out of view if it were taken from the same angle as on the left. But, without that extension of her upper arm, how far does her hand get? Not that far. Her fingers may be touching the chrome plate, but she doesn't have her hand on top of it. And the way she is positioned on the right, she couldn't get her hand to the top of the glass if she wanted to. Without straightening her elbow and extending her upper arm, she couldn't do it. There wouldn't be enough length. She could only do it by doing this.

You see how she has her whole arm straightened. That's how she is covering the distance, and she couldn't do it otherwise.

 So, this is a bogus image because she doesn't have her arm straightened here. She can't have her arm straightened.  Yet, somehow, she is reaching the top of that glass.