- Fraudulent Gun Camera Photos
- Introduction
- In The Liberty Incident
- In the 1982 IDF History Report
- Where's the Antenna? <
- Too Wrong to Be Right
- Smoke and Mirrors
- Missing Parts
- Conclusion
Gun Camera Photo Fraud
Where's the Antenna?
By Ken Halliwell (May 10, 2005)
One method to show that the gun camera photos are fake is to find and display physical attributes that would have been impossible or nonexistent during the attack. An example of this is the very large amount of black paint showing above the waterline and below the Plimsoll line (See Fraud in Cristol's The Liberty Incident). When the ship was attacked, it was heavily loaded and sitting low in the water; thus, very little black paint would have shown. Yet, the gun camera photo shows about 8' of black paint above the water line -- an impossible circumstance.
There are several other impossible circumstances within the photos. For example: large amounts of dark smoke shown emanating from the starboard side, main deck, behind the superstructure where no fires ever existed; and no bow or stern wake showing.
In an effort to see what other impossible circumstances exist, both positive and negative images of the "gun camera" photos were produced and compared. Below are the images. Also, included is an enlarged area, from the negative image, centered on the forward mounted SRR-20 SHF antenna mast and reflector.
When viewing the enlarged area, I noticed that the SRR-20 SHF antenna reflector appears to be missing. This is consistent with the fact that the reflector had been removed after the attack, and it remained removed. But when taking a second look, it appears that the reflector might be showing at an oblique angle, with it's low portion somehow behind what appears like the antenna's support arm and head. If this is the reflector, then it is not properly position relative to the apparent antenna support arm and head; but, still, it might be the reflector. Too resolve the matter, I performed a simple but reliable geometrical analysis of the reflector's apparent position to determine the direction it was apparently pointing and how the antenna support arm and head should be oriented. See the result below.
So, it appears that what might have been the reflector is not a good geometric fit with other apparently related objects. As well as overlapping features/objects appearing out of place relative to the reflector's apparent position. Of course, due to the poor quality of the photo, this possibility can't be completely ruled out; but based on the higher quality book cover image, it appears very unlikely -- especially when one considers that in ship-based photographs taken during the attack and shortly thereafter, the antenna is shown pointing obliquely toward the starboard side and directed at the horizon.
An analysis of the enlarged area, showing the SRR-20 SHF antenna mast and reflector in its expected position, is below. It reveals yet another impossible circumstance.
