Who Was the Umbrella Man? | JFK Assassination Documentary | The New York Times

[@eckack4809]

Imagine not liking the sun so you bring an umbrella and you get blamed for killing a president

[@NomanSajidYT]

American logic... Dumb logic

[@gregcarlson8438]

Noman Sajid I find your statement ironic.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Some kind of signal and so was that Cuban setting beside him.

[@jamesmorrison1683]

In all of those who were there, I would expect to see more than one person with an umbrella if the sun was unbearable. The evidence for anything other than the protest statement is circumstantial and compelling, but is inconclusive to any other end. It is a peculiar placing at a blind spot on the road, where some could think that he was signaling to someone firing the final fatal shot, which is presumed to have come from behind him. I am sure that would be a detail a trained sniper would want to know. Investigation should leave no stone unturned. The official story is unbelievable.

[@ronniebishop2496]

James Morrison In a photo you can see two shooters behind Zapruder in that shelter, not picket fence. The photo was I enhanced.

[@moonlight-vm9yd]

56 years after, mystery has been solved!! the umbrella man is none other than.... Mr. Reginald Hargreeves

[@connore2665]

moonlight I was about to write this comment

[@annnee6818]

When you realise that the only reason the umbrella academy exists is that weirdo with the brolly

[@claudiaricci7041]

I'm here for this

[@shadowninjatsu1900]

Thats the only reason why i wanted to watch this vid

[@gabrieles4564]

Actually...

[@945nico]

The umbrella can also be used to shade from the sun.

[@Graymenn]

how many people do you see carrying umbrellas on sunny days? Get real

[@amaankhan9955]

@@Graymenn it's not 2018 that JFK was assassinated

[@GonzoGolf]

There is a cuban man standing next to the umbrella man and in some picture you can clearly see him holding a huge walky talky type radio

[@nymets9559]

945nico Wow....you should be a teacher.

[@wilfredoanunezpacheco5367]

Smedley Butler plenty

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

I hope this single person is satisfied with the simple fact that he was the only individual that knew that he was protesting an event that happened 24 years earlier and which was not famous for Chamberlain's umbrella, but instead was famous for "peace for our time", which was actually what Kennedy wanted and which was one of the reasons that got him killed. Truly sinister and a totally concocted excuse.

[@donfarmdon]

The message was for JFK only. JFK's final thought was to be Neville Chamberlain. Even if it wasn't JFK's final thought, umbrella man was proud to participate and give the go signal.

[@scottgoodman8993]

Not everyone admired Kennedy, liked his administration or thought he was a good person. I know. I was alive and heard many disparage him at the time and after his death, who were entirely unconnected with his assassination.

[@scottburns2600]

Yeah I'm not buying that as well. No one else on earth; even JFK would've caught on to that little protest. And if this guy actually planned to stage it, wouldn't he have told someone beforehand? Like a wife or something? Wonder if anyone tried to verify this story with anyone he knew?

[@willstar1579]

@alwaysfourfun1671 100% agree totally concocted like straight out of the CIA for facts handbook on story telling. Much like another concocted government story about the infamous KZbin video that claimed sparked the Benghazi attacks. The Video's titled "The Real Life of Muhammad", uploaded on July 1, 2012, has a running time of 13:03 and the other video "Muhammad Movie Trailer" was uploaded on July 2, 2012, with a running time of 13:51 in 1080p format. They are similar in content. When it was all over the news that this is why I quickly viewed both because I was so interested about this saying wow let me see how bad this is. Fact I was shocked to see that both videos had a combined less then 3000 views. I realize this was complete BS totally concocted by people who think they are the smartest in the world. OB imprisoned the producer of these films.

[@ultimategaming4265]

⁠@@scottburns2600they probably could’ve verified it with someone new, but the CIA were the ones that brought him in. And I mean, the video obviously isn’t good quality so they could’ve just brought in anyone to say they were the umbrella man.

[@saintpatrick7673]

He's the head of the Umbrella Academy mate.

[@-C.S.R]

It ended up being a guy that looks like him but works for him! Always one step ahead!

[@jboogie4162]

😂😂 was looking for this

[@TRUTHGOSPEL2023]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@dr.nobody3598]

Best comment lol

[@ninospetridis7043]

I only clicked this video for searching that comment ... thx

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Ironic that the last thing JFK probably saw and thought was why is that dude holding an umbrella?

[@dumpygoodness4086]

and THAT UMBRELLA was the signal of his demise!

[@anthonyf473]

Army personnel said they would never allow anyone with an umbrella near a presidential motorcade, let alone go down that curvy slow route. A lot of things went down that day that went against protocol.

[@davidburkholder7360]

Maybe the last thing he saw while still in the body but definitely not the last thing he saw once "exteriorization" took place. This I guarantee. Definition: Exteriorization: The human soul moving outside of the body generally at death but achievable during while still "living."

[@Alvin-1138]

@@anthonyf473 The footage of Secret Service agent being ordered off the Back of the limo is chilling also. Happened at the beginning of the motorcade at the airport.

[@anthonyf473]

@@jbs8704 to be fair anyone in dealey plaza that day is at risk of being shot or caught in a cross fire. One guy by the overpass was hit by shrapnel.

[@wilsy999]

The umbrella was a message to JFK that he should’ve had the roof up

[@redgatorade7442]

That's some eefed up dark humor

[@MichaelBatmanKeaton]

@@redgatorade7442 😂 facts

[@katekatey279]

Right

[@beatmaker6660]

Maybe so.. But he was marked for death regardless..

[@deanwilliams8159]

Top up or not. Would have made little difference. He was a marked man. And they would have taken him out somewhere else if not in Dallas.

[@deborahminter6231]

This video has effectively talked me into the beleif that the umbrella man's presence that day had a sinister purpose.

[@andrewwilliamson5060]

I think it makes more sense that he was there to mark distance and wind direction. That Kennedy would recognize that as a protest toward his father would require Kennedy to do some split second mental gymnastics and why would he care? Answer is b.s. He should of just said to keep the sun off me.

[@deborahminter6231]

@andrewwilliamson5060 what makes you think that. It could have as simple as a signal to assassins that the vehicle had already turned the corner.

[@andrewwilliamson5060]

@@deborahminter6231 assassins need information like wind and distance to do accurate shots, what don't you get? They can see he turned a corner but what is the prearranged distance? Hence the marker of the umbrella

[@deborahminter6231]

@@andrewwilliamson5060 👍

[@peterfraser9070]

"This video has effectively talked me into the belief that the umbrella man's presence that day had a sinister purpose:" It must be extremely easy to make you believe almost anything.

[@ewd31989]

"Can anyone come up with a non sinister explanation for this?" Shading himself from the sun?.

[@treeble2793]

Imagine being a goth and using an umbrella to shade yourself and you get blamed for killing the president

[@shmebuloc]

You from Reddit?

[@ousqa]

@@shmebuloc I am

[@shmebuloc]

@@ousqa cool

[@freeradical5535]

No witnesses?

[@tyronelindsey4825]

anybody else here after watching the Umbrella Academy ? I'm mind blown

[@vickymrl5077]

yeah 🤯

[@blueturkeymeat428]

Oh yeah

[@mostlyjuststuffandthings2259]

I get it 😏🔫

[@JayceeBTS]

You think the umbrella academy could be real

[@tariqhines236]

Me

[@rgk99]

When thinking about or watching a video about the JFK assassination does anyone feel like the entire event was from a alternate universe? The idea of this happening in the open in front of people 10 feet away is incomprehensible to me. This is just an amazing event in the universe’s history that could never be duplicated because of facts like this.

[@corbinchristian7915]

Ong

[@joekelly9369]

not one bit ..it only takes one person to change history , why that can be for any reason .. all worldly !

[@tadhgq17]

Ever hear of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

[@grmaljgrmic1282]

@@tadhgq17 yes

[@garrettramirez428]

It's been duplicated in half the countries where the CIA has been active. See: Archbishop Romero...Benigno Acquino...Aldo Moro...

[@anjirkumar4262]

I am from the UK. I don't know much about guns(as we ban them) or range finders. But Neville Chamberlin and umbrellas is quite obscure. In the UK Chamberlin is known for having a bit of paper from Hitler which meant peace(although it didn't). I find it hard to believe that someone would think that the President would connect the umbrella to Chamberlin and then to his dad.

[@peterarmstrong5288]

The umbrella reference to Chamberlain is nowhere near as obscure as people seem to think it is. You have to consider the context of the era that the Kennedy's lived through to understand it's significance. It is correct that Chamberlain will always be linked to that "piece of paper" and forever derided for his policies of appeasement. The part of the story that is not so well known, is that in 1940 there was a very deep divide within the British government, after the fall of France. The war was clearly not going well for Britain, and they were under the threat of imminent invasion. There was a very real movement within the pro-Chamberlain faction to sue for peace with the Germans. What is not taught in schools, is just how close the British were to giving up the fight and brokering a peace deal with Hitler in 1940. Of course, we now know that the "fight-on" faction won out and Chamberlain was ousted. The nation rallied behind Churchill, Britain fought on, and the rest, they say, is history. From this moment on, Chamberlain's was no longer a political force, and his reputation was destroyed (for posterity basically). However, what also is not so widely known is that Joseph Kennedy was a supporter of Chamberlain, and he was strongly campaigning for Britain to capitulate to Hitler in 1940. As a result of Chamberlain's ousting, Joseph Kennedy was out, and his reputation was also left in tatters. Up until then, his political ambitions, were all for himself, not his son's, as is widely believed. He then had no choice other than to channel all his ambitions through the futures of his sons. As we know, Joe Jnr tragically never survived the war, so John became the focus. So, through all of this, JFK would have been not only aware, but excruciatingly aware of what the umbrella protest meant. It was a point of shame and embarrassment to the Kennedy family.

[@PolaPoplawska]

@@peterarmstrong5288 and because Joseph , they died (Jhon, Robert ) - revenge , be Joseph suffer to final his life - communistic style !

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

You're either wilfully ignorant or of the sort predestined at birth for genuine ignorance. Now how do you like THEM apples?

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

Chamberlain and appeasement are frequently brought up in the US when someone wants us to get in another war. It obviously works quite well. Chamberlain was not appeasing Hitler in hope he would stop. He was trying to buy time to rearm. At any rate, there was nothing Britain or France could have done for Czechoslovakia (or Poland). JFK’s senior thesis at Harvard was “Why England Slept” which defended his father’s support for Chamberlain’s “appeasement”.

[@georgerichardson406]

​@@peterarmstrong5288Google Neville Chamberlain. He was most definitely known as the umbrella man in the press

[@DJBroniXOfficial]

Some random dude walked into a courtroom with an umbrella and everyone was like “yep sure that’s him”

[@sosaworks27]

We definitely just saw the same whiteboard video.

[@calebstevens8269]

@@sosaworks27 We 100% saw the same whiteboard video

[@oneloveboob]

White board video > this video

[@-Excogitator-]

Just remember it’s all a joke…… tomato…. Potato

[@speedracer1945]

Bad luck to open a umbrella in a room .

[@Benny_From_NY]

Plot twist he’s the umbrella man

[@emgo-at7398]

Chill

[@thatscool5401]

Plot twist it was actually five from umbrella academy

[@PowderedNuggets]

I literally thought that too

[@lemanelemso4063]

this is BS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmKwaX98iaaJh6s

[@koysensei4424]

3:11

[@microtasker]

Imagine focusing so much on who pulled the trigger that nobody looks for the guy that gave the soldier his orders?

[@Jrwezi]

That’s the whole point. Distraction

[@SnowBase]

Real JFK shooter is James Files. Video got removed long time ago hard to find now. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2nbmYuJdr99pck

[@Caeruleo]

@@SnowBase In that video does he repeat his obvious lie that he saw Jack Ruby give Johnny Roselli the map of the "changed" motorcade route, something he could not have seen given that it is a proven fact that the route was never changed, and which gives the impression that Files was almost certainly coached by one or more assassination buffs who were familiar with this oft-repeated factoid but had neglected to trace it to its original source to discover how this myth arose?

[@jasmith1867]

I know a guy who knows a guy who said Oswald's neighbor had a dog who could talk. The dog's name was Sam. Sam gave Oswald the orders.

[@microtasker]

@@jasmith1867 But can you imagine all the people?

[@xentaatnex8261]

Now every time I see a person with an open umbrella on a sunny day will give me the chills.

[@thewurstgarage676]

If not one person on earth realizes that your raised umbrella is a protest against Neville Chamberlain, then what effect does the protest have? Has anyone ever seen an umbrella go up and thought, “wow, that guy doesn’t like Neville Chamberlain!” (Fun fact: number of people that recognized the umbrella as a protest against Chamberlain? Zero. None. No one. Ever.)

[@dxzts6614]

It's such an obscure fact that it seriously does not make sense. What are the odds of this middle-aged man knowing a very obscure historical fact from a couple of decades ago?

[@rlukins]

He testified he was using the umbrella to “heckle” the president in a more general way. He wasn’t sure about the symbology of the umbrella himself, someone at his work had mentioned it to him. If you read his testimony it makes more sense.

[@stanmurphy3638]

Amazing what people say when the fallacy of presentism intersects with the illogic of conspiracy theory. This even happened in 1963, just 25 years after Neville Chainbelain appeased Hitlet at Munich. Look up that event and you will see that Chamberlain's unbrella was ubiguitous. A litle research will also show you that the umbrella is synonymous with Chamberlain and his failures. The appeasment policies of JFK's father ruined his own presidential aspirations and were still a topic of conversation in 1963. Some people felt that JFK was selling out to the Soviets with the Test Band Treaty and his American University speech. Read some history before you make these sorts of sweeping pronouncements. Also remember basic logic rules: If there is a simple explanation, it usually is the correct explanation.

[@stanmurphy3638]

@@dxzts6614 Except that it is not obscure at all.sites.lsa.umich.edu/bcoppola/wp-content/uploads/sites/469/2017/04/umbrella.pdf

[@landochabod7]

For people who were middle-age in in 1963, Neville Chamberlain was a major, highly recognizable historical figure, and his umbrella was a bit of a trademark. It was used in caricatures and such. JFK literally wrote a college thesis about England's path to WW2: he must've had an opinion on Chamberlain, and he most likely would've known about the umbrella. Political trivia is weird: why else would "go, Brandon!" be a taunt against Joe Biden, for instance? If you try to explain it to someone 60 years from now, they'd say you're insane. Or you could mock Al Gore by pulling up a fake lockbox, or dress up as a potato if you're going to meet Dan Quayle, or wear a tan suit in front of Obama...

[@goldfishy]

I would have assumed sunny day + umbrella = shade.

[@ross9529]

I mean that's the logical explanation lol, people just love to clamor for extravagancies

[@JSBselvas]

Seriously, maybe easily gets burned.

[@unholydead9513]

Yeah, it's unfortunately as simple as that. Still fun to dive into the theories, sometimes!

[@JimmyRussle]

@@unholydead9513 but its not as simple as that because thats not why he had the umbrella.

[@unholydead9513]

@@JimmyRussle you don't know that

[@Zayashuku]

I cried at, "HMMMMM??HMMMMMMM~??"

[@BostonGhost617]

Almost turned it off

[@FriedPancake-gt3ij]

Why?

[@FriedPancake-gt3ij]

b wade Oh. lol. That makes more sense! I assumed you were crying because of sadness, and I was like...What?

[@starsyyey5323]

Zayashuku just so you know he spun his umbrella befor he was shot and umbrella man was never caught

[@heat7938]

JAckie onasSis a CIA Jesuit spy shot and killed JFK with a SQUIB in the spliced video-JFK Machiavelli himself!Dummie in the car jackie reaches for help after president JFK is shot in DAllas texas 1963 google images

[@desertroad4378]

I love the way they included this Umbrella Man mystery into an X Files episode, that was my favourite episode.

[@christytauler5672]

Ah yes, Musings Of A Cigarette Smoking Man😂

[@TheRealCitizenGhost]

I've watched every single episode. I do not remember that reference. But if you say it's so, it is so.

[@christytauler5672]

@@TheRealCitizenGhost X-Files is on Hulu, watch the episode. I really don’t want to ruin it for you, but we find out who the gunman was on the grassy knoll..among other things😜

[@TheRealCitizenGhost]

@@christytauler5672 I'll watch it again to refresh my memory. But if I were a betting man, I'd put dollars to donuts it was Smoking Man!

[@romeowhiskey2759]

Probs my favourite X-files episode

[@rickfrench8905]

The missing piece to this is the fact the umbrella man opened and closed the umbrella three times right before the motorcade arrived. He was there for the shooters to get their scopes zeroed in and let them know the motorcade was close. The idea of him keeping this umbrella for 15 years and proclaim that was the actual one is far fetched as the prestine bullet.

[@jcnwillemsen]

So you dont keep any memorabilia during your lifetime? Especially while you're doing a silent protest and your witness to a historical event? And i dont get the 'as far fetched as the prestine bullet' thing, the carcano slug is not a 'normal' bullet. Yeah Oswald probably should have been watched, and agencies as the CIA had neglected it, therefor hiding there own mistakes. Maybe even aiding in shooting Oswald. But sometimes things are just as they are, and coincidence is hard to handle for a human brain.

[@tannerslomko]

This is blatantly a giant govt involved media conglomerate getting a nice, wacky, grandpa-type to try to explain away something we all know in our hearts to be true. NyT couldn’t make it more obvious if they told us.

[@jstandards766]

You clearly don't learn 🙄

[@jcnwillemsen]

@@Filmpilot yeah i'm not opening a pdf :-) can you tell me what is states? And in general: lets stay with the most probable explanation.. A massive conspiracy does not seam to be that one i believe

[@rickfrench8905]

I’m guessing the guy who says “wrong” also believes Clinton “never had sexual relations with that woman !”

[@stiveseguin8116]

The umbrella man was only the signal man , open ; keep going …close ; stop everything , where to start the shooting and give the distance. And There was many shooters , (triangulations) , there was one behind oswald (other building) ,and some on the grassy knoll ,but the final shot came from 2 policemen under a pergola. The driver slow down at the right time …The cia R-15 theory and sewer shooter are non-sense. Some southern oily millionnaire and Castro dance all night that day. He’s been assasinat for loosing Cuba , the mob job of his brother and the willing to stop war in Vietnam.

[@joehackenstuff4648]

Correct, and the headshot had to come before umbrella man or it was abort mission. The "x" in the middle of the street lines up almost perfectly with umbrella man

[@stiveseguin8116]

hi there he open it up at the right time ...when the limo was there ...

[@davidkite7077]

That sounds more plausible!!!!!! Not buying that other B.S.!!!!

[@davidkite7077]

@@yuonmychannelgetout8198 yeah what a coincidence!NOT!!!!!!!!☠️👎

[@davidkite7077]

@@joehackenstuff4648 also their were a couple guys sitting oncurb by umbrella man with radios!!!!!!

[@peternorman2762]

I have had a few umbrellas over the years. I don't have anyone that's more than a year old. They break, I loose them etc etc. Amazing that this man still had his umbrella after 15 years.

[@aguyfromnz537]

You must be pretty clumsy with umbrellas lmao

[@ffotograffydd]

To be fair a good quality umbrella can last a lifetime. I’m still not buying Umbrella Man’s story though.

[@BobCanDo1957]

Did locksmith work for the American Umbrella Factory in NYC many years ago. Offered me an umbrella as a tip. I asked to buy their best umbrella instead. He gave me one as a tip and it lasted 38 years. True story!

[@oldaccount5217]

Souvenir

[@BelleOmbreGrey]

Why are you assuming he had it after that length of time. He was just testifying as to why he held an open umbrella that he owned in 1963. He likely didn't still possess the umbrella 15 years later as he wouldn't have thought his umbrella had any lasting significance outside it's momentary use as a prop for his protest on that day. He didn't imagine that the nut jobs in the country would slowly coalesce around it as an anchor to their conspiracy theories

[@SirrCommander]

That umbrella dude had something to do with it hands down

[@billpugh58]

He didnt want to stand out and become a suspect, so he stood in plain view waving an umbrella lol!

[@jackbell7390]

Louie Steven Witt, Does he have to have three names? The man's story is 100% believable. Right up to the point where he claims that from 11/22/63 to 1978; he had no idea anyone wanted to to talk to him. The guy in the raincoat, w/umbrella, standing close enough to almost be the THIRD victim of that bullet, and he had no idea someone may want to speak w/him. He witnessed one of the most significant historical events of the 20th century, from 5ft. away, then goes home and doesn't think about it again for 15 yrs? That's when he lost me.

[@jimmymcjimmyvich9052]

John Fitz Kennedy is 3

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Maybe it was so traumatizing that people wanted to put it out of their mind or something. I wondered the same thing when thinking about any potential footage “the babushka lady” might have filmed and why she never surfaced with it. Did she get film of a major historical event and just go “welp, glad to put that behind me!” or what?

[@zefallafez]

Not the level of information saturation that there is today. Did he even own a tv then?

[@BeatNCancer]

@@RideOnTimePH serial killers have 3 names

[@joetotale6354]

To an LNer it's just another meaningless anomaly.

[@renerochford6792]

The open umbrella was a signal that the operation was a go and also the marker for the shooter to range his weapon and fire accurately!

[@gavster_killa4591]

Definitely a possibility it’s logical to think that, how many other umbrellas do you see that day

[@creative8ify]

This was exactly my immediate thought. The marker.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Sure was while that Cuban with a clinched fist gave signals to some of the shooters to pull the trigger.

[@himalayanhealthhut6656]

Correct. Certainly the most logical explanation.

[@himalayanhealthhut6656]

“Umbrella Man” gave an ‘explanation’ but that does not mean he was telling the truth (or that it was even him in the obscure photograph). The idea that a guy takes an umbrella out on a clear day in 1963 to show a President as a lone protest against some distant historical event from the 1930’s that involved a tenuous link between JFK’s father and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, sounds extremely far fetched at best. In fact it sounds like a completely concocted load of nonsense made up by people who realised there was a glaring hole in their ‘official story’ and so tried desperately to cover their tracks. If a so-called conspiracy theorist came up with dodgy reasoning and logic like this man’s “protest story” they’d be laughed out of the room. Anyone who believes that load of baloney over the Occam’s Razor likelihood that Umbrella Man was providing guidance and signal assistance for gunmen is the real ‘conspiracy theorist’. It’s bleeding obvious that’s what he and the man next to him motioning with his fist we’re doing. People need to stop believing everything journalists tell them, especially those from the Establishment controlled New York Times.

[@tfisanegg6712]

The name "Umbrella Man" sounds like a really creepy imaginary friend

[@bingola45]

@2Kvids 50subs "Hey Mr Umber-rella man, play a song for me..." Oh no! That was Zimmerman, wasn't it?

[@lollollollollollollollol3650]

He sounds mysterious, I really love mysterious people

[@andrewgehl5913]

Or a very bad comic villian

[@selfassembly2492]

Media creates its own story, like Black Dahlia

[@sampowellmusic]

Somebody please write and produce a horror movie called umbrella man

[@patrickgarrison7640]

I've heard a lot of different views, thoughts, opinions, and alleged conclusions on who the umbrella man could've been. IMO he was the signal man on the ground or the "conductor" so to speak. His sole job was to signal everyone involved on when to start shooting.

[@msh1276]

I think he was a signal to the shooter(s) that were to the right and the front. If he didn't open the umbrella it meant the shooter(s) from behind clearly finished the job (which is what was wanted because it fits the Oswald/lone gunman conclusion they wanted - no need to doctor autopsy, etc). But the first shooter(s) missed with one or two of the shots and Kennedy was not clearly dead so the umbrella was to signal to the shooters further up the road that they were to fire instead of hold off. Then the plan was deployed to cover up how many times and where he was hit, etc.

[@Boblobblaw88]

FACT.

[@normanhartmann9022]

Of course, the umbrella was a metaphor for « raining on your parade » to Kennedy with bullets.

[@paulvee1299]

Genius!!

[@nationofrizzlam]

i think the umbrella man was a signal to the car's driver to slow down in front of him. multiple witnesses report that the car slowed down before the fatal headshot. i think there was likely a shooter near the wooden fence. several people reported hearing gunshots and seeing smoke near the wooden fence.

[@gerbillover3186]

I love how like 2/3 of the comments are Umbrella Academy

[@singsclaro7492]

WRITE IN JESSE VENTURA 2020 PRESIDENT #JESSEVENTURA2020 LET´S FIND OUT THE TRUTH! ONLY JESSE WILL TELL US!

[@gerbillover3186]

@@singsclaro7492 ..... Can you not?

[@Maxllerrelic]

Ikr it’s so annoying

[@MichaelJ44]

Gerbil Lover I don’t. People just want likes and it’s embarrassing

[@gerbillover3186]

@@MichaelJ44 I just think it's funny, that's all. And some people write comments to share their opinions, or to point something out, just like you did.

[@InnocentRain562]

‘Let us call him the umbrella man’ God I wonder how long it took him to create that name for him

[@The_Curious_Cat]

I heard they had a brainstorming with up to 100 people to come up with the name, it was really hard.

[@InnocentRain562]

@@The_Curious_Cat on god? I’m surprised they didn’t bring in some reinforcements to speed it up

[@blainelyne2896]

This guy is unbearable

[@jerinmathew4726]

The intial idea was to name him, The Man, but after weeks of intense research and brainstorming they concluded that since he's not just a man but a man holding an umbrella he is... THE UMBRELLA MAN

[@josephballance6100]

Lol

[@HOUSEofYAH]

Umbrella guy was the signal for the snipers at what location to take the shot. "He had no idea anyone wanted to speak to him" Only one of the most talked about and reported events in the 20th century.

[@hvyduty1220]

This I believe........

[@robinger1]

I was born in 1973 but even I know that this country has not been the same since November 22, 1963. Thank God for the courage today of my boss, RFK, Jr., calling out the CIA, for having carried out this crime against his beloved uncle and against the world.

[@actionjackson8439]

Your boss is a moron and a Jesuit shill. The Jesuits have run the CIA for a long time. All roads lead to Rome.

[@robertcarveth8722]

Oswald fired two shots, first missing and hitting road (witnessed) second hitting Kennedy in back of neck exiting his throat and going on to hit Connolly multiple times.The third shot almost on top of Oswalds second shot came from George Hickey's AR15 in the follow up car when Hickey fell over backwards when car accelerated shortly after first shot fired. This shot hit Kennedy in the back left side of his head, fragmented inside his head and erupted out over his right eye blowing blood and brain matter out! Photo on page 308 "JFK the smoking Gun" by Colin McLaren clearly shows Hickey waving the gun around. You dont think the security service would want the people of America to know that their most favourite President was killed by his own security guard do you!

[@treybaybie1526]

@@robertcarveth8722wow 😧 that’s interesting, I’ve never heard that perspective before.

[@bradrook3919]

​​@@treybaybie1526a complete Farce...and was debunked years ago...The doctors at Parkland witnessed an entry wound in his throat and a large exit wound in the right lower back of his head

[@432b86ed]

@@robertcarveth8722 _"This shot hit Kennedy in the back left side of his head, fragmented inside his head and erupted out over his right eye blowing blood and brain matter out!"_ The Parkland doctors, who worked on Kennedy for almost 45 minutes, did not see the wounds that you proport.

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

My great-uncle was 11 years old the day Kennedy was assassinated and his memory of learning about Kennedy's death that day is seared into his memory as though it happened yesterday. He describes it as "the beginning of the loss of innocence for his generation". Watching and listening to Kennedy's speeches, you could feel the charisma and the hope and optimism he projected for the country, and especially for young people. There has been NOTHING like that in my lifetime or in the last 50 years. I'm not of that time, but I feel the loss.

[@ZingaraJoe]

And some of us still maintain that loss of innocence. A healthy dose of scepticism will prevent many a rash error.

[@ROBSERVANTOFJESUS]

Nothing like having a member of the synagogue of satan explaining who killed JFK. If you desire the truth simply read 1st Thessalonians 2:14-16 and you’ll get the answer. It was over the Federal Reserve and Dimona!

[@stj971]

Same here

[@tomrhodes1629]

"In my first memories they shot Kennedy..." Axl Rose, "Civil War" Like Axl, this was one of my first memories. I was in my first grade classroom when my teacher came in sobbing to announce this event. Little did I know that I would one day be one of the few people who know what really happened...and that GOD would announce to me that I am His teacher and prophet in these "end times." Thus sayeth the LORD: "This is an insane world, and do not underestimate the extent of its insanity." This guy was making a protest that absolutely no one would understand. Who would believe that? George H.W. Bush just happened to be standing on the steps of the Dallas School Book Depository building at the time of the assassination. (Yes, there are pictures.) Was he was protesting John Kennedy being better looking than him? The umbrella man signaled for the placing and timing of the shot. And George Bush worked for the CIA at the time (although he lied about that fact). And Roscoe White, a CIA agent posing as a Dallas policeman, fired the fatal shot from behind a wall in the bushes on the "grassy knoll." This was a conspiracy of vast proportions. But, ultimately, absolutely everything that happens in this world was designed by the Mind that is ALL, the Mind that many call "GOD." AND FOR GOOD REASON. I am GOD's prophet and witness, the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. I have come in these "end times" (the end of a Great Cycle of time) with the 'GOOD NEWS" that Yeshua One with Christ ("Jesus Christ") brought long ago, but which has been misunderstood, misinterpreted, and corrupted by men. Click and ye shall find.

[@danieljusino1391]

@@tomrhodes1629 are you claiming to know the cure for cancer?

[@JBBrickman]

Just for reference guys, there’s no evidence or proof that the man who showed up for the hearing was the “umbrella man”, it was just a guy who showed up and claimed to be the man holding the umbrella in the film.

[@JBliehall]

JB by inference you seem to imply the "umbrella man" had something to do with it. Shooters do not use an outside "shot coordinator" unless they are in a firing squad. How do you track a moving target and, at the same time, watch someone who is going to tell you when to shoot? And what good reason would there be to do that? In an on-line ambush so no one triggers the ambush until everyone is ready, yes. But an assassination. Why? Multiple snipers with headset communications as the Israeli's used when they assassinated the Iraqi general, that I understand. But a guy with an umbrella?

[@rustyshackelford9156]

Just like there is no reference or proof that Jack Tatum was at the Tippit murder scene

[@ashelybaldwin]

Exactly..I'd love to know how you would positively ID a man in which his face was covered up. By what? Ummm, the GD umbrella! The Warren Report is a joke and insults the intelligence of the American people. George HW Bush, former CIA during Kennedy presidency, who was directly involved and while he himself was in office, made all information regarding President Kennedys assassination classified for 25 years..but he won't be able to hide his involvement much longer.. come 2021ALL the documents and information on the assassination will be made public. Trust the Plan. Q

[@abegohr2576]

James Bliehall Inferences need to be builded upon something, yours is not, hes only saying that theres no proof that the guy who showed up was umbrella man, not that he had anything to do with killing JFK. And even if he had to, there are multiple roles for him to play in the plot outside of the one you just assumed. Are you telling me that wearing a headset would have made more sense? In 1963, when headsets were still huge and had to be wired to a transmitter and a receiver? Do you know the state of technology during that year? There were no wireless microphones with a range larger than 100 feet, walkie talkies were big devices the size if a violin with long antennas that were wired to transmitters and receivers the size of a traveling bag that usually were helmet-mounted or carried like luggage. You want a guy with all those apparatus in the middle of the crowd shouting to a walkie “shoot him” or whatever the codeword was? NO SUSPICIOUS AT ALL. People were arrested for how they looked, imagine being there with military communications equipment impossible to hide, that guy would have been arrested immediatly. Even if the guy was inside a building with all these machines then who was outside telling the snipers that the conditions, the area, the moment... were propicious for the action to take place? Somebody out there was needed to provide the snipers the order to fire and to prepare them seconds before because it was a winding road and not all of them had visual ranges of the motorcade UNTIL it reached their point when they wouldnt have had enough time to think what to do and the order to do it with enough time. It was supposed to rain that day, umbrella man had to be there and give the signal by raising the umbrella, like he did, above the other umbrellas, but it didnt rain and it was too obvious when people examined the film but not at that suspicious at that moment as using large military technology, who protects himself with a black umbrella from the sun when its november and the protest didnt make any sense, Chamberlain was not famous for carrying an umbrella, he did like eveybody in the UK when its cloudy, he wasnt Mary Poppins. The roof was supposed to be on, and thats why multiple snipers make sense, a car with windows and roof protects more the occupants requiring multiple shoots. So, his role was to give the order with some seconds in advance, indicating time and moment, like some sort of spotter, but not to help them aiming or be some kind of distance reference or “mile stone”, and of course he wasnt shooting at all.

[@JBBrickman]

I did not notice this comment had gotten any traction until today so I guess I’ll respond to the general vibe I’m getting from the comments. I was just putting out this comment because they never stated this in the video and I had heard this in another documentary on the subject. I’m no expert on the JFK assassination I just had been interested in the subject and had watched a few documentaries about it the same weekend I watched this video. I haven’t really picked a side on the argument, I see there’s good evidence to the official theory and good evidence for many of the other popular theories. About my comment itself: I was simply stating that it was interesting that there was no way to prove the guy who showed up at the trial was the umbrella man in the video of the assassination, I’m also not saying the umbrella man had anything to do with it, but he is a part of a few of the theories.

[@eurokeye]

Who’s here after watching Umbrella Academy Season 2???

[@CeeATK_TV]

Bro so good

[@denisse7045]

me💀

[@00raihen]

Finished like an hour ago

[@00raihen]

Why does Harlem look like a young hfk

[@00raihen]

JFK

[@calgaryfreepress]

He explained how he was a spotter and gave the guns a silent signal. Nothing sinister there...

[@tidyboy1963]

This is not the whole story. After Kennedy was shot, 'Umbrella Man' and another man sat down on the sidewalk together, while the rest of Dealey Plaza erupted into chaos. The two men appeared to exchange words, then the second man, talking into a hand-held radio transmitter, walked slowly away. This is captured on film and NOT normal behavior...

[@tidyboy1963]

@Klymatize ™ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHOQhX-KjKabbNU

[@tidyboy1963]

This is one clip, I've seen others and read about the incident...

[@evltwin984]

Absolutely correct bruv

[@rustyshackelford9156]

Self proclaimed umbrella man also said the JFK limo screeched to a complete stop right in front of him.

[@secruitt]

yes that is true but also think of the moon landing. Russia was in competition with the US with Space. But JFK wanted to make an offer to the Russian President, a collaboration to make a moon landing and the Russian President accepted it. But before they could start the project to land on the moon together, JFK was assinated. Russian President didnt trsut the new US president so he stopped the project. I think that the US government didnt want to make media like the Soviet union for the moon landing along side the US, they only wanted to make themselves look good.

[@msc8663]

This day was the first tragedy in my life. I was in kindergarten and getting ready to go to school and a special bulletin came on and my mom screamed so loud it woke my dad who just came home from work. He worked midnight shift. And my sister and I did not know what was going on. I'll never forget that day. I'm 66 and it's still I my head.

[@uranussmasher]

Wow that’s a wild memory

[@giannistaz]

Who cares that much about a dead president, tho. It's not 911 that was horrific. No just a a guy in power died

[@rucianapollard7098]

Wow, what a strong memory!! I'm the same way, I vividly remember things. Like I remember when President Regan got shot, I was 5 at the time.

[@noeyedgirl]

I'm young, but my grandmother is around your age. She remembers being at a store when the message of Kennedy's death appeared on TV. That people began crying at their work and on the streets.

[@msc8663]

@@noeyedgirl every thing was shud down. Mind you stores would close early on Sunday but this was a week day . The only thing open was hospitals fire and police departments. Everything dead quiet. And when MLK died we had national guard kerfufe and everyone of the streets by 9 pm. Wake up with spotlight on your home. Riots burns down the north end of my city.

[@sickpicasso9563]

I personally think that the man with the umbrella was there as a kind of sign for the shooters, from when they could shoot, or when the best time is. As soon as the car passes this man, there is shooting. I think he was involved. And I think there were several shooters too. One in the building and one on the grass hill. The one on the hill was ultimately the one who got the last shot in the head.

[@Hambone571]

Agreed.

[@scotttild]

Totally agree he was involved it was clearly some kind of signal. And all the documents just happened to be classified by GHWB, nothing to see here.

[@howiedogp]

You personally thought of that all yourself? Because we all heard that same b.s. for year genius.

[@baberoot1998]

Well of course you are right/correct. Because Sick Picasso Man...thinks. Obviously...because YOU, Sick Picasso Man, 'personally think'... it therefore must be true. What a revelation. So glad you spoke up before you passed away and gave the world YOUR opinion. We may have never known the truth without YOU. But it is all ao clear now. Sick Picasso Man...has spoken. Now we all know the truth. Lol.

[@joekelly9369]

if power wants you.out of the picture your out !

[@VictoriaAerial]

Maybe the umbrella was a visible sign to indeed shoot or not. Open meant good to go. Closed meant hold your fire. It could have been a range finder too?

[@borjastick]

In 2008 I was living in the Philippines and bumped into an elderly American chap. Very talkative and pleasant company. He then told me that he originated from Dallas and was a Policeman on the JFK detail. He then said he was one of the motorcycle outriders riding along with the limo. Furthermore he said he was totally convinced that shots had come from the front as well.

[@apollofell3925]

I have a friend who very clearly remembers seeing smoke from the World Trade Center drift by the view from her school on 9/11. She'd swear to you that's what happened, but all recorded footage shows the wind blowing in the opposite direction, and her mother claims she wasn't even attending that school at the time. If her memory of an event from 20 years ago is inaccurate, it's more than probable your policeman's memory from over 50 years ago is similarly flawed.

[@borjastick]

@@apollofell3925 So what you're saying is that you believe in the lone assassin theory and that no shots came from any other direction?

[@mytubaiscold1]

That area was surrounded by buildings so if a shot rang out i don't believe you can accurately describe where it came from.

[@watermelonlalala]

@@mytubaiscold1 I don't think there are any photos or film of people looking up at the sixth floor and pointing.

[@mikelldaley9078]

wow !

[@joshmaxxing]

the thought that went into this new season of the umbrella academy kinda scares me...

[@yowai33]

fr bro i get chills

[@yodelingshrimp8316]

Same. It actually feels kind of uneasy

[@mayshelemonteroagudo]

Yes the same explotion happened in Lebanon astounding reference

[@mayshelemonteroagudo]

Explosion

[@zaguatitocosmico]

true! it was scary they mentioned this on the second episode. Read the characters.... its no coincidence that Vanya (bomb) is russian. The chinese is long dead since young... And so on. Really cool to analyze them from the context where the production comes from. The producers did an interesting job on the characters.

[@j.antoniovarela5982]

I figured this out when I was 10 and realized I knew nothing. That regardless of what I believed, there were a million other explanations, scenarios and conclusion I could never fathom on my own!

[@jasmith1867]

I was just discovering dinosaurs at the time and all my fathoms centered around them. The only connection was Kennedy and dinosaurs were both dead.

[@r2dxhate]

@@jasmith1867 I didn't know dinosaurs had umbrellas

[@jasmith1867]

@@r2dxhate A guy named Brella invented the umbrella. When asked what he would name it he said: "Umm...Brella"?

[@v-22]

If you know that, you know more than most.

[@r2dxhate]

@@applejack2911 Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

[@boomstick4054]

The umbrella was simply an “all systems go” signal. Nothing more. A shooter knows his rifle’s capabilities.

[@morrisonreed1]

so why wd he need a signal

[@boomstick4054]

@@morrisonreed1 The umbrella was a marker of where the car should be to begin firing, to help the shooter get in the proper position, clear line of fire. Also “All systems go”. It’s not like the various counterparts could just call each other to verify these things without getting caught. Others were saying it was to measure yardage, or whatever. This shooter had that part figured out already.

[@morrisonreed1]

@@boomstick4054 target was in plain sight

[@boomstick4054]

@@morrisonreed1 it wasn’t in plain sight when the shooter was getting in position. Geesh

[@boomstick4054]

@cecilmashburn7343 it’s not like they had cell phones, or even would have used them,, or 2-way radios either in that situation. With no further communication that day, a shot line marker & a way to signal calling it off makes sense to me.

[@williamporter446]

If he was a protester hes the only person in history with whom no other person had any knowlegde of the protest subject.

[@alulim7]

But, how would you know?

[@jasonwalls1466]

Or perhaps he wanted shade because it was hot and sunny???

[@rustyshackelford9156]

Well said...not a very effective protest when no can even tell that youre protesting let alone what youre protesting.

[@brian4019]

The umbrella protest signifies political weakness, it seems to be used mostly between 1930-1970. Neville Chamberlain's opponents used them wherever he traveled to protest his appeasement of the Nazis. Also occurred when NIxon returned from China. Hong King protesters are using them right now. The Kennedy family supported Chamberlain, which was the specific reason given for the protest, by the actual umbrella man, Louie Witt, to a House Committee in 1978.

[@nunu1diva]

Exactly thru his powerful mind and imagination whatever Joseph Kennedy did in his past came to collect debt by taking his son

[@isaacstockdale8610]

I can’t find a comment that’s not about umbrella academy

[@CatatonicImperfect]

ironically your comment is doing just that

[@verygoofy2161]

Fritz well, technically it is...

[@ag4allgood]

See my post to Moonlight / Ann Nee. I think you like it ! So there is ONE !

[@llcalej1311]

Here is one; George H W Bush head of the CIA was in town, with photo proof, but he claims he was not there.

[@MichaelJ44]

Isaac Stockdale Like yours?

[@k.alicepritchett4638]

I was in the 5th grade on a rainy afternoon making a macaroni-covered cigar box as a Christmas present for my mother. I had just painted the macaroni gold. A little after 1 pm, my teacher came into the classroom crying. No one spoke - you could hear a pin drop. We knew something short of Jesus returning had happened. Most people can tell you exactly where they were and had been doing on November 22, 1963. It will always be a mystery.

[@vickieguthrie8483]

I was in the six grade in Mrs. Mathis class in Fort Worth........

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

what kind of cigars did your mother like to smoke?

[@fivemjs]

My mom was in the 7th grade. And then decades later on September 11, 2001, she was in the labor and delivery room as I was giving birth to her first grandson. Crazy

[@amsterdamfinestplug1238]

nahh he shot by the mafia and the people in that life all know .. its no big mysterie and its no conspiracy if you know or knew somebody out of that life ??? the only thing you never heard about it is bcause the gouverment will never admit bcause the simple fact the gouverment dont want the people to know they worked with the mobb .. you dont have to believe this but i really can tell you this is the whole truth ...

[@krzykris]

George Bush couldn't remember.

[@notebeat]

Could it be the umbrella man and the radio man were there at the exact point where all shooters would be aligned to make them appear as one and that be the reason for the signaling at that moment? The shooters couldn't see each other or their field of view but someone on the ground could.They both did set down on the curb and talk afterwards and the radio man is clearly seen on the radio again.

[@McJar]

Who's here after the Minneapolis riots and saw the umbrella man bashing windows ?

[@LilRobD]

Umbrella Secret Society...probably a coincidence but during my time in the Army I found most conspiracies are true

[@veeknitqueensolo7177]

There are some factions or top secret groups that thrive only in chaos, if it’s not a natural occurrence these groups in the U.S. create it...there is no riches in peace 😣

[@LilRobD]

@@veeknitqueensolo7177 Who do you think the rebels were during Gadafi. He wanted the world to go back to the gold standard.... So we killed him.

[@laterdudesaint]

Umbrella man at the CNN confrontation. Umbrella protesters in Hong Kong. Umbrella corporation in resident evil.

[@McJar]

@@laterdudesaint it has to mean SOMETHING

[@brokanarroh]

I have a feeling if it were involved, it would be like what snipers use for depth perception. A physical mark to determine distance

[@brokanarroh]

@C Hansen sstill could have been used as a marker for lead time. like literally a position to aim to the left of

[@josed8961]

THE DISTANCE WAS SHORT AND EASY TO HIT WITH ANY RIFLE, UNDER 100 YARDS..IN BOOT CAMP WE PUT 10 ROUNDS AT 300 YARDS WITH A 223 M-16 IN A 10 X 10 SQUARE WITH NO SCOPE..

[@tylsimys67]

@@josed8961 That's our Finnish Army standards too with Valmet RK-62, hope you've fixed your jamming problems (especially in extreme conditions).

[@davidbaines1425]

I think you are right.. Although more for signals than depth/distance perception? Watch those yellow marks on the sidewalk slide by. That was the markers.. 3 shooters, in different positions, need something to gauge when to shoot. It would be difficult to synchronize without those. Plan A was to hit him before that zone.. But if he was living as he entered it, he wasn't going to be when he left. Happens pretty quickly after the car enters that zone. And those guys looking weird on the sidewalk, were up to something. Or they wouldn't be the only people, except that girl running at the beginning, to stand out so much.

[@theofulk5636]

They had already cased THAT--- and the Stemmons Freeway sign was set up weeks before, without any details forgotten

[@soulassassin0g]

Fun fact: the umbrella was initially invented for providing shade from the sun and later was used to keep you dry from the rain.

[@zoesmybaby]

I thought that had to be this dudes reason, but he came up with Chamberlain

[@jimhoffmann]

Are you a follower of David Lifton's research about JFK’s assassination, as set forth in his New York Times Bestseller, Best Evidence? Would you like to support his efforts in completing Final Charade, the sequel to that book? Final Charade contains new and important information which will significantly change the official history of this case. If you wish to contribute to this effort, please visit www.gofundme.com/f/publishing-final-charade-seq-to-best-evidence. David Lifton told me a few months ago how thrilled he was when he learned of Bob Dylan’s newly released song, “Murder Most Foul.” He was startled to hear Dylan explicitly referenced his original research that the Bethesda autopsy was falsified via the illicit removal of Kennedy’s brain prior to the official examination, resulting in an empty cranium at the time of autopsy. Bottom line: “missing brain” means that the genuine assassination bullets never reached the FBI Lab, and that in turn explains how Oswald’s mail order rifle was falsely implicated as the murder weapon; and Oswald, as the assassin.

[@slm8025]

the UMBRELLA MAN was a distance marker so they knew when to start firing without missing. Too easy to see that! You ZERO your weapon for a certain distance and if you are a professional assassin- you won't miss.

[@paulmeredith4515]

that or he extended the umbrella or touched his hat or gave some other signal to the shooters so they'd know the first volley of fire had only wounded JFK, and to keep firing, or some other signal given by umbrella man once the fatal head shot landed...just some possibilities

[@susanreina4008]

You expect me to believe that man still had the same umbrella, 15 years later, and it was in protest for policies about Joe Sr. and PM Chamberlain 30 years prior to JFK’s presidency when JFK was a teenager? That’s a bigger leap of faith than any of the other theories out there!

[@easyenetwork2023]

@@watermelonlalala Doubt JFK thought of that and I know most people in Dallas would not think about that.

[@Luckerus]

Thats called confusing the croud..

[@SnowBase]

Real killer is on my channel, his names James Files. Where have you all been looking?

[@Caeruleo]

@@SnowBase James Files was most definitely not the real killer of JFK, and it is doubtful that he was anywhere near Dealey Plaza that day. Files has made quite a number of statements which call his credibility into severe question. For example he said he saw, in real time, in the midst of shooting JFK, things that cannot be seen with the naked eye in real time and were not discovered until long after the assassination when the Zapruder film became widely available publicly and had been carefully scrutinized frame by frame. His story was quite obviously coached by one or more assassination buffs who hadn't quite done their homework properly.

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Yes.

[@oscarabbas1644]

Umbrella man: *exists* New York Times: I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@prg2812]

Everyone should know it was a Kingsman. Harry Hart actually.

[@jadondawg7915]

How many comments can you steal?

[@cocohotheatclips8264]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@parthmistry1076]

He was holding an umbrella just in case someone's blood was to hypothetically splatter all over him.

[@Bledderswempie]

😂😂

[@BL3SSEDDD]

Open ur Mind a Bit No one knew there was an Assassin there Only the Assassin

[@tferarri]

@@BL3SSEDDD he was joking mr buzzkillington

[@_birdie]

@@tferarri mr. buzzkillington haha ☺️✌️

[@elschaetty]

@@BL3SSEDDD open your mind lol

[@Jim-rv7qv]

I've found out from experience that most things that seemed sinister are actually sadder and less exciting than what would make a story that anyone would care to listen to.

[@SilverrulezGaming]

This is the reality. But most can't accept it. So they make up Illuminati or all kinds of things.

[@mabc7550]

It was so obvious, each sniper uses a reference in distance, angle, wind and limit of firing graduation and this case is not the exception. The saddest thing is that they have spent a lot of time and days and weeks and months preparing the execution.

[@joetoe9947]

… now THIS- was an “ALLIED- military- style” coordinated- operation… political/military/business/rico- allies… kennedy’s problem- his enemies were “close- to- the- vest”…

[@viewerpet12]

@@joetoe9947 Kennedy's problem- he didn't move

[@stephenkiszenia79]

We also use the earth's rotation and curvature for long distance shots.

[@joetoe9947]

@@stephenkiszenia79 … the “earth’s curvature”…🤣… sheesh!

[@joetoe9947]

@@stephenkiszenia79 …”rotation”😆… wheeze!…

[@jessicaguzman20]

Crazy how I’m seeing this after finishing season 2 of the umbrella academy and a man with an umbrella is on that part of the show

[@kevinthepigeon6345]

IKR!

[@ivanmendez4484]

search up The Badge Man, thats literally Five lol

[@obamabinboolin8128]

I know right

[@monchicuete7790]

Me 2

[@rog4687]

Same

[@roowakeh4302]

This guy is obviously Reginald “Alien” Hargreeves

[@JBliehall]

Then go back to the idiotic Umbrella Academy. It has NOTHING to do with JFK's assassination. it is an idiotic stupid TV series with mindless moronic fairy tales. Jez, just leave us that want to discuss the REAL world, alone!

[@roowakeh4302]

James Bliehall “Jez” its just a joke

[@daenerystargaryen5132]

@@JBliehall oh shut up

[@JBliehall]

@@roowakeh4302 We're trying to discuss the violent assassination of JFK and you people keep interjecting..."It was just a joke." A "joke" on a website where we see the President's head vaporized. I guess I'm at an age where things like that are NEVER a "joke."

[@JBliehall]

@@daenerystargaryen5132 No, if you can keep making childish, adolescent "jokes" on this website (not yours) I can keep reminding you how infantile your thought processes are.

[@treylyde999]

He was there to signal the back up gunner that the other shots missed and for sure the driver turned and finished the job, I know I’m right and will believe this until better clarity of the film. Johnson was obviously the benefactor

[@dougnewsam6905]

@treyloveless - what do you mean - "the driver turned and finished the job"? Was the driver in the plot too?

[@treylyde999]

@@dougnewsam6905 yes I think he was the clean up guy if the other shots missed. The hair trigger on those old 1911 nickel plated 45 did the head shot backwards. You are welcome. Watch it over and over. He had to finish everyone else had there heads down

[@jonathanfinch5045]

3:11 when you're waiting for her response to that fire comeback that killed the whole argument

[@erdiyanajeng08]

😹😹😹

[@davidnco1]

3:11 to 3:12 was his Yoda impression.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

david smith YODA WAS NOT EVEN THOUGHT OF THEN

[@alpharedtrot]

Lol

[@stevendrummond1461]

😂😂 funny you are

[@Pneuma3339]

Hilarious!

[@dylanjunke]

@@stevendrummond1461 funny are you, yes? 🤔

[@brookelauren2168]

"Hmmm" "HMMMMM" someone give me an umbrella I'm gonna bash this guy

[@KayuMystic]

Brooke Lauren i knowww right?!! I wanna bash this maniac so hard

[@orsemcore]

lmao

[@rjoidna8082]

Hhh

[@jedimasterham2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoimipSkosZjj68

[@maria-melek]

@Truth Seeker I read it a few seconds

[@verticle2612]

It’s called a trigger line. In Afghanistan they used rocks along the roadside, adjacent to an IED, to show the trigger man when to blow the IED.

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

Another odd thing about The Umbrella Man is how heis holding the umbrella (2:55). The positioning of it is higher than people would normally hold one to block the sun or rain because it is less effective when you hold it more away from you (upward) than when you hold it lower. One could speculate that he held it higher so it can be seen from a distance over the top of the crowd. If he held it like people normally do, there's a chance it can blend into the crowd.

[@snydershotbuffalowing2064]

Because he wasn’t blocking the sun. It was a sign of protest. So holding it higher to make sure Kennedy saw it makes sense.

[@01stefb1]

I too noticed that. Makes one wonder why is it so high? The truth of that day will never come out. R.I.P JFK

[@ilovebeinggay6794]

. How embarrassing

[@Coppertunes]

@@01stefb1 The truth will never come out if you are consistently looking for something sinister. It's been well explained years ago.

[@ilovebeinggay6794]

Hello johnny come latelies. The umbrella man, and his weapon of choice, has long ago been DEBUNKED

[@daffroof3684]

Standing that close to the passing presidential limo holding strangely an umbrella and being allowed by security officials is deeply fishy..

[@jerrymarshall2095]

Im with u roof,he was a slow moving target,even if LHO was the shooter the sec.service were a bunch of fools.beavis and butthead couldve done a better job of security

[@lizlom9773]

That just seemed so odd ,it wouldnt nr allowed in this lifetime.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

The whole JFK conspiracy is deeply fishy. Do people honestly think JFK was shot that many times by a single gunman, to a moving target, from that far distance? It is impossible.

[@jerrymarshall2095]

@@noorrougelewis6704 not impossible but not very likely,a skilled marksman could do it with the proper training and a good scoped rifle he is familiar with.Im talking about 3 shots in 6-9 seconds.the first shot is already locked and loaded,it should be the easiest.i guess no one knows for sure how many shots were fired,iv watched a bajillion videos on it and read a few books,most witnesses said 3 shots.4 shots in that situation from one shooter isnt very feasable.id say almost impossible.Im very experienced with firearms so i have a working knowledge of bolt action rifles,and can tell u they are usually accurate when dialed in,but not easy to cycle rounds thru in a hurry.

[@josed8961]

EVERY GOV OFFICIAL WAS INVOLVED IN THE KILLING INCLUDING JFK TOP SECRET SERVICE GUYS..

[@sunsetman1479]

The umbrella would kick back when fired and this would make the shot inaccurate. A gun needs a certain amount of force behind it to be accurate

[@apollofell3925]

Of all the rational explanations as to why the man with the umbrella is an innocent bystander, this may be the least important

[@thereelrosso1996]

3:10 when I told myself I wasn't going to nut inside her 3:45 when she told me she never gave head

[@ScrewedUpTX88]

Not if it’s an advanced gun given to him by the powers at be. Like the suitcase gun

[@jasmith1867]

The umbrella would have moved back and to the left?

[@-Teague-]

@Sketch Turner you really are a "Sketch Turner" 😂

[@samuelbonacorsi2048]

Note, the umbrella man is standing right next to a freeway sign. Why would a shooter need the umbrella man as a reference when they had a fixed sign in the ground ?

[@RAD-82ndABN]

As a military member for 29 years. The simplest explanation IMHO is, a sniper uses a points of reverence for accuracy. By Pinpointing a target, it is a way to get a distance prior to the intended target! If a sniper views through his scope and sees that umbrella mark person standing “where” Kennedy might be is too much of a coincidence!? To a trained eye to me, the sniper was being readied by “Pinpointing” the exact distances for a target. Watching the video indicated to me the umbrella was a point of reference for the sniper, giving him the distance he needs for an accurate shot… If what I aforementioned is true then Lee Harvey Oswald couldn’t have done it unless he was trained! In IMHO he was used as a diversion from the real culprit… Reading his background he wasn’t the best marksman shooter in the Marines. Plus he didn’t have the knowledge or logistics know how of being that accurate or professional. Meaning the only group that would have the logistical and the experience to set up and know exact the moment of where Kennedy’s could be shot? Sound like an operation that either the military (Kennedy didn’t want to escalate Vietnam war); or Special Government Agency CIA & FBI Edgar Hoover (no love for Kennedy); or Mafia hit job (he did spurn Sinatra) or maybe a foreign government might (Khrushchev (Berlin standoff & missile Cuba crises)?!? Or a combination, all I know is Kennedy had Lots of enemies! It’s impossible to know unless someone comes out, who knew what really happened?!? That opportunity may never come all those involved might be long gone?!?

[@timothywells9813]

The umbrella opened as a signal to verify that the target had been hit I remember the original film

[@OBESPRING1982]

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[@paulies5407]

You should read The Devil's Chessboard my friend. Goes into specific detail of the history of the CIA and how and why they killed Kennedy.

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

an UMBRELLA on a sunny day? That's seems to odd a thing to use as a way of pinpointing anything. Lets say the sniper gets his say on what the man should be holding and being a shooter myself, I'd likely go with a balloon. It's going to give me the wind speed as well though that wouldn't be all that necessary with such a short shot. In fact there really isn't any reason to need a person there to hold anything at all. The target is so close. Makes little difference.

[@baddinosaur1548]

I like your thought process, but a 5.56 round is what killed Kennedy (This bullet is will known for this type of wound). Who had an M-16 that day? The secret service did and they were in the limousine directly behind the president. This is where the fatal shot came from. The US Secret Service is behind the cover-up. It may have been an accident. Many witnesses said they unmistakable smelled the smokeless powder of an M-16 at street level. End of story.

[@sandraallen8832]

His “hmm HMMM” made my cat hiss

[@karlclemmy2054]

His Hmmmmm Hmmmmm sounded like Yoda😂

[@alexzeilman3431]

Made me hiss

[@roxydzey]

That was the cringiest thing ive ever seen or heard in my entire life. I instantly disliked this video lol

[@AprilMichelleXO]

😂😂 this made my day

[@singsclaro7492]

WRITE IN JESSE VENTURA 2020 PRESIDENT #JESSEVENTURA2020 LET´S FIND OUT THE TRUTH! ONLY JESSE WILL TELL US!

[@monkeydrills]

He was the marker for the shooter. His position signified the firing time for the shooter above.

[@chuparmelapolla1]

That's what I think, as soon as John reached him, that was the line of sight. I don't believe Lee Harvey did it, I think there was another shooter he was just scapegoat

[@chuparmelapolla1]

t mac Theyll use anything and have you ever stood under a Texas sun?

[@Ometecuhtli]

That would be a parasol, though. As much as they respected his protest, police should have asked him to not open it, too.

[@chuparmelapolla1]

***** What sun? It wasn't cloudy that day, in Texas by 10am it starts to get hot out there.

[@abelisraelcruzayuso4682]

Loved it

[@MRJIMIHNDRX]

THE UMBRELLA UP, MEANS LET IT RAIN. IF CLOSED MEANS CALL IT OFF - SOMETHING'S WRONG. *HE WAS A SIGNAL MAN*

[@aarongilbertphonetube219]

The umbrella man: *is holding an umbrella* Everyone: that's kinda _SUS_ if you ask me

[@zacjohnson452]

“Everybody vote black he’s sus”

[@AUSTIN-ss2zd]

He and the bubuska lady were the only ones not interrogated by police

[@Coastfog]

@@AUSTIN-ss2zd she confirmed he did med scan

[@jimmymcconnie4954]

he is like an old cooky neighbor,,nice and lovable but when u see him outside u quickly say hi and walk a little faster because you know if u engage in conversation he is gonna talk your ear off.

[@cujomojo]

Great insight, even if the guy sounds like a stoned Yoda.

[@g-dawg96]

Hahahaha on point 🤣

[@vhyles]

Kek 😂

[@josephballance6100]

Haha yes I see it and hear it lol

[@34monkeygrits]

@MMA vs BOXING no

[@CollabCrush]

Parasols (umbrellas used to block out the bright sunlight) are pretty common in other parts of the world, so generically speaking, I wouldn't necessarily agree that it's weird to see someone carrying an umbrella when it isn't raining.

[@plasticman3952]

Why would the umbrella man wait for 15 years to come forward? Especially since many people were looking for him to explain his actions on that day.

[@sarahitogawa]

He spent 15 years planning his explanation

[@theassassinationstation7304]

plastic man LEARN THE TRUTH ON MY CHANNEL kzbin.info/www/bejne/ammlhYp-dq6cY7s

[@josed8961]

THE UMBRELLA MAN JOB WAS TO SIGNAL THE GRASSY KNOLL--SEWER SNIPERS TO SHOOT, JFK IS STILL ALIVE-----THE CUBAN WITH A CLOSE FIST WAS SIGNALLING THE LIMO DRIVER STOP AND HIS DID.....IN THE MILITARY A CLOSE FIST MEANS STOP....MARINE VET...

[@freespiritxoxo7343]

@@sarahitogawa 😂😂😂 its 3:14am and that comment made my night 😂

[@soofan1]

It was 9 years as JFK was shot in 1963 and this man came before a Congressional hearing in 1972. Why wasn't he called earlier? The American public wanted to know what happened but those in high Government positions didn't want the truth to come forward about what really happened! There lies the answer to the question I believe!!

[@larrywheels762]

In this case you have to look at every anomaly, anything that may seem insignificant may be an investigative lead. The guy next to umbrella man steps off the sidewalk and raises his arm straight up, then sits down during the commotion and then walks away into the crowd.

[@brucewayne3602]

an often overlooked fact that has significant & ominous implications !!!

[@mattskustomkreations]

If THAT guy was a “signaler” he probably thought “Perfect! Everyone will think it’s this goofball with the umbrella, and then find out he’s a schlub and give up on it.”

[@ilovebeinggay6794]

My God, your comment needs to walk away into the crowd. You should be ashamed

[@davidwilliams4498]

Probably a signal to a shooter. ...shoot. with camera's I phones of today if all that was there that day. No way this would be a cover up.

[@LuisSierra42]

@@ilovebeinggay6794 why? it makes perfect sense

[@danielshamu8890]

He kept raising that umbrella higher, @ 2:52 it becomes ridiculously higher for someone just shielding from the sun

[@cateIeya]

Daniel Shamu Oh true

[@planetk7447]

The convertible is heading past them at that time, lots of people were waving at the car, maybe that's his way of waving or saluting

[@Kikokikz_RPG]

Or maybe, he's the spotter for the sniper.

[@commisionerq1374]

@@Kikokikz_RPG jeez these people are stupid on making theories. but for me hes raising it as jfk passed by it means its just a coinsidence

[@soppingwetburgers6493]

@@commisionerq1374 You shouldn't call people stupid, because your mistakes will make you look stupid. Coincidence.

[@ZorroComputers]

That was a perfect operation, perfectly executed.

[@kenoshatire2650]

I believe that the umbrella man was a signal both to the shooters and to the limo driver (Greer). Hit team one completing the mission was the way they wanted it to go down. Shooting down JFK from where right around where Oswald was penciled in as doing it. Umbrella man was watching closely and it was his job to put up the umbrella if hit team one failed (which they did). In that case Greer was to slow/stop the limo so that hit team two, with higher powered guns, would ensure that it got done. Once the second shooter (s) saw the umbrella they knew it was their turn and they couldn't miss. This caused a need for much more cover up. To me it just seems like common sense given the video evidence.

[@josed8961]

CORRECT, THE UMBRELLA MAN JOB WAS TO SIGNAL THE GRASSY KNOLL--SEWER SNIPERS TO SHOOT...

[@careystrother9785]

@@josed8961 driver did it

[@Kaddywompous]

Or it was a protest, which seems to me a far simpler and more plausible explanation.

[@tomstorey7267]

@@Kaddywompous took 15 years to come up with that explanation, didn't buy it then and certainly don't buy it now,it was a signal to shoot which is a plausible answer rather than some protest regarding chamberlains umbrella ffs

[@Warrior99980]

@@Kaddywompous A signal of a protest for something that was done several years earlier that no one is going to understand except the person raising the umbrella?

[@Mr2at]

I like him. He made me smile.

[@ColumbusScooters]

YOU'RE UNDER HIS SPELL!!!

[@duvdevplayscs8842]

lol

[@anonymas1582]

how did Joni Mitchell put it... just another show leave 'em laughing?

[@thingsprings5493]

3:11

[@kalyansapsd1]

Me too!! He was narrating one of the most horrible incident in American history in the most funniest way

[@janagh9924]

It was Reginald hargreeves

[@singsclaro7492]

WRITE IN JESSE VENTURA 2020 PRESIDENT #JESSEVENTURA2020 LET´S FIND OUT THE TRUTH! ONLY JESSE WILL TELL US!

[@jazzycantswim9808]

Wrong .it was just a decoy

[@cajadejugo6896]

@@singsclaro7492 and you klaus

[@purrpleciity1]

The driver shot him if you look at the film in slow mo you actually see him turn around and shoot him

[@crazyredhare]

Looking through a rifle scope for say, thirty seconds, on a bright sunny day might cause the eyes pupil to dilate. Aiming at a dark target (umbrella) periodically would keep the eye ready for targeting. One possible aspect.

[@stun9771]

Every sniper needs a range finder...this was done in advance to ‘scope’ where the shots would be most effective. Set the scope on the umbrella (in focus), and then target the car...as soon as the focus comes, start shooting...you have your A1 range...simples...

[@gordonuyezu2248]

@Voxnews 0

[@usmc1875]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boDFp35qg7eSgqs perhaps this may give another insight into what might have happened i invite you to break the shackles of lies we have been told since we were born! i am not afraid! im light! WWG1WGA!

[@mattmatzinger6947]

no, the sniper fires when their ready, not when the shot is there. imagine trying to shoot something in a moving vehicle and having to find an unbrella AND take the shot before it passes the umbrella. plus, Why have an umbrella when theres a perfectly good street sign there. it was probally some guy who thought it would rain or to sheild the sun from his eyes

[@malthus101]

I totally agree - the sniper has his aim on a mark on the umbrella, and either shoots at that mark, the bullet passing through the umbrella and hitting JFK, or the man raises the umbrella at the right moment and the gunman fires without changing his position, hitting JFK, or they time the passing of the car from one side of the umbrella to the other, so as car goes in front of one side, count, 1...2 ... fire.

[@zoesmybaby]

My father was a marine and a sharp shooter at that. He used to point that out

[@MKFCPA122873]

Isn't the point of a protest for people to understand what you're protesting?

[@mykofreder1682]

The real explanation is a one-off protest known only to the protester, these things are more philological than understandable, they are probably a lot more common than you think. I suspect he felt better after that and put some of his anger over Joe's anti-British attitude the first years of the war behind him. I doubt anyone ever did an umbrella protest even to Joe Kennedy or Chamberlin and the targets would not have understood it if they had.

[@Kneong]

Umbrellas are a pretty common way to shade yourself from the texas sun

[@charlescooper129]

@BUSTER SIXTEENNINETY nov is the hottest month of the year so whats your point here

[@brianjungen4059]

Emre Doğan actually humans use umbrellas.

[@brianjungen4059]

Emre Doğan you have no point.

[@brianjungen4059]

WALTER SOBCHAK yes because not one thing has changed in our society since 1963.....

[@ulverup]

So common that literally only one guy had one? okay...

[@knutbk]

This is wonderfully told.

[@clayknowles7382]

Most likely this guy was a simple signal man? He lets the assassins know the operation is a go if the umbrella is open.

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

He was holding it quite high. Not natural or normal.

[@oneandatwo]

Planned that way, and then the rain went away.

[@Mucho-Taco]

Bush Sr.

[@sleuth5073]

He was. Good job. The shooter who actually killed JFK was in the sewer, in front of the car. Which is why the bullet hit his right temple. His name was Jack Allen Warrence

[@CyrilViXP]

What is "simple signal man"? What does it even mean?

[@kaydawgy1999]

I feel dumber having watched this video

[@jedimasterham2]

Exactly. This is why propaganda works on dumb people, and why there are attempts to dumb down America. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoimipSkosZjj68

[@rustyshackelford9156]

You are free to do what we tell you

[@vikkigardner6686]

I third that motion!

[@beanfrompa]

Kelly Huffaker same

[@followurheart1]

Kelly Huffaker me tooo thankQ!! 😫🤔🥱

[@beckymaher5861]

Who’s here after watching The Umbrella Academy?

[@dutch1627]

Me XD

[@noam6600]

loooool

[@annnee6818]

Everyone

[@yaqdhanhinai221]

Me 😂 I thought I am alone

[@funday6994]

lol

[@williammuenster7386]

@ 2:07 636 you can see 3 bullet holes in the back of the sign as Car goes behind the sign

[@ferocel]

So the guy comes forward fifteen years later with the same, still-functional, pristine-looking umbrella. I'm sold.

[@ferocel]

***** We haven't done sarcasm yet, have we?

[@Thomasbox180]

My dad had the same umbrella for twenty years before he died in 2003. I have it now - and it is still functional. You don't have to buy everything from China.

[@ferocel]

Thomas la Cour Fair comment!

[@andreaknowles234]

Thomas la Cour functional or fictional

[@Left_it]

Sometimes people use umbrellas to avoid sunlight?...

[@joshc1081]

My thoughts too. Its funny how the umbrella mans explaination is so much stranger than the most reasonable explanation.

[@Alla.Hmohammed]

That is what is what invented for. Protect for the sun. Over 3500 years ogo in Egypt I think. Maby not foldable,more like a parasol. First waterproof umbrella come 1100 years before crist from china...offcourse!

[@olympia5758]

If the sun was so unbearable that he needed an umbrella then surely out of the thousands of other people in attendance, there would be at least a few others with umbrellas as well.

[@Left_it]

@@olympia5758 not if he had a skin condition

[@olympia5758]

@@Left_it Except he didn't have a skin condition of any kind. Just look at him during the hearings. Normal skin. Have you seen people with skin problems? It's disgusting. And even if he did have a skin condition then it would've been MUCH SIMPLER to just say that than say he was 'protesting' JFK's father.

[@timothyjordan86]

I'm of the mind that Umbrella man was a distance marker for the gunmen. Then they would know how to accurately sight in on Kennedy. When the motorcade reached the Umbrella the shooters were precisely a certain distance to the target. It's much easier to sight in on a target when you know the distance.

[@MrGuto]

why would they need an umbrella man standing right next to a light post? why not use the post as a marker then?

[@iamnegan1515]

@@MrGuto because a light post won't move when the car was exactly in front of it.

[@mabc7550]

If it rather marks the reference distance and the limit of the shooting range, that was prepared for weeks, the shooter knew that beyond the reference position of the man with the umbrella he could not execute the shot.

[@iamnegan1515]

@@mabc7550 and with a twirl of the umbrella, he could signal the target had reached the exact point which would be much more accurate than guessing downrange.

[@GayAsHell-to8og]

Then you're most certainly not of much mind Timothy.

[@babyrazor6887]

the was a photo in either Life or Look magazine after the shooting. it was of a man in a Dallas police officers uniform. he had brought in 3 "Hobos" he had found behind the grassy knoll. the odd thing is that "Officer" was wearing an ear bud to receive communications from some where. EXCEPT... the Dallas police force did not use/issue ear buds at that time. The 3 "Hobos" were released. So who was the "cop" listening to.

[@philsooty61]

I was 13 years of age when it happened and delivering papers with the headlines of this awful atrocity and I cried like a baby, but then almost everywhere I looked people where crying and this was in the UK, but it affected people all over the World, I dont think their has ever been a President so loved throughout the World!

[@moboutmen]

The only one close was Theodore Roosevelt. And perhaps his nephew, FDR.

[@jean6872]

You must be from the north of England and a Catholic.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

And mostly because he, was handsome, and his wife was beautiful--it shows just how shallow most people are.

[@fflecker]

Yes, we loved that president who belongs to a family which earned all their money while working with the Mafia and is likely involved in the assassination of Marilyn Monroe. Wonderfull people those !

[@jean6872]

@@fflecker You so.und spiteful

[@noorrougelewis6704]

Plot twist: he's really the grim reaper.

[@oregongirl7137]

No he was a time traveler and wanted a front row seat of the event ;-)

[@EthanC_09]

Could he have been a “spotter” for the shooter(s)? They see the umbrella, aim their rifles at his area and wait for the motorcade to pass?

[@rickylaws7766]

You know I thought the same thing lol

[@crystal.holmes]

What a mind you have. Good work.

[@rickylaws7766]

@@crystal.holmes hey "Crystal" where is your companion "Meth" at? You seen him today? Lol im only joking I have always wanted to say that sadly I dont know any Crystal with a 'C' only 2 an there spelt 'Krystal' don't take offence to that it wasnt personal. But its KZbin so I wouldn't be surprised if someone fires back at me lol

[@zzz7zzz9]

this makes the most sense, that the umbrella was a mark, signalling the shooters. it would have made more sense if the guy said it was to shade the sun, but using a "protest" as what the umbrella was for, is even more suspect and stupid.

[@rosalindaherrera5350]

Good Theory.

[@mariaramos-ri8me]

I was nine years old then. I remember when little John John saluted, I cried so much. My whole family was sitting there watching the television. I remember saying, Somebody killed his father....