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In reply to the discussion: Those who demand that everyone "just ACCEPT that Oswald did it"... [View all]stopbush
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Physical evidence in a case would be hair samples, clothing etc.
I'd think that the supposed shot recorded ON the Dictabelt was the evidence in the case, not the Dictabelt itself. The Dictabelt itself is a 3"-wide plastic strip that rotates on a cylinder and has sound inscribed on it via a needle. There's nothing about the physical characteristics of a Dictabelt strip that had anything to do with its contents being entered as evidence.
Beyond, that, it was the scientific analysis of the recording made on the Dictabelt that constituted the "evidence" of a 4th shot by the HSCA.
Perhaps the Dictabelt itself was entered into evidence as "the tape that contains evidence of a 4th shot being fired." Don't know.
The Dictabelt would be physical evidence had it been used to strangle someone.