A 2025 declassified ARRB memo confirms internal doubts about one of the JFK autopsy’s most disturbing anomalies - the possibility that the brain preserved in the National Archives… wasn’t Kennedy’s.
🧾 The Brain That Didn’t Match the Wound
The newly released memo - dated 1997 but classified until now - shows forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Aguilar privately warning that the photos of JFK’s brain “don’t align with the expected trauma from a rear-entry shot.”
Autopsy photos show a nearly intact brain. But Kennedy’s actual injury, according to Parkland doctors and Bethesda witnesses, left a massive defect in the rear of his skull.
So whose brain was photographed?
🕵️ The “Substitution” Memo
A second document, marked “Sensitive Routing – Do Not Copy”, outlines an internal inquiry into a theory floated by a Navy medical technician: that the brain was switched after the initial exam.
Key quote:
“Specimen appears heavier than average postmortem brain, suggesting lack of trauma and excess preservation fluid.”
The technician was never interviewed again.
His testimony? Buried in an appendix - now finally released.
🧪 A Bullet, A Stretch, A Change in History
In 2023, former Secret Service agent Paul Landis revealed he had recovered a bullet from the limo and placed it on JFK’s stretcher at Parkland Hospital - a bullet that wasn’t logged.
The 2025 files confirm: the bullet was found, but not entered into evidence. It’s mentioned in a sidebar report sent to FBI Director Hoover.
If true, it shatters the “single bullet theory” completely.
🚫 Autopsy Interrupted
New security logs show unauthorized Navy personnel entered the autopsy suite between 8:45 and 9:05 PM on Nov. 22, while the body was unattended.
There’s no official reason given.
One log entry simply reads:
“Body repositioned for secondary imaging. Orders unclear.”
🧩 Someone Rebuilt the Narrative - Piece by Piece
The 2025 medical documents don’t just raise questions. They show evidence was manipulated, removed, or replaced.
A second brain.
A bullet never logged.
And a wound description that changed depending on who was allowed in the room.