The degraded original version of the Moorman photograph: the Badge Man is purportedly located behind the stockade fence at photo center.

“The Badge Man is a figure that is purportedly present within the Mary Moorman photograph of the assassination of United States president John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. Conspiracy theorists have suggested that this figure is a sniper firing a weapon at the president from the grassy knoll. Although a reputed muzzle flash obscures much of the detail, the Badge Man has been described as a person wearing a police uniform—the moniker itself derives from a bright spot on the chest, which is said to resemble a gleaming badge. The Moorman photograph was taken a fraction of a second after the fatal bullet struck Kennedy’s head. It was analyzed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, but no evidence of hidden…