FEATURING SPEAKER:
Dr. James Barger, Chief Scientist, BBN Tech.

Dr. Barger’s research has included:

• Active & passive noise reduction in ships
• Counter-sniper & Counter-RPG systems
• Active & passive sonar systems
• Forensic acoustics
• Off-shore petroleum surveying
• Medical acoustics

DESCRIPTION:

In 1978, BBN was tasked by the House Select
Committee on Assassinations to determine if the sounds
of the JFK assassination gunfire were recorded by
chance by the Dallas Police Department communications
network.

Dr. Barger will describe what BBN did, what was found,
and how critics tried to discredit their findings.

DATE: Thursday, October 6, 2005

TIME & PLACE:

6:00 PM – Dinner (optional): Tin Alley Grill
(formerly Ground Round)
555 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA

7:00 PM – GBC-ASA presentation:
BBN Technologies
57 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA