Mr. Stombaugh. This was a very slight crease. It appeared as a hump in the blanket.
Mr. Eisenberg. Was there any item in the blanket, any object in the blanket, which might have been causing that hump?
Mr. Stombaugh. Not when I opened it, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg. Did you form an opinion as to what might cause that hump to exist in the blanket?
Mr. Stombaugh. Yes, sir; it would have had to have been a hard object, approximately 10 inches in length, which protruded upward, causing the yarns in the blanket to stretch in this area, and it would have had to have been tightly placed in the blanket to cause these yarns to stretch.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, when you say the object was 10 inches long, do you mean that the object itself was 10 inches long or that there was an object 10 inches—an object protruding at a point 10 inches from the place you have marked "A"?
Mr. Stombaugh. No, sir; the object itself would have had to have been approximately 10 inches long to have caused this hump.
Mr. Eisenberg. It couldn't have been longer than 10 inches?
Mr. Stombaugh. Not at this point; no, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg. Could it have proceeded past that point marked "C," that is, could the object have been placed so that its base was at "C"—so that its base was at "A"? Is it possible that the object as it lay in the blanket passed "C" but with a protrusion at "C"?