Mr. Griffin. Well, how far was the path that Jack Ruby traveled as he would have got directly in front of you—how far would he have been from you at that point? Do you have some recollection of his path?
Mr. Pappas. It was just a quick streak. I don’t want to mislead you.
Mr. Griffin. I don’t want you to. I don’t want to lead you into saying something which you cannot be accurate about.
Mr. Pappas. No. I was concentrating on Oswald. He was the person that we had to speak to. And—you notice I am watching Oswald throughout. Here is Ruby, apparently going right for him. And I suppose when he got up around forward of me, I saw this flash. And I really cannot judge.
Mr. Griffin. Do you have any recollection of having to pull the microphone back as this flash went past you?
Mr. Pappas. No. I realized at a certain point that Oswald was not going to answer my question, and I still held it out. It was still out here. And—it was still projected forward at that point, still hoping that he might turn around and say something.
Mr. Griffin. Again let me ask you—what is your best estimate of how far Oswald was from you, as you look at the second picture in the second row?
Mr. Pappas. The best estimate is 6 feet.
Mr. Griffin. Is there any way that you can describe at a distance of, say, 4 to 8 feet, the pickup ability of your microphone?
Mr. Pappas. Do you mean if the subject is 4 feet from my microphone?