11 Wild JFK Conspiracy Theories Ranked - Including One That Might Even Be True

At least 1,000 books have been written about the 1963 assassination of US President John F. Kennedy but conspiracy theorists are still whispering about who pulled the trigger. We’ve analyzed 11 of the wildest theories and one of the bizarre explanations may actually be true.

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11. The US military industrial complex' did it

There have long been assertions suggesting Kennedy planned to withdraw American troops from Vietnam while the military aimed to increase the deployment. However, this is not technically accurate. Kennedy discussed working toward a resolution to the situation but did not explicitly state an intention to withdraw from the region. Author, professor, and former Canadian civil servant Peter Dale Scott has indicated that Kennedy's death allowed for policy reversals desired by the secret government to escalate the US military involvement in Vietnam.
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10. It was an accident

Author Bonar Menninger believes Oswald fired on JFK and a Secret Service agent fired back with a Colt AR-15 high-velocity rifle. As the theory goes, the officer lost his balance when the car suddenly braked and he accidentally discharged his weapon, killing the US president. There were no eyewitnesses or evidence to back up this theory, however. None of the Secret Service agents or presidential aides reported a bullet whizzing past either. But that didn’t stop Menninger from publishing a book outlining his theory.
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