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Flight from Dallas: New Evidence of CIA Involvement in the Murder of President John F. Kennedy
Flight from Dallas presents factual documentation of the experience of Robert G. Vinson, an Air Force Sergeant with a crypto-security clearance who was working for the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) when on November 22, 1963, he personally and accidentally became involved in an activity connected with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The involvements of elements of he CIA are clearly set forth including the forced transfer of Vinson to a secret CIA base. Compelled to remain silent due to a secrecy agreement, Vinson went public after the passage of the ARRB Act in 1993. Finding it impossible to obtain assistance from government agencies including the FBI and Department of Justice, this book is his story.
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First published January 1, 2003
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July 14, 2023
I finished this book in 24 hours.
It is a short read, only 108 pages long, but this compelling story is hard to put down.
It reads like an Alfred Hitchcock story.
Air Force Sargent Robert Vinson got on what he thought was an Air Force "hop" (something that I myself did when I was serving in the U.S.A.F., only it wasn't an Aif Force plane that he was directed to, but rather an unmarked C.I.A. a Lockheed C-54 sitting at the hard stand at Andrews Air Force base that he was accidentally directed to.
He thought he was heading to Denver, but they ended up stopping , very briefly, to pick up 2 sketchy passengers in Dallas.
His life was never the same after that November day in 1963.
It is a short read, only 108 pages long, but this compelling story is hard to put down.
It reads like an Alfred Hitchcock story.
Air Force Sargent Robert Vinson got on what he thought was an Air Force "hop" (something that I myself did when I was serving in the U.S.A.F., only it wasn't an Aif Force plane that he was directed to, but rather an unmarked C.I.A. a Lockheed C-54 sitting at the hard stand at Andrews Air Force base that he was accidentally directed to.
He thought he was heading to Denver, but they ended up stopping , very briefly, to pick up 2 sketchy passengers in Dallas.
His life was never the same after that November day in 1963.
December 21, 2025
Researching the JFK assassination is a rabbit hole with no bottom. Every time you think you’ve reached the end, another layer of secrecy, espionage, or sheer brutality opens up. I’ve been studying this case for more than 25 years, and it still amazes me how much remains hidden in plain sight.
Flight from Dallas presents the account of Air Force Sergeant Robert G. Vinson, a story that—despite its distance from Dealey Plaza—feels credible and deserves a place in the broader JFK assassination canon. It doesn’t claim to solve the case, but it adds one more anomaly to a day already overflowing with them.
The premise is straightforward: Vinson boards what he believes is a routine military flight back to Colorado, only to find himself on a mysterious aircraft making a sudden, unlogged stop in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The atmosphere he describes, along with the behavior of the crew and passengers, has “CIA operation” written all over it. Years later, he still can’t shake the memory. The plane ultimately lands at Roswell Air Force Base—of all places—and leaves him stranded there. The authors even makes the case that Roswell functioned as a CIA site at the time, a claim that isn’t hard to imagine but definitely deserves deeper research.
Like most things connected to the assassination, Vinson’s account raises more questions than answers. I personally find his story credible, but it remains just one fragment. Without additional corroboration, it can’t yet be tied neatly into the larger narrative many of us believe: that President Kennedy’s death was the result of a coordinated conspiracy followed by an extensive cover-up.
Still, this book adds a compelling piece to the puzzle—and for anyone already deep into the JFK literature, it’s worth the read.
Flight from Dallas presents the account of Air Force Sergeant Robert G. Vinson, a story that—despite its distance from Dealey Plaza—feels credible and deserves a place in the broader JFK assassination canon. It doesn’t claim to solve the case, but it adds one more anomaly to a day already overflowing with them.
The premise is straightforward: Vinson boards what he believes is a routine military flight back to Colorado, only to find himself on a mysterious aircraft making a sudden, unlogged stop in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The atmosphere he describes, along with the behavior of the crew and passengers, has “CIA operation” written all over it. Years later, he still can’t shake the memory. The plane ultimately lands at Roswell Air Force Base—of all places—and leaves him stranded there. The authors even makes the case that Roswell functioned as a CIA site at the time, a claim that isn’t hard to imagine but definitely deserves deeper research.
Like most things connected to the assassination, Vinson’s account raises more questions than answers. I personally find his story credible, but it remains just one fragment. Without additional corroboration, it can’t yet be tied neatly into the larger narrative many of us believe: that President Kennedy’s death was the result of a coordinated conspiracy followed by an extensive cover-up.
Still, this book adds a compelling piece to the puzzle—and for anyone already deep into the JFK literature, it’s worth the read.
August 21, 2014
Not an easy book to get hold of. I've had this on order through Amazon for a while. When it finally arrived I find it is just a hundred pages, and easily readable in just a couple of hours.
'Flight from Dallas' tells the story of Sgt. Robert Vinson, USAF, who was attached to the 51st Civil Engineering Squadron and a supervisor in the electronics division of the North American Air Defence Command (N.O.R.A.D.) at Ent Air Force Base at Colorado Springs. Vinson was in Washington D.C. on 22nd November '63, looking to catch a flight back to Denver from Andrews Air Force Base. The only available flight was a Douglas C-54 with no USAF markings, that he claims was a CIA flight. At around 12:30 CST the flight was diverted to Dallas, landed on a strip of land by the Trinity river, picked up two men and then flew to Roswell. One of the men picked up at Dallas was the double of Lee Oswald.
Vinson has had this story under his hat for four decades and has not been too keen to pass this information to the wide world. Wise man. However, he went public after the JFK Act in '93. James P. Johnston is a practicing attorney and also a JFK assassination researcher. He has been working with Vinson in attempts to prove his story. The results of which are in this book.
One star for this 2005 publication as the book is very short and most of it covers the subjects biography and his career through the USAF. No surprise that investigations with the CIA on this case have drawn a blank.
Addendum:- No sale. (Apart from the fact that I've already bought the book.) But, I don't buy this.
I have problems with around 50,000 lbs of four engine aircraft landing on rough ground
by the Trinity river in Dallas. I am well read on this subject and have never come
across any corroboration of any witness who saw this aircraft...only Vinson. Perhaps
Roswell is a clue!
'Flight from Dallas' tells the story of Sgt. Robert Vinson, USAF, who was attached to the 51st Civil Engineering Squadron and a supervisor in the electronics division of the North American Air Defence Command (N.O.R.A.D.) at Ent Air Force Base at Colorado Springs. Vinson was in Washington D.C. on 22nd November '63, looking to catch a flight back to Denver from Andrews Air Force Base. The only available flight was a Douglas C-54 with no USAF markings, that he claims was a CIA flight. At around 12:30 CST the flight was diverted to Dallas, landed on a strip of land by the Trinity river, picked up two men and then flew to Roswell. One of the men picked up at Dallas was the double of Lee Oswald.
Vinson has had this story under his hat for four decades and has not been too keen to pass this information to the wide world. Wise man. However, he went public after the JFK Act in '93. James P. Johnston is a practicing attorney and also a JFK assassination researcher. He has been working with Vinson in attempts to prove his story. The results of which are in this book.
One star for this 2005 publication as the book is very short and most of it covers the subjects biography and his career through the USAF. No surprise that investigations with the CIA on this case have drawn a blank.
Addendum:- No sale. (Apart from the fact that I've already bought the book.) But, I don't buy this.
I have problems with around 50,000 lbs of four engine aircraft landing on rough ground
by the Trinity river in Dallas. I am well read on this subject and have never come
across any corroboration of any witness who saw this aircraft...only Vinson. Perhaps
Roswell is a clue!
July 24, 2016
I have always avoided the Vincent Bugliosi or conspiracy theories but instead relied on the guy next door, the honest person who tells what he saw.The Oswald double makes sense when you read the honest cop Roger Craigs testimony.A quick read but an amazing story
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