The provided text argues that the University of Texas Tower Shooting on August 1, 1966 was a staged event, not a genuine act of violence by Charles Joseph Whitman. The author, Miles Mathis, scrutinizes details from Wikipedia and other sources, pointing out numerous “red flags” that suggest a conspiracy and cover-up, likely orchestrated by agencies like the CIA and FBI as part of Operation Chaos.
Mathis claims Whitman was not a random killer but a specially selected individual from a prominent family with deep connections. He highlights Whitman’s supposed high IQ, early musical talent, and expensive possessions in high school as indicators of a privileged background, contradicting the narrative of an “orphan.” The author also casts doubt on Whitman’s military service, suggesting he was involved in Intelligence, and questions the official accounts of his marriage to Kathy Leissner and his supposed academic and personal failings that led to his discharge.
The text repeatedly connects Whitman and other individuals involved to powerful families, Jewish heritage (often through name analysis), and various organizations like the Peace Corps, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the military, suggesting these were fronts or recruitment grounds for intelligence operations. Mathis scrutinizes the supposed victims, pointing to their alleged connections and questioning the authenticity of their deaths. He analyzes the suicide note, the details of the murders, the weapons purchased, and the logistics of the shooting, finding inconsistencies and implausibilities.
Further supporting the “fake” narrative are claims about staged evidence, missing autopsy materials (Whitman’s brain), inconsistencies in military discharge records, and the unusual circumstances surrounding Whitman’s burial. The author suggests that Whitman faked his death, and his brother Patrick Whitman was later placed in his coffin to mislead any future investigations. Mathis concludes that the event was a manufactured crisis designed to instill fear and divide people, similar to other events he claims to have debunked.
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The University of Texas Tower Shooting was faked by Miles Mathis. First published October 20, 2021. Mathis attended the University of Texas from 1982 to 1984 and was a cartoonist at the Daily Texan until 1987. He compares the event to the Buddy Holly hoax. The shooting occurred in 1966, and the top of the University of Texas Tower was closed to visitors and students during his attendance.
The text references Wikipedia for details on the event. The date of the shooting is given as August 1, 1966. The perpetrator is identified as Charles Joseph Whitman, described as a former Marine. The events prior to the shooting include the alleged murders of his mother and wife the night before. The shooting occurred on the observation deck of the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin. August 1 is interpreted as a coded date (8/1, aces and eights). Whitman is compared to Tim McVeigh, suggesting both were likely active military but undercover. The reported casualties are 18 deaths and 33 wounded.
The text mentions the Richard Speck fake murders in July 1966. Speck’s stepfather was named Carl August Lindberg, whose name is linked to Lindbergh’s father. The author states that CIA/FBI were putting Operation Chaos into high gear in 1966, and their fake projects have accelerated since then.
Whitman was married to Kathy Leissner, who is identified as Jewish. A comparison is made to Tim Leissner, a banker and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Pacific division, who married Kimora Lee Simmons and cost Goldman Sachs about a billion dollars. Tim Leissner was barred by the SEC and fined $43 million in 2018. The Leissners are further described with Gerald Leissner, a Jewish South African bigwig who died recently.
Whitman’s father was Charles Adolphus Whitman, also listed as Charles Adolph. The text claims Jews can be named Adolph and that Hitler is an example of a Jewish Adolph. C. A. Whitman is said to have come out of an orphanage, obscuring his genealogy. He was a Jr., implying his father was also Charles Adolph, making the subject potentially Charles Adolph III.
Whitman was tested at age 6 with an IQ of 139, suggesting he was special and tapped for Intelligence. Tim McVeigh also had an IQ in that range. Whitman is said to have been Catholic, but this is called a common pretense for Jews. Whitman joined the Boy Scouts at age 11 and became an Eagle Scout at 12 years three months, which the author deems impossible. He was also an accomplished pianist by age 12 and came from West Palm Beach. He allegedly bought an expensive new Harley with paper route money, indicating wealth. His father’s profession is conspicuously absent from Wikipedia.
A photo is mentioned where Whitman appears to be wearing a yarmulke while trying to prove he was Catholic and a Boy Scout.
Whitman allegedly joined the Marines right out of high school and was assigned an 18-month tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He scored high on military tests and received a college scholarship for the officers’ program. He entered UT as a freshman in 1961 studying engineering.
While at UT, he dated actress Deanna Dunagan, who was later in the Fox TV show The Exorcist. This is considered a red flag.
In 1962, he married Leissner in Needville, TX. They had known each other for four months. His brother Patrick allegedly lived with them in Austin.
In 1963, his scholarship was revoked due to bad grades, and he was sent to active duty in North Carolina. The author disputes this, citing claims of improving grades and his reassignment to GITMO (Guantanamo). The story about his marriage is also questioned, with claims of separation as early as July 1963 and Kathy Leissner returning to Austin and re-enrolling at UT.
Wikipedia allegedly skips over details of his court-martial for gambling, usury, and malfeasance in North Carolina, followed by an honorable discharge. He then returned to UT and enrolled in architectural engineering, working as a bank teller and volunteering as a scout leader. The author finds this unbelievable, as military records from a court-martial would prevent him from working in a bank.
Whitman’s parents separated, and his mother moved to Austin. This supposedly led him to use amphetamines, which allegedly caused a brain tumor in two months. His mother arrived in Austin in May 1966, and the event was three months later in August. The author suggests this is a cover-up for a fake event used to create fear and split the sexes, linked to Operation Chaos and Cointelpro.
The author addresses claims of live film from the day, stating it could be staged. He notes no one appears to be on the tower in some shots, minimal stone chips from bullets, and that damage could be staged. He mentions people carrying “dead bodies” who then get up and run off, citing minute 2:16. Bran Ellison of Austin, identified as a Vietnam vet, is interviewed at minute 3:10.
Allen Crum, assistant manager of the University Co-op, is mentioned as being in the tower with a rifle when police arrived. He is described as a retired Air Force tail gunner and was deputized. DPS officer Dub Cowan allegedly provided Crum with a rifle. The author questions why an assistant manager would carry a rifle and why he was deputized with many police present. The name Cowan is linked to Cohn/Cohen, another sign of the fake.
William “Dub” Cowan was an Airborne officer, joined DPS in 1950, and by 1966 was an Agent in the Intelligence Service, then Assistant Agent in Charge, and later Commander of the Criminal Intelligence Service (LEIU). His obituary in the Austin American Statesman is mentioned.
The text notes that many students believed the event was fake, with some telling others to stop pretending.
The author mentions three people loading a body onto a white hearse, suggesting it’s too early for a hearse.
A clue is given about Charles Whitman and his wife being friends of John and Fran Morgan, linked to J. P. Morgan.
Whitman’s suicide note is discussed, where he requests an autopsy to determine a biological cause for his actions and headaches. The author finds this unbelievable, arguing that someone driven to murder wouldn’t have the presence of mind to analyze himself and request an autopsy. He also questions the phrase “actions I have recently performed.”
The alleged killing of Whitman’s mother is disputed, with officials believing she was stabbed in the heart, but the author implies no death report or autopsy exists.
Whitman allegedly stabbed his wife three times in the heart and left a note requesting cremation after an autopsy for research. The author questions this, especially the request for cremation to prevent discovery.
Whitman allegedly called his wife’s and mother’s employers before heading to the tower.
He allegedly had four long guns and three pistols, purchasing an M1 Carbine and shotgun that morning from Sears and a hardware store. He also had a Remington 700 sniper rifle and a Remington 14 repeating rifle. He allegedly used a handtruck to bring his equipment, including a footlocker with pistols, Spam, coffee, vitamins, drugs, earplugs, water, lighter fluid, rope, binoculars, deodorant, and toilet paper.
The elevator to the tower was activated by Vera Palmer.
Allegedly killed was Robert Hamilton Boyer, a 33-year-old mathematician known for the Boyer-Lindquist coordinates, published in 1967 after his death. Boyers are linked to Morgans. Whitman and Leissner were friends with the Morgans, suggesting a “cousin production.”
A second Robert Boyer, Robert Stephen Boyer, is mentioned working in the math department at UT with the Boyer-Moore string-search algorithm (1977). The author questions if they are the same person. Robert Hamilton allegedly headed to University of Liverpool.
Barbara Chase, daughter of Harold Stuart Chase and Gertrude Boyer, is mentioned as marrying the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne. Her daughter Lady Georgina married Guy Hamilton. The Marquess was a Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, and his wife after Chase was Gillian Morgan. Lady Georgina’s brother Lord Robert lived in Bellevue, Washington. The Boyers are related to the Bournes of Boston, Howards, Earls of Effingham, Drummonds, Campbells, Murrays, Russells, and Gordons. Through Marie Boyer, they are related to George Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who discovered King Tut’s tomb.
The Leissner family is related to the Morgans and marries into them. This indicates Whitman and Leissner may have been cousins, with Leissner potentially being a “beard” for Whitman. Leissners are seen marrying Dryden, Shaw, and Franklin. The Drydens are described as crypto-Jewish peers, referencing the poet Dryden.
Judith Leissner was born the same year as Charles Whitman (1941) and died in 2020. Her mother’s name was McLeod, linked to Donald Trump’s mother. Other surnames mentioned are Spencer, Ford, Meyer, Ryan, David, Broggi, and Green. Dutch Leissners married the Kanns, with Kann = Kahn = Kohen.
Kathleen Leissner’s paternal grandfather was Hamilton Alfred Leissner, linking the Leissners to the Hamiltons. Her aunt is a Ziesemer. Although Leissner allegedly died in 1966, computer records suggest she died in 1992 at age 49 in Massachusetts, not 23 in Austin. She was born in Sugar Land, TX, and died in Massachusetts. Her mother was a Holloway, also identified as a Jewish name. This links them to King Ranch settlers, Bezos, Lance Armstrong, and Matthew McConaughey.
Charles Adolphus Whitman supposedly died in Lake Worth, FL. Intelius lists a Charles A., age 82, with wife Betty, and linked to Kathleen M. Wagner. This Whitman is not linked to his sons or C. J.’s mother Margaret. Instantcheckmate lists him as Charles R. and living in Miami. Lake Worth is near Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
Margaret Hodges Whitman, C. J.’s mother, is linked to Dale A. Whitman of DC. No record of her in Texas or Florida is found.
The computers have no record of Charles Joseph Whitman of Austin. Charles’s brother John Michael allegedly died in 1973 in Lake Worth. Instantcheckmate shows William J. Whitman, age 60, of Lake Worth.
Devereux Maitland Huffman was injured. Maitland equals Stewart, linking to Jimmy Stewart. Devereux is a peerage name linked to Hamiltons, Hughes, Shaws, Morgans, Rices, MacDonalds, Wyndhams, Kings, and Copland-Griffiths. Huffman = Hoffman, identified as Jewish. Huffman died at 86, and his obituary failed to mention his injury. He received his PhD from UT in the early 60s and taught management for 20 years.
C. A. Stewart was injured. Thomas Aquinas Ashton was allegedly killed, linked to the Ashtons of the peerage, Barons of Hyde, and Barclays Bank. Dorothy Ashton married the Duke of Wellington in 1914.
The Gabour family is listed as victims. One Gabour was an Air Force cadet, age 19, with no UT connection.
Karen Griffith was killed, linked to Copland-Griffiths.
Rita Starpattern is described as a “passerby” who allegedly helped Claire Wilson whose unborn baby died. Starpattern is a CIA insert from Hippietown, Langley, VA.
Paul Bolton Sonntag was killed. He was the grandson of KTBC news director Bird Paul Bolton. KTBC was owned by President Lyndon Johnson and was the first TV station in Austin. Paul Bolton retired from KTBC in 1965, conflicting with the story that he learned of his grandson’s death on air. Sonntag is identified as a Jewish name, linked to Susan Sontag (nee Rosenblatt) and Jacob Sonntag. Philipp Sonntag is a “child Holocaust survivor.” Sonntag was killed with his girlfriend Claudia Rutt, who was admitted to be Jewish. The local Jewish community declared the event a Texas Holocaust.
Three Eagle Scouts are mentioned: Whitman, Gunby, and officer Speed. Billy Paul Speed was Army and Airborne, an ex-military officer who had been with Austin police for 13 months and planned to quit.
Harry Walchuk is described as military and Jewish, receiving his bachelor’s from UT in 1954 and working on a PhD in 1966. He served in the Navy as a Fireman’s Apprentice and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. He was married to Marilyn Mason. His wife’s Findagrave page is strange, implying remarriage to a Warrington, but listing only Walchuk as spouse.
Roland Ehlke, a Peace Corps volunteer, was injured. The Peace Corps is called a CIA front. Roland Cap Ehlke of Wisconsin is described as shady and having spent time at Hebrew University. Ehlke is a Jewish name.
Peace Corps sent 76 volunteers to study at UT at that time.
Claire Wilson and Thomas Eckman are described as spooky victims from SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, which the author calls another CIA front. SDS was a spin-off of ISS, founded by Walter Lippmann, Jack London, Clarence Darrow, and Upton Sinclair. Tom Hayden wrote the first SDS manifesto. Paul Booth, first vice president of SDS, is linked to John Wilkes Booth. Booth’s parents were Socialist Party members. Eckman is assumed Jewish, and Claire Wilson might be from the Wilsons like Woodrow Wilson. A second victim, Sandra Wilson, is allegedly unrelated but this is doubted.
Tom Hayden admitted in a 2014 article for The Nation that many of his associates in NSA and other Socialist organizations were CIA plants. He mentions Donald Hoffman, Peter Eckstein, Harry Lunn, Gloria Steinem, and Allard Lowenstein, all identified as Jewish. Hayden also mentions being an “unwitting” recruit for CIA to write a pamphlet on the student civil-rights movement.
Lyndon Larouche and Tucker Carlson are mentioned as having outed SDS. The author notes that many victims were from Peace Corps, SDS, the military, or media.
Thomas Ray Karr was military, serving in Taiwan from 1963-5. He was enrolled at Arlington State College, not UT.
Robert Heard, an Associated Press reporter and former Marine, also had a law degree, was injured.
The Whitmans are linked to the peerage and the Hamiltons. Frederick Crocker Whitman of the peerage married the daughter of the Baron Vansittart, Heppenheimer from New Jersey, daughter of General William Heppenheimer, a Jewish mogul. The Heppenheimers were vom Saals in Germany, also nobility. Older Whitmans in the US were ancestors of Abraham Lincoln, with Sarah Whitman being the mother of Mordecai Lincoln, Jr.. This explains why Walt Whitman sold Lincoln stories, as they were cousins.
Charles Seymour Whitman, governor of New York, is mistakenly shown in some Charles Joseph Whitman bios. He is a cousin of Walt Whitman and Abe Lincoln. He married a Hitchcock. His grandson is John Russell Whitman, husband of former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman (nee Christine Temple Todd), who is also a cousin. Christine Todd Whitman descends from Mary Todd Lincoln. John Russell’s father was Charles S. Whitman, Jr., born 1915, around the same time as Charles Adolph Whitman, b. 1919. Charles Seymour Whitman, Jr. of New York also has Palm Beach, FL on his list, like Charles J. Whitman.
The author concludes that the Whitmans in the UT story are not obscure but are connected to Abe Lincoln and famous figures. He speculates Charles Seymour Whitman, Jr. is the father of Charles J. Whitman, not the ghost Charles Adolphus Whitman. This explains Whitman’s connections to Morgans, Hamiltons, Leissners, and his time in West Palm Beach and Marine Intelligence.
Through his mother Margaret Hodges, Whitman was a Graham, linked to Gershom Graham of Stockbridge and his wife Dunham. Obama’s mother was a Dunham. The Grahams are Dukes of Montrose.
John von Neumann’s daughter, Marina von Neumann Whitman, married Robert Freeman Whitman in 1956. She is Jewish, a VP at General Motors, director of IAS at Princeton, director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of Bilderberg. Her daughter is married to David Downie, son of Leonard Downie, editor of the Washington Post. The Freeman Whitmans are from Maine and related to Abe Lincoln.
Charles Whitman allegedly had a younger brother Patrick who died in 1989, but his grave could not be found.
Charles Whitman had an even younger brother John Michael, allegedly killed in a bar fight at age 24, possibly in intelligence.
Whitman was allegedly embalmed on August 1, the same day he died, which is questioned due to his request for an autopsy. Autopsy performed August 2 to test for amphetamines, which the author claims is impossible on an embalmed body. Coleman de Chenar, neuropathologist, performed the autopsy at the funeral home, which is also questioned.
An Atlantic article from 2014 about “the missing brains” is referenced, mentioning Dr. de Chenar of the Austin State Hospital and his collection of over 200 brains, including Whitman’s, which were bequeathed to UT medical school. Over 100 brains are now missing, including Whitman’s, which the author suggests was to prevent scrutiny of a claimed pecan-sized tumor.
Findagrave states Charles Whitman had an American flag draped over his casket at his Catholic funeral with his mother, receiving military honors. The author questions how a discharged soldier and mass murderer receives military honors, especially if dishonorably discharged for gambling and usury.
Whitman’s father remarried Ellen Ward three months after his estranged wife’s alleged death. They were married for five months. His third wife had three children, one of whom married Whitman’s brother John, which the author calls a step-sibling marriage. This is presented as part of the fictional portrayal of Charles Adolphus Whitman to make them look like “hillbillies.”
The author concludes that Charles Whitman faked his death and was in an empty coffin. In 1989, his family and the CIA allegedly placed his brother Patrick in the coffin to provide correct DNA. Patrick cannot have a grave until Charles dies, indicating Charles was still alive when Findagrave investigated. The author predicts a grave for Patrick will appear soon, signaling Charles Whitman’s real death.