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ic U Wolfer also testified before the Grand Jury that the golj plating on the copper alloy bullets fired by Sirhan and also used by Wolfer for his own test fired bullets in 1968, was significant because this particular gold plating prevented the leading of the barrel by a bullet, which would tear the bullet if it did not have the particular gold plating. This plating kept the bullet from being unstable in flight. This was the nature of the mini-mag ammunition used by Sirhan and Wolfer. Wolfer testified at the September 1975 hearing (as he had pre- viously given statements to the press and to critics), that he was unable to use the Sirhan weapon for sound tests-and muzzle tests. Wolfer stated that when he applied to use the Sirhan weapon for additional tests, he was told by representatives of the District Attorney's Office that the weapon was under the custody of the Grand Jury. And until the District Attorney's Office had a court order approved by Sirhan's new counsel, they would be unable to obtain the Sirhan weapon for additional tests. In answer to the question why the eighth test fired bullet was never found, Wolfer replied that the particular bullet could not be found in the water tank where he had fired the Sirhan weapon (to obtain the bullets eventually identified as Grand Jury 5B and Trial Exhibit 55). In discussing ceiling paneis, Wolfer stated that he had found holes that had been made by fragments of fired bullets from Sirhan's weapon. These fragments had exploded, being hollow point mini-mag ammunition, and had split as they penetrated the ceiling tiles. Wolfer could not recail who else had looked at the holes in the ceiling tiles, or who else had participated in the x-ray analysis of the now destroyed ceiling tiles. Wolfer had removed the ceiling panels to the crime lab, but did not recall what other tests were made on the ceiling tiles. Wolfer did state that the ceiling panels in their entirety were three separate panels that reflected three bullet holes, the result of two bullets fired, one bullet entering and then ricocheting out, a second bullet entering and lost "somewhere in the inner space." Additionally, Wolfer stated in addition to booking the ceiling panels, the L.A.P.D. had booked into the Property Division of the Criminalistiecs Laboratory two boards from a door frame. These boards containing circled holes were examined, and according to Wolfer, no bullets or fragments were found in the wood. These boards were the center divider pantry. door frames, the object of much notoriety in several photographs of circled holes that appeared in periodicals for several years. These photos again Surfaced in November and December 1975 as part of petitioner Schrade's motion for additional ballistics and trajectory tests. Again, in June 1976, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, the FBI released 803 pages of its file. on the Robert Kennedy assassination. On page 48 of the FBI report dated June 9, 1968, FBI photograpner, Grinner, stated in his Signed report (page 48) that there were “four reported bullet holes" in the area of the two SWinging doors. Photographs of the swinging doors taken by Grinner to substantiate his one page report were included in the file. - 59 - ome eee =o A A EAE AE EA Te