Sixty years after the assassination of President John Kennedy, one of the direct witnesses to the incident has come forward to recount details that could make a real difference in what the "Warren" Commission, which investigated the president's assassination, has concluded.

A former Secret Service agent named Paul Landis, (88 years old), offers new details about the incident he witnessed, saying that he changed the course of evidence gathering when he discovered a bullet lodged in the back seat of the president's car. He put it in his pocket but later retracted his act in the hospital, placing the bullet on the stretcher that carried Kennedy, thinking it would help the doctors understand what happened.

Landis was assigned to the security detail of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on November 22, 1963, and he was traveling with the motorcade at the time of the incident.
In an interview with "PEOPLE" magazine, Landis recalls the moments after the incident, saying, "As soon as we arrived at the hospital, I rushed to the president's car; blood and bone fragments were everywhere. I noticed a completely intact bullet resting on the edge of the back seat."

He says, "I picked it up and put it in my pocket; it was a quick decision that I thought about for only a second, and I ultimately decided I didn't want to hide it."

He adds, "I was in the hospital room when doctors and nurses moved Kennedy's body from the stretcher to the examination table. I was feeling for the bullet in my pocket, took it out, and placed it at the president’s left foot. I thought that was where the bullet should be, and I felt a great relief because I had saved an important piece of evidence."