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Jesse Marcel
1947-07-08Roswell Incident
U.S. Army Air Forces intelligence officer for the 509th Bomb Group; the first military officer to investigate the Roswell debris field, later claimed in a 1978 interview he believed it was extraterrestrial.
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This map sayshis account contradicted Marcel's claimThe document saysThe first story reported that ... Major Jesse A. Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" ... The July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier General Roger Ramey ... stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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same document as the row aboveThis map saysintelligence officer sent to recover itThe document saysThe first story reported that the Intelligence Officer of the 509th Bomb Group, stationed at Roswell Army Air Field, Major Jesse A. Marcel, had recovered a "flying disc" from the range lands of an unidentified rancher in the vicinity of RoswellReport of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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same document as the row aboveThis map saysrecovered the debris togetherThe document saysBrazel subsequently went to Roswell on July 7 and contacted the Sheriff, who apparently notified Major Marcel. Major Marcel and "a man in plain clothes" then accompanied Brazel home to pick up the rest of the pieces.Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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same document as the row aboveThis map says1978 interview reignited the storyThe document saysIn 1978, an article appeared in a tabloid newspaper, the National Enquirer, which reported the former intelligence officer, Marcel, claimed that he had recovered UFO debris near Roswell in 1947. Also in 1978, a UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, met with Marcel and began investigating the claims that the material Marcel handled was from a crashed UFO.Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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same document as the row aboveThis map sayshis account contradicted Marcel's claimThe document saysHe stated unequivocally, however, that the material he recovered consisted of a reflective sort of material like aluminum foil, and some thin, bamboo-like sticks. He thought at the time, and continued to do so today, that what he found was a weather balloonReport of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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same document as the row aboveThis map saysNewton claimed Marcel tried to pass the target sticks off as bearing alien writing, which Newton rejectedThe document saysNewton also stated that ". . . while I was examining the debris, Major Marcel was picking up pieces of the target sticks and trying to convince me that some notations on the sticks were alien writings." ... "He did not convince me that these were alien writings."Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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