Mystery AtlasJesse Marcel
US Army Air Forces intelligence officer who helped recover the 1947 Roswell debris; his 1978 interview with Stanton Friedman, describing the material as extraterrestrial, is the origin point of the modern crash-and-cover-up narrative.
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- Roswell IncidentJune–July 1947
Jesse Marcel investigated Roswell Incident — Marcel was the Roswell Army Air Field intelligence officer who recovered the debris in July 1947.
Theories & Explanations
Jesse Marcel served as the basis for Roswell Extraterrestrial Crash Theory — The extraterrestrial narrative rests on Marcel's February 1978 account, given thirty-one years after the recovery.