Brief
Jesse Marcel
The claims the writer was given for Jesse Marcel, in the order they were given.
1
The July 8, 1947 Roswell Army Air Field press release stated that the flying object landed on a ranch near Roswell sometime the previous week, and that the rancher, lacking phone facilities, stored the disc until he could contact the sheriff's office, which notified Major Jesse A. Marcel of the 509th Bomber Group Intelligence Office.
“The flying object landed on a ranch near Roswell sometime last week. Not having phone facilities, the rancher stored the disc until such time as he was able to contact the sheriff's office, who in turn notified Major Jesse A. Marcel of the 509th Bomber Group Intelligence Office.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:14700-14972 administrative second hand
2
The disc was picked up at the rancher's home, inspected at the Roswell Army Air Field, and subsequently loaned by Major Jesse A. Marcel to higher headquarters.
“Action was immediately taken and the disc was picked up at the rancher's home. It was inspected at the Roswell Army Air Field and subsequently loaned by Major Marcel to higher headquarters.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:14981-15157 administrative second hand
3
The Roswell debris was picked up by air intelligence officers Jesse A. Marcel and "Cav" Cavett, who Whitley Strieber considers would have been unlikely to misidentify weather balloons and radar targets.
“The debris was picked up by air intelligence officers Jesse Marcel and "Cav" Cavett —two more men who would have been unlikely to misidentify items like weather balloons and radar targets.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:16380-16560 opinion first hand
4
Jesse Marcel later claimed he was ordered to collude in a cover-up and that the real debris he recovered near Roswell was extra-terrestrial in origin.
“Three decades later, Marcel claimed that he was ordered to collude in a cover-up and that the real debris he recovered from near Roswell was extra-terrestrial in origin.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:260-422 testimony first hand
5
In July 1947, US Air Force intelligence officer Jesse Marcel posed with the remains of a weather balloon at the 8th Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
“US Air Force intelligence officer Major Jesse Marcel posing with the remains of a weather balloon at the 8th Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, July 1947.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:95-254 observation
6
Roswell ranch foreman Mac Brazel took army intelligence officers Major Jesse Marcel and Captain Sheridan Cavitt out to the crash site.
“What we do know is that Roswell ranch foreman Mac Brazel took army intelligence officers Major Jesse Marcel and his colleague Captain Sheridan Cavitt out to the crash site”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:10572-10739 administrative
7
Jesse Marcel came back from the Roswell crash site clearly convinced that a flying disc of extra-terrestrial origin had crashed on the ranch.
“Marcel came back clearly convinced that a flying disc of extra-terrestrial origin had crashed on the ranch.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:10748-10849 opinion second hand
8
Jesse Marcel described the Roswell debris field as approximately 1200 metres long and 60 to 90 metres wide.
“Marcel described a massive field of debris 1200 metres long and 60 to 90 metres wide.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:10856-10936 measurement second hand
9
Jesse Marcel alleged there was a gouge in the Roswell debris field that extended up to 150 metres long, which looked as if something had touched down and skipped along.
“There was allegedly a gouge in the field that extended up to 150 metres long, which looked as if ‘something had touched down and skipped along’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:10942-11079 testimony second hand
10
Jesse Marcel later showed his family some of the strange debris, saying it was wreckage from a 'flying saucer'.
“Marcel later showed his family some of the strange debris, saying it was wreckage from a ‘flying saucer’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:11089-11186 testimony second hand
11
The Roswell debris included foil metal sheets that were as light as a feather yet incredibly strong and impervious to tearing.
“This included foil metal sheets that were as light as a feather yet incredibly strong and impervious to tearing.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:11197-11301 observation second hand
12
Jesse Marcel described light metal beams from the Roswell debris on which there was strange hieroglyphic writing.
“He also described light metal beams on which there was strange hieroglyphic writing.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:11310-11386 observation second hand
13
When Jesse Marcel and Sheridan Cavitt brought their debris back to the Roswell base, their commanding officer Colonel William Blanchard sent Marcel on a flight to take the debris to the 8th Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, to meet Brigadier General Roger Ramey.
“When Marcel and Cavitt brought their debris back to the Roswell base, their commanding officer Colonel William Blanchard sent Marcel on a flight to take the debris to the 8th Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, to meet Brigadier General Roger Ramey.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:11422-11674 administrative
14
General Roger Ramey's office had changed its mind by the time Jesse Marcel arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, later on 8 July 1947.
“By the time Marcel arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, later that day, General Ramey’s office had changed its mind.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:13034-13138 administrative
15
Jesse Marcel did not speak up publicly about Roswell until 1978.
“Jesse Marcel did not speak up until 1978, but for eight years from 1978 until he died in 1986, he claimed he had been ordered to collude in a cover-up”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:13585-13733 administrative
16
From 1978 until his death in 1986, Jesse Marcel claimed in multiple interviews that he had been ordered to collude in a cover-up and that the real debris he brought from Roswell was substituted by General Roger Ramey with wreckage from an old weather balloon.
“for eight years from 1978 until he died in 1986, he claimed he had been ordered to collude in a cover-up and dramatically alleged in multiple interviews that the real debris he brought with him that day from Roswell was substituted by General Ramey with wreckage from an old weather balloon”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:13631-13914 testimony second hand
17
Jesse Marcel said he actually believed what crashed at Roswell was extra-terrestrial.
“that he actually believed what crashed at Roswell was extra-terrestrial.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:13927-13987 opinion second hand
18
Jesse Marcel left the Air Force Reserves as a decorated lieutenant colonel in 1958.
“Marcel, who left the Air Force Reserves as a decorated lieutenant colonel in 1958, said he was forced to pose for photographs with pieces of a weather balloon to debunk the flying disc crash story.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:14000-14191 administrative
19
Jesse Marcel said he was forced to pose for photographs with pieces of a weather balloon to debunk the flying disc crash story.
“said he was forced to pose for photographs with pieces of a weather balloon to debunk the flying disc crash story.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:14083-14191 testimony second hand
20
It has never been satisfactorily explained why Roswell commanding officer Colonel William Blanchard so quickly concluded that what had crashed was a 'flying disc' when supposedly all he was shown at the base by Jesse Marcel and Sheridan Cavitt were small pieces of debris.
“What has never been satisfactorily explained is why Roswell’s commanding officer Colonel Blanchard so quickly concluded that what had crashed was a ‘flying disc’ when, supposedly, all he was shown at the base by Marcel and Cavitt were small pieces of debris.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:15799-16050 opinion
21
Project MOGUL's radar reflector debris would have been clearly recognisable as conventional material, especially to Major Jesse Marcel.
“and Mogul’s radar reflector debris would have been clearly recognisable as conventional material, especially to Major Marcel.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:16215-16333 opinion
22
When Mac Brazel alerted the local sheriff, the nearby Roswell Army Air Force Base was notified, and intelligence officer Major Jesse Marcel was sent to investigate.
“When Brazel alerted the local sheriff, the nearby Roswell Army Air Force Base was notified, and an intelligence officer named Major Jesse Marcel was sent to investigate.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:8938-9095 administrative
23
It was Major Jesse Marcel's 509th Bomb Group Wing that had dropped the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, two years before the Roswell incident.
“Adding to the ensuing Roswell controversy was that it was Major Marcel’s 509th Bomb Group Wing that had dropped the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki two years earlier in 1945.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:9109-9308 administrative
24
Walter Haut affirmed that Jesse Marcel's description of the debris found in the desert thirty miles from Roswell was unusual.
“He affirmed that Col. Jesse Marcel’s description of the debris that had been found in the desert thirty miles from Roswell was unusual”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:1908-2035 testimony first hand
25
Walter Haut told Whitley Strieber that Jesse Marcel was one of the most honest people he had ever known.
“I asked for a description of the debris, but only got the response that Jesse was one of the most honest people he had ever known.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch11:2274-2398 testimony first hand
26
The 1947-07-08 staff meeting at Roswell Army Air Force Base was attended by William Blanchard, Jesse Marcel, Sheridan Cavitt, James I. Hopkins, Patrick Saunders, Isadore Brown, and Ulysses S. Nero.
“Besides Blanchard, Marcel; CID Capt. Sheridan Cavitt; Col. James I. Hopkins, the operations officer; Major Patrick Saunders, the base adjutant; Major Isadore Brown the personnel officer; Lt. Col. Ulysses S. Nero, the supply officer... were also in attendance.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:1231-1486 testimony first hand
27
At the 1947-07-08 staff meeting, Jesse Marcel and Sheridan Cavitt reported on an extensive debris field in Lincoln County, approximately 120 kilometres northwest of Roswell, New Mexico.
“The main topic of discussion was reported by Marcel and Cavitt regarding an extensive debris field in Lincoln County approx. 75 miles NW of Roswell.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:1620-1760 testimony first hand
28
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on 1947-07-08, William Blanchard phoned Walter Haut's office and dictated a press release stating that the Roswell Army Air Force Base had in its possession a flying disc recovered from a ranch northwest of Roswell, with Jesse Marcel flying the material to higher headquarters.
“At approximately 9:30 a.m. Col. Blanchard phoned my office and dictated the press release of having in our possession a flying disc, coming from a ranch northwest of Roswell and Marcel flying the material to higher headquarters.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:2659-2874 testimony first hand
29
Upon his return from Fort Worth, Jesse Marcel described to Walter Haut taking pieces of the 1947 Roswell wreckage to Roger Ramey's office and, after returning from a map room, finding the remains of a weather balloon and a radar kite substituted in place of the original wreckage.
“Upon his return from Fort Worth, Major Marcel described to me taking pieces of the wreckage to Gen. Ramey's office and after returning from a map room, finding the remains of a weather balloon and a radar kite substituted while he was out of the room.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:4396-4642 testimony second hand
30
Jesse Marcel was very upset over the substitution of the weather balloon and radar kite for the original 1947 Roswell wreckage, and he and Walter Haut would not discuss it again.
“Marcel was very upset over the situation. We would not discuss it again.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:4648-4714 observation first hand
31
Jesse Marcel, head of intelligence at Roswell Army Air Force Base, was sent by base commander William Blanchard to investigate the reported downed vehicle debris on 1947-07-07.
“I was aware that Major Jesse A. Marcel, head of intelligence, was sent by the base commander, Col. William Blanchard, to investigate.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch28:754-875 testimony first hand