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Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr.

Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr.

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Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. (1943–2013) was a physician and the son of Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer who first recovered debris from the Roswell crash site in 1947, recognized for his firsthand testimony of handling unusual wreckage as an eleven-year-old boy. As a guest on late-night radio, his book The Roswell Legacy and his lifelong commitment to sharing his family's story made him one of the most important firsthand witnesses to the Roswell incident.

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The Roswell Legacy

The Roswell Legacy

2008

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September 26, 1996: Roswell UFO Crash - Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr.

Sep 26, 1996
2h 53m
Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. shares his firsthand account of the night his father, a military intelligence officer, woke him at 2 a.m. to examine debris from the 1947 Roswell crash. Marcel recalls three types of material spread across their kitchen floor: lightweight metallic foil, dark bakelite-like fragments, and small I-...