Jesse Marcel | |
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 Marcel in 1947 | |
| Born | May 27, 1907 Bayou Blue, Louisiana, US |
| Died | June 23, 1986 (aged 79)[1] Houma, Louisiana, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | |
| Years of service | 1924–1958 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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| Awards | |
Jesse Antoine Marcel Sr. (May 27, 1907 – June 23, 1986) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force who helped administer Operation Crossroads, the 1946 atom bomb tests at the Bikini Atoll.[2]: 39 [3]: i
Marcel was the first military officer tasked with investigating the 1947 Roswell incident, where supposed "flying disc" debris was later identified as pieces of a weather balloon. The incident was largely forgotten until 1978, when Marcel, then a retired lieutenant colonel, told ufologist Stanton Friedman that he believed the Roswell debris was extraterrestrial.[4]
- ^ "Obituary of Jesse Marcel". Houma Courier. Houma, Louisiana. June 23, 1986.
- ^ Marcel, Jesse; Marcel, Linda (January 1, 2008). The Roswell Legacy: The Untold Story of the First Military Officer at the 1947 Crash Site. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1-60163-026-1. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Korff, Kal K. (March 7, 2000). The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You to Know. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-440-23613-9. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
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