UAP Record

Person

Jesse Marcel

no band military status · verified public figure

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Illustrations, recordings and archival references — each with its own provenance. A documented source is a starting point for investigation, not a verdict on its explanation.

Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 1:52:22

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American Alchemy · 1:56:18

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American Alchemy · 2:30:08

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Marcel (1907–1986) collected material from the Foster ranch and was photographed with balloon debris in General Ramey's office. In 1978 he told Stanton Friedman the debris he handled was not a balloon. His son, Jesse Marcel Jr, described handling pieces as a boy. The corpus cites both.

Who

RoleIntelligence officer of the 509th Bomb Group who recovered the Roswell debris in July 1947
Sidemilitary
Statusverified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true)

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Named in 21 uploads (automatic name matching, 37 mentions)

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Roswell / Foster Ranch debris field. Open the full map filtered to this record.

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  • 1:52:22 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE
    He saw bodies under a tarp and, you know, this was this kind of memory metal thing, which totally comports with what Army intelligence officer Jesse Marcel said.