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Jesse Marcel Sr. was an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force who played a key role in the Roswell incident of 1947. At the time of the incident, Marcel was stationed at the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) in New Mexico. On July 8th, 1947, an object crashed in the desert near the RAAF, and Marcel was sent to supervise the collection of debris from the site.According to Marcel's own account, the debris that he saw at the crash site was unlike anything he had ever seen before. The material was light, flexible, and could not be burned, torn, or dented. Marcel later described the material as being made of metal foil and I-beams, and said that it was imprinted with strange hieroglyphic-like symbols. Marcel's account of the debris that he saw at the crash site would become a key part of the Roswell incident legend.Marcel's role in the incident also involved transporting some of the debris to higher authorities for further investigation. Marcel himself was quoted in a press release as saying that he had recovered a "flying saucer". However, the official military explanation for the incident was that the debris was from a weather balloon. Marcel was instructed to pose for photographs with the debris from the weather balloon to help bolster the military's cover story.In summary, Jesse Marcel Sr. was an intelligence officer who played a key role in the collection and transportation of debris from the Roswell crash site. His account of the debris that he saw at the site has contributed to the ongoing debate and speculation surrounding the Roswell incident.
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