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Jesse Marcel
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Jesse Antoine Marcel Sr. (May 27, 1907 – June 24, 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
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Born | (1907-05-27)May 27, 1907 Bayou Blue, Louisiana, US |
Died | June 23, 1986(1986-06-23) (aged 79)[1] Houma, Louisiana, US |
Allegiance | United States |
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Years of service | 1924–1958 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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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]