Here are Jesse Marcel's own words as quoted in a pro-ET Roswell book, proving that he said the famous photo was not a staged photograph:
"Just after we got to Carswell, Fort Worth, we were told to bring some of this stuff up to the general’s office - that he wanted to take a look at it. We did this and spread it out on the floor on some brown paper. What we had was only a very small portion of the debris there was a whole lot more. There was half a B-29-ful outside. General Ramey allowed some members of the press in to take a picture of this stuff. They took one picture of me on the floor holding up some of the less-interesting metallic debris. The press was allowed to photograph this, but were not allowed far enough into the room to touch it. The stuff in that one photo was pieces of the actual stuff we had found. It was not a staged photo." Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore, The Roswell Incident (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980, 75.
Berlitz and Moore interviewed Marcel on the phone. Thus Marcel was never shown any photos when interviewed by them.
When Marcel was interviewed in person and actually shown some of the newspaper photos (such as by reporter Billy Cox or Linda Corley), he always denied that was the real debris he brought from Roswell and used words like "staged" or "faked" for benefit of the press. He also indicated that real debris was still in the room when the press photos were taken, but hidden from the reporters, saying they weren't that stupid as to let them see it.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Dubose, then Gen. Ramey's chief of staff, and pictured in two of the photos along with Ramey, completely backed up Marcel's story, and in multiple recorded interviews and an affidavit indicated that the weather balloon in the photos was a "cover story" designed to get rid of the press. Everything was also done in extreme secrecy, including transport of debris. See e.g.
http://www.roswellproof.com/dubose.html
As for Marcel saying that he was photographed with the real debris, I have speculated that Marcel may have been referring to internal military photos that have never been released. Kevin Randle in a recent blog indicated that Marcel said photos were also taken at Roswell (which we have never seen), and the same is likely for Fort Worth, Ramey's command. This would be standard operating procedure for the military, especially if they really felt they had a real "flying disc" in their possession (that is, after all, what they initial press release from Roswell base command Col. Blanchard indicated they had.)
You say with "all due respect", then misrepresent his actual military records to malign him. I have had Marcel's post-war military service evaluations up on my website for the past 7 years and no where does it say anything like he "had a tendency to exaggerate." Actually, they say quite the opposite. (Perhaps you are talking about yourself?) See:With all due respect to Jesse Marcel Sr, his own official military records from the general time surrounding the Roswell incident state that he had a tendency to exaggerate. He claimed to have a bachelors in Physics, for example, but that is simply not true. He was a gentleman and served his country well, but he was not a credible witness.
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Reading through these, you will see his superior officers held him in high regard. These include Gen. Ramey, Col. Blanchard, and Col. Dubose, all deeply involved in the Roswell incident. E.g., Gen. Ramey a year later called Marcel's services to his command "outstanding", thought him command officer material, and protested his transfer, saying he had nobody in his command to replace him.
Another person to write about Marcel during this period was Col. John Ryan, later Air Force Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. (He was Ramey's operation officer during the Roswell incident and replaced Blanchard at Roswell as base commander the next year.) Ryan called Marcel's career "most exemplary" and "most outstanding".
Does this sound like Ramey or Ryan thought Marcel somebody who "had a tendancy to exaggerate" or was not "credible"?
David Rudiak
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drudiak said:You say with "all due respect", then misrepresent his actual military records to malign him. I have had Marcel's post-war military service evaluations up on my website for the past 7 years and no where does it say anything like he "had a tendency to exaggerate." Actually, they say quite the opposite. See:
Sorry, misspelled my own link. Here's the correct one to Marcel's military evaluations:
Major Jesse Marcel military evaluations