Roswell: The First Witness

The Journal: Part One

The Journal: Part Two

The Memo, part 1

Ben Smith and Jesse Marcel's grandson, Jesse III, visit Jennifer Naso, one of America's top document experts, to see if she can help verify that the handwriting in the journal belonged to Major Jesse A Marcel, thereby authenticating the journal. Smith then heads to Arlington, Texas, to magnify and inspect a crucial photo taken at the Army press conference in 1947 where the US military claimed that what Marcel had originally identified as a flying saucer was in fact a weather balloon.

The Memo, part 2

Ben Smith and Jesse Marcel's grandson, Jesse III, visit Jennifer Naso, one of America's top document experts, to see if she can help verify that the handwriting in the journal belonged to Major Jesse A Marcel, thereby authenticating the journal. Smith then heads to Arlington, Texas, to magnify and inspect a crucial photo taken at the Army press conference in 1947 where the US military claimed that what Marcel had originally identified as a flying saucer was in fact a weather balloon.

The Writer, part 1

Ben Smith meets with one of the only people to have recorded a lengthy interview with Jesse Marcel, and for the first time in 39 years is able to hear Marcel tell his remarkable story in his own words. Stumped by the random quotes in Marcel's journal, Smith enlists the help of top code-breaker Professor Craig Bauer's to see if it might contain encrypted messages. Ben then speaks with journalist Leslie Kean about her ground-breaking investigation into recently disclosed footage, allegedly of US Air Force pilots encountering unidentified flying objects – the so-called ‘tic tac craft'.Finally, Smith shares his findings with Jesse Marcel's grandchildren to help them understand what it was their grandfather saw that day in 1947 which so haunted him until his death, nearly forty years later.

The Writer, part 2

Ben Smith meets with one of the only people to have recorded a lengthy interview with Jesse Marcel, and for the first time in 39 years is able to hear Marcel tell his remarkable story in his own words. Stumped by the random quotes in Marcel's journal, Smith enlists the help of top code-breaker Professor Craig Bauer's to see if it might contain encrypted messages. Ben then speaks with journalist Leslie Kean about her ground-breaking investigation into recently disclosed footage, allegedly of US Air Force pilots encountering unidentified flying objects – the so-called ‘tic tac craft'.Finally, Smith shares his findings with Jesse Marcel's grandchildren to help them understand what it was their grandfather saw that day in 1947 which so haunted him until his death, nearly forty years later.