Guest Host Frank Warren with Jesse Marcel, Dennis Balthaser
Guest host Frank Warren (The UFO Chronicles) will interview two noted guests on Friday night’s The Joiner Report. During the first hour, Jesse Marcel, Jr. will relate his special relationship with his father, U.S. Army Air Force Major Jesse Marcel, and the first hand information related following the 1947 Roswell crash of an unidentified craft. Truth Seeker Dennis Balthaser will join Frank in the second hour to discuss his investigative research in ufology and upcoming lectures during the Roswell festival.
Jesse Marcel, Jr. said he waited a long time to tell his story—in his own words. Sixty years after the event, his book The Roswell Legacy was the result.
Marcel said his focus was to present the reader with a clearer picture of the man who was—and remains—at the center of the Roswell, New Mexico, controversy…his father.
Major Jesse Marcel was the head of intelligence at a Roswell Army airfield, and on July 6, 1947, witnessed the wreckage of an unidentified craft on a ranch in Chaves County, outside the Roswell area. In 1986, the Major’s final request to his son was to tell the truth about Roswell when the military no longer posed a threat to his family.
The deathbed promise was fulfilled with the publication of The Roswell Legacy: The Untold Story of the First Military Officer of the 1947 Crash Site. (Available at Amazon.com)
Marcel’s story is based on events related to the 11-year old by his father. Public speculation and controversy followed the alleged event. Marcel acknowledges that while his account carries within its own bias, “I realize that my duty to my father is to present him as the man he was, as accurately as possible…I feel I am the only living person truly qualified to wield the brush,” he said. “I hope I serve his memory well.”
Jesse Marcel, Sr. was inducted into the Roswell Hall of Fame on July 4, 2009.
Jesse Marcel, Jr. earned a degree in medicine in 1961. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1962 He completed specialty training in Otolaryngology at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. After retiring from the Navy in 1971, he entered private practice in Montana. Marcel joined the Montana Army National Guard in 1973, and on his 60th birthday in August 1996, retired from the military for the second time. In 2004, the Iraqi war required his being recalled to active duty as a flight surgeon for the 189th Attack Helicopter Battalion, flying 225 hours of combat. He was again discharged from active duty in December 2005 to the Ready Reserve, but has continued his service at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fort Harrison, Montana. (For additional bio and book information, see http://www.marceljr.com/)
Dennis Balthaser (http://www.truthseekeratroswell.com/) is an independent researcher, journalist and lecturer living in Roswell, New Mexico. His focus is the Roswell Incident of 1947; however, his research extends to investigations of Area 51, underground bases and ancient Egypt.
The researcher’s interest in the Roswell Incident expanded as he met with witnesses, traveled to the alleged incident sites, and visited with authors and historians on the subject. When he began his own investigations, they yielded material for informative lectures. His work has made him a popular guest on Internet and Radio talk shows, major television networks, and UFO symposiums regarding the Roswell Incident.
He has been featured in countless documentaries, and European, Japanese, and American productions including those for ABC, NBC, CNN, MTV, Sci-FI, TLC, Discover Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, Kids Discovery Channel, Weekend Today Show, The Fox Network Ted Koppel’s “Night Line.”
Balthaser’s articles are now featured in UFO Magazine, a leading source of information in the UFO field. The magazine reports facts about sightings, abductions, current research, new technologies, and conspiracy.
Join Frank Warren and guests Jesse Marcel and Dennis Balthaser for two fast-paced hours on The Joiner Report, Friday, July 2, 9-11 p.m. ET, on the UFO Paranormal Radio Network, http://www.ufoparanormalradio.homestead.com/Main_Page_version_2.html
Check out Frank’s information on current ufology happenings at http://www.theufochronicles.com.
