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Roswell: The First Witness - The Journal

A cryptic journal sparks an unprecedented investigation into whether a UFO crashed at Roswell, NM in 1947. Major Jesse Marcel, the first government official on the scene, believed to his dying day that an extraterrestrial spaceship plummeted to earth and the U.S. government covered it up. Now, the Marcel family has come forward with a journal found among Marcel's possessions. The journal may contain coded-clues to the truth behind Roswell. Former CIA operative Ben Smith embarks on a new investigation that includes a cryptographic analysis of the journal, a high tech geological study of the crash site, and interviews with witnesses who have never spoken publicly. What really crashed in Roswell? The US government claimed it was a weather balloon and then changed its story. Others spoke of alien bodies, and extreme government intimidation.

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Name Type Role
Ruth Reiss Producer
Ryan Carpenter Producer
Peter Schmuhl Producer
Kay Rothman Producer
Walter Haut Guest Star Self - Public Information Officer, 509th, Secret History: The Roswell Incident (1995)
Joe Brazel Guest Star Self - Mac Brazel's Grandson
Don Schmitt Guest Star Self - Author, Witness to Roswell
Eric Johnson Guest Star Self - Geophysicist
Bill Brazel Guest Star Self - Mac Brazel's Son
Jesse Marcel III Guest Star Self - Grandson of Major Jesse Marcel
Ginger Zee Guest Star Self - Chief Meteorologist, ABC News
Bill Doleman Guest Star Self - Former Archaeological Investigator, University of New Mexico
Paula Brown Guest Star Self - Corona Resident
Richard L. Weaver Guest Star Self - Colonel, USAF (Ret) 1969-1997
George 'Jud' Roberts Guest Star Self - Manager, KGFL Radio
Ben Smith Guest Star Self - Investigator/Former CIA Operative
Loretta Proctor Guest Star Self - Corona Resident, Secret History, The Roswell Incident (1995)
Jesse Marcel Guest Star Self - Major USAF (Ret), In Search Of ..., UFO Cover Ups (1980)
Sherrill Perkins Bradford Guest Star Self - Corona Resident
William Woody Guest Star Self - Witness, Secret History: The Roswell Incident (1995)
Leslie Kean Guest Star Self - Investigative Journalist & Author
John Marcel Guest Star Self - Grandson of Major Jesse Marcel
Frank Joyce Guest Star Self - Reporter, KGFL Radio
Joe Pappalardo Guest Star Self - Aviation Expert & Journalist
Kevin D. Randle Guest Star Self - Author, Roswell in the 21st Century
Paul Wilmot Guest Star Self - Son of Roswell Eyewitness
Denice Marcel Guest Star Self - Granddaughter of Major Jesse Marcel
Esperanza Juarez Guest Star Self - Archaeologist
Colin Miazga Guest Star Self - Geophysicist
Jennifer Naso Guest Star Self - Forensic Document Examiner
Jesse Marcel Jr. Guest Star Self - Son of Major Jesse Marcel
Marian Strickland Guest Star Self - Corona Resident, Recollections of Roswell
Tim Healy Executive Producer
Terence Wrong Executive Producer
Larry Landsman Executive Producer
Matt Ginsberg Executive Producer
Jason Blum Executive Producer
Michael Stiller Executive Producer for HISTORY
John D'Auria Executive Producer
Jeremy Gold Executive Producer
Mike Powers Executive Producer
Laurence Fishburne Executive Producer
Marci Wiseman Executive Producer
Karl Hollandt Executive Producer
Robert Friedman Executive Producer
Mary Lisio Executive Producer