History's Greatest Mysteries
Where answers come to light.
S01E05: 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.
Overview
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh, new evidence and perspectives will be showcased, such as never-before-released documents, personal diaries and DNA evidence.
Episodes
S01E02 Titanic's Lost Evidence
S01E03 Endurance: The Hunt for Shackleton's Ice Ship
S01E04 The Escape of John Wilkes Booth
S01E05 Roswell: The First Witness - The Journal
S01E06 Roswell: The First Witness – The Memo
S01E07 Roswell: The First Witness – The Writer
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