He brought it to the local sheriff's office. In 1947, Roswell was home to Roswell Army Air Field. The sheriff called the base, the base sent Major Jesse Marcel, and at that point, it basically became a military site as they gathered up every bit of debris they could find. In their initial report, army officials made a vague claim of having started the recovery of the debris " sometime last week. "
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