Gilles Fernandez, Project Mogul and More Roswell Minutia
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- Author
- KRandle
- Published
- January 5, 2026
- Location
- Roswell·New Orleans
- Object type
- Project Mogul balloon
Original excerpt
For those tired of the Roswell minutia, you can blame Gilles Fernandez for this trip down memory lane. In my post about the material photographed in General Ramey’s office, I wrote, in response to a question by another commentator, “Marcel told reporter Johnny Mann of WWL-TV in New Orleans that stuff in that photograph was NOT the stuff he had brought from Roswell. Thomas DuBose, the Eighth
Key claims
- →Randle discusses Gilles Fernandez and Project Mogul
- →Marcel told WWL-TV reporter Johnny Mann the photographed material was not from Roswell
- →Thomas DuBose is referenced in the post
Kevin Randle discusses Gilles Fernandez and Project Mogul in a retrospective on Roswell details. He quotes Marcel's statements to a New Orleans reporter that the material in a photograph was not the debris he brought from Roswell.
Alternative explanation
Marcel's statement that the photographed material differed from the Roswell debris undercuts claims tying the photo to the crash debris.
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