Jesse Marcel
Jesse Marcel is a successful inventor, published author, and public speaker.
A guiding love of the unknown can be traced back to an unconventional childhood where space travel and the possibility of extrasolar life were bedtime stories.
His visionary approach to the future is being applied to aerospace and medical technologies.
Current Projects:
•First Witness (History Channel Series / Researcher/on Screen Talent)
•Airborne Motorworks (Chief Design Officer)
•Bio Inertia (CEO/Director)
•Abstract Site Productions (writer/producer)
“I never want to be the person that sees an invention and tells everyone they had that idea 10 years ago… “
My early years were consumed by a love for model rocketry and eventually remote-control airplanes and helicopters. It was during this time that I learned a little of my family’s history, namely my grandfathers. I was told how he was the head of intelligence for the only nuclear bombing group during the second world war and oh yes, he was the lead investigator into the crash of what he thought was a UFO in the deserts of Roswell NM in 1947. One thing that I remember as if it was yesterday was how my grandfather talked about his experiences and whatever it was that crashed, it did not have any kind of recognizable propulsion system. These experiences served as an incubator as I moved into committing aviation…
I lost my mother at a young age and that would leave a lot of unsupervised time on my hands.
It was in 8th grade while, digging through boxes in our garage that I found a role of visqueene plastic, duct tape and some bailing twine… what I saw was a parachute, it just needed to be assembled. By that afternoon I was jumping off our roof with a not very effective chute, not to brag but I did not break any bones, well at least that I remember.
Not to long after, on another unsupervised weekend, I unburied a tent, well actually I unburied a hang glider, the tent just did not know it yet. With duct tape in hand, and a sharp pair of scissors, soon I was running down hills trying to get airborne… in a gust of wind I managed to depart the earth for a few seconds.
These summers were offset with spending time with my grandfather fishing on the bayous of southern Louisiana. It was during these visits that I would become immersed in all that was Roswell.