Something Strange Happened In This Desert 70 Years Ago

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About Thoughty2
Thoughty2 (Arran) is a British YouTuber and gatekeeper of useless facts. Thoughty2 creates mind-blowing factual videos about science, tech, history, opinion and just about everything else.
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Writing: Damien Knightley
Editing: Jack Stevens

[Timmah]

I applaud Thoughty2 for moving through this content without any mention of the X-Files. Well done, sir.

[darrenwoolley]

This is one of the best channels online today...
Always thought provoking and factual, most of the time I didn't even know I was interested in the given subject... Awesome

[stevenmorillo]

“Hey guys, Forty2 here” 😂😂 am I the only one who still hears this? I love the videos though, keep up the great work

[willswalkingwest]

A couple points are always missed when this story is brought up.
Brazell found the debris on ranch land over 70 miles from Roswell. He was days away from his home via horseback. He rode out to the ranch, being used for sheep, slept in a shed when there was a storm overnight. He heard the loud explosion during that storm. The next day he rode out to where the debris was. He didn't collect any of it just then.
He went home and discussed it with his neighbors. They mentioned to him that there was a $$ reward for anyone bringing any parts or debris from a flying disc (UFO). So he went back out, another overnight trip, collected a small amount of debris and then went home, another overnight trip. Then he drove this small amount of debris to the Sheriff in Roswell.

This is all important and I will say why in a moment. The sheriff called the air base and Jesse Marcel was sent out along with a government intelligence agent. They drove out to the site. They had to stop before they got there and spend the night in a shed. The next morning they showed up to the debris field. Which by the way was extensive, hundreds of yards long and hundreds of feet wide.

Now, it had been many, many days since Brazell first stumbled on this debris. Years later, the Air Force threw that Project Mogul story out there to try and shut this thing down. A couple of problems with this. First, Project Mogul wasn't in place till AFTER this event. Second, Major Marcell & the intelligence agent were COMPLETELY WELL VERSED on any projects being conducted. Third, if any TOP SECRET flying device being used to detect Soviet nuclear tests had crashed and gone off the grid, most assuredly there'd of been some sort of search for it. Given that this thing was laying around in the open desert for many, many days and no one from the Roswell air base had been dispatched to look for any crashed devices, the story of ANY secret government flying devices crashing just doesn't hold water.
Further, Marcel loaded as much debris as he could in his car, the intelligence guy grabbed a bunch and there was a whole field of it left behind. Marcel took the materials home before taking it to the base the next day.
After he got to the base the order was given to go back out and collect the debris left behind.
More days going by and no one searching.
The most important points are that Marcel had full knowledge of any Top Secret projects. He had a Top Secret clearance, he was an intelligence officer and had full knowledge and understanding of all balloons, aircraft and anything they were using.
His descriptions of the debris were very specific. Critics keep going to the writing on the I-Beams. But they keep overlooking the feather light foil like substance that could be folding and crunched up and then when set down it would open back up and have no creases. And the other plastic/metal type of sheets that couldn't be burned, dented with a hammer or be destroyed. The I-beams couldn't be broken, burned or destroyed. In his words, these materials were like nothing on Earth.
It also has to be said, MAJOR MARCEL NEVER SAW ANY ACTUAL CRAFT OR ALIENS. Just the debris on the Foster Ranch.
This story went away after it happened. Only decades later before Major Marcel passed away did he speak to Stanton Freidman about what happened.
For me, Major Marcel's account is good enough. So many nutjobs and liars have spoken to would be authors and "investigators" that any credibility has been lost on this story. But if you go back to Major Marcel and his son, who handled some of the debris, and take that alone, you know it was no balloon, no Mogul or similar thing.
And a final note, when the dust settled from this, Major Marcel was moved to the program that tested for Soviet detonations of nuclear devices. He was in the loop.

[fruitgod]

I remember my grandma telling me that when she was 15 in 1965, the year she migrated from Greece to Australia and at school everyone there saw a UFO during recess and everyone in the school staff told everyone not to tell anybody. In 2021 there was a show on this in Australia.

[okamithekid]

I used to live in Roswell for about 15 years. Everything is Alien based there, the lights downtown, the McDonald’s lol. Good video! Shared it with my family thanks thoughty2!

[patriciapalmer]

I was a huge skeptic until I walked onto my deck midday and something bigger than a major hotel was hanging silently above the trees. I froze, started shaking uncontrollably and in that split second realized there was a vast difference between extreme fright and terror. I never want to feel that way again, never told anyone. 1985, North Atlanta, Georgia.

[eclecticjon]

This has got to be the best unbiased take on the Roswell incident I've seen.
Great content Thoughty 2👍

[galaxy-eyesgarchomp]

I actually went to the Roswell McDonald's one time, in my teenage years I believe. I found it so hilarious that it had a UFO replica on the outside of it. The kids area was actually a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Even though it was in the UFO portion of the McDonald's, I thought most of that portion was just oddly shaped wall on the inside.

[DrethNET]

I will never cease to be amazed by Thoughty2's dedication of creating his own stock footage for these videos. Truly amazing.

[ambientheat]

I’ve been to Roswell back in October and visited the museum. I could have just watched this video and learned as much. Thank you for your balanced look and presentation of the events that took place there without going off the deep end on either side of the debate. Well done!

[TheEarl]

I think the class of school kids who witnessed a craft landing near their school and went and witnessed beings from it is the most compelling story.
Would be great to see Thoughty do an episode on that one.

[jessswanger]

The reason I'm highly skeptical of Roswell being a crashed alien UFO is simply that, if an alien civilization has mastered interstellar travel, I would assume that they would probably have the whole in-flight repair thing down, too. The idea of a craft that advanced crashing just doesn't seem likely to me.

[katekrylov]

I believe that Roswell gained plenty due to that UFO obsession. Great way to revive a small town!

[venox]

Can we just appreciate the great animation for these videos!

[olawunmidaniel]

I'm always amazed by your videos, very creative and still very enlightening and educational. Brilliant!!!!. This is one of my favourite YouTube channels yet. I'd love to see u make a video on cryptids like mermaids

[Teefs]

The way Thoughty2 and Jack's humor work together to make such informative and hilarious videos is a true gift to YT

[godlakwarrior]

This is honestly my favourite channel on YouTube. Love what you do, 42, you're the best!

[romanoscorgie]

Man this guy can carry out a story so well

[xion]

Seen a "did the rosswell UFO crash happen" and thoughty2 made so clicked. Woulda passed anyone else. You put solid work into researching your topics.