Director – Philip Coppens
Release Date – 2013
Rating – 2/5
After watching Angel, Alien, and U.F.O. Encounters from Another Dimension and All American Horror: Gateways to Hell I had high hopes for Reality Entertainment and their documentaries. Though they are not typically the topics I look for in documentaries they still offer vast amounts of knowledge on the subjects while still keeping me entertained.
When I received my two copies of All American Horror: Gateways to Hell I also received two copies of Alien Crash in Roswell: The Truth Lost in Time. The documentary did not look entertaining but I also said that about the documentary Angel, Alien, and U.F.O. Encounters. So with an open mind I popped this one in to see what it was about.
**Spoiler Alert**The documentary follows Jesse Marcel Sr. who responded to a u.f.o crash in July of 1947. Marcel Sr. finds something spectacular in the wreckage and brought it home to his family and is immediately told by his commanding officer to pose with pieces of a weather balloon as one of the biggest cover ups in history.
Marcell Sr. then told the story to his son, Jesse Marcel Jr, who also spread the word to his son Jesse Marcel III. This was a family that loved a good story but had no imagination when it came to name picking.**Spoiler Alert**
What I truly liked about the other two documentaries was that they were very informative and relayed a lot of information while still keeping me entertained. Sadly, this documentary was not able to do that. They took what should have been a very short topic and stretched it as far as they could with some very dull filler.
The entire documentary revolves around Marcel Sr. and his involvement with the Roswell crash in 1947 and how he was ordered to cover it up. We then spend the remainder of the film trying to piece together the stories that were told to Marcel Jr. and III after many years of distortion.
The allegations are very one sided and no concrete proof are provided and what we do get are campfire tales that are told between each passing generation. In fact, the story is so far fetched that you would have to be a die hard believer to even give this one a time of day. Overall, you will need an open mind and with a side of gullibility to enjoy this one. I don’t recommend it.
