There’s no doubt that the balloon crashed and Major Marcel and his son, destined to become the flight surgeon Dr Jesse Marcel Jr, looked at the debris on their kitchen table (or so Dr Marcel said).
20+ years later the retired Lt Colonel Marcel characterized that debris as an alien artifact when talking to ufologist Stanton Friedman.
It’s uncertain what role alcohol may have had in that conversation, but it is true that Dr Jesse Marcel Jr mentioned to me that his father had an alcohol problem at that time.
You’re referring to the metallic like debris that when Marcel wadded it up in his hand it returned to its original form? Also he said you couldn’t scratch it or cut it.