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Irving Newton

1947-07-08Roswell Incident

The Fort Worth Army Air Field base weather officer who, on July 8, 1947, was summoned to Gen. Ramey's office and identified the displayed Roswell debris as a weather balloon and RAWIN radar target. He reaffirmed this in a 1994 sworn statement for the USAF inquiry. Birth/death dates not established.

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident" 1994-07-27

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Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident"

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Fort Worth weather officer who identified the displayed debris as a balloon and RAWIN radar target, Jul 8 1947

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Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell debris was sent there in July, 1947. ... "I told them that this was a balloon and a RAWIN target. . . ."

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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Caveat THE DAY IS NOT IN THE DOCUMENT. It says "in July, 1947". July 8 is an inference from the date of the Ramey press conference; the report does not date Newton's identification. The day was removed.
→ Roger Ramey

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summoned to Gen. Ramey's office to identify the wreckage

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He was told that he was to report to General Ramey's office to view the material.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 24 · read off the page footer
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→ Jesse Marcel

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Newton claimed Marcel tried to pass the target sticks off as bearing alien writing, which Newton rejected

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Newton also stated that ". . . while I was examining the debris, Major Marcel was picking up pieces of the target sticks and trying to convince me that some notations on the sticks were alien writings." ... "He did not convince me that these were alien writings."

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 24 · read off the page footer
rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from
→ Fort Worth AAF

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base weather officer there in July 1947

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Newton was a weather officer assigned to Fort Worth, who was on duty when the Roswell debris was sent there in July, 1947.

Report of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
printed p. 24 · read off the page footer
rendered and read by eye — the grade this project quotes from

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Irving Newton → Roswell Incident

Fort Worth weather officer who identified the displayed debris as a balloon and RAWIN radar target, Jul 8 1947

Fort Worth weather officer who identified the displayed debris as a balloon and RAWIN radar target, July 1947

THE DAY IS NOT IN THE DOCUMENT. It says "in July, 1947". July 8 is an inference from the date of the Ramey press conference; the report does not date Newton's identification. The day was removed.