Government / Military

Irving Newton

1947

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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Connections (4)

confirmedRoswell Incident

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

Source: USAF Project Mogul report; Newton 1994 sworn statement

confirmedFort Worth AAF

base weather officer there in July 1947

Source: USAF Project Mogul report

confirmedRoger Ramey

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

Source: USAF Project Mogul report

disputedJesse Marcel

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

Source: Newton 1994 sworn statement (USAF Roswell report appendix)

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