Irving Newton

U.S. Air Force Weather Officer

First person to identify the Roswell crash debris as a downed weather balloon.

Irving Newton was a meteorologist in the Army Air Corp during World War II, stationed on many islands in the Pacific theatre and even flew recon for the Enola Gay. After the war he famously was the first person to identify the Roswell crash debris as a downed weather balloon, after the debris was flown to the Fort Worth Army Air Field. At the time he was a warrant officer and the bases only weather forecaster on duty. He continued his career in the U.S. Air Force until 1965, having served in the Korean War and the start of the Vietnam War.

The Roswell Incident

June-July 1947

The Roswell Incident is the granddaddy of UFO lore, the event which propelled UFO fascination into the modern mainstream zeitgeist. Over 75 years later, questions are still outstanding and the incident is shrouded in mystery. We know something crashed in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1947....