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This FBI Albuquerque office memorandum, dated May 8, 1964, reports on an unidentified flying object seen at Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, 1964. Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr. went to the site and describes four depressions, burned grass and circular marks in the ground. The memo also gives Officer Lonnie Zamora's detailed account of a flame and a roar, a shiny aluminum-like object with two figures in white coveralls, a red insignia, and the object's departure. The memo states that it contains no conclusions.
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## UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT by Officer Samora. These depressions appeared regular in shape, approximately sixteen by six inches rectangular. Each depression seemed to have been made by an object going into the earth at an angle from a center line. Each depression was approximately two inches deep and pushed some earth to the far side. Inside the four depressions were three burned patches of clumps of grass. Other clumps of grass in the same area appeared not to be disturbed. One burned area was outside the four depressions. There were three circular marks in the earth which were smooth, approximately four inches in diameter and penetrated in the sandy earth approximately one-eighth of an inch as if a jar lid had gently been pushed into the sand. No other person was noted in the area the night of April 24, 1964. No other objects were noted in the area possibly connected with the incident related by Officer Zamora. So far as could be noted, there were no houses or inhabited dwellings in the area or in sight of the area.
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