FBI files on the Socorro UFO landing

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UNiTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Albuquerque~ New Mexico
lVf..ay 8 ~ 1964
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
SOCORRO i NEW MEXICO
APRIL 24~ 1964
Special Agent D4 Arthur Byrnes, Jr., Federal
Bureau of Investigation, stationed at Albuquerque, New
Mexico~ was at Socorro, New Mexico, and at the State
Police Office there on business late afternoon of
Apri 1 24 ~ 1964 0
At approximately 5:45" to 5:50 Po Mo ,I
radio operator in the Socorro County Sheriffts~O~f~f~i-c-e-~----~
located about thirty feet down the hall from the State
Police Office~ came into the State Police Office.
L."-....,....-."....-....,,.........,.....I advisedl I New Mexico state
Police, that he had just received a radio call from Officer
Lonnie Zamora to come to an area about one mile southwest
of Socorro 0 The call was in re lation to some unknown
object which t'landed and has taken off." Agent Byrnes
finished his work in the State Police Office at Socorro
at approximate ly 6: 00 P. M. i Apri 1 24 I 1964 I and there-
after proceeded to the site . r Zamora
Socorro County Undersheriff Sergeant~r------'
I I and Officer New Mexico state Police~
were assembled.
It may be noted that it has been the observation
of Agent Byrnes that Officer Zamora~ known intimately for
approximately five years, is" well regarded as a sober,
industrious, and conscientious officer and.not given
to fantasy.
Officer Zamora was noted to be perfectly sober
and somewhat agita~ed over his experience.
Special Agent Byrnes noted four indentations
in the rough ground at the "site" of the object described
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