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FBI files on the Socorro UFO landing

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This is an FBI FOIA release sent to John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault on September 16, 2020, under request 1474900-000. It contains 1964 Albuquerque field office teletypes, airtels and memoranda on Officer Lonnie Zamora's report of an oval object with a red insignia that rose with a roar and flame near Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, 1964. Agent D. Arthur Byrnes Jr. noted four indentations and burned patches. Kirtland AFB officers said they could not explain Zamora's observations, and the FBI did not investigate.

  • p. 1 …UFO NEAR SOCORRO Dear Mr. Greenewald: The enclosed 25 pages of records were determined to be…
  • p. 9 …UNIDENTIFIED PLYING OBJECT SOCORRO;' NEW MEXICO APRIL 24, 1964- MISCELLANEOUS - INPORMA'1'IONCO}!CERNING _ (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE…
  • p. 10 …SOCORRO, ~ THAT AT ABOUT, t({;~.,.. ""/ FIVE FIFTY PM MST, WHILE IN SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED…
  • p. 11 …CAPTAIN L-1_____--IluP RANGE COMMANDER, STALLION RANGE CENTER, SOCORRO, N.M., ADVISED AT ONCE APRIL…
  • p. 12 …DIRECTOR, FB I SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO APRIL 24, 1964…
  • p. 14 …FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Albuquerque~ New Mexico lVf..ay 8 ~ 1964 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO i…
  • p. 16 …Lonnie Zamora, 606 Reservoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134~ Officer Socorro Police Department about five…
  • p. 17 …The flame was possibly a mile south of Socorro i in isolated area. The flame about…
  • p. 20 …Radioed to sheriff'is office, "Socorro 2 to Socorro, possible 10=44 (accident)g IVll be…
  • p. 24 …New Mex:j.co State Police at Socorro) I calling me on radio for my location…
  • p. 30 …J Majorl ladvised that he and T/sgt.1 I \ had examined the site at Socorro…
  • p. 31 …L........--:----:"~_~......I and Socorro Coun-CY Undersheriff I Ion 4/24/64, advised that they an…
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Insignia ,was about two and one-half feet high and about
two feet wide$ guess. Was in middle of object, like
C ~ ~ :=> 0 Object still like aluminum-white.
After fell by car and glasses fell off$ kept
running to north with car between me and object. Glanced
back cou'ple of times. Noted object to rise to about level
of carp about twenty to twenty-five feet, guess--took I
guess about six seconds when object started to rise and I
glanced back. I ran I guess about half way to where I
ducked down--about'fifty feet from the car is where I ducked
down p just over edge of hill. I guess I had run about
twenty-five feet when I glanced back and saw the object about
level with the car and 'it appeared about directly over the
place where it rose from.
I was still running and I jumped just over the
pill--I stopped because I did not hear the roar. I was
scared of the roar p and I had planned to continue running
down the hill. I turned around toward the object and at
same time put my head towards ground p covering my face with
my arms. Being that there was no roar$ I looked up, and I
saw the object going away from me, in a southwest direction.
When the roar stopped$ heard a sharp tone Whine from high
tone to low tone. At end of roar was this whine and the
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