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This 217-page Project Blue Book desk file on the 24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico sighting by policeman Lonnie Zamora comes from the Rob Mercer collection. It contains the Blue Book record card, which carries the case as unidentified pending more data, along with Foreign Technology Division messages and resumes and a narrative of the sighting. It also holds inquiries about lunar modules, helicopters and VTOL craft, soil and radiation findings, and a letter by J. Allen Hynek rejecting Donald Menzel's hoax hypothesis.
“Lonnie Zamora”45 pages
- p. 2 …COMMENTS
Sighting of landing by Lonnie Zamora • . Initially believed to be observation
of Lunar module type…
- p. 7 …unidentified fi.ying object
sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of Socorro, Nev Mexico • .
a. At appi…
- p. 10 …1964, a Socorro, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie Zamora, reported
sighting an object about a mile…
- p. 12 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object
sighted by Mr ·Lonnie Zamora, of…
- p. 14 …what type of vehicle or object
Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, •ev…
- p. 16 …Shortly after 5:30 pm on Friday 1 24 .April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora
ot the…
- p. 18 …Major Connor and Sgt Moody had talked vith the witness
Lonnie Zamora. Mr Zamot'a is…
- p. 24 …vehicle at White Sands capable of causing
the eighting as _described by Lonnie Zamora.Rob Mercer
- p. 28 …to the description provided by police officer Lonnie
Zamora.
Since certain aerial surveillance flight s wer…
- p. 29 …j ption provide d by police officer Lonnie
Zamora.
Since certain aerial surveillance fli ghts were…
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Lonnie Zamora., 606 Resevoir street~ Socorro, !The…
- p. 96 …We contacted Sgt Chavez, the
State Police officer Who was the first to reach Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 97 …The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora.
Shortly after 5…
- p. 98 …Lonnie Zamoras description of the object is vague.
The only specific detail being the red marking…
- p. 101 …the
matter, Lonnie; you look like you've seen the devil. " And Zamora
stated, "Well, maybe…
- p. 129 …Policeman Lonnie Zamora saw sighting, said he ·attached no'
j And to lbelp find clues to…
- p. 132 …Socorro City Officer Lonnie
Zamora told of seeing the egg-
. shaped vehicle, roughly t"e s…
- p. 133 …The !lap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie .
z-ora (note incorrect…
- p. 134 …policeman Lonnie zamora. !shaped object on the desert l
about a mile south of Socorro.
POLICE…
- p. 136 …He planned to visit the
place where officer Lonnie
Zamora said he spotted the
· object Friday…
- p. 137 …Hynek said he hoped to
talk to the policeman, Lonnie
Zamora, and then visit t h…
- p. 138 …Edgewood is about 30 miles \
I !=ity Officer Lonnie Zamora east of Albuquerque.
~1d he saw…
- p. 139 …l.. ,.,,,..,·····--··-······: ---· --·---...-~:~
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Officer Lonnie Zamora.
Heights Resident
Saw 'Object' Here
Mitropolis said there w a s
another…
- p. 142 …he was told by :·:ocor "
pc!iceman Lonnie :Zamora th t ,
th ·~ UFO he . saw l…
- p. 143 …Lonnie Zamora, who said. he
· spotted nn object nea r Secor-
. ro Friday night. Zan1ora, in…
- p. 147 …from a Socorro p::;Ecc~ar.,ll
Lonnie Zamora, who s<:.~d he
spotte~ an o…
- p. 151 …from the position of what marks, Zamora said he
Officer Lonnie Zamora apparently w ere · landing…
- p. 152 …experience had taught
him something. ·
Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora said he would · tu~
around and run…
- p. 154 …Mexico who has
!icem a n Lonnie Zamora re- ported. 'an international reputation in asked Zamora…
- p. 159 …Lonnie Zamora, who said he
spotted an object near Socor- j
ro Friday night. Zamora, in…
- p. 161 …Lonnie Zamora, who said he 1
spotted an object near Socor-
ro Friday night. Zamora, in…
- p. 163 …Seel.ng UfQ Landed City Policeman Lonnie Zamora,
a highly reliable source, saw a
North Of…
- p. 166 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on hl~h
way patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft…
- p. 167 …He planned to visit the place
where officer Lonnie Zamora
said he apotted the object Fri…
- p. 168 …Sam Chavez
said he was told by Socorro
policeman Lonnie Zamora . that
the UFO he saw…
- p. 171 …of an unusual visitor was a
Socorro Policeman Lonnie Za- Zamora said he spotted an burned…
- p. 173 …from a Socorro policeman,
Lonnie Zamora, who said be
' spotted an object near Socor-
' ro Friday…
- p. 175 …e man who started it all, Socoro ~6lice rnan lonnie · 7,amor!:', say's
e next…
- p. 176 I
Air Force Probes
Policeman's Story
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Saucer1
at Sands
- SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 177 …to the policeman, Lonnie
Zamora, and then visit t h e
site where Zamora says he…
- p. 178 …Lonnie Zamora,
reported sighting an object on the
ground a mile south of the town
at…
- p. 181 …Principal in the Socorro sec-
tion of the film was city police-
man Lonnie Zamora. He…
- p. 184 …Hynek said be hoped to
talk to the policeman, Lonnie .
Zamora, and then visit t h…
- p. 185 …to talk to Socorro police· II
man Lonnie Zamora who started
it all when he said…
- p. 198 …He said that Zamora had not wanted to be in the picutr~
but it was at…
UFO sighting.- '!he data was collected and no positive conclusion
reached. On Tuesday I re April 1964, Capt Quintanilla directed
Doctor J All.en Hynek to Socorro to obtain additional data. Com-
posite resul:ts ot the investigation by Capt Holder, Sgt ~Y,
Dr Hynek snd Major Conner indicated that the attached narrative
_depicts the true circumstances ot the sighting.
b. Specific Findings from ·Efi'orts to Date:
(1) On the evening of' 24 April 1964 Sgt Chavez of' the
Bev Mexico State Police accompanied by .Agent Burns of the FBI and
Capt Richard Bolder conducted a sea..l'"Ch of the area surrounding the
aighting. 'lhere vere no auto.:nobile tire markings or markings of
any sort 1n the area other than those located at the site of the
alleged lending and so noted in Capt Holder's report.
(2) Radioactivity: Hajor Conner and Sgt f.~ checked
the area tor radiation. There \laS no radioactivity in the area
of the sighting.
(3) Helo Activity: A Check vas made to determine it
any helicopter activity was in the area at the approximate time
ot the sighting. 'lhis check was conducted at l-!11 te Sands by
Capt Bolder Wo .talked with the pilots and operational personnel.
All helicopters at ~ te Sands vere in the hangars at the time of
the aighting. Sgt ~ checked all J..RS helicopters at Kirtland
AFB and the landing gear did not coincide vith the marks on the
ground. Belo activity wea ch~cked within a radius of 300 miles
1nclud1 ng Biggs AFB at El Paso vith negative results. All mi 11tary
helos including those associated with Project Cloud Gap have been
eliminated as a possible cause of t!le sighting. However 1 civilian
helicopter activity ..as not ccmpletely detennined.
(4) Radar SUrvellance of the Area: Capt Holder contacted
radar sites at \Jiite Sands and Al!iili8ordo. He was i.n:f'onned that ·
there wss no unidentified activity in the area during the time ot
the sighting.
(5) . Soil Samples: '!be soil samples obtained at the sighting
vere g1:ven to Dr J Allen Hynek by Capt Holder. '!hey were turned
over to Captain Quintanilla 'Who in turn submitted them tO ASD for
analysis. Laboratory analysis of the soil was completed on 19 May 64.
It included spectrographic analysis wicb revealed that there vas no
foreign material in the soil samples. Also, no chemicals were
detected in the charred or burned soil vhich vould indicate a type
o~ propellant. 'lbere was no aign:iticant difference in elemental
CClmpOSition bet\reen the different semplea.
2Rob Mercer
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