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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.
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' .,. Wonnation Only t. 1_ Source: American UFO Committee Review, Vol 1 No 2, Sep V'+ Socorro 1 H. H. : . . I •t USA UNDERGOES UFO AVALANCHE! Beginning in late April the United States bas l i terallJ been besieged with aightings ot unidenti!ied !lying objects. Even in August, as this is being written, the "!lap" shows no signs or letting up. Sighting reports keep pouring in trom ·all Qver the nation. However, a very large percentage ot reports are coming !rom the 'llestern U.S., the Ohio Valley, and the Pennsylvania-New Jersey region. ' 'From its nationwide press clipping service AMUFO has received hundreds ot newspaper clippings dealing with UFO sightings. This enables us to con!ira the aajor sighting& and report directly to members. The !lap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie . z-ora (note incorrect spelling in above clipping) spot.ted an egg-ahaped metallic object abo~t a aile north ot the town. Two girder-like lege were visible on the aide of t~e object Zamora !aced (continued on page 3). ·-==========uro ·&VALANCE- continued troa p -~ = 1 Bight next to the object were two !igures, rather small in size • . . One ot the figures turned and apparently saw him. we ·will not rehash the 1 ~ matter, so sut!ice to say that the saucer subsequently let out. a roar and 1' - with a burst ot !lame took ott.· Two days later the incident made newspaper I ~ . · I ~ headlines all over the world. Shortly atter the Zamora sighting, more ~nding i ~ .reports c-e in !rom all over the state ot New Mexico and other parts at tne i } west. It is needless to elucidate all ot them here, since many aeabers will !have already. read ot them. However, tull coverage to all •64 sightinga will ,. given · ~n AMOFO's torthcoaing tull-length aook (see page tor details). ~ - ' ' · · · ~ leporhd ~are are aU VJ'O eigllUnca 1JWJ'O ll&a reoe1Ye4 4U'1AC n•._:- 1 ·-; · ' • .,.rio4. et Juae· lat · onnrc~; ,_ ;._ - __._.___ _ - - --~· .. __,,.), .,I IRob Mercer
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