Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

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SOCORRO ll'l -Dr. J. Allen
Hynek, sp~cial unidc!ltified 1
fl:nn:; object consultant f o rj'
the Air Force, arrived in So-
corro Tuesday night to begin!
his invcstit;~ation ol a Socorro,
pc!iceman's rcpo:t tr.ot he!
saw :1 myste:ious flying oO.. !
jcct l:.st !"ri.Cay. ID~. Hync;. said he ho!)ed to
ta :!= to the policeman, Lon!lie I
Z:.moca, and then visit t h el
site v:hc:re Zamora says he
saw t.'1e object this mornin:;.,
Dr. Hynek, o! the D e a ~
bvm Obsc:-Jatory at North-!
western University, said he!
wculd decide whether to visit
Espanola, where another ob- i
ject was reportedly spotted ,
over the weekend, after hi sl
investigation of the Socorro;
incidcr.t. :
He s:>.id l'.c had not been ad-
vi•cd hy the Air Fo:cc if his
presence here inc!icatcs that
the governmer,t has eliminat.
ed the possibility of U. S. air-
cr~ft ha,:in: cao.!sed the re-
po~tid ·
T. Sgt, David :Moody of thej'
o!! .ce already was in New :
~r~xiCo ;!nd would assi3~ D1·.1=
Hynek in t.1e investigation. · ·
Fh ed at Object I1'he mos t recent re;;ort of 1
the obj ~c:s carr.e cnrly Tues·
da ~' morning from Sta~e Po-
lierman Tomr.1y Richardson
of the US-56 community of
Moriany.
F.e s c·ted hi! then got out and '
firei si" shots at the Qbjcct,
relc "de:i onri fired again. ·
T1.c I eport was a:1oL"tcr in
a St· ~ ics w:"l.ich tavc kept New .
Me:~co a~:! rr.ilitary authori-
ties JU!'Y sbce Z~mora's or-
iginal r!pcrt F!"iciay. The re-
por:~. 1:ntr! Tt.:csd:J.y, had
carr c from p.1ir1ts fonow!ng a
lir.e Crom sv'.>th of Truth or
Con scq_Lenc:es to an area ncar
Esponoln.
Spa:': Fieinb:s J!inted
AL 'rt:cson, the d1rector of
tho Ae:ial Phenomena Re-
Ccntinaed on A-U
~I • :-. ,,~'I ··a- -. ?t lf4 • ... ... ~'- D::rns
s~Ffered by Cirl
Vlho 'Saw' Obj~ct '
By THE _AssociATED PRE:s II.> 1 ~,·e been left by some type,
State officers ;~net th~ nH!ItJry . of l:mdinn ncar
A 10-year-o!d girl was treat-l -
ed for "infra-red burns'' oa h~r 1
!ace a!le:.- si':.e s..1.id she watched
an «c~g .. shapcd." · oo;c~: hov~r ..
ing :1ear Lowell El~mentary
School T:J~!sd.ay noon !or about
10 minutes.
a.r~ invl'?ti:;ati~g more unidcn·J T :, ~ 1:1.ic& rc.port came from
lifted llrmg ol>;cct r~por:s. I a s~n:~ Fe rce girl
was treated by a physician :or
bum.i aboat the eyes and n~se
who, accordbg to Jo!ly. sa;d
he believes Sh:uon '"saw some ..
thing and it "burned her."
Sharon said it was not the
sun she was loo~ing at. She
told Jolly the object was to the
northeast and the sun was be-
hind her. Her parents said
Sharon is very truthful.
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sea rch Org:Jnizotion said she I
believes intelligent be in & ~ ~
from another planet made,
several landings in New Me:; .. !
ico in the past few days.
.. We are convinced the So-
corro policeman saw what he
said he saw.". Coral Loren-
zen, the director, said aft c ~.
her return fror.1. investigatir.::
the reported Jar.ding of a UF'C>
near Socorro.
Mrs. Lorenzen said t ~ u.;.
sighting of an object nort'l- 1west of Espanola early Su~- \
day was similar to the o.1"'
described at Socorro. She sa u\ 1'
she is investig:~ting the other ,•
reported sightings duri.,g be :1
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past ·few days. [:
The organization was fonn- :
ed by Mrs. Lorenzen in 1952 ,1
ro and the Espanola area. ~n •>bjcc• early Sunday momin;:
State Police Capt. Martin · ~• :1is Cather's home north oi
Vl~ii saiJ inv~tif::ttors from: L:1 ~:3dera. sitting in a gravel IKir,:~nd Air Force !lase at Al· ar~.t.
buqut"t'quc w~re to arrive in Es- S::.ttc Police received a report .
panola today after noting the fro::: two men travclin'"' in the
similarity in the di!!ercnt re- same area Saturday ni~ht th::~t
ports. · a r.;·ing- objcet, which they s:1jd
All cf the reported sigh:iags I tl swooped down toward !hctr .
oval or cn:·sh~ped objects, ~ car. thea ,·eerec off. ,.
!lame.,; surr)uding the ct·oit I Al Socorro, "h res· i r.::~;: . froCl " city cffi,·er, " ·
s1ons tlnt owccrs say appc:a r :~ o!rr · st. G~""Ol';!~ ~litropoi: .. or
, _t,.!bU=it.:C:"qU.c away some hor:,t•-; :I
w~n he saw U1e object. He said 1
he was about 200 feet ~w a y .
1when he first saw it.
G:~UCgos said then~ was no '
nois.· and as he watdlPd. th:lll ;
:.. mel: 1 wilhout window:', JS lung.
• as a 'telephone pole and :.bout
14 («~t in cir""mferl!n•·e. It was
egg· ;hapcd. he satd. an.w prints alon;: with thanol:l when the fl> in.; ob·
jcct came strai~:ht !O\lard !heir
e:sr. They said it \'ccr~d .1way
and all thcr could s~c w:>.s a jet
streJm vi blue flame .Rob Mercer