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Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

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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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  • p. 3 …TWX regarding Capt Quintanilla's visit to Socorro dtd 30 Jun 2. TWX frcm SAFOI dtd…
  • p. 6 …EVALUATION OF TH~ RECENT UFO SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW i•lEXIC , 24 APRIL, CONTINUE TO BE…
  • p. 7 TDEW UFO Sighting, Socorro, Nev Mexico, 24 Apr 64 Hq USAF SAFOI PB {Mrs Gaiser) Wash…
  • p. 9 …Force and might be attributed to the Socorro 1 New V..exico sighting. FOR THE COMMANDER…
  • p. 10 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964 On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
  • p. 12 …TDEW UFO Sighting, Socorro, Nev Mexico, 24 Apr 64 26 May 64 Hq· USAF SAFOI PB…
  • p. 13 …On Tuesday I re April 1964, Capt Quintanilla directed Doctor J All.en Hynek to Socorro…
  • p. 14 …produce markings such as those ·round at Socorro. One knovn experiaental model, constructed by Bell Air…
  • p. 16 NARRATIVE OF SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTll~G 1 24 APRIL 1964 .. Shortly after 5:30 pm…
  • p. 22 …OFf\ClAL F\LE COPY I . 'l'DEW/UFO UP'O Sighting Socorro, Nev Mexico Test…
  • p. 23 …18 May 1964 TSgt Moody called Mr Opal Grinder at 835-9916 in Socorro New Mexico…
  • p. 24 …capt Quintanilla contacted the FTD liaison office at Holloman AFB regarding the Socorro sighting and requested…
  • p. 25 …with an unidentified flying object sighting at Socorro, Nev Mexico . The Air Force is · investigating the…
  • p. 28 …Cloud ~ ap operations were conducted in an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New…
  • p. 29 …Cloud Gap operations were conducted in an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, ~J…
  • p. 76 …Byrnes to;ould like for me to contact him at the state Po.Lice Office, Socorro…
  • p. 77 …1~f'r tI - ~ - Socorro of .t! ~- Wheels skidded. Made three attempts to climb hill~ ,Pl…
  • p. 86 ,, ttro~EL' Sccc; Apr11 ~ ~Y !·!.e:dco .1.964 Lonnie Zamora., 606 Resevoir street~ Socorro, !The…
  • p. 93 …jl.P..nci, lil%t of the Socorro t--otin~ D~:>J,.b"'Ul: ::.nt., , ;.~ - ~'>b…
  • p. 96 INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE z.A.'.iORA At 0530, Sunday…
  • p. 98 …Coral Lorenzen and husband were in Socorro at the time and had inter- viewed both Lonnie…
  • p. 100 .>, REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP On TUesday, April 28, 1964, in resp6nse to a call…
  • p. 103 …No 9 shows the town of Socorro in the distance, looking down longatudi- nally through the…
  • p. 105 …In about a month, I shall have occassion to return to the Socorro area, at which…
  • p. 106 …But, it is essential .that the Socorro case be given the treatment. I also questioned, while…
  • p. 126 …details on the April 24, sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zmmora. ,, Project 1964…
  • p. 127 …As I recall, the man ~as driving into Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, I no longer…
  • p. 129 …ly over his car. :Socorro on an isolated hill re- On AP'ril 24, 1964, Socorro…
  • p. 132 …ing of an unidentified flying object at the outskirts of Socorro Friday afternoon ·and the sighting…
  • p. 133 …American UFO Committee Review, Vol 1 No 2, Sep V'+ Socorro 1 H. H. : . . I •t…
  • p. 134 …policeman Lonnie zamora. !shaped object on the desert l about a mile south of Socorro. POLICE…
  • p. 135 …the so>clu·lf:'d hill where Socorro i an ~'.. an \\edg~:--l'?f'Pd im…
  • p. 136 ASTRONOMER TO NEW MEXICO Flying Objects Area Probed SOCORRO, N.M.-(jp)-An !Wright-Patterson Air…
  • p. 137 …ALBuQUERQUE JOURNAL SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 24 Apr 64DATE: 29 APR 64 Air Force UFO Expert to…
  • p. 138 …28 APR 64 . • • SOCORRO NEW MEXICO DATE: 24 APR 64 A rash of unidentified fly- e…
  • p. 139 …SOCORRO, April 27 lA'! - Socorro police were called to the scene last night where an . ·cer…
  • p. 140 '~"'~ ' i' '... . " . .. .n~".· ,, J ~-"'t:~".t · ·s ,)~.l~"~.l ) i.,:i:'\.11 SOCORRO ll'l -Dr. J…
  • p. 141 …his investigation of a Socorro policeman's report that he saw a mysterious ilying ob-- ject…
  • p. 143 …the heels of e similar report from a Socorro pol ! r.-~ :nr:.n. Lonnie Zamora, who…
  • p. 144 …the one-11 l desc·ribej at Socorro. Sho s :lid i she is investigating the…
  • p. 145 …southwest or Socorro Sunday night, where city officer Lonnie · Z3mora firsl r('poft"l.!tl see…
  • p. 147 …r : (! from a Socorro tee::1ager . •u A;bu-! querquc motorist, ) ~ · .'i :: 1•< o I men…
  • p. 149 …5 CASES of sightings 1n 1963 or early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings · 25 Apr…
  • p. 150 …BE A'I'l'RIBUTED TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING: 1. 26,Apr 64, Grants…
  • p. 151 …were irregularly ly landed there," Chavez A report by a Socorro po- spaced with the distance…
  • p. 152 …gained ·sudden national attention Friday after he saw an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro said…
  • p. 153 …drove 1 to Socorro from Tucson to take samples of the soil and , indicated the story…
  • p. 154 …sightin J! of a UFO in Socorro puzzled by lack of radar con- balls and meteorites…
  • p. 155 …29 A.r 6 Flying Object Expert Checks Socorro Scene Astronomer Takes Photos At UFO Site…
  • p. 159 …Gallegos' report came on I the heels of a similar report II from a Socorro policeman…
  • p. 160 …objects ( in the sky between here and ~ Socorro. ~' The rash of incidents start- ed .Friday when…
  • p. 161 …Gallegos' report came on• the heels o! a similar report 1 from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie…
  • p. 162 .ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL 26 APRIL 1994 ) 1JE JOU:-'''/' '- \Mysterious Object Pays Visit to Socorro Area I SOC…
  • p. 163 ' , PRICE lOc SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology…
  • p. 166 …The original Socorro report had wide public 1ty, hut to date the A F has never…
  • p. 167 …P'ass and 1 ound scorched indentations o;: :ed&'e-shaped the Socorro aft e &'round…
  • p. 168 …Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora . that the UFO he saw…
  • p. 170 …burned by exhaust a mile south of Socorro. He denied from the saucer. j seeing any…
  • p. 171 …United Press International thing very few have ever flew away after he got within SOCORRO, N…
  • p. 172 …Flymg Obects Zamora, when contacted at since Friday when Socorro sat~ from h~s Oklahoma…
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~~r,~, u :\ 10-ycar-old Ed~cwocd youth says f.c f ~r cJ '"
:.ho u at one of ;\lew 1\!cX:co'• unidentified !! y in~ o bj c ts .
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Tb . rc:;>ort "aid · Adams told of seein~; the obi · ct
-abont l l O feet off the ~round : He said it appeared to he I
a fl:.:o:.e..;ccn: or glowing ~re.:n-colored object al.out 2S J·
feet !on:;. . 1'~ .?J-.J } f' ) I...... _, \.:.;:::.J
He tnld the office: he C:rove his car under :he me ear.y ~c.::: ;. y, sa.td he
. 1'olicema n L on n i e Zamora o!uce that ptctures of an UF -.,: .::<> ,ot yet ~~ ·-~ t h e
: 'igh ted ;,n egg - shap~d object stghted in 1956 . by a s hi :- · ;- .-.:c.gra pils.
·,·rhi\·h ro.1rcd of! th•! ground, ?oard ~ad10 offlcer were 1: ;.re 1nwhi!e. r.t i 1 i t a r y of..
ll.!a\ ing dec~ impres.:iions and lng malled to Zamora. ::.:~ ill : ; at :Cin!i..-:d .md Rollo...
Lun:ed P"tches. The photos were taken 1: .. ' . ~ Alr ?vrc" b.~>es a n d
· Fired 12 Shots T. Fog! aboard the USS Ran · l'i.,! tE S:;r:ds ·.:is; !e F.ange
Don Adams of Edg;;wood toldlsey off the California coa. stgnt. .
long thin;:" early today. He ·
. told of hitting the UFO si~
' times and hearing the bullet:
; bounce from it.
' As he paused to reload, thi!er.tJy northward. He w a 1
Jnal::le to determine whcthe1
j ?:'ots 7 to 12 st~ck 'the thixlg.
1 .~' e Jesertbed tt as being a
, . t;:ht green color, · about 25 or
i :10 . f~_et long, and silent. He
l:mtd 1t hovered about 100 feet
, directly over his he:od.
t &lgewood is about 30 mHes
t:~t of Albuquerque.
~ A oe:v hours earlier, a mo-
• to:tsl 1n the Las V .ogas area
: rEpo,·tcd seeing a ba!l of !ire
; whicit apparently landed near 1
__ ..h.eld be- ~
 ti-
mates '!'an;;ing !rom lhn ide l·
tiry rumseU beculd be Iau~ed at, ::aid •gs .
Stale Police Sgt. !·am· • 'h av• z
said he was told by :·:ocor "
pc!iceman Lonnie :Zamora th t ,
th ·~ UFO he . saw l:"rid: Y. U ~
first of the series of si~ llting '· .
bad red markings on its ~ ilvc1 y
si.ing 1 • !
but that the Air Force had to ·1 i
hi•n not ·to dL ..
/ lie~ she saw a fire with som• ·
th.ng in it in Ole sa me vicini!~
wl ere Zamora had been.
Orlando Gallc:,:os, 35, of San! 1 ·
1 Fe, said he saw a . craft HS Ion-!
as a telephone pole and ah01 t
14 feet in circumfrcncc nc:; r
hi~ father's home n->r..h. CJ! L 1
M: dera.
!:tate Police Capt. Marl in V ·
gil investigated the La ~ : ader '
si>.ht1n~. He found the :~roun · I
sti 1 smouldering 20 hour' artr r .
the si::;htin;;. He said rocks in!
the center of U1e area wer·) '
split, a bottle was mcltecl and
gr.Jcn bru.h had bCd down Ollt " f tl .t! s:r
n 1.. ~ ..,..... ' ') ...,Rob Mercer

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