Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

SOU;:{CE: AI2U~t.JERQJJE JO~:·~;.:,
DATE: 28 APR 64
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SAXTA FE (UP!) - Xcw ,
IM · • . 1 "d" .1 ex1co s perenmo ac. :c:ro:>..
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to flying saucers h ~ s take:1 :
hold of the state again with
more "objects" reported to
police over the weekend.
The latest, which brou;;;ht
out the Air Force and ~e
FBI, was spotted early Su.;.- j
day morning at La ::-,ru.C.cra, j
about 50 miles no:-t'!l. c.f Sar.-
ta Fe. State Polke Cautaln
Martin Vig:J. said, ·'tcer~- ' ':as
defL'litely so:nethl::g the:~."
1 Orlando Gallt!g'O:> of S:m:a
Fe told State Folic~ he get
within 200 feet ot a hu ~ c ne:-
al object that loo:;ed :E::e a:>.
egg-sha?ed but.:n'" t a:-.k. Ee
said :law~s sp~rt ~ :i siler...:!y (
from au m e:cus j .;;~ s :~ :·o;,::.:i i
the bot ~om of the ob_l ;:c_:. I: l
was as long as a t e .e-;J!l'J:'la :
pole and about 14 ff~"'~ 1:1 .::r-1
cumference, he tc.<i :;::.:;lice. 1'
Galle;os' report ::;J:ne 0:1
the heels of a si m ~ la :· ~·cnortl
from a Socorro p::;Ecc~ar.,ll
Lonnie Zamora, who s<:.~d he
spotte~ an o~!e;t ~:~02.:· ~o.::o;-1
ro Fnday nl 0 h,. Zar.,o.a, .:...'"1,
clearing up false I(;Jj~t" t !l S~'"l-1
day, said the o:J;ect. rose I
about 20 feet off ·tJ::•? gro--.:.nd I
and slowly flew a•. ••'1;·. ISimilar reports . ~ :: r : (! from
a Socorro tee::1ager . •u A;bu-!
querquc motorist, ) ~ · .'i :: 1•< o I
men driving in th ·~ :i. J. ~<:d- i
era area Saturday :m,):l. Ti:::e !
Albuquerque motor ~ ! ; i; , George I
Mitro polis, said b: saw a I
"silver looking" ob ! e: ~ . It dis- Iappeared over a mm;_rrtain in
the Caballo Rcscr\·ei:- area.
In both the Sacor•o and ~'he !
La Madera r e p o r t s the!
ground in the ar -~a~ ·..,here !
the objects were T('_p::rted to
have landed v."a~ ~curciled.
a!ld burned. Also ~cut: ci were
"paw prints, like ;.. ::-.(•i":.!:::ain
lion's," as . \Veil '-.: ~ · ·1:-_c.,C:ing
gear marks" - fc ·~r i:np:·es-:
sions in the dirt. 1
Until th: re~eJ:l~ _ ;;? c:tt.:;:g_s.f
the last'l!."Udcntifle•: ~ •. · ~ r. t; oo-1ject was spotted. b : ; , ··: :~: C):
ico near Galit:p Ia·.·: L: "t ::;::ar
by several moto::-i:: .::..~. c am- j
pus policemr.n at ;i· '! i.-:l:ver-!
sity of Xe\\.. 1,·Iexic\; a:sc s,;c:.- ;
teci the Gallup o'Lj.:c i nyi:::: r
in the . western ~ ::y :ot t:1c Isame urr.e. ,
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24 APR 64Rob Mercer