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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.

  • p. 10 …pm, in an unpopulated area full of hills and gullies and covered with sagebrush. Following is…
  • p. 14 …He also observed the pollee car heading up the hill tova.rd the spot where the…
  • p. 16 …travel a little-used road over several hills and gullies. Af"ter two or three ef…
  • p. 77 …Made three attempts to climb hill~ ,Pl./ / .• "B" 800' / ------------ ~ · First sighting of o1)jec :~. Stopped car…
  • p. 86 …to back down and try again before mU.ing the hill.. 1Iil1 abcut 60ft.. loug.P…
  • p. 87 …ard J j~ j~t over the hill--I s ·tG~..t~\~cause I did not…
  • p. 97 …He turned off the road and proceeded to a point up a hill where he could…
  • p. 102 …He thus came up upon the object from behind the hill and from the side, so…
  • p. 106 …The tourist also commented that he had seen a police car heading up the hill. This…
  • p. 129 …ly over his car. :Socorro on an isolated hill re- On AP'ril 24, 1964, Socorro…
  • p. 135 …or radar the so>clu·lf:'d hill where Socorro i an ~'.. an \\edg~:--l'?f…
  • p. 136 …ed hill where a Socorro po- tion in Socorro will deter- (I W h" t th…
  • p. 145 …P.er parents said !hal she saw a fire in lhc hills ISharon is very tnith…
  • p. 151 …As Zamora moved closer he lost sight of the object behind a hill. He continued driving…
  • p. 157 …short "men." Zamora continued driving up the hill to get a closer look. When he stopped…
  • p. 164 …ject that would compare to the tile hill to get a closer look at the 1…
  • p. 167 …tnl ~ty~yto examtfre the secluded hill W'here a Socorro policeman reported seeing a…
  • p. 174 …that she saw a fire in the hills southwest of Socorro Sunday night. where city officer…
  • p. 193 …leu Sllg6est tba;t when Za!X>l"a 's car crested tl:e hill, the…
  • p. 196 …As you 1;ey know, we have rented a house at 57 Avon Hill Street . I…
46 OFFICIAL CASm, 25 Apr - 17 May 64. 5 CASES of sightings 1n 1963 or
early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings ·
25 Apr
26Apr
Z,Apr
23 Apr
.ALBtJ~ 1 NEW MEXICO AREA
Socorro
LaMadera
Edaewood, N Mexico
Albuquerque
· Unidentified Observer Rotaing Navigation Beacon
Gallegos Fire 1n dump
Adams · Hoax
Sharon stull Dr Report, Conjunctivitis
caused b;y dust wind, etc
(Also reports of ECHO 1 Venus and night photo missions accounted for 10-15 other
reports 811Svered by phone at local level~ Sgt Moody end l>tajor Conner's, and no
tormal reports turned in. )
19-25 Apr
22 Apr
25-26 kpr
23 Apr
re Apr
re-29Apr
29 Apr
30 Apr
. Early !'JBY
1 May
J May.
1 May
1 May
4 May '
4 May
5 May
6 May
6May
6 May
6 May
8 May
9 May
10 May
11 May
11 May
13 May
13 May
14 May
15 May
15 May
16 May
16 May
17 May
17 May
OTHER. ·REPORTS
Miles City 1 Montana
lwbsinee, Wise (Reported 23 Apr)
Phoenix, Arizona (w/Photos)
·Miamisburg, Ohio
Minot AFB, South Dakota (w/Radar)
San Jose 1 Calif
PaeUic
San Jose, Calif'
.Ashville, North Carolina (Multiple)
Mehlville, lwb .
St George, Utah (Fil.m/nocbject)
Pacific .
North Carver 1 }.(..ass
Cannon AFB, New Mexico
Boise 1 Idaho
Middletown 1 Ohio
CXl tlook, M:>ntana
Yellow Springs, Ohio (Phs Spec)
Savannah, Georgia
Pacific
Ft Collins, Coloredo
Chicego, Ill
Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Hawaii
Kettering, Ohio
Denver 1 Colorado
Caresbad 1 Nev Mexico
DfYton, Ohio
Deyton, Ohio
Dayton, Cbio
Da;yton, Ohio
Dayton 1 Ohio
· Canton • Akron, Ohio
Wil..tington, Ohio
Insufficient Data
ECHO I
A/C (Fboto. Mission)
Venus
A/C
Balloon
Satellite
Venus
Other (Misinterpretatt> n
of' Conventional objects)
Venus
Balloon
Prob Satellite
Venus
1. Venus 2. Balloon
Flares
Venus
Hoax
Part of Crashed B57
A/C
Satellite
ECOO I
Meteor
ECHO I
J'l.sres
A/C
(Pending)
Astro (Uar/Planet)
Venus
!X:HO
Balloon
A/C
!niJUf'f'/Data
Ajc
InBuff' DataRob Mercer

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