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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. 137 …Don Adams of Edgewood, Continued From A-1 . Inear Moriarty, who told of A sea water…
  • p. 138 …gear istics and landing gears to Don Adams of Edgewood told objects believes intelligent be- marks…
  • p. 141 …He said he had a call ' 7r n 1 Don Adams ot Edge' "•>C ;l.,near…
  • p. 142 …rc:;>ort "aid · Adams told of seein~; the obi · ct -abont l l O feet off…
  • p. 149 …Rotaing Navigation Beacon Gallegos Fire 1n dump Adams · Hoax Sharon stull Dr Report, Conjunctivitis caused b…
  • p. 168 …deter- mine if Adams was using a rifle or a pistol. · ~ Adam's .account was another…
  • p. 172 …Don Adams of Edgewood told sey off the Cal_ifornia coast. continued efforts to investi- State…
  • p. 177 …from Don Adams of Edgewood, near Moriarty, who told of seeing an object about 100 feet…
  • p. 184 …He said he had a call from Don Adams of Edgewood, near Moriarty, who told of…
THE FOU.OWIOO SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED TO 'liE AIR FORCE .AND MIGHT
BE A'I'l'RIBUTED TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING:
1. 26,Apr 64, Grants, nev Mexico sighting of a large W1 te light
shining dovn and illuminating the terrain and also criss
crossing US Route 66 vas caused by an a/ c on a Lev Level
Photo Reconnaissance l.U.ssion or Project Cloud Gap. Incidentally
the photos vhich the observer claims he took vith the camera
did not come out.
2. 28 Apr 64, Santa Cruz.l-Iountain Range sighting has been evaluated
as a balloon and a sighting by the same observers, but at a
later time in the day, ·has been evaluated as the Planet Venus.
3. 28 Apr 64, Miamisburg, Ohio aighting has been evaluated as
a searchlight.
4. 1 May 64, St Louis, Mo sighting has been evaluated as the Planet
Venus.
5. 1 May 64, St George 1 utah sighting has been evaluated as a balloon.
6. 2 May 64, North Carver, Massachusetts has been evaluated as
the Planet Venus.
1· 4 May 64 1 Clovis, New Mexico multiple sighting has been evaluated
as a balloon.
8. 5 !IJly 64, Boise, Idaho sighting has been evaluated as a t'lare.
9· 5 May 64, Middletovnj Ohio sighting has been evaluated as the
Planet Venus .
10 • . 6 May 64 1 Glasgow, rttOntana sighting ha.s been evaluated as possibly
~ t7e.n~s . We can't say for sure that 1 t is Venus because they
:tailed to tell us hov :long they observed the object.
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11. 6 Me.y 64, Savannah, Georgia, sighting has been evaluated as a balloon.
Y~~ . - J.iRob Mercer

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