Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

UFO Sighting Re-Enacted; NoHelp to ScientistSOCORRO 111'1 - An Air site of ignition of a thrustlcertainly m~st have seenlwitness was supported b_y !Jr.,
Force cons ultant on uniden- unit powerful enough to lift a something." Lincoln LaPaz ofthe Umvers-
tified fl yin g objects had Po- vehicle the size Zamora re- Zamora's reliability as _a ity ~New: Mexico who has
!icem a n Lonnie Zamora re- ported. 'an international reputation in asked Zamora not to discuss
enact in de ta il Wednesday the Dr . Hynek said he was also running down reports on fire- the markings was false.
sightin J! of a UFO in Socorro puzzled by lack of radar con- balls and meteorites. "No one in the Air Force
last F rid ay. tacts . with ohJ"ects that have "I would first point out that even suggested that nothing
Th e con sultant, Dr. J. Allen . should he said about the
Hvnck sa id after the re-cn- been reported. we arc not personally mvolv- markings," he said. ,
a~tmc~l th a t he could draw "It's my understanding New ed in t~e i~~cstiga~ion of Dr . Hynek also was asking
no .conclusions on w~at Za- Mexico is infested with radar these umdentJhed flymg ob- . er ·r . in the state if I
mora s aw and was more equipment, he said. "I'm go- jects," Dr . LaPaz said. "But umv SI Ies . Ipuzzled than I was when I . ' . I do want to say that 1 have they knew of any geophysical
arri ved he re ." mg to check to see If there had contacts with Mr. Zamora group work in the state.
Dr , Hynek returned to AI- have been radar contacts that in my work and he is a "These people often have
buquerque Wednesday after- mi ght tie into these reports ." thoroughly dependable obser- some strange type of vehicles
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noon <~ nd departed · for the "Usually one fincls many ver. · and aircraft they use in these.
E as t hy ·pla ne. d. . . . . Dr. Hynek said he found rugged areas when taking
Za mora reported seeing an contra Jcllons or omJSs!ons m . little · at the Socorro site. , radioactive samples," he said .
egg-sh a ped object fly away thes e reports ," Dr. Hynek "The are a certainly has A 10-year-old Albuquerque
from a draw last Friday eve- said. "But Mr. Za mora's been thoroughly messed up by girl was treated Tuesday
ning. Other reports have fol- story is simply .told, certainly the touris ts . There 's nothing night for what her mother
lowed. told without any intent to per- to see there now." told police were "infra-red"
After the re-enactment, petrate a hoax. The story of He said soil samples had burns received when she look-
however, Dr. Hynek said he course was told by a man been ta ken to " sec if there ed up at a "flying· saucer."
was pu zzled that there was who obviously was fri ghtened are a ny particle s in the ashes Hynek said he went to . the
no . evidence at the Socorro badly by what he did see. He · or at the site that might be girl's home Wednesday. He
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Dr. Hynek said that a re- fering from sunburn or a skin
port that the Air Force had infection.
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Is This the AnswerIU. S. Government aircraft
flying at ·low levels al,ong
· US-66 a.n:l US-70-RO taking
photographs with powerful
electronic flash . equipment
during the last week, may
be Jlart of the answer to the
rash of "flying sauc·ers"
seen in New Mexico.
T h e jet air)llanes we1·e
taking the photos durin~;"
both day and night times
·from Albuquerque west to
Kingman, Ariz., and from
Deming west to Casa Gran-
de, Ariz., up until Sunday,
according to a Kirtland AF
Base spokesman.
Saturday night one of the
Kirtland - based jets flew
over Albuque·rque with two
bright "strobe" (electronic
flash) units flashing on and
off every s·e cond and light-
ing up a large area below
it e;1ch time with a white,
allnost bluish light.
The "saucer" · si~:"htlngs
began Friday when a Socor-
ro policeman said he saw an
··egg-shaped object a short
distance from the town.
Since then several reports
have been forwarded to po-
lice and military · authori-
ties.Rob Mercer