“Socorro”60+ pages
- 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
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'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
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Socorro
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Wheels skidded.
Made three attempts
to climb hill~ ,Pl…
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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.
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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.
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•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 .
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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
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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
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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
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\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…
SOIJR"E : ALB'U~UERQL'"' JOUR:!AL
D~TS : 30 APR L. 1964
'Talked With Occupants'
Man Here Claims He
Saw Saucers 5 Times
By MARTIN PASKIND . qualities, and in quality of
"I don't know why t h e y knowledge.
picked me," said Apolinar A. Expect Volcanic Activity
Villa Jr. "I'm just an ordi- Saucer crewmembers, he
nary working man -just a
1
said, expect a lar~e-scal~ re- ·
mechanic. newal of volcamc actlvtty
"'fhey said there was a pur_ lalong the volcano . rim just
pose. What it is, 1 don't west of here. And they expect
know." 1t so~m.
Five times in about five Th1s year, they expect ca-
years, says "Paul" Villa, he t~strophic ~ar between Rus-
has seen flying saucers. SL~ and Chma - a w~r that
Twice, he has talked to their w1ll mvolve many As1an na-
occupants. tions.
And once he says he re- Why hasn't Villa sought a
turned fro:n his e~counter place of safety? "We can't
with a roll of film. If Villa get away from ~~hat Go_d has
is the victim of fantasy it's ldecreed for. us .. ~e said ..
f t · K d 1 ' Villa's sa1d h1s ftrst saucer
an asy m o a co or. · h · th w t
v·n 47 r 'th h. s1g ung came on e es1 a, • tve~ WI ~s son Coast, when · he conversed
an~ daug~ter-m- law . m a . with the occupant of a small
trailer behmd 601 N 1 a gara saucer
SOCORPO NEW MEXI~O
24 APR 1964
NE. Born in Tijeras, he at- 1 Twic~. the t!evices hovered
tended Longfellow. Elemen- ·over his home, then at 4187 \known me for a long time,"
tary School and Lmcoln Jun- Edith NE. The second time said Villa. "There were lots
ior High School. the home was burned, Vill~ of things . they had answers
Quit School said. The burning was for for. They were a very friend-
He quit during his first disciplinary reasons. ly sort of people ."
year at Albuquerque High I sighting Near Lindrith Friendliness notwithstand-
!school. Since then, he served ! Once _Yill?- sight~d a saucer ing, they left Villa in no doubt
in the Army Air Force. A near Lmdnth. This was the about what would happen
mechanic Villa · works for largest-about 900 feet in di- should he persist in efforts to
N. C. Ribble and Co. here. ameter. !duplicate their devices.
"The pictures are authen- The saucer he viewed near Villa said the starmen are
tic. They'r!! the real thing," Peralta '."as a~out 160 feet interested in New ~exico b~- 1
he says. "There are a lot of across, ~illa sa1d. · cause. of a mag'?ehc. fault m I
things 1 can't say _ because From It stepped a number Farmmgton-the1r sh1ps trav-
so help me God 1 don't think 'of people from the far-distant el "magnetic lines ."
anybody would believe it. But 1
galax_y of Coma . Berenices, "They put . a lot of stress
the · ictures are . the rea 1 1magmably far distant from on. New Mex1co and parts .of
th. f.. here. Anzona and Utah," he said.
~ · li h . t . d t In the meeting, and in tele- "They mentioned something1 a w o 15 n~ su.rpnse a pathic contacts before and about volcanoes ."
r~cen~ saucer .sLghtmgs, took 1since, Villa said he acquired Clothed in tight-fitting one-
his pictures With .a Japanese fragments of the starmen's piece uniform, the starmen
camera the last tl~e he saw knowledge. made an attractive crew. And
the saucers, he. said. La 5 t It was his effort to convert what did they think of us?
June 16, he sal?, he spent parts of this knowledge to his "Their opinion is not that
from 2 ;30 to 4 m the after- own profit, says Villa, that we're bad or good," Villa
noon w1th the people - men resulted in a stream of ill said. Nor will they attempt
and women - borne by the fortune . His home burned- to save the human race from
space machine . totally and without insurance. itself.
The saucer's occupants, He shot himself in the arm. "They know that there is
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said Villa, were not superhu- He went through bankruptcy. a super intelligence that gov-
man. But they were superior Friendly People erns all the universe and ev-
to our species in physical "They seemed to h a v e erything in it," he sa1d.Rob Mercer