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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.
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Information Only (No Case) Cource: FSIC I MORE FROM NEW MEXICO Soccoro ••• E1 Defensor -Chieftain (newspaper of the town) .•. April 28 and 30 •.• published on Tuesdays and Thursdays, carried these details of the Zamora sighting (April 24, 1964 ). They were on top of this story almost immediately and the follow- Ing Is briefly what was reported. He rll'st saw the object from 150 yards. As he drove towards the top of the Mesa, Zamora said one of two persons at the UFO whose back was to him, turned his head and look~ straight at him. The two pers·ons appeared to be dressed in white coveralls, and at that distance, Zamora said they apr-eared to be approxi- mately as tall as a 12-13 year old boy. He did not take notice of headgear worn by the two short "men." Zamora continued driving up the hill to get a closer look. When he stopped the car on top of the Mesa and directly opposite the place where the UFO had landed, he saw it again; but the per- sons were not to be seen. He started towards the UFO on fool Then he heard the roar or blast that had brought him to the scene. He saw flames, and dust was flying around the object. Thinking that the object was about to explode, he threw himself to the ground and covered his head and face. He was a mere 50 feet from the UFO at the time. When no explosion occurred, he raised his head and saw the object rise straight up 20 feet. As it rose, the roar changed to a · whine and quieted. The object · maintained this altitude and moved In a straight line for about 2 miles. Then the UFO gained altitude very rapidly, and soon became a speck In the sky, and disappeared. Four de- pressions were found where the object had been. They were 12 ln. by 6 ln. The two legs were probably 2-1/2 ft. long. On the west side, It was 12 feet between landing holes; on the east, the dis- ta nce was 15 feet. The width was 9 or more feet. Two round Im- pressions were 4 and 5 inches in diameter respectively. The newspaper carried a picture taken at the site on the very next day (April 25). Thereafter, the evidence was practically de- stroyed by the curious, who came In great numbers. The Lorenzens of APRO were there soon after and reported their" findings in Fate Magazine, July, 1964. Pictures of the Im- pressions were taken and shown In Fate. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who visited the site with Zamora said .. It'a a real pity, but no one's fault, that other witnesses did not see • the object land or take off. A movie of this would have been prke- leSI. I feel in my own mind that hoax II ruled out • • •" 24 April, 1964 Be ti, New HexicoRob Mercer
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