“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…
- p. 86 ,,
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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
) 1JE JOU:-'''/' '-
\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…
SOURC2: AlEUQUERQUE JOURNAL
DATE: 28 APR 64
Girl Says She Was Burned
While Y,/atching UFO HereBy JERRY S:\IOTHERS ·
Concern over unidentified
:lying objects continued at a
ligh pitch here · today.
Latest incidents inciude:
-A report from a · 10-year-
old girl that she was burned
while watching a strange egg-
shaped thing in the sky yes-
terday afternoon.
-A · report from a truck
driver and his wife that they
saw two mysterious objects (
in the sky between here and ~
Socorro. ~'
The rash of incidents start-
ed .Friday when a policeman f
saw a UFO take off south of f'
Socorro. UFO experts from <
different parts of the country ~:,
are in New Mexico to investi-
gate.
Suffering eye; nose and
face burns yesterday after-
noon was. Sharon Stull, one of
five children of Mr. and Mrs.
Max L. Stull of 1409 Wilmoore
.SE.
SOCORRO N M
24 Apr 1964
On Lowell School Ground · ·.· . "·· .,·:'·:,: ...,. ..,..,"·.. <.,...;,.. :· 1
She said she gazed at a • · · · · · · uld
UFO for five or 10 minutes Sharon Stull m Bed Today I One ~fflct?l satd 1t wo
short! before 12 ·30 m n . . 1 be posstble m some areas t_o
th l 11 S h i p . d. o length about. the mctdent and "I'm just scared to death " track a UFO to see where tt
18g9 ;_we SEc ~ot grotun . athad her draw the silvery ob- I' Mrs. Stull said. ' \goes if they received a report \
oss a er re urrungJect . ' 'bl gency
there from lunch at home · . Truck driver Napoleon from a responsl e .a .
.After 1 p.m., while in cla~s, _Sharon's . doctor said his Green, 37, and his wife, 35, \immediately after a s1ghttn~ .
she noticed burning sensa- d I a g nos Is . IS conju~ctivitis J of 1805 Walter SE, said they Rad~r slgh~mgs have to be m
tions abbut the eyes and face. (membrane mfla_mmatwn) of sighted two UFO 's traveling .a direct lme and can. be
She and her mother believe both eyes and fn·st - degree Jat about the speed of jet blocked by mount a 1 n s,
her burns were inflicted by sunburn under the eyes and planes at 5:30 p.m. yester- making lo~ .- altitude radar
the thing in the sky. . on the nose, addmg: Jday as they were driving to- . trackm~ difficult sometimes,
Sharon said she was not fac- "The sun exposure she had lward Albuquerque on U. s. he advised. B FAA l
ing the sun while watching yesterday would usually be ' 85, 17 miles north of Socorro. . TheK~~at~erAFur~au, a'd 1
the thing, slightly smaller :ons1dered insufficient to cause
1
1 Shine Brightly 1 and lrt an b Uase s 1 1
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than an airplane and having the burns and inflammation. "I wasn't going to report it there were no a o~ns 0~:
no windows, speed across the t appears to be the type of because I didn't want to be- u ?ther _ str~nge k- ~peartm1heir
sky and disappear in the dis- urns and inflammation 1lie_ve my eyes," Mr. Green Jects md e st ~h e~~:neu Shar-
tance. Her mother said the _aused by longer exposure to ,sald today. He said nis wife knowle ge,h at he did
child has never had a sun- .he sun." . dived beneath the truck's on saw w a s e ·
burn and couldn't have gotten He said he belie\·es there dashboard after seeing the
one in . the few minutes she s no perm anent eye d a m age .! egg-shaped things, about half
was outside . Mrs. Stull was extremely i the size of jet planes a n d
Her sister, Robin, 8, says :o nc~rn_ed and frightened over shining brightly in the setting
she, too, saw the thing, but he InCident today. She also sun.
paid little attention to it and <ept Robin home from school. Green said he saw them
didn't continue to watch it. possibly two minutes before
Sharon said two other chil- they disappeared over t h e
dren also glanced at it brief- ~ eastern horizon.
}y. Federal Aviation Agency of- ~
Sharon was treated by a ficia~s said they have seen
doctor at Bataan Hospital last nothmg unusual in the sky or
night and was kept in bed at on their radar screens. Air-
home today with her blinds planes appear only as small
drawn to protect her inflamed 1 I' dot~ on the screens and it is
eyes and eyelids. unlikely a UFO could be dis-
Complains of Pains tinguished from an airplane
Part of her face and nose on radar.
appeared to be puffy and red .
She continued to complain of
burn pains.
· Police inten·iewed hPr :nRob Mercer