Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

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it on a global basijfnd the UFO phenomenon1 apart from the Socorro case;is
certainly not limited to the United States.
After these discussions in ~XXmxi the editorial offices, Ra'nSr and
~ went out for lunch and asked Sgt. Chaves to join us. 1Vhile we were waiting
for him, I showed Ra~er the letter from Menzel and his co~nents about
part~f it were, "Childish." But we~ went over it point by point, and likewise
Chaves did. Chaves' reaction to the letter was rather strange. He had sort
of a resigned, almost pathetic look on his face, and said, "I really feel
sorry for Lonnie. He's had to take an awful lot. "~hen he told of a recent
case where Zamora was arresting a kid for speeding, and the kid said, "vr.nat
do you want to give me a ticket for? Don't you · know a flying saucer might
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COme right dOWll On US nOw? II (Or SOmething like that • ) r(Jf'.,
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I asked him what the whole movie situation had been~ Zamora and how
it ha~ · effected him. He said that Zamora had not wanted to be in the picutr~
but it was at the~yor's insistence, via his boss, that he consented to do
so . I can't quite believe this myself. When I talked to Zamora later, he seemed
to be reasonably pleased about being in the movie. Clearly, with a world
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premiere in Socorro, it would be a strange hurmn who did not get some ~~iek out
of a thing like that •
. I will come back to the MenzeJ/ letter later because I discussed it with
Dr. I.a Paz who knows Menze}/ well. That was the next day in Albuquerque.
I purchased five newpapers which had various stories about the movie or
about related matters. The papers were for Tuesday, Feb:ruary 9; Thursday,February
25; Tuesday March 2; !Hues day, March 9; and Thursday, March 11. The first one
I think you have; it states, "Socorro Part of Film on UFO's Completed; Zamora's
Account Jibes With Sixtten Verified Sightings." The Feb:ruary 25th issue contains
a front page story on a UFO sighted over Gallup which_ps far as I can see_., is
nothing more than a meteor. · The March 2nd issue contains a lovely story aboutRob Mercer