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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.
“New Mexico State Police”20 pages
... - 5 J::.. R turn to preceding paragraph before Insert A I gave I..a.Pa.z a copy of Vallee's bool~ and also the Menzel letter which he took home and by the next mo;nin~ had~pletely the manuscript and the letter.- I..a.Pa.z is still very concerned about the green fireball incident. Another one was sighted this last Christmis lillQC it.:.ght. According to I..a.PazJ the official investigation never satisfactorily cleared up the question of why these peculiar uranium green fireballs should rAve chosen New Mexico to fly over and avoid being seen in other statesX ahd why they were so peculiarly grouped. LaPaz is thorough~ly convi~d that both the green fi~Mlmti balls and Zamora's sighting were observations ot'tests of advanced vehic~s peing produced by some project, even more secret than the ~anhattan Project. I am afraid that LaPaz is unshakable from this r,ypothesiSJ.~ Mis primary criticism of Vallee's book was that Vallee has ignored the gree~ireballs whibh, as far as I..a.Pa.z is concerned, represent the r.. ')St important part of the UFm phenomenon. It is always just a matter of viewpoint! I..a.Pa.z showed me his excellent meteorite collection and spent much time in general conversation. He was engaged for the mvening, and we met again early the next morning during which time we took the opportunitrf meet~ with the President. of the University of New Mexico, Dr. P~·!~) andt:stablish~ good -----relations between astronornlf at _Northwestern and astronomy at New Mexico.Rob Mercer
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