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Project Blue Book desk file, Socorro (217 pages)

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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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  • p. 10 …pm, in an unpopulated area full of hills and gullies and covered with sagebrush. Following is…
  • p. 14 …He also observed the pollee car heading up the hill tova.rd the spot where the…
  • p. 16 …travel a little-used road over several hills and gullies. Af"ter two or three ef…
  • p. 77 …Made three attempts to climb hill~ ,Pl./ / .• "B" 800' / ------------ ~ · First sighting of o1)jec :~. Stopped car…
  • p. 86 …to back down and try again before mU.ing the hill.. 1Iil1 abcut 60ft.. loug.P…
  • p. 87 …ard J j~ j~t over the hill--I s ·tG~..t~\~cause I did not…
  • p. 97 …He turned off the road and proceeded to a point up a hill where he could…
  • p. 102 …He thus came up upon the object from behind the hill and from the side, so…
  • p. 106 …The tourist also commented that he had seen a police car heading up the hill. This…
  • p. 129 …ly over his car. :Socorro on an isolated hill re- On AP'ril 24, 1964, Socorro…
  • p. 135 …or radar the so>clu·lf:'d hill where Socorro i an ~'.. an \\edg~:--l'?f…
  • p. 136 …ed hill where a Socorro po- tion in Socorro will deter- (I W h" t th…
  • p. 145 …P.er parents said !hal she saw a fire in lhc hills ISharon is very tnith…
  • p. 151 …As Zamora moved closer he lost sight of the object behind a hill. He continued driving…
  • p. 157 …short "men." Zamora continued driving up the hill to get a closer look. When he stopped…
  • p. 164 …ject that would compare to the tile hill to get a closer look at the 1…
  • p. 167 …tnl ~ty~yto examtfre the secluded hill W'here a Socorro policeman reported seeing a…
  • p. 174 …that she saw a fire in the hills southwest of Socorro Sunday night. where city officer…
  • p. 193 …leu Sllg6est tba;t when Za!X>l"a 's car crested tl:e hill, the…
  • p. 196 …As you 1;ey know, we have rented a house at 57 Avon Hill Street . I…
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TDEW/ Capt H Quintanilla/692l6
Request for Identir ica t ion o r Mar kings
FAA Control Systeos Division
Oklahoma Cit y , Oklahor:La
Dear Sir,
27 May 64
'.lbe a t tached marking has been observed and reported to t he
USAF in connection with an unidentified flying object sighting
at Socorro, Nev Mexico . The Air Force is · investigating the
case and identification of this marking would assist in de -
termini ng the cau se of the sighting. 'lbe marks vere estimated
to be about one f oot to eighteen inches in height, colored
red. Any assi s tance •'hich you may offer vill be greatly
apprecia t ed . The a t tached TWX indicates the high level of in-
terest in this s i ghting .
FOR THE COMMANDER
ERIC T de JONCKHEERE
Col onel, USAF
Deputy :for Tecl:mology
.and Subsystems
I .Atchs
1 . Marking
2. TWX
Excerpt tram letter J Douglas Stewart
"With reference to the marking of. u.s. X.
A/C, the Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 14, Pars 1-19, has some very
specific things to say about how
our A/C JIIUSt be marked, experimental
and otherwise. Also, a a civilian
fir.m JIIUSt apply for an Experimental
Certificate on Form ACA-305
(Para. 1.74-1) ••••••••••••
and 3-D drawings of' the A/C.
Aa I'm sure you know ••••••••••••
•••••••• ~ ~-~ ' s Control Systems
Dirlsion in Oklahoma City. ''Rob Mercer

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