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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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r I ! !II, :II: .'•I' '.I 50 - ....._ . . - --- --·--.:/, • .•• _..... 1'- ....- -~-"'"'""""' m..l~_;.;-- _.. - ... ~ UH-18 PURPOSE Utility Tactical Hel. COMMON NAME . ' Iroquois AIRFRAME Manufacturer Bell Personnel Pilot-8 troops , or Pilot and attendant and 3litters External Cargo 4,000 lbs ENGINE Manufacturer Lycoming Model Designation T-53-L-11 Take-Off Horsepower 1,100 Description Gas turbine, free shaft ROTOR 2-Blade, 44' di;:tmeter Bell Metal Interchangeable (Main); 2-Blade, 8'5" diameter Bell changeable (Tail).· PE RFORMA.'\ CE Metal Inter- Range 235 nautical miles Hovering Ceiling 16,800 feet 1\Iax. Operating Wt. 8,500 lbs Max. Cruising Speed 113 knots REMARKS The UH-1Bs are being used ex- tensively in combat in Vietnam. Armed with rockets and machine guns, UH-1Bs provide close fire support for Allied field troops. These ships also fly armed tactical escort missions for other heavier, less maneuverable troop-carrying aircraft. . I ~ ------~--~--------------------~-----------fRob Mercer
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