“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
I .
'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…
~.S. Space Team Could Blast Off
for Mars in 19751 Scientist Says
!.
- BY l\IIL'I BROuHARD haxen·t ·the fmanc1al capa-·for the 300-·HO days i1: Is ·
Times staff Writer billty to attempt a slmilar .expected to make the round
• AXAHEDI-.\. thre~-man proJect unless they com- ' trip. .
t:.S. space team could be pletely trample the 111·ateri3 l Th~>. mother -.ship 'vould
s~cces sfully landed on }[ar5 need" of their exp ioding ~stabllsh a }[ar:Ian or~m an~ .
t d t ·f . 1 popnlatwn ·• he ,;;a>d · -,enrl out the actual landm 0 ·
o con uc s~n ace exp ora- · . ~ · · craft to"·ards a pre-de~i"'-
tfons in 1983 accordiwr to The landmg team would t d 1 d. . Tl "-
, ' . o . be composed of the pilot. an •na e an mg at ea. 11" .
~e man ~onnected w1th the astronaut, "·ho would be fllght "·ould last about one
pJ:ograrn. trained to act as a scientific :hour. . ·
: The target date could be assistant once the -!0-day ' Craft De~wbed . 1
advanced several years . - .exploration on }fars actualh- 1 The explorers small draft ·
perhaps as early as 1975-if aot unden,·a,·; a scientific 'would be able to change ·
federal go\·ernment officiaL; person tramed in ~eo logy, :direction once inside ~far,;·
would gi\·e the program the.physiology and meteorology.!a.tmosphere to m~ke correc- 1
gcrahead at this time, he and a third member who ' tlons from the pnme launch
contends. ,would be mi.ented to bioloo\· ·pattern. It "·ould be a tail-
"It would take about nine and bio-physic,;. -o. : ~irst l~nding with th~ craft
,-ears to test and a"~emble , m pos1ttoa for blast-off \\·he,, .
" )lodified Boosters · h h I · · 'the hard"~are and about six t e retum to t e ont tmg
years to train the c;;;;tronauts Beween fiYe .and -~en cur- mother-;;h tp is to ~e made.. ,
who would make the land- rent Ol' modtfted ~aturn-C :\lo:-t of the equipment m
ing," says Dr. Franklin P. biJosters would l~tt!lch the the landing naft w?uld be
Dixon ~I a r s Excursion at temPt b~- llftmg al l expendable one e It has
:Module 'program director at · ~u~pment neede~ . for an 'served its scientific purpo- '
1'\e\vport's Aeronutronic mltlal earth- orbltmg way ses. Dr. Dixon satd.
Division of the Philco Corp. !station. Ideally. the men would be
lU p b F. t · Once the way station was .landed in the springtime
o~n ro e ns ·in operation, a nuclear- ~ near }fars' north poliir ice :
_He satd. that. c u ,r r .en t pm\·ered spacecraft \\ ould 'cap so the~- could in.-estigate
r-IASA proJects lmkeet w!lh a be launched from it toward;; '' dark areas" which he ,.aid
-hopefully- succ~ssful as-)I a r s. This mothership mav be some form of life ·
tron~ut moon. landmg '.nll ,would have a fom to six- •lap.ping up the "·ater created !
provt~e most of t.he nece~- man rt·pu- ::mrl hP nrPn:nPn l hv thP. melting thin ire cap. '
sarv. 1 n f o r m a t 1 o n and
equipment needed to land ·
men on ~[ars and return .
them saf~l y.
Dr. Dixon re\·ealed thi;;
irifo):mation and designs for
the space vehicle to be used
at Tuesday evening's meet-
. ing of the Orange County
Chapter of the American ·
Institute of Aeronautics and ,
Astronautics at DisneYland
Hotel here. ·
His d1scliosure was based :
o'n the final work .\eronu- '
~onic submitted to :\AS A's 1
Manned Spacecraft Center 1
in ._Houston. The report re-:,
q u es t e d by X ASA was .
conducted to . check t h e i
practicality of such a space c
attempt. If
He - sa1d the onlv addi- 1,
tionaI work needed· beyond ·]
current space studies would !
be the final development of a •1
current nuclear engine to ,,
propel the landing whicle's ,
mother ship from an earth
orbiting space station and 1
,
better knowledge of t.Iars'.
atmospheric conditions.
Need Government Backing .
. "The major hurdle is ar-·:
tually to ha,·e the govern-:
rnent want to make th f•
venture," Dr. Dixon said. -Hr
hopes that the possibilities of
greater scientifir knowlP.dge
and the political acl\·antage '
of ~·.!stripping R us:: 1 an ·
space efforts " ·ill prodde the ·
leverage to get appro' a! for
the program .
"The Russians at tht:; timeRob Mercer