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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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Socorro Incident 24 April 1964 Direction of dynm ti tc· shack end six-mile Speedi g Ce.r I i§ I - I~IL : 1~f'r tI - ~ - Socorro of .t! ~- Wheels skidded. Made three attempts to climb hill~ ,Pl./ / .• "B" 800' / ------------ ~ · First sighting of o1)jec :~. Stopped car for a cou:p le of · seconds. Thought ob ,je0t car turned ups~de do'Wil.. s::.i.r two things described as coveralls and object had two less like A. Radioed in to police head- - -quarters that he was proceeding to investigate a ca::.· 1,rreck ( 10-74) • - At "E" "F" Witness ducked down. Object had risen to about 20-25' was now · level ~~th car. Roar sto?ped, object moving away to SW folloVing contetr.: of gully. · Cleared dynamite shack by abotit 3 ' and: faded in dis~ance in direction ot six-mile canyon. Witness heard sound like explosion. Thought dynamite shack has blown U?• Abandoned chase of speeding car to investigate. Witness radioed in that he was leaving car to investigate. Still thought object was car upside down. Tnen saw insignia, heard roar, a.."ld thought thing was going to explode. Blue flame with orange tip appeared !rou object. Became frightened and ran to point · "F" where noise stopp~d . Object Ul ~ position at "E". ,.., .Insignia about 2' large 2t ft hiSh. Total ObJect 12-15 ft long. Insignia was RED CfJ "A" 17-:45. lf."itness started chasing a black speed.ing car about three blocks ahead. ..• -------- ---Rob Mercer
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