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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.
“Lonnie Zamora”45 pages
- p. 2 …COMMENTS
Sighting of landing by Lonnie Zamora • . Initially believed to be observation
of Lunar module type…
- p. 7 …unidentified fi.ying object
sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of Socorro, Nev Mexico • .
a. At appi…
- p. 10 …1964, a Socorro, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie Zamora, reported
sighting an object about a mile…
- p. 12 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object
sighted by Mr ·Lonnie Zamora, of…
- p. 14 …what type of vehicle or object
Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, •ev…
- p. 16 …Shortly after 5:30 pm on Friday 1 24 .April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora
ot the…
- p. 18 …Major Connor and Sgt Moody had talked vith the witness
Lonnie Zamora. Mr Zamot'a is…
- p. 24 …vehicle at White Sands capable of causing
the eighting as _described by Lonnie Zamora.Rob Mercer
- p. 28 …to the description provided by police officer Lonnie
Zamora.
Since certain aerial surveillance flight s wer…
- p. 29 …j ption provide d by police officer Lonnie
Zamora.
Since certain aerial surveillance fli ghts were…
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Lonnie Zamora., 606 Resevoir street~ Socorro, !The…
- p. 96 …We contacted Sgt Chavez, the
State Police officer Who was the first to reach Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 97 …The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora.
Shortly after 5…
- p. 98 …Lonnie Zamoras description of the object is vague.
The only specific detail being the red marking…
- p. 101 …the
matter, Lonnie; you look like you've seen the devil. " And Zamora
stated, "Well, maybe…
- p. 129 …Policeman Lonnie Zamora saw sighting, said he ·attached no'
j And to lbelp find clues to…
- p. 132 …Socorro City Officer Lonnie
Zamora told of seeing the egg-
. shaped vehicle, roughly t"e s…
- p. 133 …The !lap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie .
z-ora (note incorrect…
- p. 134 …policeman Lonnie zamora. !shaped object on the desert l
about a mile south of Socorro.
POLICE…
- p. 136 …He planned to visit the
place where officer Lonnie
Zamora said he spotted the
· object Friday…
- p. 137 …Hynek said he hoped to
talk to the policeman, Lonnie
Zamora, and then visit t h…
- p. 138 …Edgewood is about 30 miles \
I !=ity Officer Lonnie Zamora east of Albuquerque.
~1d he saw…
- p. 139 …l.. ,.,,,..,·····--··-······: ---· --·---...-~:~
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Officer Lonnie Zamora.
Heights Resident
Saw 'Object' Here
Mitropolis said there w a s
another…
- p. 142 …he was told by :·:ocor "
pc!iceman Lonnie :Zamora th t ,
th ·~ UFO he . saw l…
- p. 143 …Lonnie Zamora, who said. he
· spotted nn object nea r Secor-
. ro Friday night. Zan1ora, in…
- p. 147 …from a Socorro p::;Ecc~ar.,ll
Lonnie Zamora, who s<:.~d he
spotte~ an o…
- p. 151 …from the position of what marks, Zamora said he
Officer Lonnie Zamora apparently w ere · landing…
- p. 152 …experience had taught
him something. ·
Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora said he would · tu~
around and run…
- p. 154 …Mexico who has
!icem a n Lonnie Zamora re- ported. 'an international reputation in asked Zamora…
- p. 159 …Lonnie Zamora, who said he
spotted an object near Socor- j
ro Friday night. Zamora, in…
- p. 161 …Lonnie Zamora, who said he 1
spotted an object near Socor-
ro Friday night. Zamora, in…
- p. 163 …Seel.ng UfQ Landed City Policeman Lonnie Zamora,
a highly reliable source, saw a
North Of…
- p. 166 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on hl~h
way patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft…
- p. 167 …He planned to visit the place
where officer Lonnie Zamora
said he apotted the object Fri…
- p. 168 …Sam Chavez
said he was told by Socorro
policeman Lonnie Zamora . that
the UFO he saw…
- p. 171 …of an unusual visitor was a
Socorro Policeman Lonnie Za- Zamora said he spotted an burned…
- p. 173 …from a Socorro policeman,
Lonnie Zamora, who said be
' spotted an object near Socor-
' ro Friday…
- p. 175 …e man who started it all, Socoro ~6lice rnan lonnie · 7,amor!:', say's
e next…
- p. 176 I
Air Force Probes
Policeman's Story
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Saucer1
at Sands
- SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 177 …to the policeman, Lonnie
Zamora, and then visit t h e
site where Zamora says he…
- p. 178 …Lonnie Zamora,
reported sighting an object on the
ground a mile south of the town
at…
- p. 181 …Principal in the Socorro sec-
tion of the film was city police-
man Lonnie Zamora. He…
- p. 184 …Hynek said be hoped to
talk to the policeman, Lonnie .
Zamora, and then visit t h…
- p. 185 …to talk to Socorro police· II
man Lonnie Zamora who started
it all when he said…
- p. 198 …He said that Zamora had not wanted to be in the picutr~
but it was at…
INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE z.A.'.iORA
At 0530, Sunday 26 April 1964, I received a call from Captain Hector
Quintanilla requesting that the Socorro sighting be investigated
immediately and that he be advised as soon as possible of the results
of an initial investigation. This action was dictated by a call from
the Command Post at 330, a call from the Emergency Action Group at
430 and another call from the Command Post just prior to my notifica-
tion of the event. The contacts for data already collected were Lt
Col King (268-2107) and Capt R T Holder (Scan White Sands 835-1385) •
. At 06oo I contacted the Base Duty officer· and was informed that Major
Conner was the Kirtland Investigator for UFO reports. I contacted
Major Conner and requested permission to accompany him to Socorro. I
contacted Col King and a meeting was arranged for o830. The only
information that Col King had was in the form of an FBI report made by
agent Barnes on Friday night following the sighting. This report was
. forwarded to Washington and Col King tad /J•T •; •c !) . the Command Post. (This _
FBI,....to be included as an attachment in Major Conner's report.
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A geiger counter was obtained and Major Conner and I departed for
Socorro at 1030 arriving 1200 in Socorro. We contacted Sgt Chavez, the
State Police officer Who was the first to reach Lonnie Zamora (Only
witness) and during the interview the following information was obtained.
Shortly after 1700 Lonnie Zamora was on patrol and radioed in to the
city Police that there was a 10-74 {auto accident) and he was proceeding
to investigate. It appeared as if an auto had turned over and two people
were standing by it's side. From the ensuing activity monitored on the
radio Sgt Chavez immediately made an effort to reach patrolman Zamora
and arrived about 3 minutes after the object under observation by
Lonnie Zamora had disappeared. Sgt Chavez then went to the area where
the craft or thing was supposedly sighted and found four fresh inden-
tations in the ground and several charred or burned bushes. Smoke
appeared to come from the bush and he assumed that it was burning, how-
ever no coals were visible and the charred portions of the bush were
cold to the touch. Sgt Chavez contacted the FBI, who in turn contacted
White Sands and Agent Barnes and Lt R T Holder of the latter organiza-
tion arrived to conduct an investigation and obtain various samples of
the soil and charred bush. Sgt Chavez secured the ~~r~d made an
investigation of the ground surrounding the scene:C ~e- aetermined that
the only tire marks were those of Patrolman Zamora's vehicle and the
State Police car Soo yares and found no prints or track activity of any
kind other than that noted in the FBI report. Further he stated that
the marks were defnitely "fresh", and the dirt showed evidence of "dew"
or moisture. Sgt Chavez is firm in that no track activity was evident.
At no time did he observe the craft or object described by Patrolman
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