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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 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964 On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
  • p. 14 …Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, •ev Mexico. '!be obJect or vehicle displayed :flight cha…
  • p. 16 NARRATIVE OF SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTll~G 1 24 APRIL 1964 .. Shortly after 5:30 pm…
  • p. 22 …The object wich vas observed in Socorro, New Mexico exhibited the characteristics of' a heliocopter or…
  • p. 23 …18 May 1964 TSgt Moody called Mr Opal Grinder at 835-9916 in Socorro New Mexico…
  • p. 28 …about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Mexico . Cloud Gap personnel did no.t have…
  • p. 100 .>, REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP On TUesday, April 28, 1964, in resp6nse to a call…
  • p. 106 …while in Socorro, my old friend, Dr Jack Whothmen, President of the New Mexico School of…
  • p. 126 …on the April 24, sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zmmora. ,, Project 1964 I…
  • p. 127 …Biebennan 601 Fitch Avenue Socorro. New Mexico 87801 / ·-Rob Mercer
  • p. 133 …in !rom all over the state ot New Mexico and other parts at tne i } west…
  • p. 134 …found no evidence i:> near the central New Mexico · of radio-active material in the 1town…
  • 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 . • • SOCORRO NEW MEXICO DATE: 24 APR 64 A rash of unidentified fly- e…
  • p. 139 …THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIBU'"}.'E SOCORRO, 1\"EW MEXICO 21; Apr 64DATE:27 APR 64 cF/ying…
  • p. 141 …his investigation of a Socorro policeman's report that he saw a mysterious ilying ob-- ject…
  • p. 143 …LA MADERA, NEW MEXICO SANTA FE (UPI) -New Mexico's peremial addictiot to flying saucers has…
  • p. 149 …Socorro Sightings · 25 Apr 26Apr Z,Apr 23 Apr .ALBtJ~ 1 NEW MEXICO AREA Socorro LaMadera…
  • p. 150 …TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING: 1. 26,Apr 64, Grants, nev Mexico sighting of a…
  • p. 154 …re- Zamora's reliability as _a ity ~New: Mexico who has !icem a n Lonnie Zamora…
  • p. 155 …landings m New MeXlCO m the know about as much about 1t the Socorro site and…
  • p. 159 …23 APR 64 'Flying Saucer' Reports Spread In New rdexico SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's…
  • p. 160 …f' Socorro. UFO experts from < different parts of the country ~:, are in New Mexico to investi…
  • p. 161 …28 APR 64 1 'Flying Saucer' Reports Spread In New ~lexico SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico…
  • p. 163 ' , PRICE lOc SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology…
  • p. 167 …branch at Wright- Patterson A I r Foree Base, Ohio, ia tn New 'Mexico to as…
  • p. 168 …he fired six ehots at one of New Mexico's unidentified flying objects. ; State Policeman Tom…
  • p. 171 …William Con- wide open New Mexico desert, again, he will still run away nor and Sgt…
  • p. 172 …sightings had New llke a mountam ~Ion's," as coloring, marking, character- Mexico State Police, local…
  • p. 173 SANTA FE (UPI) -New Mexico's perennial addictior to flying saucers has taker hold of the…
  • p. 176 …Right on the edge o! White Sands Missile 1 Range on the 'Wide open New Mexico…
  • p. 177 …David Moody of the office already was in New : Mexico and would assist Dr. · Hynek in…
  • p. 178 …when on the pre- . ' Tlo\18 day at Socorro. New Mexico a policeman. Mr. Lonnie Zamora…
  • p. 181 …F~ ?>.. '.r ..... ·APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico - on April…
  • p. 182 …of unidentified fly- \< ing object sightings had New~ Mexico State Police, local law r e n…
  • p. 184 …David Moody of the office already was in New 1 Mexico and would assist Dr. 1…
  • p. 185 …My husband and I had talked about the thing the people saw in New Mexico, but…
  • p. 199 …His theories as to why UFO's land in ·New Mexico lack, shall we say, a…
  • p. 200 …Ted Raynor, Ed1tor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
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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)3Rob Mercer

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