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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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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…
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Zamora and explained that he had taken the wrong road as vas, IN fact
looking in the opposite direction for a part of the time. Therefore,
had the object been visible he would not have been in a position to
see it. Sgt Chavez took polaroid pictures of the holes and area.
These are available to us.
Following the interview with Sgt Chavez, Sgt Zamora vas interviewed
and a trip to the location made. All persons interviewing Zamora are
impressed with his sincerity and are of the belief that if a hoax
has been perpetrated Lonnie Zamora is definitely not a part .to it.
The object vas described as white or "light in color and egg shaped."
During the interview it was apparent that a visit to _location was
necessary to determine the time sequence of the event and the re-
lated motion of the object, as well as to obtain speeds and distance of
flight. At approximately 4 pm we proceeded to the site, accompanied
by two reporters from the local press. The sequence of events was
repeated and total duration from the initial contact with the event
to time of it's disappearance did not exceed 10 minutes. A gieger
counter check for background radiation was made in the presence of the
press and Sgt Zamora and no radioactivity count was present. The
counter was checked with Major Conner's watch and found to be in good
working order.
The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora.
Shortly after 5 pm he was on patrol when he heard a noise that he thought
to be an explosion of the Mayor's dynamite shack known to be in that
direction . He turned off the road and proceeded to a point up a hill
where he could see what looked like a car turned upside down with . two
white things he assumed to be the occupants of the car and he radioed
this information to Police headquarters. He went down a hill where the
object was not visible and had to make two tries to get up this hill in
his car. As he came over the tope of the hill {about 300 yds from the
object) it appeared to be a thing on four pronged legs and the two white
things (described as coveralls). were no longer visible. Continuing to
a point about 150 yds from the object he parked the car and got out and
approached the object to a point about 100 ft. At this time the object
made a rumbling noise or rattling noise and a blue flame like an arc
welder turning to yellow or orange at the end came from the center of
the bottom. The object vas about the size of an auto and light colored,
not reflective, but white or silver or just light colored. From this
position the base of the craft was in the bottom of the gully and not
visible to Lonnie Zamora. He thought the thing vas going to explode and
became frightened. He ran to a point behind his car, dropping his _
glasses on the way. He hid behind the car using his arm to shield
his eyes. He remained in this position for not more than 10 seconds,
at which time the noise stopped and his initial fear of the object
lessened. He looked up and the object rose to a point of 15-20 ft
altitude, with the legs still not visible. A Red marking was evident
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