“Socorro”60+ pages
- p. 1 …85,.17 miles north of Socorro.
"I wasn't going to report it because I didn…
- p. 3 …He told police
Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro…
- p. 4 # Mysterious Object Pays
SOCORRO (UPI) - It was shiny and stood on four gird- round, stood on…
- p. 5 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on highway patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft near Socorro…
- p. 6 # Astronomer Hunts Clue To 'Saucer'
SOCORRO, N. M., April 29 (AP). An astronomer from the Dearborn…
- p. 7 …Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora that the UFO he saw…
- p. 9 …the desert about a mile south of Socorro. He denied seeing any signs of life around…
- p. 10 …Policeman
By CHARLES RICHARDS United Press International SOCORRO, N.M. (UPI)—It's
a good place…
- p. 11 …No less than six "authentic" spottings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman L on…
- p. 13 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 14 …The reports came from Socorro and the Espanola area.
State Police Capt. Martin Vigil said investigators…
- p. 16 SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how, he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
- p. 17 # Air Force UFO 4129 Expert to Check 'Saucer' Reports
SOCORRO (P) Dr. J. Allen Hynek, special…
- p. 18 April 25, 1964, when on the previous day at Socorro, New Mexico a policeman, Mr. Lonnie…
- p. 19 Landing area at Socorro, New Mexico, taken April 25.
- p. 20 …When it flew away, Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it.
Since…
- p. 21 # "ELPASO TIMES" Film On UFCs To Include Socorro Officer
Secorro, N.M. (AP)—A Hollywood, Calif…
- p. 22 …No less than six "authentic" spotings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 23 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964
On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
- p. 25 # Air Force Uru Expert to Check 'Saucer' Reports
SOCORRO Dr. J. Allen Hynek, special unidentified flying…
- p. 26 …85 two miles south of Socorro between 7:30 and 8 p.m. The unidentified tourist…
- p. 27 …The flap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora (note incorrect spelling…
- p. 28 # El Defensor
SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico
VOL. 98 NO.34…
- p. 29 Published Tuesdays & Thursdays in Socorro, N. M. 87801
TUESDAY, APRIL 28.
# Of UFO Landing Here Observe…
- p. 30 …Holder of Socorro, U.S. Army up-range commander with headquarters at Stallion Range Center on…
- p. 34 # UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAF0I PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash D…
- p. 45 …On Tuesday, 28 April 1964, Capt Quintanilla directed Doctor J Allen Hynek to Socorro to obtain…
- p. 56 …produce markings such as those found at Socorro. One known experimental model, constructed by Bell Aircraft…
- p. 72 …on the April 24, 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora.
I would…
- p. 73 …As I recall, the man was driving into Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, I no longer…
- p. 74 …As a recall, the man was driving into Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, no longer have…
- p. 75 ## Four Years Old
# $100 Reward Offered In Saucer Mystery
SOCORRO The mystery of a reported unidentified…
- p. 77 ## NARRATIVE OF SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING, 24 APRIL 1964
Shortly after 5:30 pm on Friday…
- p. 83 TDEW/UFO
UFO Sighting Socorro, New Mexico
14 May 1964
Test Support Officer (Col K. Young…
- p. 84 …On 18 May 1964 TSgt Moody called Mr Opal Grinder at 835-9916 in Socorro New…
- p. 85 …Capt Quintanilla contacted the FTD liaison office at Holloman AFB regarding the Socorro sighting and requested…
- p. 89 …Cloud Gap operations were conducted in an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New…
- p. 90 …5 CASES of sightings in 1963 or early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings
## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW…
- p. 92 THE FOLLOWING SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED TO THE AIR FORCE AND MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SOCORRO…
- p. 95 …In my visit to Socorro I determined that Zamora had been urged by the Mayor to…
- p. 99 …Coming back to the Socorro case: I'm sorry that I couldn't have been of…
- p. 101 Report on the Trip to Socorro - Albuquerque - Socorro, March 12-13, 1965
Left Las Cruces 7…
- p. 102 …CONCLUSIONS
24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico □ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably…
- p. 103 it on a global basis and the UFO phenomenon apart from the Socorro case is certainly…
- p. 104 …His principal reason for selecting Socorro seems to be the following: "The main one can be…
- p. 105 …Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
- p. 108 …Apparently the Socorro teenagers are much more direct in their methods of reprisal for the "fuzz…
- p. 110 …I do not believe that the Socorro high school students could have kept a secret this…
- p. 111 …There is also the opinion expressed in Socorro, and expressed to me a number of times…
- p. 123 # UFO REPORT
Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
- p. 125 …Radioed to sheriff's office Socorro 2, possibly 10-44 (accident). I'll be 10-6…
- p. 126 …State Police at Socorro) calling me on radio for my location, and I returned to my…
- p. 127 ## INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE ZAMORA
At 0530, Sunday 26 April…
- p. 129 …Coral Lorenzen and husband were in Socorro at the time and had interviewed both Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 130 ## REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP
On Tuesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call…
- p. 133 …No 9 shows the town of Socorro in the distance, looking down longitudinally through the gulley…
- p. 135 …NUMEROUS INQUIRES CONCERNING AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE RECENT UFO SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW…
- p. 136 …In about a month, I shall have occassion to return to the Socorro area, at which…
- p. 137 …But, it is essential that the Socorro case be given the treatment.
I also questioned, while…
- p. 144 …said he spotted an egg on the desert about of Socorro. He denied signs of life…
thoroughly tired of going into details. It is clear that he turned tail at this time and ran for cover, thinking the object was about to explode. He banged his leg against the rear fender of the car as he tried to round it, at which time his glasses, and his sunglasses fell off into the ground, but he did not stop to retrieve them. This is an indication of the state of panic he was in. He ran some distance behind the car, as indicated in photograph No 3, which shows him crouching down, but not as he had done that Friday evening. At that time, he had crouched quite close to the ground, covering his eyes with his arm. It was at this time that he saw the object rise to essentially the level of his car and proceed in the direction of the dynamite shack, shown in figure 4 which shows the small dynamite shack about 7 or 8 feet high, off to the right and shows Zamora's arms extended, his left arm pointing to the direction in which he had seen the object originally, its takeoff position, and the right arm pointing in the general direction in which the object had disappeared. A shadow cast by Zamora in this picture, which was taken approximately at 10 am, at which time the sun was in the south-east quatrin of the sky, indicates that Zamora is facing southwest, with the shack somewhat to southwest by west. The dynamite shack is also shown in figure five, which shows the car parked as it was on the evening of the sighting. Zamora was looking out of the left hand drivers' window at the object when he parked the car. Photograph No 6 shows the position from which Zamora first saw the object whose location was approximately under the X mark on the photograph. It was from this distance that he thought that the object looked like an overturned car. Photograph 7 is the position Zamora was in, looking at the object disappearing, said object having missed the dynamite shack by some 3 feet, according to Zamora. Photography No 8 is approximately the position Chaves and Zamora were in, on their way down from the rise toward the place where the object had been, when Chaves first saw the markings the object had left. Photograph No 9 is 180 degrees, approximately, from that of No 6. No 9 shows the town of Socorro in the distance, looking down longitudinally through the gulley toward the "road" along which Zamora was stationed when he first saw the object, looking inthe direction Socorro to the spot from which Photograph 9 was taken.
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From all of the above and from my personal observations, I would conclude the following: That Zamora, although not overly bright or articulate, is basically sincere, honest, and reliable. He would not be capable of contriving a complex hoax, nor would his temperment indicate that he would have the slightest interest insuch. He was simply a copy on duty, relinquished one discharge of that duty (chasing a speeding car) for another which he thought was of more immediate importance. (Investigating the possible explosion of a dynamite shack). His fright was genuine,