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This Black Vault release compiles 1964 newspaper and wire service clippings plus a Project Blue Book summary on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting by policeman Lonnie Zamora on April 24, 1964, when an egg-shaped object left four depressions and burned brush. It covers J. Allen Hynek's site visit, APRO and NICAP comment, and related New Mexico reports at La Madera, Edgewood and Albuquerque. The Air Force summary reports that soil and brush analysis found no radiation or propellant, and the case remained open.
“International UFO Reporter”5 pages
April 25, 1964, when on the previous day at Socorro, New Mexico a policeman, Mr. Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object on the ground a mile south of the town at approximately 5:45 p.m. Lonnie Zamora said the object was white, egg-shaped and supported on glrderlike legs. He heard a roar and saw smoke and flames coming from underneath the object. The UFO rose to a point about 15-20 feet above the ground and the flames and smoke ceased. He stated that the object remained stationary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly direction following the contour of the gully. I wrote Lonnie Zamora on several occasions concerning his sighting, and never received a reply. I was also unable to reach him by telephone. The Air Force sent investigators from their project office at Wright-Patterson to Socorro along with several noted scientists to interview Lonnie Zamora and determine what the object was.
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