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Project Blue Book Socorro file

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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.

  • p. 1 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
  • p. 3 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
  • p. 4 …Sam Chavez of the New Mexico State Police. They took six other men to the spot…
  • p. 6 …the special Unidentified Flying Object consultant to the Air Force, was sent to New Mexico after…
  • p. 7 …Adam's account was another of several such reports that have kept New Mexico and military…
  • p. 10 …Right on the edge of White Sands missile range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
  • p. 11 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
  • p. 13 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
  • p. 16 …Right on the edge of White Sands Missile Range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
  • p. 17 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
  • 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 MAY 6 1964 # New Sights Of Saucers ## Strange Objects Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico…
  • p. 21 …12 FEB 65 ## New Mexico APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico On April 24, 1964, a…
  • p. 22 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
  • p. 23 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964 On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
  • p. 25 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
  • p. 26 …My husband and I had talked about the thing the people saw in New Mexico, but…
  • p. 27 …in from all over the state of New Mexico and other parts of the west. It…
  • p. 28 # El Defensor SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico VOL. 98 NO.34…
  • p. 30 …reported concrete instance of a UFO in New Mexico. Policeman Zamora shifted from a routine task…
  • p. 34 # UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64 Hq USAF SAF0I PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash D…
  • p. 45 …24 April 1964 Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police accompanied by Agent Burns of…
  • p. 56 …Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New Mexico. The object or vehicle displayed flight characteristics…
  • p. 72 …the April 24, 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora. I would very…
  • p. 73 …Bieberman 601 Pitch Avenue Socorro, New Mexico 87801
  • 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 …835-9916 in Socorro New Mexico regarding the article appearing in the Socorro ElDefnnsor & Chieftan concerning…
  • p. 89 …about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. Cloud Gap personnel did not have any…
  • p. 90 …reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings ## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AREA 25 Apr. Socorro Unidentified Observer. Rotating Navigation…
  • p. 92 …TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING: 1. 26,Apr 64, Grants,New Mexico sighting of a…
  • p. 102 …CONCLUSIONS 24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico □ Was Balloon □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Was Aircraft □ Probably…
  • p. 104 …His theories as to why UFO's land in New Mexico lack, shall we say, a…
  • p. 105 …Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
  • p. 123 # UFO REPORT Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
  • p. 130 ## REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP On Tuesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call…
  • p. 135 …SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL, CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED FROM NEWS MEDIA, FROM THE…
  • p. 137 …while in Socorro, my old friend, Dr Jack Whothmen, President of the New Mexico School of…
  • p. 145 …Right on the ge of White Sands Mise Range on the wide en New Mexico desert…
  • p. 146 UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64 Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash 25…
  • p. 151 …The Sócorro report and another at La Madera in northern New Mexico were similar in that…
  • p. 152 …range, whose headquarters is near the central New Mexico town. ## Six Cars Derail; Rip Mile of…
  • p. 153 # ASTRONOMER TO NEW MEXICO # Flying Objects Area Probed SOCORRO, N.M.—(AP)—An astronomer from the…
  • p. 155 …landings in New Mexico in the past few days. "We are convinced the Socorro policeman saw…
  • p. 156 SOCORRO NEW MEXICO DATE: 24 APR 64 # Believes Intelligent Beings on UFOs Sighted in State TUCSON…
  • p. 158 …85 and New Mexico 180 and the object appeared to be about a quarter of a…
  • p. 159 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
  • p. 163 …Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico who has an international reputation in running down…
  • p. 164 …Hynek said he had not been told by the government whether sending him to New Mexico…
  • p. 166 …THE SOCORRO REPORT AND ANOTHER AT LA MADERA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WERE SIMILAR IN THAT…
  • p. 167 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…

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# "ELPASO TIMES" Film On UFCs To Include Socorro Officer

Secorro, N.M. (AP)—A Hollywood, Calif., firm has finished filming the Socorro part of a documentary on unidentified flying objects.

Principal in the Socorro section of the film was city policeman Lonnie Zamora. He said he saw an UFO on April 24, 1964; after it had landed in a gully near here and also said he saw it take off.

Zamora re-enacted his experience for Empire Film Studios at the scene last Saturday.

A studio official said the film may be ready for showing in five weeks. The first public showing is scheduled in Socorro. The film will run about 80 minutes. The documentary will be entitled, "Phenomena - Seven Point Seven." This, said the official, is 7.7 per cent of an estimated 8,000 sightings classified by the Air Force as UFOs.

The official said the documentary is designed to show that neither hysteria nor panic were caused by the alleged landing here. 12 FEB 65

## New Mexico

APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico On April 24, 1964, a Socorro, New Mexico police, Mr. Lonnie Zamora, reported an object on the ground a mile south of the town at approximately 5:30 p.m. Lonnie Zamora said the object was white, egg-shaped and supported on girlerlike 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. The UFO remained stationary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly direction.

The Air Force sent investigators from Wright-Patterson AFB to Socorro. The investigation disclosed the following facts. No other witnesses to the object could be located. There were no unidentified helicopters or aircraft in the area. Observers at radar installations observed no unusual or unidentified blips. There was no unusual meteorological activity. There was no evidence of markings of any in the area other than the shallow depressions at the landing site. Laboratory analysis of the foreign material or radiation above normal. Laboratory analysis of the burned brush showed no chemical which would indicate a type of propellent. Air Force conclusion: "Unknown". The AF is continuing its investigation and the case is still open.

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