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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. 3 …policeman, Lonnie Zamora, who said he spotted an object near Socorro Friday night. Zamora, in clearing…
  • p. 4 …Socorro Police man Lonnie Zamora does not know what it was Zamora said the mysterious object…
  • p. 5 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on highway patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft near Socorro…
  • p. 6 …He planned to visit the place where officer Lonnie Zamora said he spotted the object Friday…
  • p. 7 …Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora that the UFO he saw…
  • p. 10 …Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora says he saw it, and police and military men seem inclined to…
  • p. 13 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…
  • p. 14 …of Socorro Sunday night, where city officer Lonnie Zamora first reported seeing an "egg-shaped object…
  • p. 15 …The man who started it all, Socoro policeman Lonnie Zamora, says the next time he finds…
  • p. 16 SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how, he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
  • p. 17 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
  • p. 18 …Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object on the ground a mile south of the town at…
  • p. 20 …When it flew away, Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it. Since…
  • p. 21 …Principal in the Socorro section of the film was city policeman Lonnie Zamora. He said he…
  • p. 22 …No less than six "authentic" spotings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora…
  • p. 23 …1964, a Socorro, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object about a mile…
  • p. 25 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
  • p. 26 …Socorro yesterday to talk to Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora who started it all when he said…
  • p. 27 …The flap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora (note incorrect spelling…
  • p. 29 …when this photo was taken. ## City Policeman Zamora Reports Sighting Egg-Shaped Object and Views Take…
  • p. 34 …Lonnie Zamora, of Socorro, New Mexico on 24 Apr. 64, results of the investigation so far…
  • p. 56 …what type of vehicle or object Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New…
  • p. 67 …a firm using the marking observed by Lonnie Zamora. (3) NASA has been queried regarding the…
  • p. 75 …On April 24, 1964, Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora saw what he described as a four-legged…
  • p. 77 …pm on Friday, 24 April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department was chasing…
  • p. 79 …Major Connor and Sgt Moody had talked with the witness Lonnie Zamora. Mr Zamora is the…
  • p. 85 …of a vehicle at White Sands capable of causing the sighting as described by Lonnie Zamora.
  • p. 89 …to the description provided by police officer Lonnie Zamora. Since certain aerial surveillance flights were being…
  • p. 102 …BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sighting of landing by Lonnie Zamora. SEE CASE FILE. 11. COMMENTS Initially…
  • p. 103 …He said that Zamora had not wanted to be in the picutre, but it was at…
  • p. 123 # UFO REPORT Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
  • p. 127 ## INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE ZAMORA At 0530, Sunday 26 April…
  • p. 128 …The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora. Shortly after 5…
  • p. 129 …Lonnie Zamoras description of the object is vague. The only specific detail being the red marking…
  • p. 131 …the matter, Lonnie; you look like you've seen the devil." And Zamora stated, "Well, maybe…
  • p. 145 …SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
  • p. 146 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of…
  • p. 148 …Socorro City Officer Lonnie Zamora told of seeing the egg-shaped vehicle, roughly the size of…
  • p. 149 …Socorro Po man Lonnie Zamora now w nights so he can sleep. One year ago Saturday…
  • p. 150 …AP) - One year Saturday, Socorro police an Lonnie Zamora reported being an unidentified flying object on…
  • p. 151 …yesterday the secluded hill where Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora reported seeing an egg-shaped ob- ject…
  • p. 152 …Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora. POLICE AND military men seem inclined to believe Zamora. "Zamora is a…
  • p. 153 …He planned to visit the place where officer Lonnie Zamora said he spotted the object Friday…
  • p. 155 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
  • p. 156 …City Officer Lonnie Zamora said he saw an egg-shaped object about the size of a…
  • p. 158 …Officer Lonnie Zamora, while patrolling in his car Friday, said he saw an egg-shaped object…
  • p. 160 …Officer Lonnie Zamora said he not only saw the object but also saw two occupants who…
  • p. 162 …Lonnie Zamora, left, Socorro policeman, shows Air Force investigators where he saw a mysterious flying object…
  • p. 163 …consultant on unidented flying objects had Poeman Lonnie Zamora react in detail Wednesday the hting of…
  • p. 164 …Hynek and Patrolman Lonnie Zamora went over the place where Zamora said he saw a mysterious…
  • p. 166 …HYNEK VISITED TODAY THE SECLUDED HILL WHERE SOCORRO POLICEMAN LONNIE ZAMORA REPORTED SEEING AN EGG-SHAPED…
  • p. 167 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…

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# BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A 20-year-old Edgewood youth says he fired six shots at one of New Mexico's unidentified flying objects.

State Policeman Tommy Richardson of Moriarty reported he received a telephone call from Don Adams of Edgewood about 1:30 a.m. today.

The report said Adams told of seeing the object about 100 feet off the ground. He said it appeared to be a fluorescent or glowing green-colored object about 25 feet long.

He told the officer he drove his car under the object and his car stalled. The youth reported he then got out and fired six shots at the object, reloaded and fired again, without effect. The officer said he did not determine if Adams was using a rifle or a pistol.

Adam's account was another of several such reports that have kept New Mexico and military authorities busy since Friday.

Newspaper offices and broadcast stations were receiving a few telephone calls about similar sightings but most callers would not identify themselves, saying they did not want to be ridiculed.

The reports came from points following a line from near caballo Reservoir south of Truin or Consequences, north to an area near Espanola.

All the reports are similar in that they describe oval or eggshaped objects with size estimates ranging from the size of a car to about 30 feet or longer. State police and military officials have confirmed finding scorched earth at the sites, and wedge-shaped depressions that officers say appear to have been left by some type of landing gear.

A man who refused to identify himself because he said he would be laughed at, said he saw a ball of red flame land near Las Vegas. He made no estimate of the size of the ball. He said he was going from Lake McAllister to Las Vegas when he saw the object.

New information has been revealed about other sightings.

State Police Sgt. Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora that the UFO he saw Friday, the first of the series of sightings, had red markings on its silvery side. Chavez said Zamora told him the design was an inverted V with three bars crossing it, but that the Air Force had told him not to discuss the markings.

Three sightings occurred Sunday night. An unidentified 18 year-old girl told Socorro police she saw a fire with something in it in the same vicinity where Zamora had been.

Orlando Gallegos, 35, of Santa Fe, said he saw a craft as long as a telephone pole and about 14 feet in circumference near his father's home north of La Madera.

State Police Capt. Martin Vigil investigated the La Madera sighting. He found the ground still smouldering 20 hours after the sighting. He said rocks in the center of the area were split, a bottle was melted and green brush had been set on fire, evidently by intense heat.

Saturday night two unidentified motorists said an object similar to the egg-shaped, silver craft described by Zamora swooped down out of the sky toward their car in the Espanola area.

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