“Socorro”60+ pages
- p. 1 …LOCATION
Socorro, New Mexico 12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft…
- p. 2 …the Air Force and night be attributed to the Socorro, New Mexico sighting.
FOR THE COMMANDER
- p. 3 …85,.17 miles north of Socorro.
"I wasn't going to report it because I didn…
- p. 4 …He told police
Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro…
- p. 5 # Mysterious Object Pays
SOCORRO (UPI) - It was shiny and stood on four gird- round, stood on…
- p. 6 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on highway patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft near Socorro…
- p. 7 # Astronomer Hunts Clue To 'Saucer'
SOCORRO, N. M., April 29 (AP). An astronomer from the Dearborn…
- p. 8 …Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora that the UFO he saw…
- p. 10 …the desert about a mile south of Socorro. He denied seeing any signs of life around…
- p. 11 …Policeman
By CHARLES RICHARDS United Press International SOCORRO, N.M. (UPI)—It's
a good place…
- p. 12 …No less than six "authentic" spottings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman L onn…
- p. 14 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 15 …The reports came from Socorro and the Espanola area.
State Police Capt. Martin Vigil said investigators…
- p. 17 SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how, he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
- p. 18 # Air Force UFO 4129 Expert to Check 'Saucer' Reports
SOCORRO (P) Dr. J. Allen Hynek, special…
- p. 19 April 25, 1964, when on the previous day at Socorro, New Mexico a policeman, Mr. Lonnie…
- p. 20 Landing area at Socorro, New Mexico, taken April 25.
- p. 21 …When it flew away, Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it.
Since…
- p. 22 # "ELPASO TIMES" Film On UFCs To Include Socorro Officer
Secorro, N.M. (AP)—A Hollywood, Calif…
- p. 23 …No less than six "authentic" spotings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 24 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964
On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
- p. 26 # Air Force Uru Expert to Check 'Saucer' Reports
SOCORRO Dr. J. Allen Hynek, special unidentified flying…
- p. 27 …85 two miles south of Socorro between 7:30 and 8 p.m. The unidentified tourist…
- p. 28 …The flap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora (note incorrect spelling…
- p. 29 # El Defensor
SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico
VOL. 98 NO.34…
- p. 30 Published Tuesdays & Thursdays in Socorro, N. M. 87801
TUESDAY, APRIL 28.
# Of UFO Landing Here Observe…
- p. 31 …Holder of Socorro, U.S. Army up-range commander with headquarters at Stallion Range Center on…
- p. 35 # UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAF0I PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash D…
- p. 46 …On Tuesday, 28 April 1964, Capt Quintanilla directed Doctor J Allen Hynek to Socorro to obtain…
- p. 57 …produce markings such as those found at Socorro. One known experimental model, constructed by Bell Aircraft…
- p. 73 …on the April 24, 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora.
I would…
- p. 74 …As I recall, the man was driving into Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, I no longer…
- p. 75 …As a recall, the man was driving into Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, no longer have…
- p. 76 ## Four Years Old
# $100 Reward Offered In Saucer Mystery
SOCORRO The mystery of a reported unidentified…
- p. 78 ## NARRATIVE OF SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING, 24 APRIL 1964
Shortly after 5:30 pm on Friday…
- p. 84 TDEW/UFO
UFO Sighting Socorro, New Mexico
14 May 1964
Test Support Officer (Col K. Young…
- p. 85 …On 18 May 1964 TSgt Moody called Mr Opal Grinder at 835-9916 in Socorro New…
- p. 86 …Capt Quintanilla contacted the FTD liaison office at Holloman AFB regarding the Socorro sighting and requested…
- p. 90 …Cloud Gap operations were conducted in an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New…
- p. 91 …5 CASES of sightings in 1963 or early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings
## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW…
- p. 93 THE FOLLOWING SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED TO THE AIR FORCE AND MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SOCORRO…
- p. 96 …In my visit to Socorro I determined that Zamora had been urged by the Mayor to…
- p. 100 …Coming back to the Socorro case: I'm sorry that I couldn't have been of…
- p. 102 Report on the Trip to Socorro - Albuquerque - Socorro, March 12-13, 1965
Left Las Cruces 7…
- p. 103 …CONCLUSIONS
24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico □ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably…
- p. 104 it on a global basis and the UFO phenomenon apart from the Socorro case is certainly…
- p. 105 …His principal reason for selecting Socorro seems to be the following: "The main one can be…
- p. 106 …Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
- p. 109 …Apparently the Socorro teenagers are much more direct in their methods of reprisal for the "fuzz…
- p. 111 …I do not believe that the Socorro high school students could have kept a secret this…
- p. 112 …There is also the opinion expressed in Socorro, and expressed to me a number of times…
- p. 124 # UFO REPORT
Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
- p. 126 …Radioed to sheriff's office Socorro 2, possibly 10-44 (accident). I'll be 10-6…
- p. 127 …State Police at Socorro) calling me on radio for my location, and I returned to my…
- p. 128 ## INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE ZAMORA
At 0530, Sunday 26 April…
- p. 130 …Coral Lorenzen and husband were in Socorro at the time and had interviewed both Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 131 ## REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP
On Tuesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call…
- p. 134 …No 9 shows the town of Socorro in the distance, looking down longitudinally through the gulley…
- p. 136 …NUMEROUS INQUIRES CONCERNING AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE RECENT UFO SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW…
- p. 137 …In about a month, I shall have occassion to return to the Socorro area, at which…
and his feeling that he had seen something truly unusual is attested by the fact that he asked whether he should speak to the priest first before saying anything about it.
Any question of hallucination seems clearly out. He is a non-drinking man, and is a solid, well-built, physically healthy individual (Photo- grph No 10). He is a cop who looks as though he could be pretty gruff with his customers, and in fact, his complaint about the UFO sighting was that it did not allow him to give out his full quota of tickets for the day. Photograph N 11 is of Sergeant Chaves, who is considerably more articulate than Zamora, and appears to have a greater awareness of things and relations than Zamora does. Both men seemed to give every indication of being devoted to duty and being basically simple and honest. Photograph No 12 is a close-up of one of the markings, made very shortly after the craft had departed.
By the time that I got to see the area, it had been so badly trampled over that I could make no assesment of the burned areas. There appear to be a fair amount of charred particles mixed in with the dirt, and some charred cardboard was also found (enc). In conclude, therefore, that Zamora saw a tangible, physical object, under good daylight illumination, and from fairly close range (at the closest, almost as little as 100 feet).
It appears essential that we discover what the physical object actually was. It is clear that the UFO officianados are going to make a great case of this one. Two days before my visit, Mr Lorenzen, husband of Carol Lorenzen of APRO, had visited and taken numerous samples of charred remains and of rocks and ground, etc. I had not been at the site more than ten minutes when Mr Sanford of NICAP showed up and took samples, photographs, etc. It was remarked at the time as to how Menzel would go about explaining this one! No doubt was left in my mind but that NICAP and APRO, and possibly others, would consider this the best authenticated landing sighting on record. They will use it, very likely as a lever for a congressional investigation, and will deride any attempt to "explain it away" as a balloon, conventional heliocopter, etc. They will set great store on the paucity of the burns and the relative lack of disturbance would have been very much greater. They will probably say that the burns are "plasmaburns" which can scorch locally, I understand.
It is therefore essential to consider this one of the major UFO sightings in the history of the Air Force's consideration of this subject, and to spare no effort in establishing whether maneuvers of any sort were taking place in that locality either on the part of the Air Force, the Army, or even the Navy. However, I am quite certain that it will not be sufficient for the Air Force in this case to indicate that the sighting was "probably a new type of craft being tested," or that a secret war