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This Project Blue Book file on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting of 24 April 1964 compiles an Air Force record card and a large set of press clippings. The clippings cover policeman Lonnie Zamora's report of an egg-shaped object with four landing marks and scorched brush, plus J. Allen Hynek's investigation and follow-up reports from La Madera, Edgewood and elsewhere. An Air Force summary says soil and brush analysis found no foreign material, radiation or propellant, that the case remains open, and that later related sightings were explained or found to be hoaxes.
“Socorro, New Mexico”54 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 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
- p. 4 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
- p. 5 …Sam Chavez of the New Mexico State Police. They took six other men to the spot…
- p. 7 …the special Unidentified Flying Object consultant to the Air Force, was sent to New Mexico after…
- p. 8 …Adam's account was another of several such reports that have kept New Mexico and military…
- p. 11 …Right on the edge of White Sands missile range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
- p. 12 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
- p. 14 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
- p. 17 …Right on the edge of White Sands Missile Range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
- p. 18 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
- 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 MAY 6 1964
# New Sights Of Saucers
## Strange Objects Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico…
- p. 22 …12 FEB 65
## New Mexico
APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico On April 24, 1964, a…
- p. 23 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
- p. 24 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964
On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
- p. 26 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
- p. 27 …My husband and I had talked about the thing the people saw in New Mexico, but…
- p. 28 …in from all over the state of New Mexico and other parts of the west. It…
- p. 29 # El Defensor
SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico
VOL. 98 NO.34…
- p. 31 …reported concrete instance of a UFO in New Mexico.
Policeman Zamora shifted from a routine task…
- p. 35 # UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAF0I PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash D…
- p. 46 …24 April 1964 Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police accompanied by Agent Burns of…
- p. 57 …Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New Mexico. The object or vehicle displayed flight characteristics…
- p. 73 …the April 24, 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora.
I would very…
- p. 74 …Bieberman 601 Pitch Avenue Socorro, New Mexico 87801
- 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 …835-9916 in Socorro New Mexico regarding the article appearing in the Socorro ElDefnnsor & Chieftan concerning…
- p. 90 …about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. Cloud Gap personnel did not have any…
- p. 91 …reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings
## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AREA
25 Apr. Socorro Unidentified Observer. Rotating Navigation…
- p. 93 …TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING:
1. 26,Apr 64, Grants,New Mexico sighting of a…
- p. 103 …CONCLUSIONS
24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico □ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably…
- p. 105 …His theories as to why UFO's land in New Mexico lack, shall we say, a…
- p. 106 …Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
- p. 124 # UFO REPORT
Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
- p. 131 ## REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP
On Tuesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call…
- p. 136 …SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL, CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED FROM NEWS MEDIA, FROM THE…
- p. 138 …while in Socorro, my old friend, Dr Jack Whothmen, President of the New Mexico School of…
- p. 146 …Right on the ge of White Sands Mise Range on the wide en New Mexico desert…
- p. 147 UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser)
Wash 25…
- p. 152 …The Sócorro report and another at La Madera in northern New Mexico were similar in that…
- p. 153 …range, whose headquarters is near the central New Mexico town.
## Six Cars Derail; Rip Mile of…
- p. 154 # ASTRONOMER TO NEW MEXICO
# Flying Objects Area Probed
SOCORRO, N.M.—(AP)—An astronomer from the…
- p. 156 …landings in New Mexico in the past few days.
"We are convinced the Socorro policeman saw…
- p. 157 SOCORRO NEW MEXICO DATE: 24 APR 64
# Believes Intelligent Beings on UFOs Sighted in State
TUCSON…
- p. 159 …85 and New Mexico 180 and the object appeared to be about a quarter of a…
- p. 160 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
- p. 164 …Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico who has
an international reputation in running down…
- p. 165 …Hynek said he had not been told by the government whether sending him to New Mexico…
- p. 167 …THE SOCORRO REPORT AND ANOTHER AT LA MADERA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WERE SIMILAR IN THAT…
- p. 168 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
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# Socorro Officer Saw Two Men Step Out of Big UFO
SOCORRO, April 25 (P) A report by a Socorro policeman that he saw an eggshaped flying object land near here yesterday has the FBI and military authorities interested.
Officer Lonnie Zamora said he not only saw the object but also saw two occupants who alighted after it landed about one mile southwest of Socorro in a draw.
sions were irregularly spaced with the distance between them varying from about nine feet to 15 feet. He estimated the length of the object at about 15 feet from the position of what apparently were landing gear legs.
ly landed there," Chavez said.
Zamora said men who identified themselves as from Army intelligence at White Sands Missile Range took samples of the soil. "Something definite
Zamora was described as a man not given to imagining things...
State Police Sgt. Sam Chavez said he received a call from the Pentagon and the caller indicated the site would be inspected by someone from Washington. As Officer Zamora tells his experience: While in his patrol car about 5:50 p.m. yesterday he heard what he thought was an explosion in the area where a dynamite shack is located. He drove to within 150 yards of the draw where he spotted what appeared to be an overturned car. Moving closer he saw two figures moving about outside the vehicle.
Besides the landing gear marks, Zamora said he found what appeared to be two round prints like heel marks. Another man who visited the site described the marks as looking like mountain lion pad marks.
An FBI agent visited the spot this morning.
One looked directly at him. As Zamora moved closer he lost sight of the object behind a hill.
He continued driving to the draw and parked. He walked to within 200 feet of the object and again heard a roar. Taking cover behind his car Zamora saw the object of brilliant white metal, rise and hover about 20 feet off the ground. It then flew off to the west, rising gradually.
"I was scared," said Azmora, when he heard the deep roar. "I thought it was going to blow up."
Zamora said he called Sgt. Chavez on his car radio. Chavez joined him and both approached the site of the apparent landing. They found scorched ground and burned weeds.
They also found four 4.5 inch depressions in the ground which apparently had supported a heavy object.
Chavez said the Jmpres-
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