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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.
“Lonnie Zamora”52 pages
- p. 4 …policeman, Lonnie Zamora, who said he spotted an object near Socorro Friday night. Zamora, in clearing…
- p. 5 …Socorro Police man Lonnie Zamora does not know what it was
Zamora said the mysterious object…
- p. 6 …Last April 24, Officer Lonnie Zamora, on highway patrol, sighted an oval-shaped craft near Socorro…
- p. 7 …He planned to visit the place where officer Lonnie Zamora said he spotted the object Friday…
- p. 8 …Sam Chavez said he was told by Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora that the UFO he saw…
- p. 11 …Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora says he saw it, and police and military men seem inclined to…
- p. 14 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 15 …of Socorro Sunday night, where city officer Lonnie Zamora first reported seeing an "egg-shaped object…
- p. 16 …The man who started it all, Socoro policeman Lonnie Zamora, says the next time he finds…
- p. 17 SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how, he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
- p. 18 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
- p. 19 …Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object on the ground a mile south of the town at…
- p. 21 …When it flew away, Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it.
Since…
- p. 22 …Principal in the Socorro section of the film was city policeman Lonnie Zamora. He said he…
- p. 23 …No less than six "authentic" spotings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora…
- p. 24 …1964, a Socorro, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object about a mile…
- p. 26 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
- p. 27 …Socorro yesterday to talk to Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora who started it all when he said…
- p. 28 …The flap started, as most know, when Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora (note incorrect spelling…
- p. 30 …when this photo was taken.
## City Policeman Zamora Reports Sighting Egg-Shaped Object and Views Take…
- p. 35 …Lonnie Zamora, of Socorro, New Mexico on 24 Apr. 64, results of the investigation so far…
- p. 57 …what type of vehicle or object Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New…
- p. 68 …a firm using the marking observed by Lonnie Zamora.
(3) NASA has been queried regarding the…
- p. 76 …On April 24, 1964, Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora saw what he described as a four-legged…
- p. 78 …pm on Friday, 24 April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department was chasing…
- p. 80 …Major Connor and Sgt Moody had talked with the witness Lonnie Zamora. Mr Zamora is the…
- p. 86 …of a vehicle at White Sands capable of causing the sighting as described by Lonnie Zamora.
- p. 90 …to the description provided by police officer Lonnie Zamora.
Since certain aerial surveillance flights were being…
- p. 103 …BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Sighting of landing by Lonnie Zamora.
SEE CASE FILE. 11. COMMENTS
Initially…
- p. 104 …He said that Zamora had not wanted to be in the picutre, but it was at…
- p. 124 # UFO REPORT
Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
- p. 128 ## INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING OF UFO BY LONNIE ZAMORA
At 0530, Sunday 26 April…
- p. 129 …The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora. Shortly after 5…
- p. 130 …Lonnie Zamoras description of the object is vague. The only specific detail being the red marking…
- p. 132 …the matter, Lonnie; you look like you've seen the devil." And Zamora stated, "Well, maybe…
- p. 146 …SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N…
- p. 147 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of…
- p. 149 …Socorro City Officer Lonnie Zamora told of seeing the egg-shaped vehicle, roughly the size of…
- p. 150 …Socorro Po man Lonnie Zamora now w nights so he can sleep.
One year ago Saturday…
- p. 151 …AP) - One year Saturday, Socorro police an Lonnie Zamora reported being an unidentified flying object on…
- p. 152 …yesterday the secluded hill where Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora reported seeing an egg-shaped ob- ject…
- p. 153 …Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora.
POLICE AND military men seem inclined to believe Zamora.
"Zamora is a…
- p. 154 …He planned to visit the place where officer Lonnie Zamora said he spotted the object Friday…
- p. 156 …Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, and then visit the site…
- p. 157 …City Officer Lonnie Zamora said he saw an egg-shaped object about the size of a…
- p. 159 …Officer Lonnie Zamora, while patrolling in his car Friday, said he saw an egg-shaped object…
- p. 161 …Officer Lonnie Zamora said he not only saw the object but also saw two occupants who…
- p. 163 …Lonnie Zamora, left, Socorro policeman, shows Air Force investigators where he saw a mysterious flying object…
- p. 164 …consultant on unidented flying objects had Poeman Lonnie Zamora react in detail Wednesday the hting of…
- p. 165 …Hynek and Patrolman Lonnie Zamora went over the place where Zamora said he saw a mysterious…
- p. 167 …HYNEK VISITED TODAY THE SECLUDED HILL WHERE SOCORRO POLICEMAN LONNIE ZAMORA REPORTED SEEING AN EGG-SHAPED…
- p. 168 …Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora…
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## (6) VTOL and Lunar Modules:
(a) Personnel working on the development of VTOL type aircraft and lunar modules were consulted. VTOL type a/c were not eliminated as a possible cause due to the absence of a blast effect in the area. There are several types of ducted blast devices which would divert the force of the blast outward. However, they were not aware of an operational craft of this nature.
(b) Lunar Module configurations conform not only to the description of the object but also have girder like legs or pods which would produce markings such as those found at Socorro. One known experimental model, constructed by Bell Aircraft Corporation, is located at Edwards AFB.
(7) Additional Witness The El Defensor and Chieftan of Tuesday 28 Apr 64 carried an article indicating that an unidentified tourist traveling North on UB 85 new the UFO just before it landed. He also observed the police car heading up the hill toward the spot where the UFO landed. If this is true, the UFO not only disappeared in the direction of White Band's but also came from that same direction. A telephone call to Mr Opal Grinder of Whiting Brothers Service Station indicated that he was the source for reporting that an unidentified tourist had observed the unidentified flying object. He verified that the information in the news article was correct.
## c. General Conclusions to Date:
(1) Evaluation of the data contained in the various investigative reports confirms that a sighting definitely did occur. The description of the object and flight characteristics are coincident with that expected of a helicopter, VTOL or Lunar Module configuration. Current investigative efforts are being made to establish or identify the specific vehicle which caused the sighting. The following statement by Captain Hector Quintanilla represents a statement which may be released to the press;
"Conclusion: The investigators at Wright-Patterson have not been able to identify or determine what type of vehicle or object Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New Mexico. The object or vehicle displayed flight characteristics well within the State-of-the-Art and the sighting cannot be attributed to atmospheric or astronomical phenomena. In this respect, I can categorically state that the vehicle or object observed by Mr Lonnie Zamora was not an inter-planetary space vehicle visiting the planet Earth. This case is still open and the investigation is still in progress."
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