“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…
## NARRATIVE OF SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING, 24 APRIL 1964
Shortly after 5:30 pm on Friday, 24 April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department was chasing a speeding auto North on U S 85 in the line of duty. While in pursuit he heard a roar and saw flames in an area where a dynamite shack was known to be located. He abandoned chase of the auto and proceeded to where he thought an explosion had occurred. In order to reach this spot he had to travel a little-used road over several hills and gullies. After two or three efforts to drive his car up a gravel-covered incline he reached a crest where the object was visible. At this point, 800 ft from the object, he observed what he thought to be a car overturned and standing on its end. There were one or two objects described as coveralls which he assumed to be occupants of the vehicle. He radioed in to police headquarters that he was proceeding to investigate a 10-74 (auto accident). Proceeding up the road to a point about 150 ft from the gully where the object was, he stopped the car, got out, and headed toward the object. The object was on girder-like legs, white (not chrome) and egg shaped or oval. As he approached the object there were some noises and flame and smoke began to come from the bottom of the vehicle. The noise increased from low pitch to high pitch, was different from that of a jet or helo and not like anything Sgt Zamora had ever heard. The flame was blue like a welders torch, turning to orange or yellow at the ends. Thinking that the object was going to explode he became frightened. The time was approximately 1745 (1 1/2 hours before sunset), the sun was to his back, slightly to the right. He turned, ran back to get behind the police car, bumping his leg and losing his glasses on the way. He crouched down, shielding his eyes with his arm while the noise continued for another 10 seconds. At this time the noise stopped and he looked up. The object had risen to a point about 15-20 ft above the ground and the flame and smoke had ceased to come from the object. The object had a red marking about 1 ft or maybe 18 inches in height, shaped like a crescent with a vertical arrow and horizontal line underneath. The object hovered in this spot for several seconds and then flew off in a SW direction following the contour of the gully. It cleared the dynamite shack by not more than 3 ft. He watched the object disappear in the distance over a point on Highway 85 about 6 miles from where he was standing. The object took about 3 minutes to travel that far. Disappearance was by fading in the distance and at no time did he observe the object to rise more than 20 ft off the ground.
While proceeding to the location when the object was assumed to be an auto Sgt Zamora was in radio contact with police headquarters. The State Police use the same network and his call was monitored by Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police. Sgt Zamora attempted