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This Project Blue Book file on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting, held by the Internet Archive, collects Air Force records and 1964 press clippings. It covers policeman Lonnie Zamora's April 24, 1964 report of an egg-shaped object with four legs, the scorched brush and ground depressions, and Dr. J. Allen Hynek's investigation. An Air Force summary says soil and brush analysis found no radiation or propellant and the case stayed open. Later New Mexico reports were judged known objects or hoaxes.
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There was no evidence of markings of any sort in the area other than the shallow depressions at the location where Mr Zamora reported sighting the object. Laboratory analysis of soil samples disclosed no foreign material or radiation above normal for the surrounding area. Laboratory analysis of the burned brush showed no chemicals which would indicate a type of propellant. There was no evidence presented that the object was extraterrestrial in origin or represented a threat to the security of the United States. The Air Force is continuing its investigation and the case is still open. For several days following this report, other sightings were reported in the New Mexico area. In each case the sighting was determined to be a known object or natural phenomena. Two of the reports were determined to be hoaxes.
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