“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 on…
- 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…
MAY 6 1964
# New Sights Of Saucers
## Strange Objects Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UPI) In New Mexico, first test site of the atomic bomb and now a space-age military bastion, citizens in the last two weeks say they have seen, shot at and run from "flying saucers" in shapes from bananas to bathtubs.
The unidentified Flying Object craze is a periodic epidemic in the state. The latest flurry of reports started April 24 when a Rio Grande Valley policeman said he saw a bathtub-shaped object standing on four girder-like legs at dusk.
When it flew away, Socorro, N.M., policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it.
Since then, reports of strange objects have gained speed throughout New Mexico, Wyoming and into Montana in the high Rockies
## Some Explanations
The Air Force sent its top flying saucer chaser to New Mexico and there have been many scientific and military explanations for the sightings, but citizens keep looking.
The scientist, Dr. Lincoln Lapaz, Institute of Meteoritics director at the University of New Mexico, said there is no danger of outer-space invasion because "anyone living outside this troubled giobe would be displaying absolute nonsense to come here."
One scientist said a "SuperPogo" military craft may be causing the scare. The Air Force said low-flying jets taking pictures with bright strobe lights might be the answer.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, head of the astronomy department at Northwestern University and the Air Force's top consultant on unidentified flying objects, came to the state to investigate but soon left, saying he believes radar would have picked up anything that human eyes saw.
## Plenty of Radar
"It is my understanding that New Mexico has more than its share of radar installations." Dr. Hynek said. "It seems strange to me that radar did not pick up anything."
White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base and Kirtland Air Force Base are among the many military installations in New Mexico with elaborate radar gear.
Zamora started it all when he said he saw the shiny, bathtub-shaped object in a field at Socorro, about 50 miles from where the first atomic bomb was exploded at White Sands.
When he approached it, he said it flew away. Air Force officials confirmed that grass and bushes around the area were burned and that there were four indentations in the ground. Dr. Hynek took soil samples to be analyzed.
## Peculiar Aircraft
Lapaz said he believes Zamora saw a vertical short-takeoff and landing aircraft. He said the craft behaves much like the object Zamora said he saw.
Lapaz said he saw a picture of the craft in the March issue of the U.S. Naval Institute proceedings.
He said the picture is several years old and that some military agency probably is secretly testing a "Super-Pogo" type craft with different markings.
"The newer models probably are highly classified." Lapaz said.