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Project Blue Book Socorro file

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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.

  • 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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# "ELPASO TIMES" Film On UFCs To Include Socorro Officer

Secorro, N.M. (AP)—A Hollywood, Calif., firm has finished filming the Socorro part of a documentary on unidentified flying objects.

Principal in the Socorro section of the film was city policeman Lonnie Zamora. He said he saw an UFO on April 24, 1964; after it had landed in a gully near here and also said he saw it take off.

Zamora re-enacted his experience for Empire Film Studios at the scene last Saturday.

A studio official said the film may be ready for showing in five weeks. The first public showing is scheduled in Socorro. The film will run about 80 minutes. The documentary will be entitled, "Phenomena - Seven Point Seven." This, said the official, is 7.7 per cent of an estimated 8,000 sightings classified by the Air Force as UFOs.

The official said the documentary is designed to show that neither hysteria nor panic were caused by the alleged landing here. 12 FEB 65

## New Mexico

APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico On April 24, 1964, a Socorro, New Mexico police, Mr. Lonnie Zamora, reported an object on the ground a mile south of the town at approximately 5:30 p.m. Lonnie Zamora said the object was white, egg-shaped and supported on girlerlike legs. He heard a roar and saw smoke and flames coming from underneath the object. The UFO rose to a point about 15-20 feet above the ground and the flames and smoke ceased. The UFO remained stationary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly direction.

The Air Force sent investigators from Wright-Patterson AFB to Socorro. The investigation disclosed the following facts. No other witnesses to the object could be located. There were no unidentified helicopters or aircraft in the area. Observers at radar installations observed no unusual or unidentified blips. There was no unusual meteorological activity. There was no evidence of markings of any in the area other than the shallow depressions at the landing site. Laboratory analysis of the foreign material or radiation above normal. Laboratory analysis of the burned brush showed no chemical which would indicate a type of propellent. Air Force conclusion: "Unknown". The AF is continuing its investigation and the case is still open.

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