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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.
“New Mexico State Police”25 pages
# Man Reports Firing Shots, Hitting UFO Other Sightings Are Reported Around State A rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and military installations in a dither today. No less than six "authentic" spotings have been reported since Friday when Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora sighted an egg-shaped object which roared off the ground, leaving deep impressions and burned patches. In addition, telephone lines across the state hummed with activity as publicity-hunters and well-meaning persons got in the act. Fired 12 Shots An Edgewood man told State Police he fired 12.22calibre pistol shots at an "oblong thing" early today. He told of hitting the UFO six times and hearing the bullets bounce from it. As he paused to reload, the man said, the object moved silently northward. He was unable to determine whether shots 7 to 12 struck the thing. He described it as being a light green color, about 25 or 30 feet long, and silent. He said it hovered about 100 feet directly over his head. Investigating state police men said the man was completely "sober." Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the Las Vegas area reported seeing a ball of fire which apparently landed near a radio station. Employes of the station said the man asked that his name be withheld because he was afraid of being laughed at. Police also received similar reports Sunday from a Santa Fe man . . . Orlando Gallegos who told of seeing an egg-shaped metal object near La Madera, about 50 miles north of Santa Fe. He told of seeing flames spurt from numerous jets around the bottom of the object as it took off. State. Police Capt. Martin Vigil, who checked out the incident, said "There was definitely something there." Other reports came from an Albuquerque motorist who saw a "silver looking" object near Truth or Consequences, two men driving in the La Madera area and a Socorro teen-ager.
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