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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.
“Socorro, New Mexico”54 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 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
- p. 4 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
- p. 5 …Sam Chavez of the New Mexico State Police. They took six other men to the spot…
- p. 7 …the special Unidentified Flying Object consultant to the Air Force, was sent to New Mexico after…
- p. 8 …Adam's account was another of several such reports that have kept New Mexico and military…
- p. 11 …Right on the edge of White Sands missile range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
- p. 12 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
- p. 14 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
- p. 17 …Right on the edge of White Sands Missile Range on the wide open New Mexico desert…
- p. 18 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
- 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 MAY 6 1964
# New Sights Of Saucers
## Strange Objects Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico…
- p. 22 …12 FEB 65
## New Mexico
APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico On April 24, 1964, a…
- p. 23 …rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and…
- p. 24 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964
On April 24, 1964, a Socorro…
- p. 26 …David Moody of the office already was in New Mexico and would assist Dr. Hynek in…
- p. 27 …My husband and I had talked about the thing the people saw in New Mexico, but…
- p. 28 …in from all over the state of New Mexico and other parts of the west. It…
- p. 29 # El Defensor
SOCORRO: Inhabited Since 1540 Home of the Famed New Mexico
VOL. 98 NO. 34…
- p. 31 …reported concrete instance of a UFO in New Mexico.
Policeman Zamora shifted from a routine task…
- p. 35 # UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAF0I PB (Mrs Gaiser) Wash D…
- p. 46 …24 April 1964 Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police accompanied by Agent Burns of…
- p. 57 …Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New Mexico. The object or vehicle displayed flight characteristics…
- p. 73 …the April 24, 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora.
I would very…
- p. 74 …Bieberman 601 Pitch Avenue Socorro, New Mexico 87801
- 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 …835-9916 in Socorro New Mexico regarding the article appearing in the Socorro ElDefnnsor & Chieftan concerning…
- p. 90 …about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. Cloud Gap personnel did not have any…
- p. 91 …reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings
## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AREA
25 Apr. Socorro Unidentified Observer. Rotating Navigation…
- p. 93 …TO THE SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SIGHTING:
1. 26,Apr 64, Grants,New Mexico sighting of a…
- p. 103 …CONCLUSIONS
24 April 1964 Socorro, New Mexico □ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably…
- p. 105 …His theories as to why UFO's land in New Mexico lack, shall we say, a…
- p. 106 …Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of…
- p. 124 # UFO REPORT
Lonnie Zamora, 606 Resevoir Street, Socorro, New Mexico, 835-1134, Officer Socorro Police Force…
- p. 131 ## REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP
On Tuesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call…
- p. 136 …SIGHTING AT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL, CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED FROM NEWS MEDIA, FROM THE…
- p. 138 …while in Socorro, my old friend, Dr Jack Whothmen, President of the New Mexico School of…
- p. 146 …Right on the ge of White Sands Mise Range on the wide en New Mexico desert…
- p. 147 UFO Sighting, Socorro, New Mexico, 24 Apr 64
Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser)
Wash 25…
- p. 152 …The Sócorro report and another at La Madera in northern New Mexico were similar in that…
- p. 153 …range, whose headquarters is near the central New Mexico town.
## Six Cars Derail; Rip Mile of…
- p. 154 # ASTRONOMER TO NEW MEXICO
# Flying Objects Area Probed
SOCORRO, N.M.—(AP)—An astronomer from the…
- p. 156 …landings in New Mexico in the past few days.
"We are convinced the Socorro policeman saw…
- p. 157 SOCORRO NEW MEXICO DATE: 24 APR 64
# Believes Intelligent Beings on UFOs Sighted in State
TUCSON…
- p. 159 …85 and New Mexico 180 and the object appeared to be about a quarter of a…
- p. 160 …of Socorro. UFO experts from different parts of the country are in New Mexico to investigate…
- p. 164 …Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico who has
an international reputation in running down…
- p. 165 …Hynek said he had not been told by the government whether sending him to New Mexico…
- p. 167 …THE SOCORRO REPORT AND ANOTHER AT LA MADERA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WERE SIMILAR IN THAT…
- p. 168 # 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to…
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UFO sighting. The data was collected and no positive conclusion reached. On Tuesday, 28 April 1964, Capt Quintanilla directed Doctor J Allen Hynek to Socorro to obtain additional data. Com posite results of the investigation by Capt Holder, Sgt Moody, Dr Hynek and Major Conner indicated that the attached narrative depicts the true circumstances of the sighting.
## b. Specific Findings from Efforts to Date:
(1) On the evening of 24 April 1964 Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police accompanied by Agent Burns of the FBI and Capt Richard Holder conducted a search of the area surrounding the sighting. There were no automobile tire markings or markings of any sort in the area other than those located at the site of the alleged landing and so noted in Capt Holder's report.
(2) Radioactivity: Major Conner and Sgt Moody checked the area for radiation. There was no radioactivity in the area of the sighting.
(3) Helo Activity: A check was made to determine if any helicopter activity was in the area at the approximate time of the sighting. This check was conducted at White Sands by Capt Holder who talked with the pilots and operational personnel. All helicopters at White Sands were in the hangars at the time of the sighting. Sgt Moody checked all ANS helicopters at Kirtland AFB and the landing gear did not coincide with the marks on the ground. Helo activity was checked within a radius of 300 miles including Biggs AFB at El Paso with negative results. All military helos including those associated with Project Cloud Gap have been eliminated as a possible cause of the sighting. However, civilian helicopter activity was not completely determined.
(4) Radar Surveillance of the Area: Capt Bolder contacted radar sites at White Sands and Almagordo. He was informed that there was no unidentified activity in the area during the time of the sighting.
(5) Soil Samples: The soil samples obtained at the sighting were given to Dr J Allen Hynek by Capt Holder. They were turned over to Captain Quintanilla who in turn submitted them to ASD for analysis. Laboratory analysis of the soil was completed on 19 May 64. It included spectrographic analysis which revealed that there was no foreign material in the soil samples. Also, no chemicals were detected in the charred or burned soil which would indicate a type of propellant. There was no significant difference in elemental composition between the different samples.
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