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This FBI file from the Albuquerque, New Mexico office holds letterhead memoranda dated May 8, 1964, about an unidentified flying object at Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, 1964. Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr. went to the site and reported four depressions, burned patches of grass and three circular marks. He described Officer Lonnie Zamora as sober and reliable. The file also gives Zamora's account of a roar and flame, a shiny object with two figures in white coveralls nearby, and the object's departure to the southwest.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Suddenly noted a shiny type object to south
about 150 to 200 yards . It was off the road. At first
glance, stopped. It looked, at first, like a car turned
upside down . Thought some kids might have turned over .
Saw two people in white coveralls very close to the object .
One of these persons seemed to turn and look straight at
my car and seemed startled--seemed to quickly jump somewhat.
When I first saw the object , (when I thought it
might be a car), I saw what appeared to be two legs of
some type from the object to the ground . At the time, I
didn't pay much attention to what it was--1 thought it was
an accident--! saw the two persons . I didn't pay attention
to the two "legs?" . The two "legs" were at the bottom
of the object , slanted outwards to the ground. The object
might have been about th"ee and a half feet from the ground
at that time . I just glanced at it.
At this time I started moving my car towards them
quickly, with idea· to help. Had stopped about only a
couple seconds. Object was like aluminum--it was whitish
against the mesa background , but not chrome . Seemed like
{) in shape and I at first glance took it to be an
overturned white car. Car appeared turned up like standing
-4- Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 40 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.