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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.
UNIDENTIFmD FLYING OBJECT on radiator or on trunk, at this first glance. The only time I saw these two persons was when I had stopped, for possibly two seconds or so, to glance at the object. I don't recall noting any particular shape or possibly any hats or headgear . These persons appeared normal in shape--but possibly they were small adults or large kids . Then paid attention to road while drove towards scene. Radioed to sheriff ' s office, "Socorro 2 to Socorro, possible 10-44 (accident); I ' ll be 10-6 (busy) out of the car checking the car down in the arroyo . " Stopped car, was .still talking on radio, started to get out, mike fell down, reached back to put up mike, then replaced radio mike in slot, got out of car and turned to go down to where knew the object (car) was . AP my mike fell, I got out of car, at scene area, I heard about two or three loud "thumps , " iike someone possibly hammering or s hutting a door or doors hard. These "thumps" were possibly a second or less apart. This was just before the roar. The· persons were not seen when I got up to the scene area . -5-
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.