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Socorro Blue Book documents, pages 1 to 25

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This NICAP-hosted compilation of Project Blue Book records covers the Air Force investigation of policeman Lonnie Zamora's 24 April 1964 sighting at Socorro, New Mexico. It includes Foreign Technology Division teletypes, a resume and narrative of the sighting, Capt Hector Quintanilla's memos, and letters to Project Cloud Gap and the FAA. Investigators found no radiation, no foreign material in soil samples, and no helicopter or radar explanation. They concluded that a real object was seen, possibly a VTOL or lunar module type vehicle, and left the case open.

  • p. 5 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of…
  • p. 9 …1964, a Socorro, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object about a mile…
  • p. 10 …The following is a resume on the unidentified flying object sighted by Mr Lonnie Zamora, of…
  • p. 12 …what type of vehicle or object Mr Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April at Socorro, New…
  • p. 13 …a firm using the marking observed by Lonnie Zamora. (3) NASA has been queried regarding the…
  • p. 14 …pm on Friday, 24 April 1964 Sgt Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department was chasing…
  • p. 16 …Major Connor and Sgt Moody had talked with the witness Lonnie Zamora. Mr Zamora is the…
  • p. 21 …of a vehicle at White Sands capable of causing the sighting as described by Lonnie Zamora.
  • p. 25 …to the description provided by police officer Lonnie Zamora. Since certain aerial surveillance flights were being…

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Sgt Sam Charez of the New Mexico State Police was interviewed by Major Connor and Sgt Moody. He could add little to the investigation except that he arrived at the scene about three minutes after the incident happened and that Mr Zamora was scared.

Major Connor's formal report will be on the way on 27 April. He will include copies of Lt Col Kings report, the FBI report, and possibly the soil analysis report if he receives it in time, otherwise it will come later.

At the present time we don't know what it was, but Major Conner and Sgt Moody are still checking. They'll check out the Helicopter activity today.

When Sgt Moody called, he was getting ready to accompany Lt Col King on another alleged sighting. Everybody wants to get into the Act!

HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr Captain, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch

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