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Project Blue Book Socorro file

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This Black Vault release compiles 1964 newspaper and wire service clippings plus a Project Blue Book summary on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting by policeman Lonnie Zamora on April 24, 1964, when an egg-shaped object left four depressions and burned brush. It covers J. Allen Hynek's site visit, APRO and NICAP comment, and related New Mexico reports at La Madera, Edgewood and Albuquerque. The Air Force summary reports that soil and brush analysis found no radiation or propellant, and the case remained open.

  • p. 1 …yesterday as they were driving toward Albuquerque on U. S. 85,.17 miles north of Socorro…
  • p. 3 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
  • p. 9 …TWO INVESTIGATING officers were at the scene yesterday from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Maj…
  • p. 10 …Two investigating officers were at the scene Sunday from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Maj…
  • p. 11 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 13 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
  • p. 14 …Martin Vigil said investigators from Kirtland Air Force Base at Albuquerque were to arrive in Espanola…
  • p. 16 …William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness…
  • p. 20 …Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UPI) In New Mexico, first test…
  • p. 22 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 24 …The apparent low bid came from Case Thompson of Albuquerque. The firm asked $21.78 per…
  • p. 26 …The Air Force said low-flying jets have been taking pictures day and night from Albuquerque…
  • p. 30 …William Conner of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, was also here Sunday afternoon to interview Zamora…
  • p. 34 …UPI representative Charles Richard, carried in the Albuquerque Journal, 27 April 1964, are essentially correct. As…
  • p. 79 …The UFO report had been received by the 1005th from Lt Col King, CID, of Albuquerque…
  • p. 82 …It is suggested that Lt Col King, Albuquerque 268-2107 be contacted for proper questioning of…
  • p. 89 …I have talked to Major Casper who was the Cloud Gap Field Operations Officer at Albuquerque…
  • p. 90 …5 CASES of sightings in 1963 or early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings ## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW…
  • p. 101 Report on the Trip to Socorro - Albuquerque - Socorro, March 12-13, 1965 Left Las Cruces 7…
  • p. 103 …That was the next day in Albuquerque. I purchased five newspapers which had various stories about…
  • p. 105 …and the following day." I left for Albuquerque about 2:30 P. M., arriving at the…
  • p. 110 …I left Albuquerque in the late morning on Saturday and arrived in Socorro abbut 1:00…
  • p. 130 …This proved totally unnecessary since, when the plane from Denver arrived in Albuquerque, I heard some…
  • p. 137 …We had a late lunch enroute to Albuquerque. In Albuquerque, I had the opportunity to talk…
  • p. 145 …William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness…
  • p. 154 …He quit during his first year at Albuquerque High School. Since then, he served in the…
  • p. 155 …An Albuquerque couple, Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Green, 1805 Walter SE, told the Journal Tuesday nigh…
  • p. 156 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 158 …The motorist, who identified himself to Pyland as George Mitropolis of Albuquerque, said that while driving…
  • p. 159 …yesterday as they were driving toward Albuquerque on U. S. 85, 17 miles north of Socorro…
  • p. 162 4th Year Volume 340 Number 27 Second-class postage paid at Albuquerque and at additional mailing…
  • p. 163 …A 10-year-old Albuquerque girl was treated Tuesday night for what her mother told police…
  • p. 164 …Hynek returned to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque and indicated he will comment on his…
  • p. 167 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
SOCORRO POLICEMAN Lonnie Zamora tells how, he spotted an egg-shaped flying object near Socorro, N.M. Zamora said the unusual machine rose off the ground and flew slowly away as he watched. With Zamora is Sgt. David Moddy, assistant to UFO (unidentified flying objects) investigator Maj. William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness." (UPI Telephoto.)

United Press International

SOCORRO, N.M., April 27.—It's a good place for a flying saucer. Right on the edge of White Sands Missile Range on the wide open New Mexico desert, just 30 miles northwest of the site of the world's first atomic blast.

Socorro policemen Lonnie Zamora says he saw it, and police and military men seem inclined to believe him.

Zamora is a "very reliable witness," Army Capt. Richard T. Holder, uprange commander of White Sands' Stallion Range, said. Holder, whose headquarters is near this central New Mexico Town, was called in by local police after Zamora reported seeing the object Friday.

DEPUTY SHERIFF James Luckie said he believes "it's something out of the ordinary, something very few have ever seen."

"I was scared," Zamora said. He said his experience taught him one thing: If it happens again, he will still run away like he did Friday, but he will not tell a soul about what he saw.

Zamora said he spotted an egg- (Continued on Page A-15, Col. 2)

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