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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…
# 'Flying Saucer Reports Spread In New Mexico

SANTA FE (UPI) - New Mexico's perennial addiction to flying saucers has taken hold of the state again with more "objects" reported to police over the weekend.

The latest, which brought out the Air Force and the FBI, was spotted early Sunday morning at La Madera, about 50 miles north of Santa Fe. State Police Captain Martin Vigil said, "there was definitely something there."

Orlando Gallegos of Santa Fe told State Police he got within 200 feet of a huge metal object that looked like an egg-shaped butane tank. He said flames spurted silently from numerous jets around the bottom of the object. It was as long as a telephone pole and about 14 feet in circumference, he told police.

Gallegos' report came on the heels of a similar report from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora, who said he spotted an object near Socorro Friday night. Zamora, in clearing up false reports Sunday, said the object rose about 20 feet off the ground and slowly flew away.

Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the La Madera area Saturday night. The Albuquerque motorist, George Mitropolis, said he saw a "silver looking" object. It disappeared over a mountain in the Caballo Reservoir area.

In both the Socorro and the La Madera reports the ground in the areas where the objects were reported to have landed was scorched and burned. Also found were "paw prints, like a mountain lion's," as well as "landing gear marks" four impressions in the dirt.

Until the recent spotings, the last unidentified flying object was spotted in New Mexico near Gallup late last year by several motorists. A campus policeman at the University of New Mexico also spotted the Gallup object flying in the western sky at the same time.

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