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Project Blue Book Socorro file (direct PDF)

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This Project Blue Book file on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting of 24 April 1964 compiles an Air Force record card and a large set of press clippings. The clippings cover policeman Lonnie Zamora's report of an egg-shaped object with four landing marks and scorched brush, plus J. Allen Hynek's investigation and follow-up reports from La Madera, Edgewood and elsewhere. An Air Force summary says soil and brush analysis found no foreign material, radiation or propellant, that the case remains open, and that later related sightings were explained or found to be hoaxes.

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“Local police”12 pages

  • p. 11 …Holder, whose headquarters is near this central New Mexico town, was called in by local police…
  • p. 12 …flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and military installations in…
  • p. 17 …Holder, whose headquarters is near this central New Mexico Town, was called in by local police…
  • p. 23 …flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies and military installations in…
  • p. 24 …After radioing to Police Headquarters at Socorro that he was proceeding to investigate what he believed…
  • p. 31 …The tourist also commented that he had seen a police car heading up the hill. This…
  • p. 80 …Lt Col King had read about the sighting in the local newspaper and had also been…
  • p. 83 …The alleged witness was a reputable local police officer by the name of Lonnie Damora. Damora…
  • p. 129 …At approximately 4 pm we proceeded to the site, accompanied by two reporters from the local…
  • p. 145 …He notified police, and a short time later Radio Patrolmen Troy Bunn and R. R. Macias…
  • p. 146 …Socorro policemen Lonnie Zaora says he saw it, and police military men seem inclined to lieve…
  • p. 157 …A rash of unidentified flying object sightings had New Mexico State Police, local law enforcement agencies…
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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