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Project Blue Book Socorro file
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This Project Blue Book file on the Socorro, New Mexico sighting, held by the Internet Archive, collects Air Force records and 1964 press clippings. It covers policeman Lonnie Zamora's April 24, 1964 report of an egg-shaped object with four legs, the scorched brush and ground depressions, and Dr. J. Allen Hynek's investigation. An Air Force summary says soil and brush analysis found no radiation or propellant and the case stayed open. Later New Mexico reports were judged known objects or hoaxes.
“Roses”19 pages
- p. 4 …Zamora, in clearing up false reports Sunday, said the object rose about 20 feet off the…
- p. 6 …the strange machine blasted flame from underneath, rose to a low altitude, then raced out of…
- p. 10 …He denied seeing any signs of life around the object and said the machine rose and…
- p. 11 …He denied seeing any signs of life around the object and said the machine rose and…
- p. 14 …Zamora, in clearing up false reports Sunday, said the object rose about 20 feet off the…
- p. 17 …Zamora said the unusual machine rose off the ground and flew slowly away as he watched…
- p. 19 …The UFO rose to a point about 15-20 feet above the ground and the flames…
- p. 22 …The UFO rose to a point about 15-20 feet above the ground and the flames…
- p. 83 …The vehicle allegedly took off with a roar, rose to an altitude of 20 feet and…
- p. 111 …Furthermore, if Zamora is to believed at all, the object rose vertically and took off horizontally…
- p. 126 …Started low frequency quickly, then roar rose in frequency (higher tone) and 'n loudness—from loud…
- p. 129 …He looked up and the object rose to a point of 15-20 ft altitude, with…
- p. 145 …He denied signs of life around the said the machine rose slowly away until it right…
- p. 146 …Zamora said the unusual machine rose off the ground and flew slowly away as he watched…
- p. 153 …THERE WERE no signs of life around it; but when he approached it, the object rose…
- p. 158 …Object rose slowly and flame was coming from the bottom. The color was light blue and…
- p. 163 …the object and said the unusual machine rose off the ground and flew slowly away in…
- p. 166 …As it rose, the roar changed to a whine and quieted.
The object maintained this altitude…
- p. 168 …Zamora, in clearing up false reports Sunday, said the object rose about 20 feet off the…
April 25, 1964, when on the previous day at Socorro, New Mexico a policeman, Mr. Lonnie Zamora, reported sighting an object on the ground a mile south of the town at approximately 5:45 p.m. Lonnie Zamora said the object was white, egg-shaped and supported on glrderlike legs. He heard a roar and saw smoke and flames coming from underneath the object. The UFO rose to a point about 15-20 feet above the ground and the flames and smoke ceased. He stated that the object remained stationary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly direction following the contour of the gully. I wrote Lonnie Zamora on several occasions concerning his sighting, and never received a reply. I was also unable to reach him by telephone.
The Air Force sent investigators from their project office at Wright-Patterson to Socorro along with several noted scientists to interview Lonnie Zamora and determine what the object was.
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