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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.

  • p. 3 …yesterday as they were driving toward Albuquerque on U. S. 85,.17 miles north of Socorro…
  • p. 4 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
  • p. 10 …TWO INVESTIGATING officers were at the scene yesterday from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Maj…
  • p. 11 …Two investigating officers were at the scene Sunday from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Maj…
  • p. 12 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 14 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
  • p. 15 …Martin Vigil said investigators from Kirtland Air Force Base at Albuquerque were to arrive in Espanola…
  • p. 17 …William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness…
  • p. 21 …Seen by Several Persons in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UPI) In New Mexico, first test…
  • p. 23 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 25 …The apparent low bid came from Case Thompson of Albuquerque. The firm asked $21.78 per…
  • p. 27 …The Air Force said low-flying jets have been taking pictures day and night from Albuquerque…
  • p. 31 …William Conner of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, was also here Sunday afternoon to interview Zamora…
  • p. 35 …UPI representative Charles Richard, carried in the Albuquerque Journal, 27 April 1964, are essentially correct. As…
  • p. 80 …The UFO report had been received by the 1005th from Lt Col King, CID, of Albuquerque…
  • p. 83 …It is suggested that Lt Col King, Albuquerque 268-2107 be contacted for proper questioning of…
  • p. 90 …I have talked to Major Casper who was the Cloud Gap Field Operations Officer at Albuquerque…
  • p. 91 …5 CASES of sightings in 1963 or early 1964 reported subsequent to Socorro Sightings ## ALBUQUERQUE, NEW…
  • p. 102 Report on the Trip to Socorro - Albuquerque - Socorro, March 12-13, 1965 Left Las Cruces 7…
  • p. 104 …That was the next day in Albuquerque. I purchased five newspapers which had various stories about…
  • p. 106 …and the following day." I left for Albuquerque about 2:30 P. M., arriving at the…
  • p. 111 …I left Albuquerque in the late morning on Saturday and arrived in Socorro abbut 1:00…
  • p. 131 …This proved totally unnecessary since, when the plane from Denver arrived in Albuquerque, I heard some…
  • p. 138 …We had a late lunch enroute to Albuquerque. In Albuquerque, I had the opportunity to talk…
  • p. 146 …William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness…
  • p. 155 …He quit during his first year at Albuquerque High School. Since then, he served in the…
  • p. 156 …An Albuquerque couple, Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Green, 1805 Walter SE, told the Journal Tuesday nigh…
  • p. 157 …Edgewood is about 30 miles east of Albuquerque. A few hours earlier, a motorist in the…
  • p. 159 …The motorist, who identified himself to Pyland as George Mitropolis of Albuquerque, said that while driving…
  • p. 160 …yesterday as they were driving toward Albuquerque on U. S. 85, 17 miles north of Socorro…
  • p. 163 4th Year Volume 340 Number 27 Second-class postage paid at Albuquerque and at additional mailing…
  • p. 164 …A 10-year-old Albuquerque glrl was treated Tuesday night for what her mother told police…
  • p. 165 …Hynek returned to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque and indicated he will comment on his…
  • p. 168 …Similar reports came from a Socorro teenager, an Albuquerque motorist, and two men driving in the…
Captain Hector Quintanilla Jr. Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Dear Captain Quintanilla,

Reference is made to my phone call this morning. I have talked to Major Casper who was the Cloud Gap Field Operations Officer at Albuquerque, based at Kirtland AFB, during the time this incident took place. Cloud Gap operations were conducted in an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. Cloud Gap personnel did not have any equipment nor special clothing which could possibly be related to the description provided by police officer Lonnie Zamora.

Since certain aerial surveillance flights were being conducted by Navy aircraft, RA 5C's, in the area in question, a check on such flights revealed none were flown on 24 April 1964 in connection with Cloud,Gap.

We have no information on this sighting other than that provided by your SGT MOODY who was a participant on our project and that picked up from the newspapers.

I have enclosed an article found in the Los Angeles Time of 20 May which may be of interest to you.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Tt G. Young

Colonel, USAF

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