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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.

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  • p. 4 …reported to police over the weekend. The latest, which brought out the Air Force and the…
  • p. 5 …It was Zamora saw it, and State Policemen and Air Force officials Saturday saw what it…
  • p. 6 …When he left his police car for a closer look, the strange machine blasted flame from…
  • p. 7 …the special Unidentified Flying Object consultant to the Air Force, was sent to New Mexico after…
  • p. 8 …State police and military officials have confirmed finding scorched earth at the sites, and wedge-shaped…
  • p. 11 …Socorro Policeman Lonnie Zamora says he saw it, and police and military men seem inclined to…
  • p. 12 …Don Adams of Edgewood told State Police he fired 12.22 calibre pistol shots at an…
  • p. 14 …reported to police over the weekend. The latest, which brought out the Air Force and the…
  • p. 15 …State Police Capt. Martin Vigil said investigators from Kirtland Air Force Base at Albuquerque were to…
  • p. 16 …Air Force, State Police, and reportedly the FBI. Orlando Gallegos of SanTa Fe told State Police…
  • p. 17 …William Connor of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Zamora is described as a "reliable witness…
  • p. 22 …The Air Force sent investigators from Wright-Patterson AFB to Socorro. The investigation disclosed the following…
  • p. 24 …Following is a summary of his report to Air Force investigators: Mr Zamora reported that while…
  • p. 25 …county A team of investigators from Kirtland Air Force Base, a group from Washington, D.C…
  • p. 27 …Several small planes were in the air at the time of Mrs. Reyes' report, but she…
  • p. 31 …The tourist also commented that he had seen a police car heading up the hill. This…
  • p. 35 …The sighting was reported to Sgt Chavez of the New Mexico State Police. The object sighted…
  • p. 80 …The FBI was informed of the sighting by the New Mexico State Police. The New Mexico…
  • p. 90 …Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Dear Captain…
  • p. 97 …do something more direct, like letting the air out of his tires or something with immediate…
  • p. 145 …INVESTIGATING officers the scene yesterday from Air Force Base in Alame. Maj. William Connor David Moody…
  • p. 146 …Socorro policemen Lonnie Zaora says he saw it, and police military men seem inclined to lieve…
  • p. 150 …Air force and other police officers on the scene charge of everything and so busy... Now…
  • p. 151 …Air Force and other police officers were on the scene. "I thought at first that it…
  • p. 153 …Nearby Air Force bases reported they had no objects in the air that are similar to…
  • p. 154 …Allen Hynek, the special unidentified flying object consultant, to the Air Force, was sent to New…
  • p. 157 …Meanwhile, military officials at Kirtland and Hollowan Air Force bases and White Sands Missile Range continued…
  • p. 159 # 'Flying Bathtub' Seen by Motorist SOCORRO, April 27 (A) Socorro police were called to the scene…
  • p. 164 # UFO Sighting Re-Enacted; NoHelp to Scientist BOCORRO An Air force consultant on unidented flying objects…
  • p. 165 …Hynek returned to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque and indicated he will comment on his…
  • p. 168 …reported to police over the weekend. The latest, which brought out the Air Force and the…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 Apr 64	2. LOCATION
Socorro, New Mexico	12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other Ground light
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local night
GMT	4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar
☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS
☐ Yes
☐ No	6. SOURCE
civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not reprtd	8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one	9. COURSE
back and forth
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Witness reported a light going back and forth over a mountain of Socorro while he was driving North.	11. COMMENTS
Clouds in area. Navigation beacon at location. Probable reflection from rotating beacon on clouds.

AT1C FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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