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, • I • ----·-------~------- ------- -- ----~ - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSfONS n Was Balloon ~ 5 Apr 6 ' ~ Socorro J Ne,, i·1C'xico . C1 Probably Balloon ,·:i: OAT ~T-IM_E_G_R_O_U_P ______ __ ..!._ 4._TY _P_E_O_: F_ OBSi:f~VATl0to' ------- --IO Possibly Balloon local night tQ Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground·Rodar __ G~M~T~:::=====================-J_,,--;:D~ Ai~ ~i su~-----.? A i~ lnte~~ t ~odor _ 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Yea ~No civil Jan 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical • 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1. NUMBER OF O-BJECTS 9. COURS- E-----J.-u Other_. ground light 0 Insufficient Oota far Evaluation n Unknown one - ---··· - - --------1 llot reprtd • ,11. COMM[NT ~ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING • li tness r eported a light going back nnd fc·r t It ' •< pve r a mountan:·or Socorro while he ,.mn .• r 1 v.ing .North. ATIC FORM J2Q (RKV 26 9EI" 52) l' lrm rl ~ .LII Etl't''D . Nnvlgt•Lioll be'ocon at loc.,ti.on . Pl'Oh flblc 1·e flectlon from ' ··o" 1.1. j nf h " n con o n c l ouds . I • • I I I • I I • • I ' ' ' ' I • I • •
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3. Attached is a listing tothe Air and be attributed to the Bocorro> New FOR coimex, for rechulooe I, Atch 4.4
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ALBUCVERQUE JOURNAL
DATE:
28 APR 64
SOCORRO N M
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By .JEBBY SliOTRERS
Concem· over unidentified
:1yina objeets continued at a
:1igh pitch Jtere today.
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LatesL incidents include:
-A report from a 10-year·
old girl' thM she was burned
'Yhile watc~ng a strange egg-
shaped , thing in the sky yes-
terdalf ,aftfirnoon.
-A,, 'iepo(t from a · truck
driver-a~his wife that- they
saw ·
mysterious objects
betwe~m here and
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whe!n a policeman
take of:f south of
experts from·
of the country
Mexico to investi-
eye,
nose · and
face
yesterday alter-
noon ••• Sharon Stull, one of
five cbildNn of Mr. and Mrs.
M a»l-S~ of 1409 Wilmoore
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37' and _.,his wife' 35,
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burning senaa.;dlacno.ais. is, COnJ~ctivltls o~ 1805 Walter SE;. said they
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the eyes and :face.· (membrane inflammatlon) of sighted two. UFO' a traveling
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day as they_ ~ere driving to-t.
Sharaa:·aid she was not fac..'f Tb• ~
exposure she had
ard• Albuquerque; on -U. S.
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th~ _..~ while watcltillaJeat~rd•ll · would usually be §5,.17 miles north of -Socorro.
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slightly smaller nmderecl insufficient to cause .
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than Blr.:ai)'plane and havm1
,. bum• and infiammatibn.
"I wasn't goinl to report it
no windo,.., speed across the t. appe~ to be the type of ~ecause · I didn't want to be-
sky and &appear in the df• a--rn Wll and· · inflammation lieve my e)(et ·~--rMr.::Green
ta~ce. Hez: mother said t b,e . used. ~ longer exposure to s~id today. B!:~ ~
wife
child ha•·--never had a SUD- :he sun;'!~
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d1ved beneath."\, tlie' truck's
burn and c:Ouldn't have gotten •He · said he believes there dashboard ~-•eeing the
o:1e in · the few minutes she s no permanent eye damage. egg-shaped thin1s, about hall
was outaide.
Mrs. Stull was extremely the size of jee plAnes an
Her sister, Robin, 8, says :onc~mect and frightened over shining brigbtly'm th~ -setting
she, too, · saw the thing, but he mcident today. She also sun.
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paid little .attention to it and tept Robin home from school.
Green sa1d he saw them
c!idn't continue to watch it.
possibly two minutes before
Sharon said two other chil·
they disappeared over t h e
dren also &lanced at it brief-
eastern horizon.
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Sharon..~as treated by a
a~s said
the~ have seen
doctor at ~ataan Hospital last
nothm~ unusual 1n the sky or
night and· was kept in bed at
n the1r radar screens, Air-
home today with her blinds
anes appear only as small
drawn to protect her inflamed
ts on. the screen~ .and it-.·
eyes and eyelids.
ikely-·a UF0Jcoulcl be di
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tinguished trom..-..:an ' airplan
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track a . UFO- tQ see where 1t
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tror:d. a responsible · age~cy
immediately after a sightlng.
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a direct line and · can be
blocked by m o u n t a i n s,
making low - altitude radar
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there were no balloons -Or
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ALBUQUERQUE, JOURNAL
DATE:
28 APR 64
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In New Mexico
SANTA FE (UPI) -
N'•tt~~
Mexico's perennial
to flying saucers has
hold of the state. &lain
more
~'objects" .- reported
police over the weekend.
The; latest, whicl:i
out the . Air :. Force ... and
FBI, . was..-spOtted..> early
day morniDc at;. La ·Mac !.,. •• sl
about· 50, mi*·.Dortb of
a Fe. State. Polictt·,'-"&J:r~ml
.Lvu• rtin Vilfl.aaidd'there ·WaiSI
eomethma .. there~~
Orlando Gallegoa. of{ Santa
e told ·State;;P.ollc• ) h~
within 2QO.,faat gt a
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a1 objec~ tbatrloobd:.
Gallegos' .:r1!' ift'Pt
UlC' heels of' 8 mmilar report
from a Socorro policeman,
Lonnie Zamora; who ·said. he
· spotted· an· object'.near
ro Friday. ulpt-~amora,.. tn
clearin~ up false -nporta
day, said . th .. .:J object.· r01~
about 20 feet off ~th•
and slowly. flew, away. . .. ,_-' · ..
Similar reporta. cam• ·
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a Soeorio teeaa1er;. e
AI'
querque motorJat;· and t w
men drivina iD the La ll4a.c
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Satarda~DIIht.
Albuquerque motorJSt, Cie4)r
Mitropoli1, ~lie aaw
"sUver lookfnc'~object. It
appeared over .. a:: mountain
the Caballo ~Reservoir area.
In both the Socorro and
Madera r •P o r't s
ground in th• ·areas
w}o,,.,..~
the object, were reported
have landed wu
and burned. Also found ,., ... P.I
"paw prints, like a mCllun1~aiz
lion's." as 'Well' as ·· "'laJ1din.
g~ar ~arlm'• -
four-impres-
Slon.s m the dirt.
Until the recent spottings,
the last unidentified
ob-
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in New Mttx·l
1co near GaLllu:o
by Mftral
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sity al
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JOU Object Pays (UPIV— It was shiny and stood on four gird- oå•girder - like er-like legs. röimd$:• leäs and corchedi grass and But* when he moved closer bushes, bet' Socorro Police. to the object at dusk Friday, all he found was tour inden- man Iannle Zamora does not tations E in the ground and know.swha scorched-grass and bushes.. . i itr[ö -Socorro tici confirtned the mark- Base near Alamogordo. gs d, the. burned grasse oman officials said they 4ey éeportedthe incident to wo investigate the incident. e unidentified flying objects ficer\at Holloman Air Force MOSCOW sa+&itk• State Zamora Sam Chae MOSCOW Zam FILMS FOR W; AFRICE'+% X;CO CITY — Ghana!sl! movies have be Policem andt AF'Force of- vez ot the Nev Mexico State ster ot Agriculture, KrY purchased for a theater chain- ticialstSaturday saw what it Police. They tooW six other Edusei, has arrived m in West Africa. A spokesman px9iound viii ask, d'4t wilY $irst lette Zamoraæ?æysteri- foi&Qindentåtionstg14s- inches s$$agency.-vrcporiedr r inc. ot such films Sppnish d..nd long—na inches,vide, vieé.experts to help G in Nigeria, Naiberia; VGhana; about artalz-i CarÉ4.IEFas ß.Whit•Sands *Missile Range d Sierra Garnbii•
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• ormation Only ....- • UFO Investigator, • Vol. III, No 2, AprU-l.fa;r 65 • • • • • New Documentary Film A new 80-minute documentary film on U FOs, entitled "Phe- nomena-Seven Point Seven," was nearing release elate :t 5 lhi~i issue was closed. • The moving picture was prepared by Empire Fllm Stucltos, Hollywood, where a company official explained the title: "Sc\'<.•n Point Seven nteans the 7.7% of an estimated 8000 si~htin~s classified as UFOs by the Air Force.'' (This Cl!!ure is close to the latest AF admission or 663 unknowns out or 8008 cases, . which works out as 7 .44~.) . One of the main sequences shows the now widely-known Socorro case. Last April 24, O!hcer Lonnie Zamora, on hll~h way patrol, sighted an oval-sll.'lped craft near Socorro, N. M. When he left his pohce car Cor a closer look, the strange machine blasted name from unclerneath, rose to a low altitude, then raccc1 out of sight. Landin$t-~ear marks and scorC'hed terrain wert> cheC'ked by AF Chief UFO Consultant Dr. J. Allen Hynek and otht>r AF in- vestigators. Later, Hynek st.'lted he did not doubt Zamora's report, and that he had no explanation. Major Maston M. Jacks, AFHQ spokesman, rN•(•ntly ~avp Zamora a •·top believability ra tm~" In a. ~tatement to noc:er Treat, for a feature article In the Baltimorl' NPws American. Even more surprisin~. In May Jacks' letter to NlCAP mentber Robe1·t Barrow, Syracuse, desrrlbed the UFO as a "Vl'hidc"- though he still claimed no evidence that It w:\s from outPr space. However, this official ndmisslon that the UFO was snmf' kind of unknown machine, is a lon~-and puzzlintt-}ump ft·om th<' usual "explain away" answers of mirac;es, dl'lusions. <'tc . For this reason, the new film may have a strontt impact. The original Socorro report had wide public tty, hut to date the A F has never issued a press release admitt&nc: the UFO was a strange vehicle, nature unknown. U it h.'\d, this probably would have been a front-page story, focussln~t ser1ou~ attention on UFOs. · Cont. p. 5 col. 1 • .,, • • -··· ..-: .... - - - • , 'Phenomena-Seven Point • • • • • • • . :: , __ • •
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• • I • . • I 'T mW. :YORK .~ournal American 0. 506.746 SUN. 640,586 APR 2 9 1964 ., . . .. '. . . . .. ... • • • • t ~. o' I .. • • • ronomer • • • . ~ . . ., ... • • • • •• un s. . . "' : • I . ' l • • ... _ , ... ,;,. • • • ' .. l • \ • ' • . . .... ~ . • ; ,' ~CO~m_J GRASS ~' · . Dr. Hrnek eata··ha · ra.tton 1n Socorro-woUld Qet.cr-1 mine whether he would Espanola. where· State Capt. Martln Vlril found ground . still. smouldertn . hours after a reported alg: Authorities.. found &Tass an• tour·· Indentation .. In t:'edae-sha:ped the Soeorro- 11~ • ... rro~d panola . . . . . lUlu near . .t;s-1 . ' ... .. ~ Dr .. .. ' finish Hynek uicl: ~ hoped ftoc:lt· ~:v. · ~ .~v~~t~J&tlon hes-e • He- aald lie'· fl~s.' fo~d ' . People ·honeat-:and . 1n mo&tl reportt~ ,. ... __ . I cere Mtt,... ....,&.YII obJect&.. .-~ -Y common thJn '"' ever. are often rea rs,. uOW· such reports, h · P<>nsible . tor f'MA£- · e laid. . ,. • IIJ-on,~·;nook .. · ~ weather• balloo I . ·Of birds, moon can I u., eve~ the PGrts .. D ead . to. ihese re- auch·, case~~. ~~~ek·~~ld • .. •IJn come from entire! r~hportt often pJe who T . oned peo- aee• IO~t!:!!ln,. tha • • • • • • ' • I' --...,.-
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A 20-year-old
gejwood youth say; he· fired· aix
ahota at one of
Me~co'a unidentified flying objects.
State Police~n Tommy Richardson of Moriarty re-
ported he receive9 a telep?one call from Do'n Adams of
· EdgewOQd aboutr I : 30 a.~· today.
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The repod said · Adams told of seeing the object
·about I 00 feet. off the ground: He said it appeared to be
a AuoTeSCent or glowing gTeen-colored object about 2 5
feet long.
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jeot and hia.car stalled. The youth reported he then got
ou•t and fired six ahota at the object, reloaded and fired
a·gain, without effe:ct. The officer said he did not. deter·
mine if Aclama. was using ·a rifle or a pistol. ·
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b.ave kept New Mexico and mili-
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few telepbooe calls. about simi·
lar sigbtiDg.s but moat. call
would not ideaify· themselves
saying they did .DOt want ·to
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• ·following t tlioe !rom oear ~
· ballo Reservoir. south of. Tn&.ni
' or Ceneequeoces, north to. an\
area near Eapaoola.
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that they describe· oval or egg-
shaped objects. with siz~~ ~ti·
mates!l"anliol from th.e ~e .
a ~ar to a·bout 30· {eet or ·lDII
State. poU~1imd .
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cialB . have. · eQlftrmed. • flnctinl,
scorc:be.V·eart~t.lit· the altet;. aod
left b1(. . 1f•De~~C.~·
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such 'airc:nft. ~fltti.DI tbe
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included:
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A man Who- refused to 1den·
tify himself because he said be
would be laughed at, said ho
saw a ball of red flame JAWJ'
near Las Vegas. He made
estimate of tbe size of the ball •
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McAllister to· J , . •·
be saw tbe objec.t.
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vealed about other 1i1htinp,
State Police Sgl. Sam• €have%
sa'id he was told by Socorro
policeman Lmuue Zamora that
the {1}1() he . saw Friday, the
first of the series of sightings,
had red markings on its silvery
side. Chavez said Za11lOI'a told
him the design was an 'inverted
V with three b ars crossing it,
but Utal the Air Force had told
him not. to discuss lhe mark-
ings.
· Three sigbtiogs occurred Sun·
day night. · An un.identifJed 18-
year-old girl told. Socorro po-
lice she saw a fire with some·
thing in it in Lhe same vicinity
where Zamora had been,
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Orlando Gallegos, ss; of Santa
·Fe, said he saw a. craft as long
a~ a telephone pole and, about
14 feet in circumfreoce ·near
his father's home north of La
Madera.
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gil investigated the La Madera
sighting. He fomwi the ~round
still smouldering 20 boun alter
the sighting. He. said rocks in
the ~enter of . t.be area' were
split, a botUe- wu melted and
green bro811 had baeD. ~t on
fire, evidently by
heat.
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fied motorists sa'id &n ·.object
· similar to the egg-shaped., siJ-
:ver craft described. by Zamora
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• • • I • •• • • •• • •. • • •• • • • • - .. t"! -. . .. ~ ... ' ... ~ * * *. ~-.: .. - • ~. 'io.:l , • • 1lnfra-Red' Burns Suffered by Girl · Who· ~Saw' · Objecf A lO·year-old girl was treat· ed for "infr8-red burns" on her face afte~ she said she watched an "egg-shaped" object· hover- in·g near Lowell . Elementary School Tuesday noon for about 10 minutes. Young Sharon Stull, · daugh- ter. of Mr. and Mrs .. Max .Stull, 11409 Mllmoore SE, told. her-par. ents find Pollee Lt. C. K. Jolly, the "queer looking . thing" bounced . up and doW11. about three- times in the sky and then lett. . · · ·· ,· -' Jolly said the girl's younger sister, Robin, 8, also saw the object but refused to look at it and ran off to play. The girl was treated by a physician for burna "about 'the eyes and nose who, aceording to Jolly,. said he believes Sharon "saw some· thing and it"' burned ' her;~; ~1' Sharon said it was not. the sun abe ·:.was .. looking at4 .She told Jolly the obj~ wu to·the . northeaa~1 and the aun . .wu.. be- hind . her~ Her ·· parenta -said : Sharon it very truthful. .. • • • ' •
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object· 1Jld.aai4 tbe· machine rose from ~about 200 yards. away and
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pea red to be a. pair of white cover· looked. like white coveralls but
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be made of a shiny, aluminum· the· object;_ the policeman said he
like substance; Z!lmora said . . It saw what looked like red letter-
. flew away after he got within ing OJi the side of the object.
about 100 yards; be. said.. ~,.
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Another Flying Saucer This One Egg-Shaped and Shiny, Says Policennan By CHARLES RICHARDS thing out of the ordinary, some, like substance. Zamora said*i United International thing •very. few, , *ever flew away after he got within about JOO yards, he said' 4&'" SOCORRO, 'lxvo. •investigating officers a good place for.oa flying sau- scared,'5Zamora said. were at, the scene Sunday Ironi cer. Right ot White He Said/ his taugh Kirtland Air Force Base in%AI• the him • one •thing: It:it: Maj. William Con: wide open: New- desert, agairv he willo still; run•way nor and SgtzDavid Moody used just.30 miles:tnorthwesV oEfthe like-he•did Friday, but? he' will Gcjgcr counter:to cheek. thé site; of>the worl#'s first atomic not•etell tattsouL4 he area, where the only evidence ot. am unusual visitor w•ms,: a blasL Socorro PolieemamLonnie Zae .Zamårä said. an burned -bush- and four•ysmall mora says he saw po• egg-shaped. objection;thædesert depressions in the lice and. military mem seem in• aboubpomile• souths oesocorrc. Zamora said the machine:had Her denied. seeing a•nySSigns of been. supported .on -thee ground clined to, Zamora i' reliable life• åroun&the objec5 and said byo four. girderlike legs.} Thc witness;'t ArmyiCapt,üRichard thæi •machine rose e•and . new bush supposedly was bumedjby T. Holder. uprange•ecommander slowly-away.untileit faded trom exhaust from they saucer. o' ot White Sands'. Stallion. Range, sighe, Jiolder said he checked. with said.. Holdcr, whose headquar- said' he spotted! what ap. both White Sands and nearby ters iSi near this central New peared to be a »pair or white Holloman Air Force Basie. Mexico. in by coveralls. near thet saucer, but Neither base; he said, is using local policesafter &lora re- could' not tell, if s anything or any object comparable to- Za• ported seeinB the objectl Fri• anyone was. in them:.•. ob- morajs, machine. jéct; the height ova car -Government agencies*will day. LUcEe but-slargerpte appeared', tot: c on.tinu e- the, investigaggm, said Holder: slai&
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~---------.-----.----,--.. ~.~.~~~~~ 1 ' ~-- ·-:~ :· ~..; . I'~ ... ' ~! 'I, ,:.11 ' - • . , • • n • gewoo ' • tan • •• l.' 1 a s • • • • • e· cit • ~~~ Ject '1-/2-~ B1 Ualletl Preu tat.raau .. at discovered were "paw prints, "almost ientical, in s i z c, A rash of unidentified fly- like a mountain lion's,". as coloring, marking, character- ing object sigbtings had New well as "1 and in g gear istics and landing gears to Mexico State Police, local law marks , the thing reported by Zamora. e n f ~ r ceme!lt agen~ies .and • Photos Mailed .. Either it was an .awful ~ i 11 tar Y mstallabons m a The associate director of good coincidence or it 1s the dtther today. .' ,. Interplanetary Intelligence of same object," Hews said. No less than six "authentic Unidentified Flying Objects . Zamora, when contact~d at spottings have- been reported trom ru. Oklahoma City his home early today, satd he since Friday when Socorro that pictures of an UFO bad not yet received t h e . ~ollceman L o n n i e Zamora in 1956 by a s· h i p- pbotographsp : s1ghted an egg-shaped radi() officer were be- Meanwhile, m iIi tar y of- whlc,h roared·. off the ground, ing· mailed. to zamora. . - ficials at Kirtland and Hollo- ' leavmg deep tmpressions The photos were taken· by man Air Fot·ce bases a n d burned patches. .- .· T. Fogl..aboard the USS Ram- White Sands Missile Rang.e . Flred lZ Shots. · . . sey 'of1 the:- California coast. continued efforts to investi. Don Adams ot Edgewood The -IIUFO· officer, Hayden gate the sightings ••• with no State Police he· fired 12 H~:e:w:•:::•:ai=d=th=e=o=b=j= ec=t=w= · ~a=s=en=d==in~~s;i~g;:h::.t·----- calibre pistol'shot.s-at-aJt ._,o ;:. ' · long thing" early today. ; told of hitting the · UFO i times ~d hearing the bulllet: t bounce from . it. • · • As he paused to reload,· man said, the object. mc,ve·cl 1 silently .northward. He w a unable. to determine wh.etllLe ' shots 7 to..12. struck tha UW1211 I He described it as.· being. f light green color, about 25 I ~ 30 feet . long, and silent. Bel said it hovered about 100 :tee directly· over his head.· ·:-· ' ~ ;&tgewood is- about 30 miles t east of Albuquerque. • · · · ~ A fevrr hours earlier, a mo-11 torist. in the Las Vegas an~an ~reported seeing a b•ll ot ftreU ! which apparently landed Del~t] • a radio:tJitation.: Employer the statiGD said the man that ~;-name-· be w;i1:bh•l1 cause-.he was- .em · laugb~·aU?.·~'!A ~·~ ~·~:~\~!~ Polic.,.Jalso< ret~eiv~ "" ..... '!·~ .... \ prla~ ••• whD Of. .. aeeln ; •lA- . shapecl ,xq~~ obje~ ~·~ .- l Madera,. abOut 50 miles · of Santa Fe. He told of seeing L flames· spurt from nwnelrou · jets around the bottom of wet · object as it took off. State Police Capt. Vigil, who checked out the in- cident, said "There was def- initely something there.'' · Other reports came from an Albuquerque motorist who saw a "silver looking" object · near Truth or Consequences, : two men driving in the La · Madera area and a teen-ager: · In both. the Socorro and La Madera report., bumecl WB!t found·. at' th• 'ates. . • • • • • • •
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'nlere vaa DO eti4eDce ot urk1Daa of MJ aort 1J:a the area other than the shallov 4epreaaioDa at the location vbere Mr Zeaora reportecl a1pt1q the object. Laborato17 u•~ia ot aoil ••mplea diacloae4 no tore1p aboye DOrMl tor the aurrouncliq area. or rad1at1oD Laborato17 an•l7aia ot the burned bruah ahove4 DO ebgicala vhicb vculd iDdicate a tJpe ot prope lJJ'Dt. !here vaa DO eY14nce preaentecl that the object. vaa extre.terreatrial in or1a1n or a threat to the aeC\lrit7 ot tbe United Statee. • 'l'he Air l'Oree 1a continuiDa ita 1Dveat1pt1cm and the caae 11 still open. For aeweral 4&78 tollovJnl thia report, other aipti.Dga were reported in t.be Wev Mexico area. ID each eaae the •ishtiDa vu detera1De4 to be a lmovn obj~et or natural phena.eDa. Two ot the reports were 4etem1ned to be boaxea • • • • • • 2 • • . • • • • • • • ..
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• • t Rep • In New Mexico ~ SANTA F.E (UPI) - NAU.I Mexico's perennial to flying saucers has take:d hold of the state again wi more "objects" reported police over the weekend. The latest, which out the Nr Force and FBI, was spotted Swr1l day morning at La Mstde:n about 60• miles north of Sa.tl-f ta Fe. State Pollee. Captain! Martin Vi&ilsaid, "there wa delinltely, .~methln& .there-.!~. Orl•ndo .. Galleaoa. of:.S•nta Fe told State. Poll~ =•.~.aot withliL 200 feet Ot • al obj~ _ tl: · k_-t_,rll egg·baped .. said:..;· ~~eta the.t,bo~pt_ waS.: aa.' lon~ .;,as .. ~ · telephone pole· and about 14 feet b1 Cfr .• ~f cumference.. he ·told!! pol tee-• . Gallegos' report ; c•me~::on ·-· ~ the · heels· of a ~milar · report from a ·Socorro ··pollceman, Lonnie Zamora: who aid he , spotted m obju-t near , ro Friday night. Zamora, in • clearing up false reports Sun- ,. day, said the object ·rose - about 20 feet oft -the ground - and alowly- flew away.. . . · -. · Similar reporta a . Socorzo- teenaaer; an querque motoria~· and tto men drivinc in th..-La Mad- er~. area. Saturda,:. niaht. .The Albuquerque motodlt. George Mitropolia, aaici"· he· aaw a "silver looldn&~. object. It dis- appeared over ·a .mountain ~• the Cabello Reservoir area. In both the Socorro end Ulll:l . La .Madera rep or t • ground in the · areas wh:ert . the objects were reported have landed was · and burned. Also found · "paw prints-, like a m~om Ltail: lion's " as well as ' 1"\JlLClbllgl l , ... 1 gear marks" - four impre!s-l , sions in the dirt. ~ Until the recent spottings, the last unidentified tlying ob- . ject was spotted in New Mex- 1 ico near Gallup late last year by several motorists. A cam- : pus policeman at the Univer- . sity of New Mexico also spot- . ted the GalluP, object tlying -~ .. ~ Ji-'\11:~~~ -~·~ : ~~ the r _, \ •• -~ - • Jj h"'o. "' ~· .. ; c.. ...... \ ... .,....... • ._ .. - ... -- ··
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• •• r ...--:: .. r:-"ot"·':~~zii:~~~~~T~t:~ ·~ ... :::-~ -:f.,:"· ': . ~ ,, . ·~ .MOreLO 50 i9hti ngs' !4re :Reported. ver Wide-Area • • By THI ASIOCIATIO to have been left by SOme type State officers and the m1Dtary of landing gear. · are investigating more t.mlden· The latest report came from .tilled flying object reporta~ a Santa Fe resident, Orlando The reports came from Socor· Gallegos, 35, who told Of seeing ro and the EspaDOla area. . an object early Sunday morning State Police Capt. Martin at his father's home north of . Vigil said investiga-tors from La Mader~ , sUting in a gravel Kirtland Air Force Base· at Al- area . . buquerque were to arrive in Es· State Police received a report • panola todar<' alter.· noting the flmn two men· travellni in the similarity . ..-.:.tae~:different · re- ·same ·area Saturday night that 1 ports. . • '. ,:;.-...: ' .. · a flying object, which they sajd All of ,tbe-·reported·'stabdnis definitely was oot a,n airplane, are similar-ifi.tbat they describe had ~ir ovol· or ·-.. e-abaped i ~jects, ~, flamea · amiQOOtnc ·; the enft · ·'- i when .m1 ~-~,...,~ earth- and werqe aped depres· 5iona tba'-afficera"' -r· appeaJ • • - • da . = tub, :.Vitbout except for . a glow like eXhaust underneath 1t, come u.p over the cresb of the mountains and·. then go back down." . . · . · , · An unidentified girl, about 18, told Socorro· officer '&ill Pyl~nd \ that she saw- a . f1re in, the hills · southwest of ·· Socorro . night, where city officer ~onru~ zamora first reported seemg an "egg-shaped object" fly .away from a draw. She sa.id she went.! to within · 300. feet to· 500* f".tJ from the firer whe~ she··. 10U she saw· somethina m· u: __ L~ flames. She then le£t to· 1t: About 'ttie ~ rePort ·. from· Gall~ gos, State Polic~ .,CaP~~:·!4artin Vigil said .after(: vis1tlti1 · the site "Ther; was definitely SO!"~- ' ~ • • '· 1v-- ' thl·ng there .... .. --~ , • ""· :- +J.' ~' 1·~" . ... . ,.. . . ... ,., "The· groUnd was· still imol· dering 20> ho;lft .~fter th.~· ci " , g ., . J ~ .... .,. • • \ t)·N_ ... 'i '"ci allegos ·sala .'t\~ .. hatl' gone '~t I to chase away some hors~s when he saw the object. He said he was about 200 feet away when he first saw it. Gallegos said there was no noise and as he watched, the (laming jets were turM'd off. He . said he- ciidn't ~ee any~ne or a nythinc.:: movin&· aroumL .\.~ 1 craft. , • ; '' · · .. ·· .. , · · • .. ;, I f . He said he returned 10' .th• · hou.e aDd told hls family" but · no one else vr ntured outsi~e. I· Gallegos said he returned twlce more to look at the object. He ~: described it ns being of bright :, metal without windows, as long : as a 'telephone pole and about ·; 14 feet in circumference. It was . egg-shaped, he s aid, ond re· sembled a lnrgc butane gas • · tank. · . Capt. Vig'il suid the ground was s moldcl'ing. later Sunday and he founll what looked like • paw prints along· with the de- pressions that indicalB som.~ type of·tanding gear. The captain said he c~nta c~· ~d J<j1·t1and AFB ·and an uru~enti fied ofiicer there told him a team o£ military· investigators was on its way. · State Patrolmant.-'Marvin Ro. mero told of t.hc Saturd.ly ni~t -sighting by . two motorists m. the Espanola area. . - ·. Romero said the men told b1m they were driving- from. Abiquiu to Espanola when the- Oying o~ ject caQ!~ .str.ai~t.-~~ward thell' car. They said' 1t. veered aw~y and- all they cou~-see ~as~ ~Itt . stream of blue. name;.~·- ,.: ,., , ~i.;. ~.-!i'!..· .. ':Lt: . , d ,, ! .,. .. .. • ,J...:..; ~,.~ • l
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I • I • :radio· K-GReaT IJ • I 1SOOO WATTS • 570 kc • abc NEWS r 1840 N. MAIN • PHONE 524-7 ....._ ______________ _ • Tuesday, April 28, 1964 ------------- NEWS DIAL Good ~~1orning 1 ------ Here's a Newsdial special that is well worth stopping and taking a look at. It's a 1963 Rambler 440-H Hardtop. This one is very clean. The ~ -price is just·· ~17951. - Voeters will go to the polls for primary balloting in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania today, but any president i al preferances in eith er state will have to com ·. through write in votes. -0- Two jurors have been tentatively seated in Chica~o for the trial of !eamsters President James Hoffa and seven associates charzed with misusing 20 million dollars in union funds. -0- The nations cigarette · m~~ers have agreed t o a new advertising c~~~~~t would _;;~~ib~--~~V$~ _. ch~n~ toward the youth o: Amer;ca~ A - J-.· - ~ ... . . .. ..... . , 0 , ,., :... ) -- . . ... "~ ,. , .. , ., /) T~o-~ot:~hern R;_pub1.ican senators have called for revisions/ in the t e·:t.V.l.l:. Igh 'ts b 1.11 ... , I ~J . . J!; ... ; .. " ,' ' ~;._; · • \A r #,~. • _..\\ .... • "": ' ' '!\,.. • e j~ f , ):( I. • ';'\ \ )~ '•· • • .;1 '•· · ' • I • ~ I. • • • •• ) • 1 < y > ~ I' t ~ "" "' ,. , ' ' I • ·-.;~ ' f / 1 ' .- "<"':'\ t-' y · ,. ·•· ;• ,:; • !; ;~ ~ ,' _.....;- ' ~~ ' ,' . / ~ ' . J • }' I · · ·~··j· :,-:w.e~~~erlefi'..:s l;)erenfti·~~ add i:-dti-on~t~fly~ng· --s~ue-~rs took.)lql-ct o£:~1 __ . ~, · tha~.,'stp ~·e~ ~t2-'ainflbld ay ;· .... r.~ore-/unidentified "·obje_cts" \'lere renorted. · . The·i·man.'· wj'ro started 1 t ail, Socoro policeman lonnie · 7,amor~, say's the_ }l;~xt· ' time he finds a "saucer" he's goinp: to run, Pnd not tell a "3oul. The latest re""loPt was ~1onday. It coca from La ~1adera, ebout 50 miles from Sar1te Fe, and it broueht out the !;ir Force, St~te Police, Dnd reportedly the FBI. Orlando Gallegos of SanTa Fe told State "olice he p.:ot within 200 feet of a ·· · u ~ e metal obj~ct that looked like and eg~ shuped butane tank. The o~ ject was on the ground near La r~adera, a tin·' community hig~ i n t he Net., r:Iexico back country. Galle P:os said flames srurted sile:_tlip from numerous jets around the bottom of the object. Pe s " id i t_, ._,,,-; s -:ls lonr; as a telephone pole and a bout 14 hundred feet · n ci "" .; li.~!f-3rence. Gallegos said the object fle'it ,:n·Tay. Z~ t-:iora s ~.:'. ~ . :J. t · ·c current flu1 o£ reports by reporting he saw a silvery obj8ct st~nd ir.g 0n stilts ·. near Soc oro Friday. As he ap,.-,roached, it flelft a·Nay. Impressions and scorched grass later w~ re found at t h ~ s"ot. Zamora is dis- illusioned with the whole thing. He says if he evs r sees another suen object, he won't repo~t.~~· -.~ ':"! .c, AT H S R ~:: The forecast says it s~ould be fair through tonight. A warmer today and tonight. The predicted hi gh for today and the low tonight should be near 4$. '"" A' ,' - ~ I , I ,'~ / I f ,_, ' For a honey of a deal ' make a beeline to Mitchell Motor Co. • little is S6 , 1. ~ -
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· -: ~: .. ..- ...... .. . , • _.). _,,., ·~ -... • • I :~. • rr .. orce • I • J I • • • .ro es ·· · I . o aceman s tory • I aucer' at ~n l s : SOCORRO POLICEMAN Loaaie Zamora.teUs how. be spotted aa ega.sbaped flying, object aear Socorro. N.M. Zamora Aid the 1111- 1 usual machfae ro•• oft die poaDd aad llew llowiJ away u be wlltc:hed. Witb Zamora 18. Sat. Davtd MocldJ, Uli . .tat te UFO (ualdnttlfttd flylq · abJMia) faftltipfol'.; MaJ. WlWam 0.1101' of K1rtlaad Ail' Foree -a ... Ia Albuquerqae.. Zamora 18 dllcrlbecl U a "reliable wftDIIJ!'~• (UPl 1 . : ··: ~ ,!' .', ' ~:' • . ' l ""' · . . I ' -··~ .. " ..... .. . "\: ... .. .... . ·~ ' • ._:II "! •• t •' tTftftfd ....... f~tfmgJ..' • • 1 ~~ •fi•. Jq\;. I SOCORRO, N.M:~ Apr1127.-rt•a a .gOOd. place for a fly- ing •ucer .. Right on the edge of. White Sanda M1ssi1e Range on the wide open New Mexico desert, Jwst 30 ml1ea noNm.west at rthe sfte of the world's. f1m atOmic blast. . Socorro policemen Lonnie Za- mora says be saw. Jt. and police DEPUTY SHERIFF 1a m • s and military men seem inclined to Luckie. 1aid he believes "tt•s . someth1n1 out of the ordinary, beUeve hlm. . somethina very few have ever Zamora a a "very reliable wit· seen!• · · ness, .. Army Capt. Richard T. "I was JCared." Zamora Aid. Holder, uprange commander of He said his experience taught him White Sands' StaiUOD Range, said. one thing: If it happens again, he Holder, whose headquarters. is will still run away like he did Fri· near this central New Mexico day, but be· will not teU a aoul tTown, wu.uUed.ill by, local I» about what he saw. li~ atta.zaJDOJ"a-.lePGitecsieimc - Zamora: Aid ha.spott.ed n egg- the ·objec:t· Priday~· ~'-~~;-·:.. ~ . · . (C4mdrn~· oa Pace A-t~· Ce_l. 2) ·---=--· ......_ ~ . Os"S ' f • • .a "' • ·' .. ·~..._. ,. ·- s • - -'":'lr..- .,.. __ • •:__
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• • • • • • • ' • 0 'Saucer', Reports SOCORRO t~ -Dr. J. Allen Hynek, special unidentified flying object consultant for the Air Force, arrived in So- corro Tuesday 'night to begin his investigation of a Soc~orrol policeman's report that he saw a mysterious 'flying ob- ject last Friday. ) . Dr. Hynek said he hoped to talk to the policeman, Lonnie Zamora, . and- then visit t h e site where Zamora says. he saw the- object this morning. Dr. Hynek, of the D e a r- bom . Oblervatory at .. North- westem1o.University, ,said ~ he would decide whether to• visit Espanol~,, where another ob- j ect was reportedly spotted over the ~eekend. after h-i,s • • investigatioa.• ot ·.the. incident.•ri ~~If,~:·~ .. ~ .. ·.,. :, ··~ " ~ .. ~~~·· He said JW: bad'"not. vised b;J"'the 'Air' ·Foree· if ~bia presence-''here- mdicateS .. tli.a1 the .govunment baa ed thtt- "PO-aib.illty- ~ ·U::· craft · .._.· tt:t II,;IUcj. of the AerialPb,enc)m•ena Branch' ,·at; ·Wright-Patterson Air Force.-• Base; OhiO., .T. Sgt., David Moody of · the office alteadY'\' was ·.· m ..... N•w·l Mexic:O. awt:'.would · assiltt Dr; Hynek. -m,.;.ttx~ Flrec! dP, . The.,. mo-*f.ec:e: .•. _ i4=~~j the cam~ rl day marninl. from State.:'''P•~ lice man,:-, Tommy Richardson of the lJS • ·community :·of Mon. arty:,.'" .·r: . ,J !. ... ~ ' . ... _.._,.... .. , .r.- . J He said· h•· had a call from Don Adams of Edgewood;- near Moriar:ty~· who Jtolcf of seeing an object about lQO feet oft the ground. He said it appeared to be a fiuorescent or green-colored glowing ob- ject. Adams told the officer he drove his car under the object and his car stalled. The- youth reported he then got out and fired six shots at the object, reloaded and fired again. The report was another in a series which have kept New Mexico and military authori- ties busy since Zamora's or- iginal report Friday. The re· ports, untU. Tuesday, had come from points following·a line from south of Truth or Consequences.to an area near Espanol&. •' . . • orl-j Space Beblp BIDtea At . the directo&".- the Aerjat · ' • • Expert tO Check 'Saucer' Reports · Continued From A-1 search Organization said she believes intelligent b e i n g s from another planet made several landings in New Mex- ico in the past few days. ''We are convinced the So- corro policeman saw what he said he saw," Coral Loren- zan, the director, said after her return from investigating the reported landing of a UFO near Socorro. , Mrs. Lorenzon said the sighting of an object north- west of Espanola early Sun- day was similar to the one described at Socorro. She said she is investigating the other reported sightings during the past few days. - 'l'h.-oraanization.. was form- -- ed b)r Mn;: Lorenzon~ Iii 1152 aDd llilt ·~:f ~t l}O'! ~, . ly 800" memb~( arCnmd.!'th world. "'Shf.-says n th~~ some 6-12 landing incidences! a year and she believes the~ . a~~ m~i~~~~i~~~~~ :~; .. . Ow.&•-.. . ,,... .• . ; - ... ~· . ~"' #. ,• . .. )I' -:. ,..,., 1... ... •• ••• "'-'M·r~ r- • - • • /-d' ,. ~? I
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• • • • I • • t r l t • !i ~ I • • • [April 25, 1964, when on the pre- ~ Y10f.l& day at Socorto, New Mexico a pollceman, Mr. Lonnie Zamora, l'eported sighting an object on the gxound a mile south of the town at approximately 5:45 p.m. Lonnie Zamora sald the object was white, egg-shaped and supported on gir- derllke 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 sta- tionary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly di- rection following the contour of the gully. I wrote Lonnie Zamora on several occasions concerning hts sighting, and never received a reply. I was also unable to reach . blm by telephone. The Air Force sent investi- gators from their project office at Wright-Patterson to Socorro along with several noted scientists to interview Lonnie Zamora and · determine what the object w&!l J , I - . .. • • • • . ' J • • I • I • • • • • • • • I • ·- Landing areo ot Soc:orro, New Muico, taken April 25. • • • • ... . .........._ . . ~ _.., ......, . .. • • • -• • 9 • I •
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• Nrw:tr!t ?lurntng Nr1u.n NEWARK, N. J. D. 27a.945 SUN. 417,195 MAY 6 1964 New Sights Of Saucers • ; 5'/J Stran~ Oh jects Seen by S~veral Persons in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, fi.M. (UPI) -In New Mexico. first test site of the atomic bomb and now a space-age military bastion, ciU· zens in the last. two wee'ks say they have seen. sh~t at and run from "flying saucers" in shapes from bananas to bathtubs. The unidentified Flying 'ject craze is a periodic epidemic in the state: .. The flurry of reports started A a Rio . Grande &ipOTI:celloan ' said he saw a bathtub-sha~ object standing. on · four girder- like legs at dusk. .:.. . · When it ·flew · away;·-socGrro, N.M .• policeman Lonnie Zamora said he ran from it. Since then, reports of strange ·objects have · gained speed throughout New Mexico. Wyo- . ming and into Mon.tana in the high Rocldes • '. · . . · : \ Son e ExptaD8tloaa . 4: ~ • • The Air Force sent its top uv-• lng- saucer chaser to New Mex- ico and there have been many scientific- and military eS~Ilarlta·l tlons for- the sightinp. zens keep looking . . · One- scientist said a "Super· Pogo" mUitary craft may be causing the scare. The Force said low-fiytng jets ta.kin~til pictures with bright strobe lights might be the answer. The scientist, Dr. Lincoln La- paz Institute of Meteoritlcs dl· recior at the University of New Mexico, said there is no danger of outer-space invasion because ";mvonP. livirig 011tside this trou· bl~ globe. would be displayin~ absolute nonsense to come here. Dr. J. Allen Hynek. head of the astronomy department at Northw~t~rn University and the Air - F orce's top consultan~ on unidentified flyin~ objects, came to the state to investigate but soon left.l.saying he believes ra- dar· would have picked up ~- · thing that human eyes .. ~!'· . Plenay 01 Radar ' "It is mt understanding that New Mexico has more than its share of radar installations," Dr. Hynek said. "It seems strange to me that radar did not pick up anything." White Sands 1\fissUe Range, Holloman Air Force Base and Kirtland Air Force Base are among the many military instal· lations in New Mexico with elab- orate radar gear. . ' Zamora started it all when he ,.said he saw the shlny, baU!tu shaped object in a field at So- corro, about 50 miles from where • ~e first atomic bomb( was ex· ploded at White Sands."' : When he approached It, he .. said it flew away. Air Force 'Wliclals conlinned that grass and bushes around the are~ were·u burned and that there were four indentations in the·ground. Dr. Hynek took soil samples to be analyzed. . - PecuUar Alrc:ralt - · Lapaz•said he believes Zamora saw a vertical short-takeoff and .landing aircraft He said the craft behaves much like the ob- ject Zamora said he saw. Lapaz said he saw a plcture of the cralt in the March issue of the U.S. Naval Institute pro- ceedings. . · He said the picture·ls several years old and that some military agency probably is secretly test- ing a "Super-Pogo•• type craft with different uiarkinp. · .. The .. _ ... are. -7 1-.d
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I • • S L .P,tt$ o 71'1-Jl! .,,,. 'f.,il1n· On UFOs . To Includ~ · · ·: SocoJ·J·o Officer . So.corro. N.M. (AP)-A Hotly· wood, Calif., firm has finished filming the Socorro part of a documentary \:ln unidentified fly- Ing objects. . Principal In the Socorro sec- tion of the film was city police- man Lonnie Zamora. He said he !law an UFO on April 24, 1964; after It had landed in .a 'gully near here and also said he saw it take off. ·. Zamora re-enacted' his expert· ence for Empire Film Studios at the scene last Saturday. A studio official said the film\ may be ready for showipg fn five weeks. The. first public show .. lng Is scheduled In Socorro. The \ film . wilt run about 80 mtnutes. · The documentary will be en· 'tJtled, .. Phenomena :- ~even .Point Seven." This, said the of· 1 ficlal, is 7.7 per cent of an esti·\ mated 8,000 sightlngs classiflecll by the Air Force as UFOs. · · ' The official said tbedocument· ry. is designed to sh~w that neither hysteria nor panic were caused· by the aU~ged tanding here. /.L r~ z '.r ... ;~ . • ... - - - - ·-· '"· e:...~ • • • • • • • APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New l\Iexlco APRIL 24, 1964, Socorro, New Mexico - - On '.April 24, T9-64,- a.- socorro, N ew Mexico police, Mr. JJonnie Zamora, rc· ported an object on the ground a mne south ot the town at approxlma tcly 5:30 p.m. Lonnie Zamora. said the ob- ject was white, cgg·shaped and sup- ported on glrlerlike legs. He heard a roar and saw smoke and flames com- ing from underneath the object. rrhe UFO rose to a point about 15·20 1 cet, above the ground and the flames and smoke ceased. The UFO remained stationary for several seconds and then flew off in a southerly direction. The Air Force sent investigators !rom Wright-Patterson AFB to Socor- ro. The investigation disclosed the fol- lowing facts. No other witnesses to the object could be located. There were n' unidentified helicopters or aircraft. in the area. Observers Rt radar installa- tions observed no unusual or unidenti- '· !led blips. There WRS no unusual me- teorological activity. There was no 'evi- dence of markings of any in the area . , other than the shallow depresslona Rt the landing sit~. ,Laboratory analys:s of I • .... ·· the foreign· material or radiation above normal. Laboratory analysis of the burned brush showed · iio chemical which would Indicate a type of pro- pellent. Air Force concl:ulon: "Un- known". The AF is continuing its 1n- veatigaUon and the eaae 1a aWl open. - • • • • • • • • - ·I ~~ :J
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• • :-..,. . ·~ .- , ... • .. .. • • ~ l ~, - Man Report~ • . . - Firing Shots, Hitting Uf Other Sightings Are Reported Around State • By UaiW PNM Ja&enl&lh•-' A rash of unidentified fly- ing object sightiniS. had New Mexico State Police,- local law e n t o r cement agencies and m i 1 i t. a r y inStallations-in a dither today.. ..:. ·· No less. than six "authentic, ,spotting• have· been·· reported .since . Friday when~~ Policeman L o n n i e-.Zamora sighted an egg-shaped: object which roared off the_..ground, leaving deep impressions and burned patches. . · · .. · In addition, telephone -lines across the state bummed with acUvity as publicity-hunters and weU-meaninl peisons . th t . t 1n e ac ~ _. : ·- Fired ·u Sbots- . ! .. An· Edgewood,· man t o.l d State Police· h•. tired 12 . .22- calibre pistol shots-.at\ an .. · lonl··~thinl": ~ earlY· tod&T· ·lie told-- of. bittinl ; thef. UFO. ~~ times· and bearm&..tbe-,bulletl botmc:e:frOm i~ . '~tt ""-" t As·.be paU.ed to~.i8load,' the man ~said, · th~ ·obiect..-moved silently northwardr ::..Be-- w a. • )unable to determio_e ·whether shOtl• 7 to 12 struc:Jt. th•. thiDI• He ·described. it' .:.u _-betnl · ui,htt. ereen co).o,r;,aboUi 3&-- fee~ · 1on1..: : u,ct':--~ . said: it bowreds·•~OO. tee\ I · directlY over· ba bead. ·~ 1 Investigatinl· state. 10ll4~e-l 1 men said the man was coin-i a pletel,- ••10beh'! Edgewood is ,.. about 30 mile• eut.. Of Albu- • ' ~ .. querque.o - : ·•· ~' 1 ' " • .. • A few bout• .enUer; a mc~-ol torisi in the La• ~ Veaaa. area reported seein& a ball of fue which apparently landed near a. radio station. Employes of ' :he station said the man asked that his name be withheld oe-1 cause he was afraid of being laughed at. . Police also received similar reports Sunday from a San.tc. Fe man •. . Orlando Gallegos .•• who told of seeing an egi- shaped metal· object near La Madera, about 50 miles north of Santa Fe. He told·of seeing flames spurt from numerous jets around tbe-bottom:of u ..... , object as it took off. State. Police Capt. Martin Vigil, who checked out the in- cident said "There was def· I H initely sometbin& there. Other reports came from an Albuquerque "· motorist w b saw a · "sUver lookin&, object near Truth' or Consequences, tWG. JP8D• - Ul. the: ~ ' ~· Madera an~• ~~ · itja.bli .. ....:Jil: .. ~~~ • • • • •
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT SOCOMO 1 !fEW MEXICO, 24 APRIL 1964 ./ ) On April 24, 1964, a Socon•o, New Mexico policeman, Mr Lonnie :t..amora, reported sighting an object about a mile south of the town at approximatelJ 5:45 pm, in an unpopulated area tull of hills and gullies and covered vith sagebruab. Following is a summary of his report to Air Force investigators: Mr ZNDora reported that while chasing a speeding car north on US 85, he heard a roar and sav flames in an area where a dynamite shack was known to be located. He aban- doned chase ot the auto and proceeded to where be believed an explosion had occurred. After traveliDg a little-used road and experiencing considerable difticulty 1D trying to drive his car up a gravel-covered hill, be said he then observed what be thougbt was an overturned car standing on end. At this point be was about 800 f.t distant the object and his car was at the crest of a hill ~tb the object ahead or him in a gully. He reported that during this first glance be saw on.e or two figures in coveralls wom he assumed to be occupants of the object. 'lbia ia tbe only time be saw these figures; be did not see them again. After radioing to Police Headquarters at Socorro that be waa proceeding to investigate what he believed to be an auto accident, be drove to a point about 150 tt troa the gully Where the obje~t reated and stopped the car to proceed on foot. He said the object ve.a white, egg or oval- shaped and apparently supported on girderlike lega. He said be heard a roar and aav smoke and flame com1 nc from the bottom ot the object. At this point, Mr za.ora be- lieved that the object waa about to explode and he became frightened, turned, and ran to shield himself behind the police car, bu.piq bia leg and losing hia glaaaea on the way. He said that be crouched down, shielding his eyes vith bia arm vhile the noise stopped and be glanced up. He reported tbat the object bad risen to a point about 15-20 ft abo~ the ground and the and smoke bad ceased. At this point, be reported, be noted a design on the object Vhich he described as markings ~ red about 1 to lf ft in height, shaped like a crescent with a vertical arrow and horizontal line undemeath. He stated tbat the object remained stationary tor several seconcla and then flev off in a southerly direction folloving the contour ot the gully. Within afterward, Sgt Chavez ot the Rew Mexico State Police arrived on the scene in response to Mr Zamora • s earlier radio call. He observed no object, but h~ reported that there vere some slight depressions iD the ground and apparentl7 burned brush in the area where Mr zamora had reported seeing the object. The bruah was cold to the touch. Sst Chavez reported the incident to local 11111 tary authorities Vho conducted the initial investigation. The Air Force sent investigators from their project office at wrigbt-PattersoD AFB, Ohio. The investigation disclosed the following facta: No other witnesses to the· object reported by Mr Zamora could be located. There were no unidentified helicopters or aircraft in the area. Observers at radar installations had observed no unusual or unidentified blips • • I There was no unusual meteorological activity; no thunderstorms. The veatller vas vindy but clear. • • ~ '
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1\·itf, .... - nJl ~·~ ~ to 'Saucer' Reports SOCORRO<-"-Dr. J . Allenl Hynek, special flying object consultant the Air Force, arrived in sn..1 corro Tuesday night to uc:~~o his investigation of a So1t:Or·rol policeman's report that saw a mysterious fiyinll nh..t · ject last Friday. Dr. Hynek said he hoped to talk to the . poUc:eman, Lonnie Zamora, and_ then visit t h e site where . Zamora says he ·saw thff objec~ this morning Dr •. Hynek,:· of: the· D e a born ObservatorYt o~,~t - !North· western University; ~said he would decide :.whethe~ to v· isit~l~ Espanola;. wher.. another ob- .. ject waa • reporte~y spotted over th• weekend-; after hi ~veat!Ptf~·.the . . io_coJ"rol • mcide.nt.· ! 1;-'f".iJ:::, ·;::-.1.: · He said·b• a4·not·bem-ad-l vised b7· the-;Ut.ir"Fmee .. lf.· presence ; her8rdndicatee• thlat the covermnent:'..baa. elilalil:lat- . ed the pouibWt7,. of'U; S.-air- craft.~ baviD~ .caU.ed· the:-%._ 'porta •. ;~,., :'.r_·.:...:. 1>.~} J•;r .~~ ... :, .• : ·.-r:;:. ,..-... ,.,._ .. ~· · ,. . . . ....... ..- .. Capt: .. met= . QuintanUl ... chief of the ·Aerial Phtmomena Branch a~ ··.wright-Patterson Alr Force- Base, Ohio, said T. Sgt.' ·Davict.Moody of the office . alreadJ'-:-'was in ·.:i N ew Mexico and• wciwd assiit ·Dr; . Hynek.:.. in- ·thei· • ...1 ;Flrea at..:,~bJeo.t: ~~; ....... ·. The molt recent Hpott:· uo. the· objecta:·eama earlT Tuei- day morninr-=trom State> P~ lice man. Tommy· Richardson of the us-ea..- communitY' ·. Moriarty.. · .> Ha said he had a call bom Don Adam• . of Ed1ewoocl. near Moriarty, ~ ~ho told of seeing an object. about•.· 100 feet off the around •. Hff' said it appeared · t~ })e. a fluorescent or green~olored . 1lowin&. . o~ ject. Adams told the officer be drove his car under the object and his .car stalled. The youth reported he then got out and fired six shots at the object, reloaded and fired again. The report was another in a series which have kept New Mexico and military autbori· ties busy since Zamora's or- iginal report Friday. The re· ports, until Tuesday, had come from points following a line from south of Truth or Consequencea to an area near Espanola • • , Space BeiDp At t11'*""· the clire® the •'Ai:1aL ' ... ExperfiQ · (;h~ck:- 'Saucei' Reports Continued From A-1 sea.rch o.rganization said she bebeves mtelligent b e i n g s from another planet made ~eve~al landings in New Mex- lCO ln the past few days · ·~ . e are convinced the So- co~ro policeman saw what be 'Sald he saw," Coral Loren- zoo, the director, said afte her return from investigatin~ the reported landing of a UFO near Socorro. . Mr~ . Lorenzon said slghtmg of· an object nortbt-1 west of Espanola early ..,ULa.., day ~as similar to the one desc~l~d at Socorro. She said she 1s mvestigating the other reported sightings durinr the The edby -· • 'I .. • • • • • • - • I ' /,.. •
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• 0 ,... ,. , 0 ---EL PASO !ti;:tAI·D-POST, Thurs ' aucer' cares • r. '· oman I ' ... • (Contlauecl from Pa1e One) .,come and look!• She said they both aaw the fiying object ln the air.r . , uzt looked like a dlsh plate upside down and spua away just like a plata would spill if you flung it into the air,.. Mrs. Reyes said. "It carried a light on the bottom, a bright light.' • • "JlM REALLY SURPRISED. I never expected to see ··any- thing like that atOUDd· here. My husband and I had talked· about the thiag the people saw ln New Mexico, but 1 didn't think I would ever see anytbi.Da. Ilk• that here. . ~- '"-·'·;.,y .. ••rtn a tIll -.hakinr.••. s b • added.. · · · • ·' • ··. · · ' .. , .. , .. • • • Several small planet: were Ia the air at the time of Mrs. ReyU:.. report. but,abr ._ipsjet8d::. the ob•lh• aaw.•wu~a aa: airplaaa ;?•: . .,l·;: :··~~r-..,.-'. '· \ ,.. . . ... - 0 .. ---_j - .. . N.rtf Sky Db jects Puzzle tO Expert • (Continued from Paat One) reported objects in a state load· ed with radar Installations • "It Ill my understandlna that New lVIexlco has more than its share of radar installations." Hy- nek said. ••It seems stranat to me that MTI (Moving Target Interception) radar did not pick up anything." ' • • • • • HYNEK W ~ ln Socorro yes- terday to. ~alk to Socorro J)Oilce- man Lonnie Zamora wbo atarted it aU whu he said. be saw a bathtub-shaped · object·• It duak last Friday. · Zamora . said the obJect stood on four girder-like lep. He said when he approached the object, Jt flew away. · ; · : Hynek aald Zamora Is a ••tevel headed pollee officer .... ·Hynek said he believes Zamora saw something, but does not know what It is. The latest reporta came from deep southern New Mexico last night whea many reported seeing a bright object making low passes. • • . JIM NAVARRO. an employe at the port of entry at Anthony, New Mexico • Texl!, sald he saw the object the past two nights. "It wu the same type Ulumiaa· tlon 11 a star. but it· .. was too close-, too:. bright and· ·too big ... Navarro said •. He said it seemed to remain still for· a long time. then took off at a -high· rate of. speed. 'Na varm said \WMn It took-otr. ft appearedl to change-t.'to-·all .ldncfl ot ·Colors:.• · 1 . .. . . A ablte Policeman said b• beard reportl from the Air Foree that a plane had been dispatched in the area ... • REPORTS from Deming and Hatch said many had seen tht same object. The Air Force said low-flytna jets han been taklna pictures day and night from Albuquerque west to Kingman, Ariz: and from ·Deming west to Casa Grande, Ariz. The planes use bright Strobe units that flash off and on, light· lng a large area for .. plctur'l# ta.kinJ. · •u ._.. ~ . • • , ... .. .. • If< • • • O • • I Santa 'Fean ~Reports . . (ContintJec1 from P•ae 1) rmg of blue flame erupting from many jets around the bottom or ,•the craft. The j ~ts were noiseless and were turned o!! while he watched. He set.w no _persons a- round the craft which he describ- ed as a wind(lw]c~s brlght metal egg-shaped object an.d ·as long a; a telephone poJP., and probably 1f feet in circumference • .;· .:'·-: ' 1 .• ..-_;:, N~ one ven1U1'Pd·_tt:9Ut· of the Gallegos home again. during the nigh.t. The object. . was gone in the morning, but. the ground was I !still smold-erina . . \ :(·: ·:;,· ~~-.... · ~ ~ ~ ' 't I A team of ,. l~lvestiiator$ . at ! !Kirtland· Ajr Force~·Baae: Albu. querque, was' to .~ visit!-: th.; scene. I Whether it wa.s tbe''Mme U.fi'O or another one . is unknown. but Undersheriff· J•ameS ~:I;uckie said a tourist tt.old him in a cafe here ,sunday night that a 'iow-tlYing • brigbt object had nearly crowd~ eded rum oft u.s. 85-- t.wo miles south of Socorro· between 7:30 • and 8 p.m. The ~ unidentified 1 tourist·wu- traveJme~DOrth ot and -~ o""'---' · ....a-;.-~..;.'" · . ..,~., Jv~ .. ~..,. :.. ..,., J ~ ~ I • ,- "a..\ ,_r.__..._~• J " •' ~ j ........... ........ . ._ "'''t ~ ·~ • ' • • . . ·; -. • 0 ., •
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of Espanola, two days following and t.alte-! off, and disappear
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similar to that found in Socorro." ed in the ·gully. There were
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- - -. . - . Neither !White Sand.s Mi.tslle 1 Zamora · continued driving up , At least one -other penon- an Range nor Holloman ih.ad an ob- ' uniden~ tou.iist. .::traveling ject that would compare to the 'the bill to get a closer look at the , north on U. S. 85 - saw the I object descr~bed . There was no object and ·the persons. When i UFO just before it landed in the known firing mission in progress he stopped 'his car on the top of :gully. Opal Grinder, manager of at the time of the occurence that !the mesa and d1'rectly opposite ·,'·Whiting Brothers' Service Station would pro<1uce the conditions re- the place in the gully where ·the on 85 north, said the man stopped ported." UFO had landed, he ~aw it again, 1 1 a·t the station and remarked that Zamora doesn't know what the but t he p ersons were not outside I aircran flew low ar ound here. the object on which ·the sun Grinder- repliect:n.tbere- ")were object was, but for those who gleamed b rightly. H e got out of , desire to speculate, there are hi's car nnd s'arted toward "'. the many helicopten l:!Js'~thb vicinity. · .. ~ .... 1 • •: • •• ·, c. ' · rt:hree possibtllties: UFO. Then he again heard t ·the I The to"Uri.n saic£' .U.:W.s a" ftllt..nny: o'l:'l'rst l't may have bee to n; --na ~r , ' n a P roar or blast ·that • bad brought looking helicopte~ ~ i,.tbat':t ... what secret U.S. aircraft in an • ad- it was.~' · The man said f ..... ther ed ta f d h im to the Rcene ·and saw fl flmcs. ~ · vane s ge o ev-el-opment, Dust was flying around the oh~ the object had flown over his Second, it m-ay have been an · · car. lt .actually was headed advanced -type of aircra·ft or space ject: .. .. . .,..,..,~~·- . ' • The policcnuur . believed th~ ( straight :for the. gully where it ship of •another pow.er. ,,. · "";TT"' -:-f -:t.:.....,.·- .. -- landed moments later. The tour- Third! it may .have· been a j object:. was a:bout::to• explode. 'lf e · ist also commented th&t he had space scout ~hip · from another 1 wu about 50 teet lrom ·the Uli'O, seen a police car heading up the planet. ·· and for protection pe dropped to hill. This was Zamora•s car. · Whatev-er the object was, . . it the gro~nd and covered his face Grinder did not know of the ob- probably was the 'f1'rst reported with . an arm. • · ject at the time, and did not at- concrete instance ot. a· U!FO A n ~o ·.explosion occurred, · a n d . tach importance ·•to the. traveler's N-ew Mexico. · · Zamora -also reahzed the object . ' . . ! remarks. . : ·' · ~. ..' ;· : t . . · · · Policeman Zamora sbi~ted from was not heading· in his direction. . A Tucson, Ariz.,,· couple was a routine task •to a frighten!ing, He raised: his head slightly. He • here Sunday to. interview Zamo- out-of .. this-world expeilience in saw the UFO, wh1ch seemed to _ ra for a -scientifi~ 'article on. the a few ·minutes Friday night: 1 be beaded south on landing, r ise 1 object. The· wom,.ri said a min- He was patroling p a· r k straight up for ari estimated 20 f ister and 26 other persons in ·New Street where he had ~gun pur- feet, which brought it about on , Guinea had seen a similar oh- suit ·of a fast-traveling car sev- .a level w ith the po1ice car on rthe ; ject hovering. for two hours at an eral blocks ahead of him. Zamo- mesa top. The object appeared · 1 estima:ted •altitude of 400 1eet. It ra was almost on the old road to main tHin this altitude beyond was reported ·the observers had when ~ heard what he described the explosives building and due seen a man on the ·"deck•' of the as a blast or a roar. His first west j•n a st'l'aight·line for about 31 object. ~· '; · though was that an aluminum two miles to the perlite mill. On .:. Maj. William Conner·. of Kirt.. ouildmg used to store .explosives the other side of the mill the . land Air Force ·Base, Albuquer. bad blown: up. He forgot about UFQt·gained altitude very rapid- ':' que, was also here Sunday atter- the speeding car and headed up ly, passed over Six~Mile Canyon, I! noon to. interview. Zamora. The a very rocky, dirt road . towards II became· a speck in 1he sky, and ·. major said he was not at Uberty the building. On the· thrrd try, ~isap~eared . . . ._ . · 1 to comment. He. and an. Air Force driving very slowly, ·he managed I .Zaqxot:a said there was a sharp _ sergeant visited the UFO scene. to get up the road· which leads wh1~ing sound at 'the end of the - Use of a Geiger counter at the to the •top of the mesa overlook- ! roar· preceding · the object's take- - scene was reported to ·h ave ing the gully where the ·UFO had off. · A3 the object· got into the brought negative resulU. landed. " . I alr, the ·noise quieted. The object Capt. Richard T. -Halder of so. 1 T~e· policeman· said he first · I did not leave a jet trait Reports .1 corro, U.S. Army up-range com- saw the object at an estimated o~ other supposed t.JIFO's have mander w ith headquarters at !distance oft 150 yards and he mentioned. that·theY' fly with lit- > Stallion Range Center on White I thought it was an overturned car. tle or •no nois~. _ Sands ~issile Range, said Satur- He was looking out ot his ~ar Zamora radioed the sherifrs of- day: window as he drove· towards flee immediately after the object "I was contacted on the even- the top of the me s a. Za- had · taken 'otf. State 1Police Sgt. ing ot April 24 by local author- mora said one of two persons at Sam Chavez, State ·Policeman i !ies and asked to provide assist- 'the ·UiFO, whose back was to h im, Ted Jordan, and Undersheriff ance in identifying a r epor ted turned his 'head and looked J ames Luckie r esponded. Chavez U FO. After beng appraJsed of the straight at him. The two persons and Luckie said the burned situation, I attempted to deter- standing by rthe object appeared clumps o~ green grass and the mine whether White Sands Mis. to be dressed in whi·te coveralls grea.sewood were still hot when sile Range or Holloman Air Force and at the distance Zamora sa~ they 'Brrt~ed. The1 military: later ,·Base had anything th·a·t m·igh.t ·them they appeared to be "child- took samptes.'of ~lfe burn~earth ;>roduce the conditions described. like,'~ that is, small He· did not ~o~ a~alysis. . , :;;;=====-----:-. -=-::'1- ===l:.:.J noti~· wbat-:aon,.. o(; h~adgear, if any, ·. ltbe;- ~o·ui>emons,, presum- _ably .• merraw~ L~f:!.. ·1 • • • •• • , • I . I
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• • ~ '! • ' • • • . • .... - .. ... . - • • • • • An inspection of the scene 'Sat.. urday morning ··showed the ob- ject had landed astride ·a narrow, rock-strewn dry ' wash· in the gully. Officers earlier had cll"cled with stones the four places where the. legs of the object had touch.. ed earth. The ·holes, were shaUowr, about a foot long -'by six inches~ . wide. They did not. appear t ihave been made· ·by an object,i atri.ldng the . earth with grea .. .forceto but.'.by of coD..: te~. :.:,. ;;..;,~ ; ~ ·. 17·:-The. two legs of the object th~ · ,Zamora saw probably were a~i' ~~ feet long. · · ·: < 1 • "''"' •w ~ - )t .. was about 12' feet from on., llanding hole to the other on th f West side and 15 feet between the two on the east side. The · wid~ ~bably was nine or ptore ·.feet.: - qne clumps of areen arass and- two· greasewood . ·bushes seem eel , tO.: have been seared all at once- • by .an extremely bot flame. Th·e-r.~ were also · broken· branches on • one greasewood. ~· , ·· ·. I l .. The two '· round ..... depressio·nll ..... :. # .... .... ' . were· tour ··and . five ·· iilches: diameter, respectiVely~ \ . 'l'he cause of the landing of t obJect.:' like. lta .. identity and i' 1 sodrce, · rem.m::·unaD.twered. w the landing in the secluded, h'ttl frequented gully· for a test o caused by momentary mechanl~ dffc:ulty? . . . ... ~ · . .... 'f '"'t • After· Capt. Holder · was a prtliaed of the UFO occurrence, h I. made a report of it to 'the pro agencies at WSMR. InvestigatioD o! the incident will be conducted ·by · desfgnted govemment age~ll-l · ces; I By Sunday afternoon hun- dreds of curious persons had; trampled the scene and th.er~H was virtually no evidence left of the landing marks. · · \ • • • .C.·t.Wi t ..r-. . • • • • • • ... • ' • • . r • • • • .. • • I I ~ • • • • • • • • • • • •
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• ~b4 Al '"' · ')' . .. . '/ • ~ .. ~h ~ .J '·· ~.: H ITE SAND S MI SSI LE RANGEJ N. M.I f1AY C AP> - A SECOND ATTEMPT ~.'I LL BE MADE TODAY TO Fl RE A LITTLE J OE I CKET I N A TEST OF THE APOLLO ~ONFLIGHT ES CAPE SYST£ri. ' THE SHOT ~J AS POSTPO NE:D YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF GUSTY v.1I NDS Al\D A D ::: ~ E R T ., ·. S .6. (\'DSTORM . ' • · THE LIT'fLE JOE I S E ~P ECT ED TO HURL THE S I MU L AT~D hPOLLO SPAC EC ~AF T TO 221000 .FEET AT 6 A. t~ . <MS T >. . A DESTRUCT SIGNAL tr'tLL DESTROY THE 1'1I SS ILE AND FIRE THE ESCAPE SY(.'T£1·1 . I T \\'ILL SEPAHATE THE C O!~ I~AND MODULE AND PROPEL IT .1... SA FE: DI STANCE WHER[ FOUR PARAC HUTES WI LL BE DEPLOYED TO LOWER THE CRAFT TO F.J. RTH. . . THE COMMAND 110DULE I S THE NERVE CENTER FOR T H:C: APOLLO Al\D 1r1IL L CAR~Y THE ASTRON AUT··PI LOTS • . JF 618 ACS \ I \ I \ l
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1\ 1 .... ":t ~r Y r _ i • .., i3 ....J i\. J \- "'1 . ., FIRST LE AD LITTLE J OE ( 270) ,'lv .t ~B ~ .. HARO LD R. r,Jl LLI At1S 1. t '" ~ . WHITE SA~!D S MISS ILE RA~~GE , N . t·1 . _1 l!'1-~Y- 13../(A P) - THE FI F:HY EXPLOSI ON 0}' ~ LITTLE J OE II ROCKET SHATTERED THE EARLY MORN ING CALM TOD AY IN A I • .. ·· T£ST OF THE APO LLO i100N SPACECRAFT LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM. EARLY I NDICATIO NS FROM NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADt1INISTRATI ON OF FICIALS WERE TH.AT THE TEST, THE FI RST OF FIVE OF THE APO LLO ESCAPE SYSTir1..2 tvAS SUCCESS FUL. IT HAD BEEN DELAYED 2L~ HOURS BE:CAUSE OF HIND.c, /1• DUST s ·r-OR[1 YESTERDAY. LITTLE JOE II BLASTED I NTO THE SKY ABOUT 6 A.t1-. <NST) FROM· A CLOUD ~DUST CAUSED BY THE ROCKET'S SEVEN SOLID FUEL ENGINEs, GENERATING MORE THAN 300 000 POUNDS OF THRUST. CLIMBING td 22 000 FEET ALTITUDE I N ABOlJT 30 SECOND S 1'HE 8S-FOOT TALL VEHICLE STACKED tJITH BOILERPLATE t10DELS OF THE APOLLO COMMAND ANP SE:RV·ICE t10DULEs, REACHED A MAf-IMU~1 AERODYNAMIC STR ESS PERIOD AT THE TI ~ E OF THE EXPLOSION THAT WAS SET OFF BY GROUND SI GNAL. AT THE SA!1E INSTANT EXPLOSIVE BOLTS SEPARATED THE CO r·H·lAND t10DU LE FR OM THE DI S'I ~ITEGRAT I NC ROCKET .A.ND THE 15 5 0 00 -POUND THHU ST ESC APE ROCKZT FIRED 7 CARRYING THE CO MMAND MODU LE ~ NOTHER 4JOOO FEET HIGHE R~ SAFELY AWAY FROM THE E>:PLOS I ON , THE CO ~ M A ND MODULE , ~~H ICH WILL CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON SEP ARATED FR Or1 THE ESCAPE TOWER . ABOUT 7 1/2 MINUTES AFTER'THE FIRING 1 THE COMMAND ~ODULE, SUSPE~IDED BY PARACHUTEs, FLOATED TO THE DESERT FLuOR ABOUT FIVE MILES FRO M THE LAUNCH SITE:. A NAS A SPOKESMAN SAID THE ONLY APPARENT TROUBLE WAS THAT ONE OF ~HE THREE 83-FOOT DIAMETER RING PARACHUTES ATTAC liED TO THE COr1MAND MODULE ~i~~¥u~~~y k~~rrf~; ~~r~u5frY2~~L~F~~§ ~~fJ ~~5N~~R~~H&t~~ 0 c~TI[~ BRING THE CAPSULE DOWN SAFELY. . WATCHING .TODAY'S TEST FROM A BLOCKHOUSE NEAR THE LAUNCH SITE ~JZRE ASTRONAUTS LT. Ct·1DR. CHARLES CONRAD 1 Lt. · Ci1DR. JA!1ES .A.. LOVELL, ~lAJ. GO~DON COOPER, CMDR. ALAN SHEPARD J H., A~D DONALD SLAYTON. C NO PICKUP) B924ACS • •
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• ' I N£V£R US£ FOR APPROVALS, DIS..<PPf.OVALS-.-1 "'· M~'o ROUTING SLIP CONCURR£NC£S, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS I NAM~ OR (5~ ......... - INITIALS CIRCULATE " ( 1', /I J'J ..t A 1 f ..) • j 11 J ~ ~- ,., ORG'-NilA.TION ANO lOCATION " DUE COORDINAT ION ~ \"J .E 2 rtl.E . . . INFORMATION . 3 NECESSARY ACTION • NOTE ANO RETURN ... SEE ME SIGNATURE REMARKS . • . • • • . FROM t~ME OR TITLE DATE \ t \( \ll~ ~IZATION ANO LOCATIOf4 TELEPHONE j 1- ~ (=-<. e..,., - \. I ~ ~) Replaces DA AOO Fo·m 895, I Apr ~S. and AFHQ Form 12. 10 Nov 47, which mar be ust-d. c48--l&--740fi7-2 GPO
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----=------ ---------- • • * Listed as having Spacecraft Landing Gear Experience Jet Propulsion tabs. NASA's supervises all landers . * Manned Mars Excursion Module. (MEM) Aeronertronics Division, Philco, Newport Beach, Calif Lunar Excursion Module. (IEM) Grumman A/C, Long Island, New York (Prime Contractor) * Lunar Excursion Module (Ascent Rocket) N$- Bltll Aerosystem Co, Buffalo, New York Lunar Modular Base, 4 legs ~J Douglas Missile & Space Systems * Re-Entry & Landing Studies ~Pi~ _ Goodyear Aerospace Corp, Akron, Ohio - .. Lunar Surveyor Vehicle ~i - Hughes Aircraft Co • * Advanced Lunar Transport Systems Long-Tempco-Vougbt, Greenville, Texas * Manned Planet~ Systems/D,nar Ferry Lockheed Aircra:f't Co, Burbank, Calif' * Manned Mars Landing Study North American Aviation Inc, Downey, Calif' • • • • • • · Companies having capability in Spacecraft Landing but no specific System is listed. • Bendix Corp • .. _ Cleveland Pnenmati Aiv of' Pneumodynami.cs McDannel Aircraft, St Louis (Gemini,) _,Menasco M:f'g Co, Ft Worth Texas Northop - (Gemini, Mercury & Appolo Landing) Stanley a/c. United a/c. • • . . .... -..;:: 1 ~~~----------~------------------------------------------------· •
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Wii Zi Mny-61b Rewøgt for haule ane 5ace Bute any Information* relative to tho p»åeetß by purprporatiouv forvarded to cqtaln Eectos• 1±51133. base legs. for BubByBtæ ;ÄynUZfrÄ a oü 30Sjuu 6iv; Gave touchér *vitb él±her Ca latter"pait.j the veéhA
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Request for lanar Aircraft Co Infoma±lm 20 611 aReqaeg± present of? iunsr by C4±8å.n Beet.or (æv/uro); An, hzve a in the. Inar USA?
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OFFICIAL for Lunar mghee Ercraft Co Angeleø, Reqeø± relative to: the Jjrescnt ot lunar projectg cmducted by your corprationen-;w;. Bhould?be forvardea Captaiå Eeetor æ(DEV/üro), An, Surveyor, awe,'. Coloaøi, for,
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FTD æw/UF0)) YRICHT„DA INTED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICIAL BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID .tRS0d, 1964 OHIO Cnknoro in Burbank Hughes Aircraft Co Burbank, California
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• 7H!:: CLEVELAND PNEUMATIC TOOL CO ~taPANY May Z6, 1964 Reference: SD-2-1733 Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Command United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio • ATTENTION: Captain Hector Quintanilla/TDEW SUBJECT: Lunar Module Spacecraft Landing Gear Gentlemen: 3781 EAST 77T H ST RE!T CLEVELAND 5 , O H IO DIAM O ND H700 • • • • This is to confirm our recent telephone conversation with regard to your letter of May 20, 1964 in which you ask for information relative to our experience in the lunar field. We believe a review of the . enclosed booklets will indicate to you that we do have considerable background in this field. . We have submitted proposals to the Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, and also Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island. These were cla·ssified proposals, details of which are possibly available to you at Wright Field • . Our Instrumentation and Control Division in Grand Rapids received a contract (AF33(616) -6572) several years ago covering a study of "Vehicle Departure and Alightment Concepts". Again, may we suggest that the complete file on this subject is available to you at Wright Field. For your convenient reference, we attach copies of reports 1, 3, 4, s,· 14, and 15 covering this particular study. These are probably the most graphic reports submitted against the contract, and will serve to show you the numerous areas of study. Our National Water Lift Division in Kalamazoo, Michigan, produced the landing gear assembly for the "surveyortt project. A copy of a single page brochure on this topic is enclosed • •
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HE Q[EVELAND PNIUMATIC ~~========~~ .. ;~ MPANY A 01VI810H 0 1' C I. CYCI.ANO P'NC U .. ATIC I NO UST .. I IS. I HC . 0 • PAGE We do not feel free to pass on further information on this program because of the restrictions imposed by the prime contractor, Hughe s Aircraft Co:mpany. Additional information on this project may be in your files or available to you by contacting the Hughes C ompany. U it would be of any assistance to you in your pres ent project. we would be pleased to have one of our preliminary design engineers visit you for general technical discussions on "lunar landing gear". If you would prefer to visit us, we would be certainly glad to have you spe nd a day or two with us. These suggestions, of course, do not place you or the Government under any obligation to us whatsoever. Very truly yours, THE CLEVELAND. \....-' 0 • WAL:mb • • En c. .1 • • • ' TOOL COMPANY \ • • • • ... , • 2 <..,; ~~ ~-- . - • •
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• •I I • • • • ) P~EUMODYNAMJCS CORP. ) " NATIONAL WATER LIFT DIVISION SURVEYOR LANDING GEAR Project Surveyor is a scientific task with the end requirement of successfully accomplishing a landing on the moon. The lunar vehicle lands on tllree legs. A shock absorber is incor- porated in each leg to dissipate some of the touchdown energy and to store the balance. NWL is responsible !or the design, production, and testing of these shock absorb e rs, Model 1859. The design parameters are very severe. Temperatures range from+ 275° F to - 300° F, pressures inside the unit ~o up to 15, 000 psi, and pressures outside the unit drop to 10- 4 torr. The required damping profile is both a function of unit velocity and unit stroke position . The unit contains a gas charge at 1500 psi and will retain such a charge for 12 months. External moving parts are encapsulated by flexible metal bellows. The unit uses a special grade of titanium (13 Cr llV 3 Al) heat treated to 185 ,000 psi minirnum. A very detailed and comprehensive reliability program controls this project. By the nature of its 1 end usage, the production of the shock absorber ·will be small. However, the engineering, product know-how, and special experience requirement are very large. This unit typifies NWL Company's capacity for small production runs on sophisticated hardware . • •
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• • •• • • • • ., , , PNEUMODYNAMICS CORP. NATIONAL WATER LIFT DIVISION SURVEYOR LANDING GEAR Project Surveyor is a scientific task with the end requirement of successfully accomplishing a landing on the moon. The lunar vehicle lands on three legs. A shock absorber is incor- porated in each leg to dissipate some of th e touchdown energy and to store the balance. NWL is responsible for the d esign, production, and testing of these shock absorbers, Model 1859. The design parameters are very severe. Temperatures r ange from-+ 275° F to - 300° F, pressures inside the unit ~o up to 15,000 psi, and pressures outside the unit drop to 10- 4 t or r. The required damping profile is both a function of unit velocity and unit stroke position . • The unit contains a gas charge at 1500 psi and will retain such a charge for 12 months. External moving parts are encapsulated by flexible metal bellows. The unit uses a special grade of titanium . (13 Cr 11 V 3 Al) heat treated to 185, 000 psi minimum. A very detailed and comprehensive reliability program controls this project. By the nature of its 1 end usage, the production of the shock absorber will be small. However, the engineering, product know-how, and special experience requirement are very large. This unit typifit!s NWL Company's capacity for small production runs on sophisticated hardware. •
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v. Messsco COUI'ÅSY RI ANS r CAYTON 29,
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for F sent by your forvædea QÅntan1)1ag Ohio A:A33Q a and luting M/ R: Ruble called Capt on regard-tile the Yee.1B+±he representat$•væ regarumg F; anae •beewlnteon±aet vlthgrn the oat these Capt. vlev or.cmtact Buggegtea;t
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ILE copy for Innue 26nageo Eg Co Fort Or offiee lg interested In lunar type Fgaeecraft. hgvIng ignu.ng gear eperlenee>' thene voåeetg is ya.tr hac. gæe cqabillty the Is gppreciate any have at zee±or (mtg/vm, 1*33• MAY 'Vt'S Berlann14, representative In.ur41Äd1ng fore contractors ; Menagcoibag done. Äcb•reoearchtin thag have a .1aborBtoryve. model Vith- girder—Ilke for a Landing
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.. I I e ·' .,.....,. - .. ·.-~~-'-----"'"~-=------~ .: • . .. • • I • • • t TEXAS DIVISION •ox 7lte7, •VLVANIA ST4Tf0N FORT WORTH. TEXAS TELEPHONE BU 3-4471 • • • , • May 25, 1964 Letter No. TS 5516 Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Command United States Air Force Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Attention: \ Subject: Gentlemen: Eric T. deJonckheere, Colonel, USAF Deputy for Technology and Subsystems . Request for Lunar Module Information In response to your letter of May ZO, 1964, VIe have referred your inquiry to our Dayton, Ohio representative, Mr. Vince Serianni, who will contact Captain Hector Quintanilla in regard to our capability and interest in programs of this type. Thank you for your inquiry, and we trust that we may be of seririce to you in the future • Very truly yours, . MENASCO MANUFACTURING CO. R. chrnidt Divisional Sales Manager RJS:ds
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,. .. • • • • ' -_..... , .... .. • • • • . . . , • • • • • • • • • • • BELL AEROSYS I EMS COMPANY CIYleiON OfP 80 L, A& .. ~ACE C0"1"01tAT10N-A tutijiJ COM .. ANV ~ST OFFICE BOX ONE • BUfPFALO, NEW YORK 142.CO • • • ,. . . • • • • • • • Headquarters • • • .. . • • •• • • . ..... . . • • • • • • ONE Ot:THE: Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Command United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio 45433 • Attention: Cap FTD ~~~ctor Quintanilla 0) • • • • ' • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . ·- • - • • • • • • - • • - • • • . . • • • • • • VIA AIR MAIL • • • • • • -... ... • • • • • • • • • I I • I • • l
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0 (a) on the: of type nnduies vero conoultedø WOL ale eilmånated as a to the of a effect in area. %era Reveral of aevieeg ±ich the force of blaot ovare ot aa craft of te ue obåee•tmt lee& or surau as found eoastrqcted by B 85 theu UFO also the head$n€ up fre A to of he tourist flying obåeetør Ze the Canciüslato tete: (i) of dace the a 61.0ting detlniteiy sot •a vtNL or Captain Recur to haw ta #deatlry of or ob8ervea 0b at obåeet vehicle agpiayea characterigtlew veil Ytth±n the eemot be to or I ean state üe vehicle or object by Lonnie Z.Aüra 'Vag not an ßpaee vlgitlng the pignet Earth. ease. Ig üe Investigation ig Bti3X In
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I • • • • · ·1 • Subject: To: Attention: . lllf BELL AEROSY! ; I EMS COMPANY BUFFALO 5 . NE.W YORK PHOH&1 NIAOARA 'ALLS 297·1000 AREA CODE 716 4 September 1964 NAS 9-1100 Request for Lunar Module Information Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Command United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433 Captain Hector Quintanilla FTD ( TDEW/UFO) 1. We have received your request £or LEM infonnation. Thank you for your interest in Bell's participation in this program. Bell's participation involves the production of both the LEM Ascent Engine and positive expulsion tanks for the LEM reaction control system. These tanks are patterned after similar tanks we are making f·o·r . the Apollo Command Module reaction control system. 2. We are unable to honor your request for LEM inforrna tion at this time. Because of the terms of our sub contracts with Grumman Aircraft, approval must be obtained from Grumman prior to releasing information concerning the subcontracts. A request has been sent to Grununan requesting approval to supply you with information. To date we have not received this approval. 3. If you wish to contact Grumman directly to explain your requireme~ts for information, we suggest that you contact the following: • AEM:JKS :nm Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation Bethpage, Long Island, New York Attention: Mr. E. F. Hintz Subcontract Administrator Plant No. 25 • • A. E. Mirti Project Director LEM Ascent Engine cc: Col. E. T. de Jonckheere, USAF Mr. E. F. Hintz, GAEC Mr. J. Conover, GAEC Res. Rep. at BAC OIVISION OF BELL AEROSPACE CORPORATION - A fixttonl COMPANY
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• • • ( • • • BELL AEROSYS 'l 1EI~Is COliJPAUY BUFFALO 5 NE'Yl YOPJ( • Subject: To a Attention I 4 September J.S64 NAS 9-1100 Requea t f'or Lunal' f-1odule In forma tt·.:.n • Headquarters ForeiGn ~chnology Division Air Force Sys tema Coaronand Un1 ted States Air Po roe Wright-Patterson Air Force :ease, Oh:to 45433 Captain Hector Quintanilla PTD ( 'l'.DEW/UFO) • 1. we have received your request for L'EM 1ni'or1nation. 'l'hanlc you for your interest 1n Bell's participation in this program. Bell's participation involves the production of both the rm Ascent Engine and positive expulsion tankS tor the ~4 reaction control eyatem. These tankS are pattemed after similax- tanlcs ·c-.;a ere making f'or the Apollo Conuaand Module reaction control system. 2. We are unable to honor your request ror IJ\M 1ni'ormat1on at thia . time. Because of the te:r-ms or our subcontracts with Grumman Aircraft~ approval muat be obt:a1ned trom Grwmnan prior to releasing ini'onnation concerning the subcontracts. A request has been aent to Gru:muan requesting approval to supply you with information. To date 1'18 have not received tJU.s approval. 3. It JOU w13h to contact Grumman direotly to explain your requirements tor 1ntonnat1onJ we suggest that you oontaot the tollot~1ngt ;' Grumman A1ro~rt &lgineering Corporation Bethpap, Iong Island, !lew York Att...~ntions till•. E. P. Hintz • Subccntract Administrator PJ.ant }ITo. ~5 . ! . • A. E. ··M1rt1 Pro j 90 ·t Diree tor I/E:DI Ascent Engine co: VCol. E. T. de Jonckheere _, USAF ~·ll'-. E. F. Hin t:tJ O.l\EC rt!r. J. Conover I GAEC Res (\ Rep. at BAC
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"'iOS, Regaeot for lunar Aircraft. •t any to Q,he Btbtus by ahaald be forvardea to cqt*d.n Rector ana
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Regaeøt OFFICIAL Division 19 california iequegt uyuzclÜ0ifiea of by you to CQtain have*å for
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TICIAL FiLE copy Request br Eale Information o) 19 DMay 611 any the •8t8tuz orsiunar todule proåee±g e.onåietea your RtEorma±10u Captain Hecior Ohio Interest /Uuar2erry
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Reggest for EorÄt10n ßam•leau Ine reiauve to •Elie Béatug projecte by yair 39 624 Bhaa].a be forwarded to Captain a partlezlæ•elateregt in the bLnned Btuayq,;; iiiiéV4iv
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FILE COPW for lat.nar Intonation Aircrat± Gemini Flem office-ig intemgtea ßpacecTBf•$-v thete are eo*ratåoü hug oeceeraft TandfBR but We Qpæc18te any hay; miißnformataon' C*d.n "Coiner, for 61v
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• • • ' t~' • ~ tt ~ PUBLI8HI: .. S • • 'J f"OLITAN MARKET ........ -- I I • • I • I t • I I I . 0 • • • I I . • • I • t • • I • • • -. • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • ... • • •• - • • - May 29, 1968 DUBUQUE, IOWA DIAL ee 3-e•at • Dr. J. Allen Hynek Department of Astronomy , Northwestern University · Evanston, Illinois 60201 • • • • Dear Dr. Hynek: Your letter of 30 April, requesting information about i - dividuals referred to in the letter who might have wit- nessed the sighting of unidentified flying objects on · April 24, 1964, was forwarded to my attention. I • • I I After considerable searching of the newspaper files during the period in questio~, I have come up with some helpful information. • . The Telegraph-Herald carried a page one story on April 29, 1964 coveri~g the details of· the sighti~g. Two per~ sons from Dubuque were listed in the story as having seen the object in question. The story lists: · • . Paul Kies, 650 · Sunset Ridge, Dubuque, Iowa • and Larry Kratzer, 1504 Henion, Dubuque, Iowa (now of 751 Kane Street) I hope this information will be of value to you in your search for· a solution to puzzling phenomenon of unident- ified flying objects and trust that the information will be used with dis ere tion. · · Sincerely, • • • • • Richard C. Dempsey REC~ f\i t:O Director of Public Relations RCD:sle • JUN 3 1960 ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT NORTHWESTE~N UNIVERSITY. • ~ . • • I I •
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• • • • I I • • . . • • • • • •• • •• ' I ' •• • • a.~ ·-o...-<1- - - - ' c I • • .. . ~ ' • • - - . . . .. . . .._1' • •• • • • • J ~ ·· ~ · ........ , . t . - ·- • • I I • • • • • • •• • I • • • • • . . . • I ' Editor • Teleg~aph Heiald News Dubuque • Iowa - • ....... . .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • . .. ' • • • • 0 • .... .. • • • • • ' I • • • l • 1 • • 30 April 1968 • . . • • • ... • • • • I I• • .. • • • • • • • • • • \ . . I • • • f •.. • • ' I • • • • . • - • D.ear Sira • . · In my capacity as Scientific Consultant to the Air Forces' Project ~ Blue Book I ~ trying to get more details on the April 24, 1964 ·· sighting at Socorro, New Mexico, made by Lt. Zamora. • • • I I would ver,y much appreciate your help in obtaining the nama and address of the individual referred to in the enclosed copy of • • Mr. Bleba~n's letter who might also have witnessed this sighting • I • ' l wish to aaaure you that my interest in this matter is entirely professional and under no circumstances do I use this material for ~ publicity purposes or for any other reason thau to try to solve . thia puazlins phenomenon of unidentified flying objects • .. • •• ' • • t • I ,. ' • ~ . • • JAll:lp encl. • • • • • ' • • ' • • • • • ' - • • • • • • • • • • • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Sincerely youra, • J. Allen Hynek . Director • ' • \ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • , • • • • • • • • •
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. .. I •• • • • • • ,. . ' . . ....... . -· • • • • '/ . I I • I _., • • • . . • • • • • • • • ' • .. • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . I • ' . I • I • • • • ' • • • - • . . "'' .. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Chairman Aatronomy Department Northwestern Univeraity · Bvanaton, Illinoie • • •• • I o .. / . . ,, ..... . ' . . ; ... . . . . . . ; C 0 P 'y ,_ .. , . .:...=....;:.....:.· . • .•• ' • • ' - • • • • • • • • 26 April 196S • • • • .. • ,. . • • • • '( • • • Dear Dr. Hynek • • . - • .. • • • I • I ., ' . ' . . · . • • • • 1 • • • • • • • . ' , I may have a lead on the person you are looking for. Within a week :· . .'. :·.· or two after Zamora'e sighting on April 24, 1964, my mother sent me . ~ : · .. · · a clipping from Dubuque who saw the saucer in Socorro. The clippins waa from the Telesraph Herald, Dubuque's newspaper, and included ~ picture of the individual. Aa I recall, the man was driving into I • • ·' • • . -·-.:~ Socorro at the time. Unfortunately, I no longer have the clippi~. ·· ·.. Hov.ver, 1 am aura that the uame and address of the individual could . : :· . -·. ~ ~~ ba obtaintMl from the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque. · I . . , . . • • . . . • • • .. - • • • • • • • . . • 0 • • • • • • • • • ,. ,._ • . ' . • • • •• • • • • • • • • . . . • • • • • • • • • -.. ' • • . ~ • • • . : . ) • • • • I • • • • • • I . ' •• • • .. . • I IVery truly yours, _ (signed) Robart A. Bieberman 601 P'itch Avenue Socorro. New l-'.exico 87801 · . • • • • • ·' . . . • • • r • • I • • • . ,. .. . " ' . I • I I • I • .. • • • • ; • • • • • • • • • ... .. I • . . • • • • • • • • • • . ' • • - • • • • • I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • • • • • , • • • • • • I • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • • • • • I . • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • . - • I • • •
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• • I I • I I I . , • I • • • ' . • .. . • • • • • • • I • • • I I I - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .-· ., . ... • . - • ---~ - - - . .. • • . .I - . • I • • • 0 • • Four Years Old · . · : station at that t!me, reported . · the tourist, ·a man, t•em·arkedl 100 ~ · Re\4Jard Offer.-ed ~~~a:~~:. new low ·in the/; ~ i Grinder said there w c r e • several helicopters in the area.! . . : : He ~oted the tourist oas i'eply-1 . · . helicopter if that is what i SO<;ORRO wt- The mystery $100 reward to help locate a was." Grindet quoted the mao. ,of .a reported unidentified flying motorjst who reported seeing as saying the object flew direct- 1object four years ·ago south of the object. · · · ly over his car. · _ !Socorro on oan ~lated bill re- On April 24, 1964, Socorro Grinder, unaware of Zamora's mains· unsolved. · . · Policeman Lonnie Zamora saw sigbtiag, said ~e -attached no' I And to belp find cluu to help what be described -as a four- importance to the repor-t t·hen. solve the problem, Dr. J • . Allen legged. egg-shaped object ·with Dr. Hynek told the Las: !Hynek,, .. :. ehalrman of . t be at 1east two persons aboard. Cruces Sun-Ne~s that in an ef-1 ;astronomy cle p a r t m ·e ,n t at At least one other person, oan fort to establish the Socorro: • • • • • • • • • . ... I • • • • lNorthweatei'D. ·UDi.v.~ 1 ,i o unidentified tour 1st traveling sighting, he ·authorized· the $100' ·-- "'~·- =--.. ·· ··· · ·· north on old U.S. 85, was quoted reward, which will go to · ..... · · ··! - - - as saying ~e saw tbe UFO just persons k n· owing ·the sightings, said per.sOns who - • ... • I • I I • • • • • • .. 0 .. • • before · it landed in the .area. whereabouts of the motorist. would know the motorist should Opal Grinder, - -wh~· · · w .as Dr. Hynek,. ~o is ·a consultant contact Dr. · H y n e k . at .'P.~P~·~ of..::~ Socorro servlce_tg .. }~ .... ¥r,_For.c:e on UFO Northwestern University. · · • • • • • • . • - • • • • . - • • .. • • • • • . • • I I • • • • • • • • • • • • I - • • • • • • • •
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after 5: 9 Friday, 21} Avril. 3g&, of the hilee a North g 85 In line o? In be heara a Ana ocv in vheN a djun±te to located' Ba ebue of atto and proeeeaea to be aa haa oeeurred. order to reech thio to travel road OP threo effor±g hag ear up he a üere Cha object vase At ft oboeet•w be observed to be m ear Bta»d$.ng on euåe ON objecto ag eoveral's o#the vehicle.>e Ee. In to mqz8,pterD to investigate e 10-74 to a point 150 ob$eet vu/he the got unrå& object. obJeet vac•oq legb$ mages ana am began to Xov to Vas Jet vae ilbe c Bt üe grhi,nklng that. tlz object he frightened, yes 1/2 bæ.rø before gunget)s the gun vae to to ran to get the bin leg his giagaeg qeo vith arn the Else: object 2.1b a vertieéi uaemea&'€; bverea In Düen•naé offg in SV erection fo object a-Iganeer in ua a 85 6 he vaa Dlgqpannce by in at ao he the oWecS to then m ft off to the obJect to an Bgt entact pl.lee Btate the his call vag by get @avez of kxieo *ate hiiee. Sgt ett.tea
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the location he. vas driving object. Sgt ChBVea t'»k'tehe vrong fae± the omglte d.ireatlm for part of the tine end I.Ä g to gee the object. he arr•jneå at; point Sgt three Vilnutes eC#er obåec± Sgt pale end upset at vhat, had Bgt vaa akq±leal of eeadea to Äa haa the obseete he •the marb to a vh.tch or eoalg ggE C;bayez o cold to tho no W.Bte»ee a€evyea -tbc fi.t
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from capt Quinunlile, Z? April Colonel de Jonckheere At 0715, 26 April* vben I reprted for duty aB 01), I vag by Major Saneghina, 25 April OD, that he had received tm reprt vla• telephcme at BT, 25 April, the 1@5th SFciaL Invegtigntlon Group„ D C. me hed been received by üe Lt COL Ring, CID, of Ai>uqaerque, Nev Lt Col Ring aba.1t BIÖt1ng In ue local nevgpaper anac had 8180-•been FBI. FBI vae o? tba BIgbUng by the Bev Mexico Stau State arrived BsTazWthree nimtæg atter a„roareana vitaeBß ball feet Jong and *bite coverall-gee-y ue at Sands hearo othi,he Off, the beeu Uereg ana the or Impæggions vhieh landed-Syme gnd area, At Coif frÄüe Air Foree- roilN *jactiod had been. AVOL30 the, Group,' Center 'F called and details, eøpeciali$ At 059 April Erkinå Air Foree ealiea- ve gevin taxeh üi±eÆandg, at placed a eell to t.ixe OD at; Kirkland and Mm tcaoeatew for ggt at Xirk1And on Project Gap. called ad L hin to get and reprtiag 1 uey thershauxa fore At 2135*recei baek anægt ugeo.üe ao •the Nee *xieo State aue reason Medco State; arrived - at Beene as faot.aB üey called State mace over '±en he vag gearea by the* vehieie.• At eloeee± obger. vatlon, 103'*eet üe obåeet.e bjor Cmnor ana Sgt measu.Nd present. the area. of alleged for_radlatlon — no Bdlation 04 the area- Ana vill be on the-vay ZI April.
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Ban Cbarez of the Nev Portee vag Interdeved by Mador Connor and Sgt Ee caald add little to the investigat;iow except. that he arrived at the Bcene abNt tbtee mlnuteø after the Incident happened end that Mr Znra vas scared. Major Connor' e romai reprt vill be on tho vay on April. Ee Include copleg o? Lt Col Rings rqort, the FBI and pogglbly the BOIL anaiygiß If he receiveø It in otherwise Ital vill later. At the pregent vhat iujor Conner - Sgt are checking. cheek. mn€ the I}IeEcopter activity ggt eeuea; getting ready WCoI Bliegea- 81±tÄng.eC *ants: to Into the Act: Chief/ Aerial hezænå
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) ./ .- Summa- y or UFO Rap or t recei Yed by phone on 25 April 1964: I . - - Caller: Captain TheodOre W. Cuny, 1005th SP3cial Invgstigation Group, Wash. - . - Called at 2130 Ef:T, 25 April Call received by OD (Haj· K S Sa'l'lashima~ . . . ---- ---- . --- - UFO dat a ·was received by -capt Cuny from a Lt Col King, Co11nter Intelligence Division, .Albuquerque, New Mexico, who in turn r ead abo11t it in the ......... - lod4:9l newspaper and also was provided data ·by the FBI. - -- · --- -· - ·-- The alleged UFO sighting .took place at a bout 1800 MST. on 24 April. _ The object allegedly was witnessed in a rural area on tm Stall ion Range Center, Cocorro, New Mexico. . ----- - ----- ·- . - _ ... --- --- .--..... . --- ... ___ ... The alleged witness was a reputable local police officer by the name - -of Lonnie Damora.- Damora was · chasing a -speeding motorist when }»--- - saw the bbject from the road at a dist ance or about 200 feet. • --- _ Hs .-cl.aims .to have .seen_twO-uen in . white_overalls. ge.t-into the silver---- colored foot-ball shaped object about 15 feet long. Th9 vehicle allegedly took off wl th a roar, rose to an altitude of 2) fe~t and - - - ---- --- - . • - disappe ar.ed rapidly- to -the wait·:------ --- -- ·- - ·- - ---- Upon- being informed ·of this, the Arrrr:r (a Captain ·R -T -Holder· of White --- · - · Ssnds) roped off the area. Also tha FBI at Albuburque proceeded to ths -area, and allegedly-confimed. that-"sormthing" had been there ..• - - They reportedly found 4''x5" impressions in the ground sorrewhat like stand lags; the .Jmp;:_~ ssi ons ~pp3ared burn~d-:-nOIIB O! _yhe other. area ____ _ app9 aed to be burned. m The newspaper stated that the Army took soil - ·- samples. . The -abon- is ·au- capt- c-uny co,lld- report. - · ------- _____ ..;.__ ________ _ - . . ---- . --- -.... ":' "' 0 • It is suge1rted that Lt Col King, .Albuaruerqus 268-2107 be contacted • fol'-pro-psr-questioning of Lonnie llamora. - - -·--....;.,. _ ____ - • • - -~ - --------- ··- - ------ ----- ·-- . --·- - ----- - - - -- - - . ----------- 0 ..... .. - CA) e e .--< e . / t f ~e.., G- o-rY tt 6 u C....c-f If o- ~"' Y" ,· .s -- ~~-J • ecrrn . p tn..I <-·> Cl ., L.,., ~ .. / E...,-,e.-r 1 . A J I~ ? "" .) e s; ~ .,., ~ c:.. .. ..c..,(. "' - ,- ~ ~ ,.....,· f J"" *" • ~ • n -c. ....,..., fQ/" . - ·-· . 11-F- C-rrn fJ ~~ - --- - - - ~ c_..-Lb-1 - ~ tr ~ ·- c.~ Ho l t4~ ~ JS- J ~~S'" . . 5e f.i,; . - - -· - - ;7
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0 OFFICIAL FILE,COPY€ o TDEW/üFO tm Sighting Nev Tee# Officerl(CoLXé 'lhemctorial Branch of Secretary of Cbe Air Porce Ottleehaø been by.'qxerler, regardl»€ Flying Object on 2b the-the Nev areg« Peoplé have üe President" their t.hq Foree for of t&ln 6igb±.1uge ect;yhleb Socorro, Nev *xieo e*dblted. the characteristieg cr. vehicle aaraeteris±leo respect, you or to belp¯us find üe en8*eT' inforÜuon1±.ieh be able to C' be frcu AFX-n.PA haø 't' *B.anea;' auu6rized, orÅt. could been vhiehyøtrayed Oar ihteregt h.y<a8 have ant poolti captain, USA? Aerial Branch of Socorro
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I • • M/R: On 18 May 1964 TSgt Mood7 called Mr Opal Grinder at 835-9916 in Socorro Nev Mexico regarding the article appearins in the Socorro E1De1'1m8or • Chiettan concern1Dg an additional vitnesa to the Zamora sighting. Mr Grinder matJ•sea the lnltiDs Brothers SerYice Station. He could give no information other than that appearing in the newspaper article. Be did not remember the t,pe ot car or liceue. He asi\Uied that the occupant vaa soins or returDiDs troa vacation, due to luggage and clothing in the car. The car lad a aingle occup&Dt. Be stated that the vitneaa said the obJect caae trom the East over the bigbva7 and had remarked · about the 1ov altitude and odd appearance of the cratt. Be v11l be on the look out in case the vitneaa return• to Socorro • • • • • • • • • • ... I • • • • •
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M/R: · • .. ) .... Capt Quintanilla contacted tbe FTD liaieon ottice at Holloman AFB regarding tbe Socorro aight1ng and requested that be, MaJ Mitchell make discreet inquiry aa to a possible vehicle which may lave caused the a1gbt1Dg. llarinS the latter part ot May Lt Col Conkey visited W-P AFB, and at this ti• Capt Qu1ntazdlla tbat be bad no knowledge ot a vehicle at White Sanda capable ot causing the aigbting aa described by Lonnie Zamora. • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • ' • ' . -
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• • • • • • • 5300 South Portland Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73119 AIR MAIL Eric T. de Jonckheere Co lone 1, USAF JUN 2 1964 IN lltC~l.Y lltE,.I:ft TOt FS-970 Deputy for Technology and Subsystems Air Force Systems Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry of May 27, 1964, we are unable to furnish any information as to the type markings · you submitted for our examination. United States registration markings for civil aircraft are preceded by the alpha "N" followed by one-to-five digits, one-to-four digits followed by one letter, or one-to-three digits followed by two letters, displayed in twelve-inch characters. We have no knowledge of any particular country using symbols as reference to their registration. . If we may be of further assistance, please let us know. • • Sincerely yours, 'Moody, Ma Control Systems Data Establishment • • • •
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• I • , • • • • • • • PROJECT CLOUD GAP TEST HEADQUARTERS U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION Los Alamitos, California IN REPLY RE~I~ TOs CJ-12/ ojk 20 Hay 1964 Captain Hector Quintanilla Jr. Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch Headquarters Forei:n Technology Division v.Jright-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 Operat ions Officer a.t Albuquerque, based at Kirtland AFB, during the time this incident took place. Cloud Gap operations were conducted i n an area about a hundred miles north of Socorro, New Hexico. Cloud Gap personnel did not have any equipment nor speci al clothing Hhich 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. HOODY to~ho 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 Hay which ma) be of interest to you. • • • • • ... . .. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • . - . . J>. •• -. . . • • Sincerely, • • • .... • • • ' . I .-. • • • • • •• • I • I • • ., _, -- • •
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Report on the Trip to Socorro - Albuquerque - Socorro, March 12-13, 1965
Left Las Cruces 7:45 A. M., Friday, March 12.
Arived Socorro 10:30 A. M.
Tell
and had an immediate conference with Mr •• Qncb Ra~, Editor of the El
Denfensor Chieftan, the Socorro newspaper. ou• first subject was the
nDvie that had been rcade by the Empire Films whose address in Hollywood
is 7417 Sunset Blvd.~·8Ra~ name connected with it is Morr.y Malkin; a
phone number is AC 213, 876-68oo.
Malkin is coming back to Socorro in
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a few weeks to arrange for the world premiere of the UFO movie :5. n Socorro.
This will be a white tie affair probably!
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official consultant should be present at this world premiere?
He does not
think so. It would be exciting, but it would also give needless Lsignificance
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I think we had at best ignore it •
However, I learned through the grapevine that the picture is to have
a Washington, D. C. preview in about three or four weeks and that Senator
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\-71 had better get Maston Jackk office1or
whoever is running the show now1 on to this if at all possible.
That is
one preview that I should attend if at all possible. The scuttlebutt
plcbare has it that the picture contains movies taken in Milan, Ita;J
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that the Empire Film Studios paid $40,000 for that Milan, Italy filmstrip •
Apparently they have sunk quite a bit of money irlo this picture and expect
to have it shown in nany movie houses throughout the country and then
shortly thereafter to release it for TV use.
The film runs 86 minutes.
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I found the situation in Socorro largely unchanged.
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question •'iiwt that he saw something real, but that it was most likely a supe~
secret device being tested.
I was asked many times whether I was really sure
that the U. S. government didn't have a super secret project.
I pointed out
that if this were the case, that it vrould be unlikely that we would be testing
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certainly not limited to the United States.
After these discussions in ~rxttmxt the editorial offices, Ra'nlr and
I went out for lunch and asked Sgt. Chavez to join us. \f.hile we were waiting
for him, I showed Fa'Jfer the
pa.rt~f it were, "Childish."
letter from J-1enzel and his comments about
But we~ went over it point by point, and likewise
~naves did. · Chaves' reaction to the letter was rather strange.
He had sort
of a resigned, almost pathetic look on his face, and said, "I really feel
sorcy for Lonnie.
He's had to take an awful lot. ''~ben he told of a recent
case where Zamora was arresting a kid for speeding, and the kid said, "\-~bat
do you -want to give me a ticket for?
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but it was at the~or's insistence, via his boss, that he consented to do
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I can't quite believe this IJtYSelf.
\Vhen I talked to Zamora later 1 he seemed
to be .reasonably pleased about being in the movie.
Clearly, with a world
premiere in Socorro, it would be a strange human who did not get some
of a thing like that.
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I will come back to the Menzel/ letter later because I discussed it with
Dr. Ia Paz who knows Menzejl' well. That was the next day in Albuquerque.
I purchased five ne~pers which bad various stories about the movie or
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The papers were for Tuesday, February 9; Thursday,February
25; Tuesday March 2; muesday, March 9; and Thursday, tft.arch 11.
The first one
I t hink you have; it states, "Socorro Part of Film on UFO's Completed; Zamora's
Account Jibes With Sixteen Verified Sightings." The February 25th issue contains
a front page story on a uro sighted over Gallup which/is far as I can se~is
nothing more than a meteor.
The ~-1arch 2nd issue contains a lovely story about
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• • • "Scientist~ Indicates Why UFO's Choose Areas for Landing." One Thoms of" Los Angeles,"a former government scientist~," is supposed to • • be the scientific advisor to Empire film Studios. His theories as to "\-Thy UFO 1 s land in New Mexico lack, shall we say, a scientific solidity. in ntY opinion as he is not listed in the American ~J!en 2f fi:i.tence, and I • have no knowledge of him personally. There was some question as to whether he should be asked to come to SK~xm ocorro to give a public lecture on the general subject. UXFortunately ~ advice was a~ked, and I strongly urged that they not do so unless they find out considerably more about the · gentleman's qualif~ications first. His principal reason f or selecting Socorro seems to be the following: fa "The rm.in one can be directly sus attributable to the fiUbserx tee geology. I would expect there is • a multiplicity of faults, or ------areas whe~e in sedjmentar.y strata . .. .,., have been tilted to the vertical with the inter~er demarcatio eing plains large¥ in the ~torth-;<mth direction._ The e:ffect uch subsurface deceptions have upon the energy distributions between the earth's core and the vatf..llen radiation belt gives\ the key to the answe~. II He also states that he has stumbled onto nany answers iaa of heretofore u:swerable . riddles: 1fhat is gravity; Why do planets orbit and rotate; Wby do stars burn in nuclear fires; Is the speed of light really a velocity boundary; Canrship be built which would do ever.ything people who claim they have seen flying saucers say that those vehicles do?" I hardly need say more. • • The same issue, however, contains a story of about "UFO Sighted Streaking Over Cit y." "The observer, a Socorro woman who asked that her mame be withbeld (I have her name, however, a Mrs. 'villiams,) said the "perfectly round object " • wit h deep yellow or gold light traveled at tremendous speed. She saw the object -~ as it came over Socorro Mount ain,andf\it passed southeast over the city) it did rot seem far above the street light. I was unable to get in t ouch with this woman, but according to Ra.lnir, this did not have a trail. It seemed to be • just a light. / -/ _/ •
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• • • • 4 Hould you be kind enough't to send about ten blank forms to Nr • . Ted Raynor, Editor, Socorro El Defensor Chieftan, Socorro, New Mexico, and he can send one of these forms to Mrs. Williams to fill out. The results will be, probably, a meteor. I tried to get in touch with her the next day, but she seemed to be at some sewing circle. ~.arch 9 issue has a story "Film Studios Praise Cooperation llere in . .., Fi l m on UFO • s." The letter received from Mr·. tvlichael l-1ustl~· ~ lette:r sent to Mayor Holm o. Burson, sated, . "Phenomena W, i s now completed '- It will be viewed by bountless millions of people throughoot the worl d. It will open the door to facts heretofore shrouded in secrecy. It will prepare the entire hurran race for a better knowledge of the universe and possible neighbors who rray have bee:n observing our earth for centuries." Fihally,~~Marcb 11, ~hursda~, issue bas a short article on "~amora Saw a UFO, Not Flying Saucer." This was in response to a request by Zamora t o please say in the paper that he never saw a flying sauc·er land, only a UFO. In part the article states, "Zamora says he was trying to coperate with 12rsons who asked him atout the UFO, which he described as egg-shaped, • a nd he wishes that they would not ask him about a f~ing saucer which he says he has never seen and cannot describe.~ 'rhe policemn says that t he account here standS unchanged from that he gave on April 24 and the following day." I left for Albuquerque about 2:30 P. M. , arriving at the Institute of fJtet eD.cet i cs~ where Dr. Lincoln Ia Paz was waiting f or me, at 4:00 P. M. Inseet A: Raynor sho"'"ed me a letter from Rev. Guy J. Cyr S. M. (Soci ety of l·~ry) Sacred Heart Rectory, Iawrence,t~ss. dated November 26, 1964. It is a long letter concerned with int elligence on other pl anets and trying to make &. out a ca se for civilization on the moon. The letter was rightfully nigat published. I
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• • 5 - .l:. R turn t.o preceding paragraph be'fore Insert A I gave LaPaz a copy of Vallee's book and also the Menzel letter which he t ook home and by the next morning had~ead co~letely the manuscript and the letter. LaPaz is still very concerned about the green fireball incident. Another one was sighted this last Christmas ~ ~ight. According to LaPaz) the official investigation never satisfactorilY cleared up the question of • wb;y these peculiar uranium green fireballs should have chosen New Mexj.co to f~ over and avoid being seen in other statesx and why they were so peculiarly grouped. LaPaz is thorough¥lY conviJ§d that both the green fi~~- ba.lls and Zamora's sighting were observations of' tests of advanced vehic~s . peing produced by some project, even more secret than the Manhattan Project. · ' I am afraid tbat LaPaz is unshakable from this hypothesiSJ.eni Nis prin:ary criticism of Vallee's book was that Vallee has ignored the greetireballs whibh, as far as LaPaa is concerned, represent the most important part of the U}m phenomenon. It is always just a matter of viewPoint! LaPaz showed me his excellent meteorite collection and s pent much time in general conversation. • • He was engaged for the ewening, and we met again early the next morning ~ during which time we took the opportunit~~ meet~ with the President of ,~,.Z .. J +o the University of New Mexico,' Dr. P~joy) and~establishM- good -----relations between astronomY at Northwestern and astrono~ at New Mexico. • • • - • • •
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• • 6 Although LaPaz was impressed with Vallee's book, he felt that his ir~ressive list of references was padded with too many re~erences to unpublished articles or statements. He feels that it is not really a scientific book on the subject (I guess that about in the year 1980 I will have to write a really scientific book on the subject). Coming now to the Menzel letter, I will consolidate the opinions of Ia.Pa.z, c./rives, and of Raynor. I did not show the letter to Zamora because I think it kfould@ereli)have upset him. • Page 1. I asked Zamora about the reported ~me when hv first heard the explosion, when he was still on the highway. He denies eYer/ having said anything about a flame at that time, only at the time when be saw it rise from the ground. As a matter of fact, he never mentioned anything like that to me, originally, but this did appear in Captain Holder's original report, and he purportedly got this in conversation with Zamora. However, I think this was in the original newspaper writeup. I will have to agtee with Menzel that this pa.rt of Zamora's evidence is very mixed up and suggests some embroidery of the original sighting either by Zamora or by Captain Holder when excitement was running high. Page 2. I can't agree with Menzel here. When he wears his glasses, his vision is okay. He had the glasses on when he saw the flame at the time the object was prep!ring to rise. Now t.his whole question of the "bur ning bush": I visited the site again on Saturday, with Raynor and Shrode, the owner of the radio station, and at no time was any bush ~ grass seen to be burning, and nobody seems to confirm any actual smoke. All that seem definitely to agree on is that the green snakeweed and the green greasewood, which are notoriously hard materials to i gnite, showed evidence of having been charred, as though they have been seared by a hot flam~ and not bu~ed in an ordinary fashion. 1 - - ·~ , - ------~-------------------------------------------- •
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\ t ' I 1 t • ' • r i • t • ) ~ } t " i ( t' , I ~ t ' • l ' , .. .. . • •• ~ f I • 7 As far as Kids ~~ving it in for~amora, there is ample evidence that and his assistant and by several others, that it is a national phenomenon fc(teenagers to hate "fuzz" and the statement by Wesley Johnston, a high school senior who works at Opelgrinders is particularly significant. He said that many of the high school 3ids didn 1t like Zamora, but tr~t he, Zamora, was not important enough to do anything about it. He said that if the kids wanted to get even with Zamora they would simply thrash him or do something to his car~ but that an elaborate h~ would not be the · ,.,-before way they would get even with him. One sho~ remembe~ ~ the time of the sighting there had been no talk in the Socorro region of unidentified flying objects. This would not have suggested itself as a means of getting back at Zamora. Apparently the Socorro teenagers are much more direct in their methods of reprisal for the~zz.• As far as the cardboard is con- cerned, Menzelt's conjectures here fall complete~ flat~ The cardboard w~s portions of ver.y old and weathered corrugated paper from a packing box. There are many samples of this all over the region. There is a city dump not too far away, and when the wind, which blows tumbleweeds all over the place, ge-ta hold of tome of this stuff, it scatters the papers pretty well all over the whole region. Many of the bushes, I noticed particularly this time, have papers caught on their underneath side. In any case, some this paper was still there, and I sl~ll send Menzel a sample of what this cardboard really looks like. I would say that the cardboard had been there through many rains and had suffered successive dr,yings. The original piece I picked up 1~ vas definite/charred, twtx ~his was the piece I sent to you along with soil samples, you will remember. One rather interesting item is that the burning bush has recently exuded some sap) and one of the movie people took this to Los Angeles to ,~· '1 , ! I (._/
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.. ' • • .. • • 8 . have it analyzed and found it radioactive! I have also obtained some of the sap which I shall send to you) and· n:a.ybe Moody can try it out on his super-duper counter. It is odd t~At no one seemed to have bothered to have checked this area originally for radiation. Or did they? · Menzel's idea that the speede~ was a deliberate decoy, who signaled to the hoaxes by walkie-talkie who then released a balloon with a cardboard or aluminum flying saucer attached thereto simply does not hold water • . Although some of the students do have walkie-talkies, the fact of the matter is that whe wind v~s from the soutb1and the object went west • . A balloon released at that time would have gone directly over town. •t ./i . Furthermore, they would have had to release Aafter Samora got there and , ~~J watched the object on the ground for a short time. A previous release would simply have bad it well over town by the time Zamora got to the • spot. The dynamite shack does not have legs. There %X would have been a place for hoaxes to have fiidden over on the other • side of the knoll, particularly had they lain prone. () N1ne of the people I talked with gave a~ credence to the hoax hypothesis, • generally considering it to have been far above the capabilities ~~, motiva- tions, and provocation~ of the hoaxers. · Chaves says that Zamora never described the thing as looking like a ball..oon. Zamora knows exactly ,.,here the dynamite shack is. It is plainly visible from the site of the sighting, but about 500 feet to the west. Zamora does not have any particul~ schedule for patrolling the tmm. He hi the run of the whole town. There is no UFto Club in town. No paraphernalia of tme a hoax were ever found. It would be rather ~Ard to have done away ,.,ith all tell-tale evidence, such as tubes of helium, release •
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• • 9 mechanism, etc. Finally, it was LaPaz's feeling that had it been a hoax, it surely would have leaked by now. He told me of an elaborate hoax that 0 ,~s played on one of the geologists at Ohio srate University when he taught there. The students had it in for this guy and contrived an exFlosion in ,and the crater which it produced af nearby tm~ was reported then as a meteorite crater. JJ had everybody excited for a while and would have succeeded except~who got away with it were so pleasedfiwith themselves that they began to brag a bit and got caught. I do not believe that the Socorro high school students could • have kept a secret this long. FUrthermore, 't would seem that any youngsters that hated Zamora sufficiently to have gone to all this trouble to perpetrate a hoax would now be ver.y envious of the glory he is getting in a movie and all the publicity he has received and would certainly burst his bubble right 0 now. Finally, there is the matter of the tourist who reported a 'strange object • to O,elgrinder. This could not very well have been part of the hoax since the tourist 't-IB.S a complete stranger just passing through. F\lrther~more, if Zamora is to believed at all, the object rose verticallY and took off horizontally to the west and was observed as it passed well over the dynamite shack and disapp•caeared over the pearlite mill. This is entirely too big a hoax for high school students to perpetrate. Perhaps I spent too much time on this matter, but the letter was a vary ronvenient device for re-discussing the whole situation. Sgt. Chaves indicated 0 that Menzel should have been a science fiction uriter. Actually !Qle Boyd has done some of this, and I believe also Menzel has. I left Albuquerque in the late morning on Saturday and arrived in Socorro .. abtut 1:00 P. M. Raynor, Shrode, and I visited t he site and took some more samples, particUa.rly of the sap, and I took a few more pictures, particularly of the dynamite shack to shm., Menzel. Then I went back to the radio station • t' / ') I / ,
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.. . • - • • 10 and tried to call the Empire Film Studio, but it 1-1as closed. In view of the fact that the prevailing opinion in the town still is that what Zamora saw not the result of hallucinations or of a hoax, but a secret test vehicle, what has become of ~ suggestion to have this lef't a.s"an exercise for the students"? It would be a marvelous exercise for neophyte intelligence officers. • There is also the opinion expressed in Socorro, and expressed to me a number of times in the past, by several people (and also by laPaz) that I am merely a part of a super-smoke screen and so is FTD and Wright Field, . and that the whole Project Bluebook is a grand coverup for something the government does not want discussed. Best way to give a lie to this, df • course, is to point out that if this were the case, the U. ·s. government ' should also have been responsible for the sightings in France, :Brazil, Spain, and in England. Maybe the u. S. government has really gone global! On that happ,y thought I conclude my report. • Sincere~ yours, J. Allen ""a..r• ,,.._ ed • • • • P. s. I now have a slightly infect/finger from the thorns on the bush that was originally charred. The bush drew blood when I attempted to get some • sail samples. Undoubted~, the finger will now wither away from radiation burns. Unfortunately, I do not have interplanetary Blue Cross coverage! · • • •
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Tab A Tab B • • • ' • .t .. . ' • Tab C • • • • • • •• • • • • • • . • • • • " ' Tab D • • • . ' • ' TWX and Messages 1. TWX regarding Capt Quintanilla's visit to Socorro dtd 30 Jun 2. TWX fran SAFOI dtd 13 May 3· Summary 4. Letter to SAFOI dtd 28 May 5· Memo from Capt Quintanilla to Col de Jonckheere, dtd 27 Apr 6. Initial report received at F~ Investigative Data 1. 14 May letter to Cloud Gap • 2. Opal Grinder 3· Maj Mi. tchell 4. Ltr to FAA, Z7 May • • 5· Miscellaneous Data Lunar Module Information l • Basic List 2. Douglas A/C 1 dtd 20 May 64 Hughes A/C1 dtd 20 May & 26 May 64 3· Clev~land Pnetmatics1 dtd 20 May 64 4 • 5· Goodyear, DTD 19 May 64 6 . Menasco, dtd 20 May 64 1· Unanswered letters ( seven) • • . ' • Miscellaneous Notes • ' • , . .. • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • . ... ~ • • ~ ~ • • • • • • • • - . • • . • • • • • • • • • • \ . \ • • • \ • • I I • • .· • • • - •
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24 April 1964 • • ' \ Dlrect1on ot· o.yneru. ~ t:· shack and six-mile I \ cenyo:l (depnrture of \ ' Speedi g Car • i I '" ' • • • 'Wheels skidded. · , • • • • • • • • ~ __.: ... ---·--.. , / 1 o· ject.) ,.. :i[ll . - ~ ' • . / ,/ - ..... /;" / .. ,.. ..:.._______ ' /_..•; --- ... / .. , l__ .. --- -- - - . -__ : . -··-- .. . -- .- .. -- - - =-- - - -·. - - - - - :::::::::: : ,.- ;;;- - - _ ... :.- - • 0 ............ _ .. -·-- ______,,_.,. ' . , - ----::.-.--· -::: · -· · Object ' __.--·- ···:: -:.~ ·::---.. -·· c· 2 .. lo~ ·· _,/ r _..... .. . - , ... ' r t '' · · • . • '~ • • / ... , .. ___ ,..~ .... \ ;....--- "' \ Depress ion . ;.."'..: ·.~----.. ..,Car _. r-.o ....... -··-·- . -·~/-==-·~ - -~====-........ • • • . Made three attempts. / Hill ' \ \ • • • • • ! . J j • to cl:l:mb hill~ .;z'./ • . • "B" • • • . • \ • • • • • • • eoo• / I / . "D" • First sighting of objec • · Stopped car for a couple of seconds. Thought ·ob,1ect car turned upstde down. Sa'iv two t things desr.ribed as coveralls ~d object had two legs like A. • Radioed in to police bead- . . quarters that he was proceeding . . to investigate a car 1n-eck (10-74). · • • At ''E" · • • .~\(~ '7\, "F" loli t :ncs s ducked do,..m • Object had risen to .about 20- 25 ' was now · level "~dth car. Ros.r sto:oped, object moving away to SW folloVtng contou-.... of. gully. · Cleared dynamite shack by abotit 3' and: ~aded in dis·tance in directior o£ Bix-mile canyon • •• • Witness heard sound like explosion. Witness radioed in that he was. leaving car to investigate. Still thought Thought dynamite shack has· bl:.own up • • Abandoned chase of speeding car to . ' investigate. · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "A" started chasing a object vas car upside down. Then sav insignia, he.ard roar J and thought ·thing was going to explode. Blue .flame vi th . orange tip appeared :fro111 obJect. Becane :fright ened and ran to point "F" where noi:3e tr.to:pped. Object in <. > posi tio.n at "E". · . · Insignia about 2' large 2t f't hiib • Total object 12-15 ft long. Ins igni.a vas RED CiJ . - • • • • • • • .. 17:45 • . Witness black speeding car aboutthree blocks • ahead. • • ;ocorro . • • • ·-- \ :·-···. ------------ --· . . .... ,_ .. -----·-· --·---. --· ---·---·-· - -- .. - ...... -·.- . - ..... • • • ... -. .,, . ~ • •
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• . :. ~wuc . y N ~ :.e:s"lco April . . ., .L964 I uro R:E:roRI! •• •zsmr D l 5 p !Qnnie Ze.ma:ra~ 606 Beseroir Street, Socorro, nev 1-!cxico, 83.5-ll34, Officer Socorro Police Faroe for a'bcut 5 years J of"Z"ice phone 83 5--094~, nov on 2>-s~Q:L>n ahifto About 5&4.5 pm, 4u-24-64~ 'WUe ill Soao:..7o 2 Police Ca.:r ( 06ls. Wits Felt.:; inc), he started to cbasa e. car Q.ue sOtr~h :f"-.:"om veat side of Co:.Jrt nouseo QJ.r .~s e.m:osrently speeding and was about 3 b~oclts in ~ront of pollee car o At point on Old Rodeo s-t:reo-t (extension of Park street south) n~r Georse Z.Zor:t.J l,o residence (n.bout l/2 nrtl0 ecuth of Spring street) the c1le.Sed car Ua.a going stmight ahead ·c<T~~ rodeo gramds~ Car ebased. was a. ne"411 black C'.a.avrolet (it r.ttg1::rt have been Floyd Reynold ll 3 bey, Vi'\~n_. about 17)o C1Jased car still a"bou.t 3 b1oc1ul aheado Iorn:r1e alone. At this time, heard a rear and anv a flatve in the scy to the scuthvaS'b1 some dista.nee a'WSY••possih:cy' e. 1/2 m:!l.e or a. nrtle·o Came to mino. that a eymm:tte shack in tbat ares. had blown up_. decided to leave clle.sed car s~ ... F'1....ama was b]nish and sort of Ol'al:JSe tooo Could not teJl. ai.Ze of fleJneo Sort; of xrmionJeas f'lSJM1 sJ.ov~ descend:JnSc lvas st11] d.rivil:lB car and ccu.ldnnt rs3 too nuch attention to the tJ.ame, lt was a. nalTOil type o-r f'la1:e. It was l'1.1ta a "atream down" m ... a funnel, ~-I'a1TO'.ler a.t to~ tba.n at bottom. FJ.cum possiJll;y or so in w.Ulth --~ 'Wicleo • Flame abcut twice as wide at bottom as top e.nd e.bcut fau.r times as high ~ top ws vide~ Did nat notiee art"$ obJect at top, d:Ld nat not!f!e if' top Clf f'l1am was level.. &1n vas to 'West am did, not. help visionc. Bl.d green SUll glaczsea aver perecription g.'tasseso Could not see bott01a Qf t'lame because it was. behiM b-fJl o No sDX>ke notedo Bated some "oOJ•a•otion" at bottom-.. dust? Possib:cy t'rom v.tncb" ~-vind was bltrn.ns hard. Clear S'Wley sq otherwise--Just a few clouds scatterOO. en~ areao Noise was a roar, not a. blest, not like e. jet.-. Cfila.nged f'rom llish fxeequeDcy to , ).ow :f':requenc:r atld then stoppedo Bear lasted possib.l\1 lO .seccmila••was. soillg tc:.mrds :. i ·t n.t that tim on the rough gra:t el rcaclo Sev flaxe a'bcut as long as heard tha souod., FJame same color, as best as recall. Sound. dist~natJ.T.' :trom b-fgh to low • tu:rtU it disappeared. Window w.-e:re bath ~m. No crl:i'her speotatora noted-no tra.ftic except the car in :r.rout• .. enda tbe cer in trottt mig!It haw- beard it bu.t poaai~ did not ~ see it because e;ear in frout w.a teo close to b:2 ]J, in front to see the f'ams. After the roar and tlm,u, did nat note anything whil.e going up tha aomcs.tv\t steep rC'll3h bjJl ... •l'8d to beck u:p and t17 egain1 two more timeS~ Got. up abt'A4-t half WDY' first time, the vheeJ.s started skidiUng, rear st:Jll golng on~ b4l.c1 to back down and trJ S(Yl.in before m1dng the biJlo 1Jjl.Ja about 60ft. long, fa.ir]¥ steep and. vith loose gravel and rocko While beginniog ·~bird time, noise tl.rad f'la.me not notedo A:i.~er got to top., traveled alo~;ly on the gzae.vel. rood -;;est"Wardo ~oted. notb:Jng for a vb-tJ.eo .. o f'or )?ossibly l..5 cz 20 s ~onds #' v.e!lf; slcr.rl.¥ 1 look:i ng e.round far the sbackcoo.udid nat recall. exo.c:t~ where the C!yne.roito shnck vaso suMen:cy- noted a shiYY.J ·type object to s0t1.th e.bouii ~50--200 ::ro.rd.s. It "i'e.S oft ·the rcado At first glance .~> st~ :rc 1oo~, a..,.t# :t'i.::"st~ J.:!ke a car turn...~ .. up3ide d.ow.o Thought some kids me;.'lt ba:~e tu...~erl a-rer.., Sav two p-eQJ?J.e in r.7hite coveralls 'ft·er;- close to the obje~ c.. One of t hese parsons see~ to turn o.nd :took straigl!t at ntr car and seetled. sta.rtled•..,,.aeeJrled to quickJ y ju..-:rp SOJ:OOTJba.to At this time.> I c,te.rted. l:r.U·ting rrq ear t<rr:"a ... ~ ·tbem quie'k:cy 9 w1:th idea to hel"p~ Ee:.d sto~sd about only a couple aeeond.oo Objec-t \J-a.s ~i.ke e;~~J~::tt w.s rf.aitish ~-aincrt "the mosa be,ckground, but n~ chro~c. Seeoecl ! .~.ke t. . .~ 1.n ~1Jape arti I at f irst g'l.ai,Ce tcok it to be O"Je:t'Ltu•oed -w-hite ~o C£.r npgesL'~ ·~~ up lf:rs s-ta.riHnt ,...., ,.. •
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seconds or so; 1;o &lane~ at '~ha c1>Jeat~ I don 9t
:r~cull ::o-i:. ij~ !l.!:-'Y r;£"..1:-ticu.la.r sbe:pe
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hats oz- h~.dg~·oo These ~oooo a3_jpc.:J:cl nornnl in .'Jba:pe--but
possib:cy- they ·;rore snaJ~ seu.,1·l:s or l.nrge kidso
Tbml J;Sid a.t;"..;antion to ro..~ vhile di'.?Ye to~m.x'da so~n.c ~ 1Z.dioed to shc.t·~.f".f«.s o:t£:tce
soeorro 21 po.3s1b:cy lO.hlt. (!!.ccldetrc), :r~:u be l0---6 (b'llsy j ot'.'t of -c:te CQ:r, checl:Jng
th6 cal'" 0:7 .1'D ill the a.r~oy.'Jo
~op;ed car, va.s still ·t.:v.l•:Jng on radio, a·~ed. to gat otrt., rnfke f't;il.l <1o1m, ren.cbed
back ·t.c :p44-t up rnil>:e, the:l replaced radio t:iii~e in sl.O't., got out of ea.:r~ and started
to go ..l.owo to where knew the object (car) ria So
Har~' J.y t~~ around from car 'Wi1en heard r-oa.:r ( 11B.S r.crt a:ce.ctly a blast) 9 very
lCJ~i roar~-a.t that close lltl.CJ reel loud.o $-!c't :l.:jJte a j~
........ kuo-;rn \:-hat a. Jet sounds
l/lteo Startec1. ~o·j( i"reque~-
c;tt.lickl~l3 tllen l .. oar rose in f'req.J.ancy (bieber tone) end
'.n l.ou.dness-fl"om loud to very loudo At sal!lf.:\ tin~ o.a roar, sa11 t:l.Gnleo Fl?.na va.a
under the obJectc Object 'WSJl starting to go S"~raiS}lt; U:J;Pslov~ UD~ Object slcT.1ly ro.C)e
stmigb:f; upo Jrt....an:e was l:i.ght blue nnd at bact0011m.a sozt o'f orange eolor" From tln.a
af.'*le, saVt.~w"ba.t m1 ght be the sida of objec-~ ( no-t end, as i'lrst r.atad) o
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to desor.tbe :f'l3.treo Tllcuglt'~j ~
rear, it m.~.ght blo-"' up~ Flame m:tgbt have' .come f"rom
U!ld.erside of objeetl at middlej possibly e. :f'our toot area.Q•ver.r r~
suesso Cannot
describe f'lame ftlrther exce;t blue and ora.ngeo no s!IX>ke exce~ dus"t in i~iat~
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A.J soon as saT~ f'l..ama and hee....'"d l.·oa ~"' turned away 1 ran e.W7:!Y from obj oct but did turn
b~ad. towards ob,l_ee!to ~leg
on car~ ... baclt fender areal) ~r fe.eing zru~hwesto
Objeat -uas c: :: J
in sba.pe. It ws sooci'h ......... no ~'iudo"7s or doorso As roar
f-rta.l ·. Cl it ~
still on or noor grouncl" :traced. red. le-'cte.ring of some type 1-t.ke
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Inaig!lia ~'a a ai;out 2J./l~ inches hlgh xm eboJ.t 2:1.nches rrlde,
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m.-~h car betveen
X!le ancl objecto Glanced baclt cou.yle of timesc Noted cbje~ .,o riee to about level of Cal
~bout . ·20 to 25 feet guess• ... took ! g;1eas a.bcut six seconds when obJect started to
1~.sa a nd I g'laneed backu ! ran I guass about ba~ to l.ilere I ducJ:.ad down•-a.'bout
fi:ft!" feet from car is vhere I ducked dowi j'U.St CVI31: eQ.ae of b1ll.o I
g~ess I bad rnn
a~ 25 feet when I g1.a.nced back ard sa1r the cbjeat e.bet.'t leve~ w'"ith the eer a.nd. it
appea1"ed ab011t d.i.-eatl:y ·. aver the pl..'l.~e "~h~e it roae fro:Io
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! ws still. runniDg aril I jum!)e'd Just over "~he hill--! s·c<::-p~ b~se J: did not haar
the roero I \ias scared of tll~ :r·oarp and :c b:J.d p1a.nned to con·cinue ru .. "'lnil"S do..,-n
the llillo I turned arOl.Uld t'-'~-ard the obj e-ct nr.d at t:Ca s::.:.r~
·~i!1.e put nu head tO"H"a-~
ground; covering z:cy- f'ace 1rlth rey- a.rmsc B:d:l.ng th.~·t -'~ilere 'T..;r~s no z-oar ~ ! lco!ted. up
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a11d X saY ·hhe object going u.w..;J rrom !l:eS' in e.
t;o-,.rtbT·ies-1~ cll;:ect.io~ \ihen the !"CP...:X
st op~.~) heard a sharp ·ccna ·.miiJ.S from hi~h. tone to J.··y;.; ·<;oneo At end o£ roor 'W3.S
this 11hl:ae a.::td t:te Wine ~~~ed m£!Ybe e. secon~ Tn t::~ ~~!-lere r.-as cot:ip~e-t;e silane~ about
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l:i.:ft~1 up wy- hE':::.d ar.d na.".l t.~e objt:C't going ai·K!Y from n:e ..
!'t dJ.d nc·c coz~ ~::w el~Jac:-~ .;.:.o ~eo It a::;;-,ea.:.~ed. ·i;o go in Frtraight.
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........ pcz.Jib)_y 10 to 1!) feet fron gro.1e1.J ar>d i-;; cl.~~: p.J. tile dynami:
sback b'-.f abou.t thre-a :teeto Shack a.bot.11; ei ght feet ~ ·J Object •,;as tra-v~ing ve.-y
fast;, it seei!!ed. to ri.st!: up~ and talt~ rJt:-t i 1 t10l\..~te:J.;:; crnsn couni;ry,. i Ia!' be.clt to
rv car and as I :ran back.:~ I kept an eye 0 :1 ·che obj :ct.,
. ! picked
u:p L1Y glas3~s ~ ! loft the aun elascee on gz-cund) 3 got in:t.o the c:~· and radioed to
~~~o !.J:Jpes ; ~d1o O:;;J~Z'C:tor., to
11lllok cut the 'tdndo·ll79
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I .• , • I • • f • ~ • lte asked "lYbat is it~" I E.S.llm.rered,. "!·l; lo.,.lw J1kG a 1:e:J~oo.14" I d.on!·c know if he saw i"to It' Eep looked ou.t his 1:¥"indo~.l' vh:!.oh i'acas 001~11, h3 ceu1 dn 11t b3.7e seen it., I rlid nat tall him at 'the Lrtnmlt vh:I.ch -windo"J ·to loolc. c-ut o't01 As I 'W.S call :!"Cg lleg, I could still see ~he t)bjecrto !l:J:l,i;) o~Joot eee~ to l11't Ul) sl.0\1~1 aDd. to "get sna'tl"· 1n 'th& d1s-ta~a Vel7 f'at.st., It see~ to juat cl!'t3r t1le :Box CaD;ron or in Mile Cax13on 1-!ounta:l.n: I ·t disa.~ea as it ~ aver t'be rnwtrwtJ.1n. Ii lltl.d no fla ,.e vba:tsoGYer as it 'WaS trs.vel 1113 ar~ the grOt.md1 and no smo~ or noiaeo Feeling in good health. La::rt drink--•tw-o or tbr~~ bee-rs .... .-~3 CJ'/er a montb ago:.- Noted no odors\) Noted no- tscsund.a ether tban c1escriilede Chv~ d.ireci;iOlls to llep IA>pes at radio and to Barseant ~m Chaves to get the:re • llfenc dow to 't-J1lere the object had been, and I noted the bru.Gh 'WaS bu.:nling in several pJ aceso At that time I heard Sgt~~ Cba.ves (n~ l.-1. state P->lice- J~,t Soco...~) ca.,,, i ng me on radio t~ '!rfl location, and I returned to ltV car 1 told him he \:aa'· .loald.ng a.t meo Then SgtQ Cheves came up~ asked ma wba.t the troubl.e ~ because l 11es svrea.tinG ar..d. be told me that I '\-JaG 'White, ver; }?ale. X asked the Sgto to see 't-dlat I se.w e ~ that- 'tieS the 'burn:LDg brush. Then SSto Cba.ves and I mmt to the spot end Sgto Chaves poirrlied out the trac.ks~ • lVhcn l first sav the object (wen I thought it might be a car,) I sa.v 'What appeared. to 'be tw legs ot Son\0 type from the objec-t to the groundo A:t the till'..a, I didn •t pay mah attention to lr~J!t+. -t.t ) vas..-I thought it tJaS an ac:cidettt .... I sev the twO. personsc I didn't ~ lpUCb e.ttent:Loa to the two "l~s. 11 The tw "lags • vere a.t the bottom o~ the obJec..~, s1a·ated rut'US.l"ds to ·the e;rcu.ndo ~e objec:t ~ have been about three and a. he.lf fQet from the ground e.t tbat timeo I just sla.nced at i tC> Can •t tell hov lotlS sa.v objeat aacond tirr~ ( the "clear" time) 1 possib]T :20 seconds- jU,g-t a gueas .. •for a from tha time got out cr.t car .. glanced at obJeet~ ran from obJects JW!!ped ovttr edge ot h1JJ.1 then got back to car aDd ~dio aa obJeet di As ey mike feU., I got out ot c.ar1 at same area., I heard aboat tvo or tbree loud ettlmnsps.," l'Jka some<me poss1~ opening or shutting a door hal~ These "tlszntps" vere possib~ a second or loss apart. This ws Just before the roa.ro ~persons 'tlel"e nat seen 'When I sot up to the scene aree.. JUst..]:~~ SSt~ Chaves got to scene, I got nu pen and. drew a. picture o-r the ~ nsigllia on the objec:t. • 7 • • •
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INFORMATION RELATIVE 'ro THE SOCORRO SIGH'l'ING OF UFO BY LONNIE z.A.\K)RA
At 0530, Sunday 26 April 1964, I received a call ~rom Captain Hector
Quintanilla requesting that the Socorro sighting be investigated
~ediately and that he be advised as soon as possible of the results
of an initial investigation.
This action was dictated by a call from
the Command Post at 330, a call ~rom the Emergency Action Group at
430 and another call from the Command Post just prior to my notifies-
tion of the event. The contacts for data already collected were Lt
Col King {268-2107) and Capt R T Holder (Scan White Sands 835-1385).
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At 06oo I contacted the Base Duty officer· and was informed that Major
Conner was the Kirtland Investigator for UFO reports.
I contacted
Major Conner and requested permission to accompany him to Socorro.
I
contacted Col King and a meeting was arranged for o830.
The only
information that Col King had was in the form of an FBI report made by
agent Barnes on Friday night following the sighting.
This report ~s
forwarded to washington and Col KinglBd.IJ•ifFI~D. the Command Post.
(This
FBI~to be included as an attachment in Major Conner's report.
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A geiger counter was obtained and Major Conner and I departed for
Socorro at 1030 arriving 1200 in Socorro.
We contacted Sgt Chavez, the
State Police officer who was the first to reach Lonnie Zamora (Only
witness )"·.-:and during the interview the following information was obtained'.
Shortly atter 1700 Lonnie Zamora was on patrol and radioed in to the
city Police that there was a 10-74 (auto accident) and he was proceeding .
to investigate. It appeared as if an auto had turned over and two people
were standing by··.it's side. From the ensuing activity monitored on the
radio Sgt Chavez tmmediately made an effort to reach patrolman Zamora
and arrived about 3 minutes after the object under observation by
Lonnie Zamora had disappeared. Sgt Chavez then went to the area where
the craft or thing was supposedly sighted and found four fresh inden-
tations in the ground and several charred or burned bushes. Smoke
appeared to come from the bush and he assumed that it was burning, how-
ever no coals were visible and the charred portions of the bush were
cold to the touch. Sgt Chavez contacted the FBI, who in turn contacted
White Sanda and Agent Barnes and Lt R T Holder of the latter organiza-
tion arrived to conduct an investigation and obtain various samples of
the soil and charred bush. Sgt Chavez secured th~ ~Sy~d made an
investigation of the ground surrounding the scene~~e aetermined that
the only tire marks were those of Patrolman Zamora's vehicle and the
State Police car See yaPtis and found no prints or track activity of any
kind other than that noted in the FBI report. Further he stated that
the marks were de:flnitely "fresh", and the dirt showed evidence of "dew"
or moisture. Sgt Chavez is firm in that no track activity was evident.
At no time did he observe the craft or object described by Patrolman
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Zamora and explained that he had taken the wrong road as was, IN fact
looking in the opposite direction for a part of the time. Therefore,
had the object been visible he would not have been in a position to
see it. Sgt Chavez took polaroid pictures of the holes and area.
These are available to us.
Following the interview with Sgt Chavez, Sgt Zamora was interviewed
and a trip to the location made.
All persons interviewing Zamora are
impressed with his sincerity and are of the belief that if a hoax
bas been perpetrated Lonnie zamora is definitely not a part to it.
The object was described as white or "light in color and egg shaped."
During the interview it -was apparent that a visit to location was
necessary to determine the time sequence of the event and the re-
lated motion of the object, as well as to obtain speeds and distance of
flight.
At approximately 4 pm we proceeded to the s:J.te, acccmpanied
by two reporters from the local press.
The sequence of events was
repeated and total duration from the initial contact with the event
to time of it's disappearance did not exceed 10 minutes.
A gieger
counter check for background radiation was made .in the presence of the
press and Sgt Zamora and no radioac~ivity count was present.
The
counter was checked with Major Conner's watch and found to be in good
working order.
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The following is a sequence of the event as reported by Lonnie Zamora.
Shortly after 5 pm he was on patrol when be heard a noise that he thought
to be an explosi.on of the Mayor's dynamite shack known tq be in that
direction.
He turned off the road and proceeded to a point up a hill
where he could see what looked like a car turned upside down with two
white things be assumed to be the occupants of the car and he radioed
this information to Police headquarters.
He went down a hill where the
object was not visible and had to make two tries to get up this hill in
his car.
As he came over the tope of the hill (about 300 yds from the
object) it ·appeared to be a thing on four pronged legs and the two white
things (described as coveralls) were no longer visible. Continuing to
a point about 150 yds from the object he parked the car and got out and
approached the object· to a point about 100 ft. At this time the object
made a rumbling noise or rattling noise and a blue flame like an arc
welder turning to yellow or orange at the end came from the center of
the bottom.
'lbe object was about the size of an auto and light colored,
not reflective, but White or silver or just light colored.
From this
position the base of the craft was in the bottom of the gully and not
visible to Lonnie Zamora.
He thought the thing was going to explode and
became frightened.
He ran to a point behind his car, dropping his
glasses on the vay.
He hid behind the car using his arm to shield
his eyes.
He remained in this position for not more than 10 seconds,
at which t~e the noise stopped and his L~itial fear of the object
lessened.
He looked up and the object rose to a point of 15-20 ft
altitude, with the legs still not visible. A Red marking was evident
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Mr Zamor a is firm in that the color was Red.
At t his point of altitude
(20 ft max) the flame was no longer visible and the craft hover ed for
not more than a few seconds and began to move laterally to his right
(~) along the line of the gully just missing the dynamite shack by
not more than two or three feet and fading in the distance near a mill
about 6 miles away.
Lonnie Zamoras description of the objec~ is vague.
The only specific detail being the red marlting. Ali descriptions are-'
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general in nature. At no time did the flight of the object rise above
the mountain background.
Disappearance of the object from time of
hovering took about 3 minut es .
.. About 3 minutes l ater Sgt Chavez
arrived an the scene.
Area background.
Photos have been obtained of the background.
An
airfield (Private) is located about a mile to thecpposite side of t he
gully where the object was located and Zamora's car was parked. There
is a large white signboard at the edge of the area.
To the right about
200 ft is the dynamite shack, about 6ft tall, 4 ft square and silver in
color. Measurements of these factors can be made if deemed essential.
The sighting was made at least an hour before sunset. At 630 pm the
sun w~ still visible above the mountains to the West.
Lt Holder was visited and the report made by the FBI agent {Mr Barnes) ·
and Capt Holder read by Major Conner. Capt Holder claimed no lmowledge
of the red mark.
Extensive diagrams of the holes had been made and
measurements t~en. He indicated that the samples could be analyzed. ~.
at White Sands.
Also a check had been made with the local Radar stations
and no U/I tracks carried at the time of the sighting. Further check
indicated that no helo activity was in the area. White Sands has two
or three white helos, but at the time were located at the other end of
the range and were not in operation, the base activity being secured until
Monday morning.
A copy of the FBI report and Capt Holder's report and
measurements to be forwarded to Major Conner, along with analysis of the
charred specimen.
No conclusion as to cause could be reached by myself or Major Conner.
Coral Lorenzen and husband were in Socorro at the time and had inter-
viewea both Lonnie Zamora and Sgt Chavez, and also Capt Holder prior to
the arrival of Major Conner and myself.
Included in Major Conner's IR as attachments will be the FBI report,
Capt Holder's report, Photos of the area, and specific slides taken
that evening by a state Trooper accompanying Sgt Chavez to the scene.
Specifi c statements as to radar activity, (none) Helo activity (all known
helos not in area) and inquiry into the red marking should be made.
Copies of the local news releases have been forwarded to Capt Q and the
basic investigative efforts have been completed.
I called Capt Q upon
r eturn from Socorro at 1930, Sunday 26 April and adv
him of the above
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•• ··-• • • "'· • • REPORT ON SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TRIP On TUesday, April 28, 1964, in response to a call from Captain Qu1.ntanilla, I enplaned for Albuquerque to meet with Major Conner of Kirtland Air Force Base and associates. I called a prospective graduate student in astronomy, now working at Kt1land Air Force Base, before I left the office, asking him to meet me. T.bis proved totally unnecessary since, when the plane from Denver arrived in Albuquerque, I heard some mummurs from the front 11 part of the plane to the effect that "there must be a celebrity aboard" and discovered to my amazement that, as I left the plane, numerous flash- bulbs began popping, and I was importuned for one interview after another. Since I knew nothing, there was very little that I could say, and conse- quently I got out of the situation very easily. It would appear that Major Conner's PIO man was very effective. I had unfortunately neglected to ask Major Conner in advance to keep things quiet. As soon as I got the reporters out of my hair, we went to Major Conner's . office at Kirtland Air Force Base, ~ere I called ,.Pr_~La~ by phone to ask whether he might go down to Socorro with us. He was unable to make it, but told me that a number of a years before he had worked with Zamora on a field trip in search of a fallen meteorite. He gave Zamora a very clean bill of health and said that he was a completely reliable person. We then headed down in an Air Force car for Socorro, ~ich is some 75 miles south of Albuquerque, and When we were nearly. there, we bad a flat tire. It turned out that the jack was missing, although the car had been reported in excellent shape, and so we had to hail passers- by,finally snagging one car whose occupants indicated that they would inform the sheriff's office When they got into town. Time passed and we snagged another car, this time with four WODen in it. They took me into town so that I could relay the call, and this was rather fortunate, all in all, because I had the chance to have a preliminary with Sergeant Chaves before the rest (Major Conner and Mr James Wray, the prospective graduate student ) got down. It was during this preliminary interview in the jail that Sergeant Chaves told me that Zamora was getting dis- gusted with the whole thing and with the general misrepresentation he was the victim of. After some general reluctance, Sergeant Chaves agreed to have zamora there that evening after dinner 1 provided that Zamora and he could talk to me privately. I agreed to this, and when the repaired car finally got down with its occupants, we went to dinner ( :paid for all tl2 meals of the tvo from Albuquerque both this day and the next) , and after dinner, Major Conner and Mr Wray went back to Albuquerque, and I went to the jail to talk for the next two hours w1 th Zamora and Chaves. • After a fairly lengthy time spent in getting them warmed up to the subject, I got the major sketch of the situation. During one or two times when Zamora (who was on duty) bad to step out of the room, Chaves told me of • some of Zamora's reactions. Apparently Zamora was not going to say any- thing about it, but it was at Chaves' advice that he did. He then apparently • • • •
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I • • • • .. •• ; I ' ) • . • • • asked Chaves whether Chaves thought that be, Zamora, should first speak ~/ to the priest before saying anything. Chaves indicated tbat this 'WaS up to him. Chaves described Zamora's radio call to htm on that evening, and indicated that Zamora had asked htm to come out alone. Chaves indicated that, when he got to Zamora, be :found him very badly shaken, pale, and sweating. He attempted to kid him, saying, "What • s the matter, Lonnie; you look like you've seen the devil." And Zamora stated, "Well, maybe I have ... Chaves indicated that Zamora was re- luctant to go down toto the small ravine, and asked that Chaves pre- \1 ceed him, even though it was still bright daylight. It was Chaves who first discovered the imprint. During the interview, Zamora was far from talkative, and there seemed to be a few minor contradictions as to Just Vhere he was when he first radioed in, etc., and even as to how m~ times he had radioed in. Both zamora and Chaves appeared to me to be hoping that I could tell them that this had been a secret air force devise, so that they could dismiss the whole thing from t heir minds. Zamora was still evidently troubled over some of the towns' reactions, and Chaves was disturbed by the hullabaloo and the mis- representation, and the flurry of "me too" reports. After my talk w1 th tiE t'WO men at the courthouse, I called Captain Holder and asked him to have anightcap. with me. He came down to pick · me up, and invited me. to his home instead, and transmitted to me a carbon of his report, and the statement describing himself. Exbibi;t A) Captain Holder was most helpful and anzious to demonstrate that he bad done a good Job in procuring measurements, and other data before the coming of the crowd of curiosity seekers. I, of course, questioned Captain Holder, as to his impressions about zamora's relia- bility and of the connection of the tracks -with the sighting, etc., and he, as did all others whom I subsequently ~estioned, indicated that the markings were, to all intensive purposes, fresh and vere associated burned, or that the burning seemed to be sporadic. Clumps of grass in close proximity to the burned ones were untouched,wile others just a short distance avay from the unburned ones were again burned, etc. • • I put up at a local motel, making arrangements to be taken out to the site first thing in the morning. Mr Zamora and Sergeant Chaves Joined me at breakfast the next morning, but just previous to that, a man whose name I did not ge~ne introduced himself as from the FAA, and indicated to me that it was stra."'lge that their radars had not picked up anything. He felt that, MTI radars can pick up cars on the road, that this obJect should certainly have been picked up by the radar equipment. In going out to the site, I asked that precisely the same road be traveled that vas traveled on the evening of the sighting, and so ve did, and as we went along, Zamora pointed out the place vhere the 2 -,t " • •
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• I . speeding .car had turned into his line of sight from a side road, and we followed the pursuit path, going to the place about 1/2 mile south of town where Xamora then pointed in the direction in which he had seen the flame and had heard a loud roar. It must be remembered thatst this t~e be was giving chase to a speeding car, and it would seem that, to be diverted from this jolly procedure, the noise and/or light must have been fairly strong. Zamora did not describe the light to me in the detail that be has described it in Captain Holder's report. He stressed only the roar and the fact that he thought the Mayor's dynamite shack had exploded and that somebody might ha~e been in trouble. From that point on, his report to me was virtually identical to that he gave to Captain Holder -· his three attempts to get up the hill, his sighting of the object at a distance, as his line of sight went longatudinally down the small arroyo .. it was at this point that he thought he saw an overturned car standing, however, either on the trunk or on its radiator. He described that, at this point, he picked up the radio and called back to Sergeant Shaves. There is a little contradiction here, probably not serious, as to where he • .had made the call, and exactly how many calls be made. · He then stated that he proceeded down the very poor gravel road, temporarily losing sight of the object behind a slight rise in the land, that is, behind one of the hillocks that formed an arroyo between them. He thus came up upon the object from behind the hill and from the side, so to speak, he apparently saw the object again while he was driving and continued to drive for some distance. He finally stopped the car at the clearing just before the ground descends into the little arroyo (see photograph number 2) Photograph No 2 is important in that it shows how olose he was to the object. It is clear from this that any connon object would certainly have been easily recognized. It . would seem virtually incredible that an ordinary object, such as a balloon, heliocopter, private small plane, etc.; could have remained unidentified, and further, could .have caused ZSJDOra to become as frightened as he did. Zamora drove up to this spot, windows rolled down, and looked to his left out of the window, to see the object. At this point, he indicated that he still thought that .. it" might have been an overturned car. It is not clear whether he made a call to the station at this time (presumably he did), but, in ~y event, he knocked the mike to the floor, as he got out of the car, apparently in some excitement. He started to valk toward the object, but apparently did not get very far before he heard some noises. The noises were described as two or three bangs, as though someone were shutting a door (the space visitors were undoubtably saying "Let's get the Hell out of here") and this was follow-ed almost immediately by a roar. He did not describe the pitches of the roars to me as well as he had in Capt Holder's report. Apparently, by this time Zamora was 3 I • •
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' • • \ • ' ' \ I / • thoroughly tired of going into details. It is clear that he turned tail at this time and ran ~or cover, thinking the object was about to explode. He banged his leg against the rear fender of the car as he tried to round it, at which time his glasses, and his sunglasses fell off into the ground, but he did not stop to retrive them. This is an indication of the state of panic he vas in. He ran some distance behind the car, as indicated in photograph No 3, which shows h~ crouching down, but not as he had done that Friday evening. At that time, he bad crouched quite close to the ground, covering his eyes w1 th his arm. It was at this time that he saw the object rise to essentially the level of his car and proceed in the direction of t he dynamite shack, shown in figure 4 which shows the sma].. dynamite shack about 7 or 8 feet high, off to the ri8Qt and shows Zamora • s arms extended, his left arm pointing to the direction in which he had seen the object originally, its takeoff position, and the right arm poi nting in the general direction in Which the object had disappeared. A shadow cast by Zamora in this picture, which vas taken approximately at 10 am, at which time the sun was in the south-east quatrin of t he sky, indicates that Zamora is facing southwest, with the shack somewhat to southwest by west. The dynamite shack is also shown in figure :five, which shows the car parked as it was on the evening of the sighting. Zamora vas looking out of the left hand dri vera' window at the object when he parked the car. Photograph No 6 shows the position from which Zamora first saw the object whose location was approxjmately under the X mark on the photograph. It vas from this distance that he thought • that the object looked like an overturned car. Photograph 7 is the posi- tion zamora was in, looking at the object disappearing,. said .object having missed the dynamite shack by some 3 feet, according to Zamora. Photography No 8 is approximately the position Chaves and Zamora were in, on their way down from the rise toward the place where the object had been, When Chaves first saw the markings the object had left. Photograph No 9 is 180 degrees, approximately, from that of No 6. . No 9 shows the town of Socorz~ 1n the distance, looking down longatudi- nally through the gulley toward the "road" along Which Zamora was stationed When he first saw the object, looking intbe direction Socorro to the spot from which Photograph 9 was taken. Resume: From all of the above and from my personal observations, I would conclude the following: That Zamora, although not overly bright or articulate, is basically sincere, honest, and reliable. He would not be capable of contriving a complex hoax, nor would his temperment indicate that he would have the slightest interest insuch. He was simply a copf on duty, relinquished one discharge of that duty (chasing a speeding car) for another which he thought was o~ore immediate importance. (Investigating the possible explosion of a dynamite shack). His fright was genuine, 4 • • 0/ I ...,
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, • • • • • • I \ ) •' ' and his feeling that he had seen something truly unusual is attested by the fact that he asked whether he should speak to the priest first before saying anything about it. Any question of hallucination seems clearly out. He is a non-dri.nking man, and is a solid, well-built, :physically healthy individual (Photo- grph No 10). He is a cop who looks as though he could be pretty gruff with his customers, and in fact, his complaint about the UFO sighting was that it did not allow him to give out his fUll ~ota of tickets for the day. Photograph N 11 is of Sergeant Chaves, who is considerably \ more articulate than Zamora, and appears to have a greater awareness of things and relations than Zamora does. Both men seemed to give every indication of being devoted to duty and being bas:J.cally simple and honest. Photograph No 12 is a close-up of one of t he markings, made very shortly after the craft had departed. By the time that I got to see the area, it had been so badly trampled over that I could make no assesment of the burned areas. There appear to be a fair amount of charred particles mixed in w1 th the dirt, and some charred cardboard vas also found (enc). In conclude, therefore, that Zamora sav a tangible, physical object, under good daylight illumination, and from fairly close range (at the closest, almost as little as 100 feet). It appears essential that we discover what the physical object actually was. It is clear that the UFO officianados are going to make a great case of this one. Two days before my visit, Mr Lorenzen, husband of Carol Lorenzen of APRO, had visited and taken numerous samples of charred remains and of rocks and ground, etc. I had not been at the site more than ten minutes wen Mr Sanford of NICAP showed up and took samples, photographs, etc. It vas remarked at the time as to how Menze 1 would go about explaining this one! No doubt was left in my mind but that NICAP and APRO, and possibly others, would consider this the best authenticated landing sighting on record. They will use it, very likely as a lever for a congxessional investigation, and will deride any attempt to "explain·· it away" as a~ balloon, conventional heliocopter, etc. They will set great store on the paucity ot the burns and the relative lack of disturbance would have been very much greater. They will probably say that the burns are "plasmaburns" which can scorch locally, I understand • • It is therefore essential to consider this one ot the major UFO sightings in the history of the Air Force's consideration of this subject, and to spare no effort in establishing whether maneuvers of any sort were taki ng place in that locality either on the part of the Air Force, the Army, or even the Navy. However, I am quite certain that it wil l not be ·sufficient for the Air Force in this case1o indicate that t he sighting was "probably a nev type of craft being tested,., or that a secret war • 5 ··
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' I • - • • ) • ' I I ' ' I • maneuver was in progress, unless the log of such maneuvers is produced, and better yet, the entire "crime" reinacted, preferably in Zamora's presence. I recognize that this will be a very difficult task, but in view of the importance of this case, I think every attempt should be made to do this. It will require, very possibly, the attention of the Secretary of the Air Force himself. It would be well, further, :for ":files protection" :for the Air Force to tabulate from its records, and from available records from other sources, of other reported landings, such as, :for .instance, the cranological list \ which appeared in the January-February 1964 issue of Flying Saucer Review. ' Ignorance of what NICAP and APRO will designate as siiDI'lar cases= Wil.I l5e · of little help. In about a month, I shall have occassion to return t o t he Socorro area, at which time I will discuss with Zamora and Chaves after the excitement has completely simmered down, some of the finer points of the sighting, such as the location at which radio calls were made, etc. The wind at that time was blowing very strongly from the south and I established by repeated questioning that the object had taken off either at right angles to the wind, or partially into the wind. • ' I have not stressed the insignia which Zamora reported, since he drew exactly the same thing which he had drawn for Capt Holder. I did question him many times on the shape of the object, as to whether it had clear cut edges or fuzzy edges, as to bits of color, etc., but the results were virtually the same as the information given to Capt Holder. The object was egg-shaped, had the inverted V insignia on it, two legs seemed to be protruding :rrom the object,which was not chrome but "whitish- aluminum~ ·' and it was further establl.shed that the great roar during its initial take-off disappeared suddenly and the horizontal flight away and over the dynam1te shack was noiseless. I questioned Mr Art Burns of the FBI, and several others who had been on the site within the first hours after the sighting as to the alleged freshness of the tracks. They were all of the opinion that the tracks were, indeed, fresh. Although Zamora was the only witness to the actual sighting, nine people in all saw the markings. Altogether nine people saw the markings within hours of the sighting and before the hourds of curiosity seekers descended upon the place the following day. After I visited the place of the sighting, I had several other talks with local people, and, in particular, with the reporter of the El Defensor Chieftan, or perhaps it was the editor (its a small paper). I believe that I talked vi th Mr Lewis A Reddell~ the publisher of the El Defensor • • 6 ' • ' •
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He had gone into this thing quite thoroughly and in a quite sedate
and unexcited manner.
His story, published ~sday, April 28, 1964,
is an excellent summary of the sighting. It includes one point not
mentioned previously:
"At least one other person - an unidentified
tourist traveling north on US 85 - saw the UFO just before it landed in
a gulley. Opel Grinder, manager of Whitting brothers' Service Station
on 85 North, said the man stopped at the station and remarked that
aircrafts flew low around here. Grinder replied that there were many
helacopters in this vicinity, and the tourist said, nit was a funny
looking helocopter, if that's what it ~s." The man said further
that the object had flown over his car. It actually was headed straight
for the gully where it landed moments later. The tourist also commented
that he had seen a police car heading up the hill. This was apparently
Zamora's car.
I believe that we can dispense with the rash of other rep6rts t hat sprang
up immediately thereafter. This was the case near Santa Fe, the case
in Montana, the girl with scorched eyes because she looked at a flyi~g
saucer in Albuquerque, and others. But, it is essential that the Socorro
case be given the treatment.
I also questioned, while in Socorro, my old friend, Dr Jack Whothmen,
President of the New Mexico School of Mines, who said he knew of no
geophysical or other types of experiements .going on in the area at the
ttme.
He 1 as the rest of the townspeople, were puzzled by the event,
but the general underground slull of opinion vas that it would turn
out to be some 4evice which the government still had und~r raps.
Not
one person whom I talked with in the least, by either implication or
inuendo, challenged Zamora's veracity •
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Finally, the drawings which Captain Hilder and his associates made;
when replotted according to scale, {already enclosed with the report
of Captain Holder, already sent to you) which indicate that the diagonals
between the markings intersected perpendicularly. It would appear
essential that for this case to be fairly closed out, if the interpre-
tation is that of a new device and its dimensions be shown to match
the markings found on the ground; that is, that the device finally
selected as the culprit, be indeed capable of producing the marks observed.
I left Socorz·o shortly after noon on Wednesday ·April 29th, Major Conner
and James Ray having come down late that morning to pick me up.
We had
a late lunch enroute to Albuquerque.
In Albuquerque, I had the opportunity to talk with Mr Arthur Burns, of
the FBI, who added nothing new to the situation but confirmed t he general
reliability and stability of ~~ Zamora.
He also was of the opinion that
the marks mi~t well have been fresh ones.
I also called the mother of
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the young girl whose eyes were alledgedly burned by having looked too
long at a flying saucer, and found that the name of t he Doctor who treated
her and 'Who had confirmed the burns 1 -was a Dr Best of Albuquerque.
Major
Conner indicated that he would investigate further.
That is all.
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"' • • '1 • • .. • ' • • • - • \ ! ( I ) ' • Additional Notes to the Report: It should be noted that 1 at the time Zamora saw the insignia, the craft vas well illuminated by sunlight which was streaming in from Zamora's right. It might be well to perform some experiments with placards with insignia and different patterns inscribed thereon to see how well these are visable, under good lighting, at 100-200 feet • . Additional Note: What is the power of Zamora's glasses? Does he suffer from a stigmatism? Additional Note: Several things are a pity in this situation. One is that there vas not an additional witness. Second is • Recommendations: that no photographs were taken. Third, that no radars · picked up the object, andfourtb that the witness whom we did have was not a better observer and more articulate. • The object Which produced this, if it was a new device under test or in maneuvers, be brought to same location and movies be taken of it departing in the manner described by Zamora, and under the same lighting conditions. This then could be played at any future hearings on flying saucers. This, it seems to me, could go a very long way to'Ward exploding the myth of' flying saucers, and might do mer e goal than all the • · previous years of propaganda • • • • • -
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palacblan J)C)Wer resources.
persons w~re .
the possibility of building Tennes.
from ~eir viUages.
ue Valley Authority (1VA) steam
Mosco~ radio. l&id last DiJht
plants.
that Sovtet engu1eers rushed to
the danger area .planned to use
mE PROGRAMS would affect
explosive.s to break up tbel
the worst-hit areas of unemploy-
mound of earth and l'ockl.
ment and substandard living in and t.o deepen the river bed.
PeMsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
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Kentucky, West Virginia,
AN ARMY of bulldozers and
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee
ate through the earth
Alabama.
in 4n effort to force a new chlm·l
Specifically, JohnsOn's proposals nel around the dam to per~t the
would provide:
"'"'it~rs to escape, thus eastng the
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pressure.
-CONSTRUCTION 0 F 2 1 50
Tpe danger zone, about 1700
miles of highways in isolated a~ miles southeast of Moscow, was
at an estimated cost of $840 mil- in the mountainous region of the
lion over several years.
Soviet Republic of T1ldz;hiki.>~:'l
-Speed-up in construction
near the confluence of the Afghan.
water resource facilities, to
Kashmir and Chinese borders.
$35.8 million in the year starting
Samarkand ~es down the val-
July L
in the Republic of Uzbekis-
-Acceleration of new.
tan. The legendary city is 25 ee':l·
and water treatment facilities
turies old and today has about
(CoDtiaued OD Page A·lS, Cot. 1)
population. Once the ca~
Hoffa on Trial
tn '.ft3ud Case
of Tamerlane, its ruiu and
mosques have made it a prime
tourist att·raction.
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ivorz, about 90 miles from Sam·
larkand. broke oU iut Friday and
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~CAGO, April 27.-Teamster Zeravsban River.
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Union Prelident James R. Hoffa,
The mountam-sllde caused by
curreDtly tppea~ing a conviction two months of tteavy'·nin, forced
for jury tamper1ng. goes on trial the nver to back up and form a
with seven associates today iD a new ~ake.
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ptioa.. After his arraigmnent,
Jy eliminate 30,000 firemen'•
onty •Y·_ tlat tile ending ding plans, to say that her dau;:rh· 1
Hoffa aJd the case was "4ust jobs and leave the status of lS,OOO cl ~eir L1~ ~gagement ter belonged to college and Ro-
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was moltily her klea.
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Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy.
The brief order lets stand as
The announcement ended spec-
Both prosecution and defense fioal •
decision upholding the ulation of a June . wedding in the
LYNDA BIRD, 10, is a sop~G·
counsels have predicted the trial
rd l1anded down on Feb. 20, White House. It bad been Mrs. more history major at Geork,C:
(Coat.iJiued oa Page A-lS, Col. 5) (Continued oa Pqe A-13, CoL l) Johnson's repeated poU·.;y, when (Coatlaued oa Page A·13, Col. 2;
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CHICAGO, April 7:1. -
The
~ "' federal trial of James R. Hoffa
~ . ·~~opens here today marks
' · tne 1\'YBlone of the long J ustice
Depattm~n t effort to destroy
It hopes to prove, mortOver,
that Hoffa enriched himself at
the expense of his own mem-
bership-and thus to shatter his
picture of himself as a perse-
cuted friend of the working
man.
In Chicago, the Justice De-
partment is doing more t h a n
simply trying to send Hoffa to
jail. It also is trying to sep-
arate him from the cash base
and the rank-and-file support
which have put him where he
U.S. JUDGE Richard B. Aus·
tin has
taken extraordinary
precautions to protect the jury
and witnesses from outside in·
rtuence .
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l'Js power.
It strikes directly at the main
source of that power-the $275-
million Central States Pension
Fund which the teamster presi-
dent allegedly controls.
The 1 o v e r n m e n t case
charges, in effect, that Hoffa
has used this giant jackpot as
a personal bank, lending its
funds to people and projects he
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HOFFA HAS BEEN indicted
seven times on U.S. charges
since 1957-and convicted once,
in the recent Tennesste jury-
tampering trfal. But never be-
fore has the gov!mment !One
to the heart of Hoffa's opera·
tions t.nd tried to show how he
wields his enormous iDfluence.
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The trial is expected to be
long and complicated. It could
last six months. Testimony will
involve millions of dollars in al-
legedly manipulated f u n d s,
which must be traced through
· tortuous paths In and out of
various banks, companies and
private hands.
The Indictment alone runs 53
pages, covering 28 counts e.nd
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of the jury panel are being kept
secret even from the office of
the U.S. marshal. Attorneys
will not know who they are un·
til they appear in court -
and
even then Judge Austin may do
the questioning of prospective
jurors.
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Jet the prosecution keep names
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RICHARD H. FEUILLE around-tbe<lock watch on .h IW!ten Bowlin turned away a drink. ... ~ " Decker said Ruby nly off, two or three fet t in lO.foot ·wide cell and hurlt-d himself into the plastt .. wat;. Ho was taken to Parkland Hospital, where ,resident Kennedy and Os· wale were pronounced dead last November, e.nd treated by an in- . for a one-inch gash on his Ricba·rd H. FnUle, local attor· lhead . .Police captured three burglu.; ney, has been named general in two separate incidents over the of the coming an- X·RAYS SHOWED no o t h e r uc' l!>IILJ weekend. . United Fund appeal, ~ay damage, and he was returned A Burns Detective Agency of- genet a 1 campa1gn to his maximum security cell. jDC:e,· z ' sa.id It ficer, investigating a burglar chairman this year for the United gash swelled into a small .ft- · •:eor;ot ·ihla at Feder's Jewelen; at Fund, annoUD<:ed today. bu·mp. he said. Wl Shopping Center Satur- Lodthart. a former El Pasoan It was the second commotion night, foond a broken win· who left a vice.presi~ncy of in three days at the tumuJt.torn TING offiicer'Sid~ow. He notified police, and a . and ~ebste: SerYtoe Corp. county courthouse. On Thursday • J•cellle yesterday Jhort time later Radio Patrolmen m New York Ctty to assu"!e 163 Negro prisoners rioted Base in At· Troy Bunn and R. R. Macias of E1 Paso Electrtc for two hours, breaking windows W'llliam Connor picked up a tu&peet wandering Jut July, wu ~ntly and hurling blazing mattresses, Moody used a the neighborhood nearby. He ad· ChgeneraH.l cLutpmllgnisebair· (Continued oa Page A-13, Col. 3). 'tted t 1' ~a · d e.rles _,eave . to check the . JD1 s ea mg ..., nngs an some f th U ··-~ ~nd El -=============::r llllv evidence of an and implicated his put- taun e 111~ · .r~ . - wu a burned ner who was arrested at home. ty. · .~: . El Paso Sunshine _depressions iD the The first suspect also bad a marl· MR. FEUIIJ..E bas been pres!- . . z-"1 · buana cigaret. ·- • .. · . of: the Community Concert The lu.n shone toaau ~ the ·-·Officers Darrell ~ Gilbert and for tbe Jut four•.")'ears, is Paae A·lS, CoL S) Robert Gonzalez arrestecfinothe'rlori tbe YWCA boant of .tnlltees, tor the 831st consecutive • •. (CoatlDuect oa Page A·ll; CoL I) and lJ a director of El Puo Na- cl4JJ. T~ sun has tailed to .-.J ~ · ... , . tiona! .. Bank and the Northgate shine onlJJ .J2 oj the l4st rg ury . . .. · '. . ... ·., Nano.l :Bank, .'! :.. , .':·; ~ · - : 1985 d4JIS.... . . ~\·.r.:: ... ;. I Maryland .:./~ t.:·:; .··. ~ A --~d~le d ·tae'~u~~·rsity Br~ 2'1. 1i64 •. '.~ ... - i •• . ,1 •· • , • • ~.· ·' .• •• of Vuginia .·Law School 'ill-l948, 1-:::===· =· ;;;:'======;;· .··' · . • · · · he begu practk:ing law bere with,. · · V1ews Wallace the firm uow known ... Hardie, ·• April 27. - A . GrambliD& , Sims and of 111 men and 1 ... _ - '· ' •• : ••• r- · ~ · · and, wu with it until 1957 ·when 111111 de!ibelraC.Id o:Uy three Maryland will be •:tbe best he wu made a partner with the a .bretk for ltmc:h- testing grouDd to date for Ala· firm now known as Scott, Hulse, lnside<·Your • • · Hera Jd-Post . . ~ . . • • . , . • • !IDWllDJ-. .a ... v~rdict of DOt b am a's segregationist Gov. Marshall and Feuille. . · · •. murder. m.at of Archie George Wallace. , . · · · He is president of the ecbool U.S. Weather Bureau :aves. 51. The Oemocratie p r i m a ~ y board of St. Clement ·a Forecast: Fair. (IDeta.Us m there comes May 19. · .. r · Pariah School, wu a senior on Page A-14.) .. ~ : -~· ' .:: ~ _. ....._ ,.~.. _-s,. and hal ed x..:m 1. .; . . . - , ~ •. j ., ).~ .;; • - .. •• en \M ~ '-AJU'"" . ~rv · , ,:-··· , .. . Section aad Page • wa.. -la:m1· 'i»>U:Sl"E1t ·-s.muel 1.UbbeU oa ltt·vestry. · " ·l ·~ •• •1• t,1Jk :_ l AmUMmeatl ............ A ... c ~ Wl " ;J '/ l .. J • J Eav~ home. has been sou.ndi.D1 .out Mary- HE WAS a founder ~ •• ·IIC· re.l ADD C&rroU ••••••••••••• B •• JS Rusk Set land's "Little Dixie .. -tbe .Eut~ tary for both the Intemationa Comics ••••••••••••••••• B •• JS em Shore - Baltimore's "hig Club and the Coron~td<' Crossword Puu.lc •. ••••• B •• U city,. voters, and the white col· Club, is a former director of El Dr. B. U. I. Couer •••• B ••• % 2= laur,..aeuuta.f Jar. suburban belt.-;. ._., Paso Country Club, is a member Editorials ••••••••••••••• B ••• 2 April rt. - of El Puo Club. and El Paso Inez Robb ••••••. •• • • • • • B ••• I ec:l'letaJry Richard HE HAS found curious re- Chamber or c.nnm~rce. : Marlceu ................ B •• l% iD Washington yes· actions and significant trends- He is a member of Phi Beta Sports ........ • ....... B 4 6 ' ~with Secrteary of all of which he sets forth in Kappa and wu •'-''arded tbe Ta~·Jor •••••••••••••••••• 8 ••• 2 Jt'lSic a.nd 11tber U.S. "The People Speak-" in today's der of Coif, an honorary law 1V Programs ••••••••• •• A.v8 · HERALD-Post on Page B-3. school award. Womea•, News •••••• A 1 .. 11 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllffllllllllllllltllltiRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllltiiiiiiiiJIIIIfllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll':: ~se against Hof- oveo.rnrne.rtt's ef- - and lor ~ . seven others ' $275 - mill ion defendant .d:1e fund. He trustees - lllc1c and eight But, says used "fraud, and :Pe.l~swade tl1e •ro<tre loans • • • • • rove e • UNLIKE .MOST pen a i on funds, Central States in on e y bas been 'invested largely in real-estate loans. According to the grand jury, Hoffa and his associates worked this way: -Various of the seven others would represent tflemselves to prospective borrowers as being close to Hoffa. The indictment charges they would de m a n d "(ees, stock options and stock interests" as payment for using their influence with him. -Hoffa, it is aJieged, then ••made f a 1 s e representations and misleading ~tatements'• about the loans to the trulteel • "' " • ~ . . .. , . ntO 1ppe . . . • • and their -professional advisers. As ·a trustee, he also allegedly "spoke out and voted in favor of the loans." -once the loans were made, the indictment says the defend- ants diverted more than $1 mil· lion ''for the personal use and benefit" of themselves. IN ONE CASE, according 'to the charge, Hof(a told the trus- tees that a North Miami, Fla., hospital which ~ught-and got - a $2 million loan would be leased to Dade County and that the county would put up at least u mach money u the penlioD fwKL Botb Mt.e'IMDD I • . r • --- • • - I 1ons ~ were false, the grand jury said. and actually a .,substantial por· tion of the loan was diverted to purposes other than construc· tion. In another instance, it W. charged, at least $100,000 was diverted to clear up Hoffa's per· sonal involvement in Sun Val· ley, Inc., a Florida develop- ment he helped promote as a retirement center for aged teamsters. • Altogether, 14 specific loans involving $20 million in six states are cited in the indict• ment. Additional cases are IX· peeted to be brought dwiag the triaL -. • • - - ·- - .. ... . -.. -=:: .. ::··'---"" .. -· --·--·---- - - ~ ,,. _ __ . .-.~~.:.~--.-.: .. -- ._ . ., -.------· ~-.--.... . , __ _ , .... . .. -.. .. .... ·--·-·· •'-_..,... ......... .._.- .. ·-··- .. .. .. .... . . .
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rnzw Socorro, Nev Mexico, (Mrs GBIser) Wesh 25 D C I. follovlng is a on unidentified flying obåect Mr Ictmte of Socoro, Nev Mex-Leo; a. At approxiutel.T-L7i\5, 2WApr 61V,. vh±le giving ehage to car 'in Socorro, Zernora 'heard vhat 'he bcllevea to be a roar and gav a in the to the soutbvest, approximately one halt mile away. Vx Zanora, a policeman for the Socorro Police Departaaent, believed that a dynattli.te shack in the area had blown up and decided to go to the shack and ncS pu.i*ue the Z.Ära claims that the vas bluiBb ana sort of orange In color. he could not tell the of the name which vaa glovly descending.- The name vag of a narrov type Bnd d.ovn into gort o? funnel Shopee, At. time he still arlvl.üg hin ear not pay too naeh at-tentioly€: e. traveled BIDV1y on the gravel road westward tovara the objee±. Ze noted nothing for a vhile and be vent, BIOWIY looking for the. shacks ho could not recall ezetly vhere the shack vaa locatea» Ee gueaenLy noted to üeBauth of his position 8 shiny off üe road. At first glance as a, car upside Ee heve turned oyer.e, At/ this in eoveraii8, close objects theee geæd look him ana eee:æa startlede ±b13 wane traveUng witb the Idea of helpiag then. object like but Object vae oval ana at first glance appeared to like overturned white only, that W Zæra gav the tvo In vhlte coveralls vag vlaen. he stooped, pnbebiy tvo seconds or so. The t&to perg0)1s appeared to be In thig potat Zeunra proceeded towards tbc object radioed the sheriff 's office at Socorro o? a possible the Socorro office that be busy and cut of his car, checking the object.
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El Paso The Newspaper That VOL. LXXXIV, NO. 101 EL PASO, TEXAS, MONDA SCRIPPS -HOWARD S Sands 'Saucer' SUICIDE FAILS; R LB) Seeks Billions For Appalachia Soviets Battle to Save Fabled Ancient Samarkand MOSCOW, April 7'. Soviet engineers Emergency Program pressed* ron.ttdence ot ning "battle of nature*' Goes +0 Congress to save the fabled ancient city or Samarkind from a After Johnson Trip threatened nood by mil- lions of tons ot water. Vmteed tnteta•tfout Waters ot the Zeravshan River TASHINGTON. April 27. strained against a natural dam —President Johnson sends caused by a massive landslide to Congress today in the central Asian region. Col. gencY program for helping lapse of the n.fmt-high barrior the poverty-stricken Ap- would send the water down the palachia region. valley across the ring cotton and grape area where 500,0Ø people A PRICE TAG 0! 5 billion to live. $4 billion has been put on the pros gram, but the gaid MOSCOW RADIO said this the total outlay could not be calcu- morning, however. that engi. lated accurately. It would cost neers had nearly finished a "by. $220 million in the coming Escal pass canalii around the dam, stowing the rise in pressure. year. Johnson, who made a five.state Dynamite is being put in toplace tour ot the Appalachian area Fri. and the charges will detonated day, worked over the weekend Wednesday, forcing the river into with aides on the "must" legisla. a new bed and allowing the ac- tion he planned to send to the Sen. cumulated v,zter to run off harms lessly, the radio said. ate and House. At that timeÅt said, "the dan. THE PRESJDEVT told his aews ger of floods will be completely conference Saturday that his pro. eliminated." posa!g would call for improved s. R. iiijRKEY TBILIStæ IRAN STALINGRAD SAMARKAND (•)STAIIHBAD AFGHAN SOVIET OFFICIALS hurriedly evacuated villagers near a bulging, earth slide.fomed lake which threatened to flood an valley and overflow into the golden city ot SamarkaA (shaded area in UPI newsmap.). TASS, the Soviet news age-NY; said the quake cut nearby Damvorz Mountain dmnias a mass ot rock as high as an 80 story building intw• river. (UPI Tel*oto.) highways and communications. REPORTS FROM the dam Said Lynda's Engagement';: better control. better use of the water had been rising 15 the region's coal. timber and land, inches an hour and had formed and development of human re. a 100400t deep lake ili three days. But Moscowtadio said this sources. e Johnson said 'our also sue. ing the rate' oc lincteasethad
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• • • •• t ' • • • I • I . Policeman Recalls hich By JAXE BOOHEit A_le .... Pr- W,...r Socorn. N.M. S.x:orm ·nun Lonnie Zamon now n1 ~hts 'JO he can fil~. One year ago SaLurday , ..... " w~~tigated what sounded · ~\~ e;cpk»lonl in the hillt •t .sor....-..-ao, towards the , :'1 altetDOOil eWJnins abif~ What !Mt found kept him .:lghts 10 he tnoaferred to IT As far •• onidtlltlfied .,, jects (UFS"s) go, said 1M \ :r Fotat UFO invesliSIIOI, i Allfon Hjaek ot ·r:.venity, "Thi! 11 one of ·b ::. ~ ic ct.e..'' He said he · .~ ~ P"!21ed thaR eYer after f.il:jCation. 11 w~ts mare frightenin1 rtntn• tb.ll co.ald ha"""· .. • .1 say !I. ··you get into a .. e aOIJ ynu're scared, ~ 'r s ovl! r. 1t' s over. vu., car.a't fo~et . ·' ' Qljllnt J (.,lt.IJdft't .... , • lUI'' ~· hofwn• fNW <i art :or bourt t1U1ti'C abo • • • • • • • t'Ytnin,c the FBI, ~ and o&ber pollee officen busy .. _Nw 1 don't know • • w••· .. ~: ., . eu d o!tow 'much ·~ he ~ to for8«,, mafty 7,000 residtnt.l baY. • "1.,.:" • • 0- . . iltt 31-,eWollld f&.ther "' - ... .... f I . • ·• . .. .. .. ....... _ ..... ...,._. --.; ~« • - ...... # l,d h• hM ..... ,ed lilllilt 1,000 .,. tt, of abaJat %.- IUihrd : '"' Jl•••• ~ dOlon't liN it1 .. al ~ he JMlS ~ the • !~ tna sa.cer' ~JII 10 lu& • . :lrn-t. I Cl ldn"t~ SIN & f~a1 · !·m·r ~~ ~w •hat fJfte woWd :·IW' np.riem•t has had ' :- e tf~t on the officer. He . 't1 .,e no• trys to kc!ep ~ e H.h hrm ~h1!e c,n duty. : . ~ ·· had j wt let nss pArn1~1' of t.ne.r p.atrol .:ar for d '>\r Agn todav whl"n he 1 , ,. tv A Spo!'erltn~ =ar. 1 • 1~a rd . ~hat sow~ed hlte •>1-"'tOnS •nd g•ve up the r n.011 • n vtt~rj l•t~. f:ncina what · ·- dl':t wu au overturned ' a weslt oo a ht 11 . . ,, ''0 fs;ures in whrte ... ·re outsjde the vehicle, ::·r·m said, "T~n • bis ooite mrted • ~ l t!le U flO) came up and ·xt l :-tt-1'8. I co.ud hear a • h "J:t. tl 1. b1n1.' i dtrln'! · --· _ "' 't.:c!'le ·.., u, • ....c. ,taM runnr~1 • ~ 311 t-~.: 111 ,(fl' "14"0 I Cf'OUI;hed ' .. ,...;,..... ....., ~' .. • • • • • ·- 0 P•lt~ l·B • Li -· -- . - • - 0 • • • • • • • •
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• . .. • • • " (. t ! ( a f • ( - • or: I • i • ·JCORRO ( AP) - Ont' ~· ,.:~r , :"i!iturdar. Socorro poiCi:t!· .n Lonnie Zamora rt!portcd . ··ing an unidentified fl::ing r ;ect on :J ltJnt>ly hlll-just 1 , SocorrrJ. ~ ~?liOJI'i ? .. ~ttlt:s · wer@ ··a 'orca l n\'t>Sti~auon, s1.'!hlin~.s a:rnost daily in oar...s ~.~r th t! country. declar:ation by an offieial fn!ern:altonal r.un:tr Soc i~ c;r-.h :uvein h :ad !M-f'G \ trom another w'lrld. For z~m f't!l . b·l"-f'YU. p ;a~ year c.an be summ 1.0 one sentenee: •·u 1 ean just !or~tt abo mtty~ it will go away.'' 'I'he 31-year.f'lld father e:q>laia tbat he bad to !..iat· hd working hoUN ch :~nged, bas answered 1 ,000 letters of 2,000 from p he dnesD't know And bas :he term "~yint sau~r" to last :1 lifetime. Be appealed to tbt ;o;eetly Dewspaper last ;x~blt• aa article cl.artt7iac u!d look ltlle," ;:ctmor:l a sk~ to · ·:-r•·d to a 10 p.m .·S a.m. •·:n, he s.tl<!. "Decause at ni c ,,;!c!n't slce~l would eo me from work and !'it up iL I '>r t: t'righteoiltt( ( r w:l$ mare !rightenlnc lh .·. ' !'lr n ~ : hdt C')Uld ha~pt' r "" ritll't!r ,:ud. •·You gt!t UJt.c ,, !::l~ tt!e ana ~·o\t're .;c;~ . ·nee it • over, it's ov~ . •;,,~ Cl!!t' t f o r ~ e l.'' : 0'· ~l r.lvf II said he tnf':>. "v "'met~ w1th hin1 wb i 1ty He recaUs that he b -.t irl nis partner out of t~ .• · rr1l car ior dL'lne:- when . t ch .1 s~ lO a speedini car. h~ h~~rrd what aoundcd . -- • - ' • ~·~· . • • • . . . . - • • the officer nf si.'( years cxpcri· (!nee sa!d. .. If l had run down t.hert could have .c;eett a lut m'Jre. '· silld:- "out l t.ooR mv "tiin._. ~ • ' 'Then a big not;;e started c th~ UFO > ca m~ up :lnd tted there. 1 cuuld ht>::tr a ! bing. hing. bmg. • FOI' n~tp "I didn't know whether .c;tart runninS! or <'311 t. t:dp ·• r' crouchPd dw-' n twhir.d " Zamora -'aid ne ::a.l~ ed p and State Police SgL a Chav~ ion he w'luld Sol id. "l want~f to k"er it ,. ...... ," Zamora :. a1d, " b•:t arle me n•port 11. But Lng like this c;h .. •lld ~"" a ·1r1:now- M That t'''en in~ thf" FBI. Air and other ;:;olice officers 1vrr~ on the S<"ene. ··r tt:ougiH at first that it was me kind of Air Fore.- plane." '~ id ;- "be::au~ !M Ait Force charte of everythang and 10 bu!y. Now ( don't Jeni'I'IIH "'Wal it was.'' Te Fa!IM ardfes!t of how much to for· toura:;t lo:rlt Ray St-nn .,;t .d. na· road to the ite. l l nlt•"' mpt~ssible la:.1 yea . ha.; b····n aded. Posters rc bt- 111 ~ la:med by the cha: bt>r of co:11 · t!rce for placernen .. within s. .. - r-6- Dtislne~>~es to ; 3lcrt fnrir;;:a '!' tn the town's ci:)lm to fa rr.· • .-\ portifm of a mO' (II' on UFt 1 " WlS filmPd t':.rlit>r ~~is year <Jt Socorro. Much •'If ttht! to~· n's hcpe for a ddttinn al tuttrist •JtJI· Iars is based on thi ~r film . t\hich i.1 or Holl~ · • • l ·' • yzng l's' !" Uur .• u 11 said he had srlt'rl' Oltl ()f his own 't t o ~ the film cr~w! said he under!"!ant will tte 1n Zam or~t ·._ •Qler sigh_ijn~-..DC,U ·-Sitnilanti~~- iu"'"~~ in whttl' OHraUs vehtcles on he said. official explan:.: :or. made. public tJy r ... . Its UFO rons:Jits.:')< llen Hyn ~k of :"forth-.. · ersity':i astronomy ·. said after nr. un-fh tion that he \NA:. than when b@ ~aid that as f:l • l l I ' ' i ' ( l • • / . '· ./ .. - •
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hfTöUFORep rt zaldc had investiga neanothcr going to check to at. La.tMadera in "hem Newt inanysuch si (hiss but-'Thi&'is the things tmt• New mveébeen=radar• con- Mexico were simila n that state one ot the cleerest,vno that's-no tact*4t ttight tie intonhege re- and e military aut the right word;tduse say -it unidentified;fflying. ob- firmed scorched mrea where jee& rts for tbeiMr•Force ot. the soundest; best substan Dr ekf-visited •testerday the sup •ed to have ivther• ck ot, mentim •ot radar landed: and wedg hap.ed ated rer»rts as far as it thé'g d thin where Socorro pressions that appe red have v.' Vsua)ly one finds many my understanding N ew policem by some• vpe of ld nd. fradictions or omissions in infested,with d a r ported' e reports/' Dr;• Hynek -said. •eBu .01. simpl raodld told, certainly, an
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. .\> ' • • • • - • SOURCE: ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SOCORRO NEW MEXICO 24 APR 1964 DATE : 30 APRIL 1964 • • • • .. -- • • 'Talked With Occupub' · ~ ' . ... . . ........... ... . • ""* ~ • • Man Here Claims He Saw Saucers 5 Times B1 1\IARTIN PASKJND . qualities, and in quality of "I don't know why t h e y knowledge. picked me," said Apolinar A. Expect Volcanic Actlvltr Villa Jr. "I'm just an ordi- Saucer crewmembers, he nal'y workinc man - just a said, expect a large-scale re- mechanic. newal . of volcanic activity "They said there was a pur- along the· volcano rim just pose. What • it · isr ·I don't y.rest of here. And they e~e~ know... · - · 1t IJO?n· Five times in about five Th1s year, they expect ca- years, says "Paul,.. Villa, he t~strophic ~ar between Rus- has seen flying .. ' saucers. s1a ~ China - a w~r that Twice he has. talked. to their will mvolve many Astan na- , •- · · tions. · · '·' occupan... . , - . - . - · , · -, And. once, he. says,· he re- Why hasn t V~~~ sou.&ht ~ turned from his _encounter place of safety. We cant with a ·roll of film. u Villa get away from ~hat Go~ has is the victim of-- fantasy~ it's dec~ee~ for; us,, he sa1d ••. ~ fantasy ·m· Kodacolor. .,. • . . VU!a s sa1d his first saucer Vill .. 7. 1i 'th hi n stghting came on the West a, ... • v~ W1 . 5 so Coast, . when he conversed an~. dau~ter-m-law in a with the occupant of a small • ..-. trailer · beh•nd 601 N l a gara saucer. · . NE. Born in: Tijeras, he a~ Twice the devices hovered - · - tended I:.ong1ellow · Elemen- over hi~ home, then at 4187 known me for· a long time," tary School' and. Lln;coln Jun. Edith NE. The second time said Villa. "There were lots ior High Sch~~~ ~ _...::~j~ :" · · · the home was burned, . Vill~ of things they had answers Qaft School .. ., ·~ -,~- l ~ .. said. The burning was for for. They ·were a very friend- . . . . . '• He quit· durinl '_.hfs first di!cipllnary reasons. -:. _ ly sort of peopl~." .: year. at Albuquerque Hi 1 h Slrhttar Near Lindrith , · ,.: ,, Friendliness notwithstand~ SchooL Since- then, he served · .Once Ville sighted a saucer ing, they-left Villa in DO doubt in the. Army . Air .. Fo~ce. A near Lindrith .. This was ... the about what· ·would happen mechaniC: .~ ;;,~rks-: ~or larcest-about 900 feet ln. eli:- shou~d h~ per~ist in ·efforts _to N:·c:lUbble=aftcl Co .. :here. . .; ameter. . ,··, ... , .: ...... ,,.:' ~ duplieate the1r devices; . : ''The- pi.cture .. · ue.~ authen· . The saucer he viewed.near ·Villa· said the- starmen are tic. They're · the. reai ·thine," Peralta· !n. ~~ut 160 . feet interest~ in New Mexico b~ be 187s ... '"There- are a ·lot of acrou, ,Villa .satd. . •• ~ .... - cauae ;ot ~a ma~etie fault iJi thinp 1 can't say··- · because From it stepped a numbe Fannmgton-thetr ships tra~ so help me·God;.·i don't: thfnlr of people from the far-d.lst.ant el ,,''ma~etic· lines.'" · · .. , anybody would believe it. But ~~ of Coma Berenices, - They put· a lot" of stress the pictures are the· rea 1 unagmably far distant tr~m on- New Mexico an,~ parts _of' th. g , _ . · here. . . Arizona and Utah, he satd: ~ui h is ~ot ~-.~rls~ at In the meeting, and in tele- "They mentioned something a w 0 g~~ pathic contacts before and about volcanoes." r~cen~ saucer .stghtings, took since, Villa said he acquired Clothed in tight-fitting one- hts p1ctures Wltb .• Japanese fragments of the starmen's piece uniform, the starmen camera the last tm~e he saw knowledge. made an attractive crew. And the saucers, he. sa1d. Last . It was his effort to convert what did they think of us? June 16, he sa1d, he spent p~ of this knowledge to his "Their opinion is not that from 2:30 to 4 in· the · after~ own profit says Villa that we're bad or good " Villa 'h h 1 t • • noon wtt t e peop e - men resulted in a stream of .w said. Nor will they attempt and women - bome by the fortune. His home burned- to save the human race from space machine. _ totally and without insurance. itself. T h e saucer's occupants, He shot himself in the arm. "They know that there is __ said Villa, were not su~~rhE- He,.!leqUhrou&h.,bankruptcy. a.. super intellicence-~~ ....., . ~- m·iJri-J!ufl.lli., w~juperior ~~People "' · .~'} ~ , ems aU the universe ~ arxt· n• . -; tc¢ our apicfw:"ta .. physical ~ '"lbe:f.• 'teemed'. to "'b•a ~-e erything' 1ft; it,.'!' he J•wtt..~.Ji , - --------· ~--~------~~--------~~--~--~~------_.~ • • • -::.- ._... -. · _.. .. • . • • . • • -• . ·-· ~·.--: -·- ··- - - ---·-- - • ./ . .. .... .,
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SOURCE : ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL DATE: 29 APR 64 • . --·--- SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 24 Apr 64 • • ·- - I ' I ... ·' . • • • . • I Flre4 at Object · . The most recent report of Ex rt t Ch k da~ morning from State Po- liceman Tommy Richardson 'S ' R • • and she says it. now has near.:. ly 800 members around the world. She say~ there are some 6-12 landing incidences a year and she believes they are made by beings from an- other planet. 'S ·~ ' R ·~ ~ · Ha said he- had a call from aucer epo M~ ; Doq Adams of Edgewood., Continued From A-1 · I~ near Moriarty, who told of A sea water desalting plant l , . seeing an object about 100 search. Organization said she sent from San Diego to Guan,.- SQGORRO (J1It- Dr. J.~ Allen fee\ off the ground. He said believes intelligent b ei ng s tanamo Bay will produce_7 01u.=. H~eli. special unidentified tt·appeared to be a fluorescent from another planet made 000 gallons-: of .fresh water flyina: object consultant ~ 0 or creen-colored glowing ob- ~veral landings in New MeX'· daily. . ... : ·. ·· :,. 1 ~ ject. . , 1co in the past few d ays. · \ -- the Air Force, arrivecr'br Adams told the oUicer he "We are convinced the So- c?rro Tuesday night tc:i be d.ro'9e his car under. the object corro policeman saw what. h h1s. i.Qrestigation of a SOcqrro aDd his car stalled. The youth said he saw," Coral Lore policeinan's report·. that .... · he repotted he then got out .and zon., the director, said after saw;' . mysterioua· .flyiD& _·9 1).. _ tiHd six shots at the ob)ect, her return from investigating ject~ llast Friday. ·~,:.-; · :-:&r··r• reloaded .and fired _,ain. the reported landing of a UFO · Dr•,Hynek said he.:'hopatftO ""'· Tbt! repo~ was another in near Socorro. talk"'~ the policeman, - a ser1es whtch ~!Jove kept Ne~ Mrs. Lorenzen said the ~~a, and then visi~- .. : M~co- and, military au;bor1 sighting of an object north- alta ':'where Zamora 11ya;1h ·: .tlea. busy smce Zamora a or west of Espanola early sun- saw ~e object this momlnt . ilinal : rep~rt Friday. The re- day ~as similar to the one Dr-.,.aHynek, ot the . D a a until ~esday, ~ad descrtbed at Socorro. She said bom ·"!Observatory _ at Nort from pomts followmg a she is mvestigating the other western University said h south of Truth or reported sightings during the would decide whether to visi s. ~o an area near past few dars• EspllDola, where another . 0 Bhrt;i~· • •;;,;-.."!."~ . The or,antzation was form- jec:t• was reportedly spotte the 'diz~o;~ r • by :Mr1t....:.Lorenzon. in .1952 ~v.~~.1h~ weekend, after.- }if. • r 1nvutJgation of - the Socorr incidept. . H-.aid he had not been ad· visecf...by the Air Farce J1 his presece here indicates that the aonrnment. has eliminat- ed thtJ possibility of u. s:· air- craft ..-having caused· theo. re- porta~ · -\ . . ~aRi. Hector · Qubttanilla, ch~~~ the Aerial Phenomena Br at Wright-Patterson 'Air · ~orce Base, Ohio, said T. Sat. David Moody of the office· already was in New Mexico and would •aaiM-. D • Hynek in th~ ~vestia.Uon..- .! . . .. \ • J -;l • - • ·t - - • ••• • • - I - I I ' - • ' 1 J : ' • • • • • • --------------------1
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'l'HE ALBUQUEQUE TRIBUNE
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28 APR 64
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SOURCE : ALBUQUERQUE TRIEtnE DATE:27 APR 'Flyihg Bathtub' Seen by Motorist lit' SOCORRO, MEXICO 2b Apr 6u SOCORRO, April 27 Socorro. police were called to the-scene last night wheret an reported seeing a stran(e, flying object an d reported* a silv 80bject in thes air near Cab Reservoire OEi errBilI Pyland• said a girl*ho.didnit give her name repo fire. in the hilly are ne •mile southwest oi Soeorm*}.' OffiGr• L on rii e Zamora, whiledpatrolling in his car Frida* said he• saw an shap object land in a draw. e;approachedi he said, th9 0 ect flew away with a roar Py%nå såi& the girl, about 18,-.said she was from 300 to 500 -geet. from the fire and she tb9ught. there was some- thin the flames. said men searched described by the girl" batw found nothing. He sai ers would visit the are* • 'daylight, noting it difficult tofrd any ot at night in t h e earti. Thcy also found four 'l impressions in the earth, ap- parently left by landing gear. The motorist, who identified himself to Pyland as George Mitropo)is of Albuquerque, gaid that while driving north trom El Paso he saw a "sil„ ver looking object go up, over mountain, and down" out or sight. Mitropoiis said there w an s another car ahead ot h when bc first saw the object. caught up with them (the other car) and stopped them bccauso I wanted to know iC (bey had secn tM). There were two young men but they denied seeing any- 1/ thi9g." Offieer •Lonnie Zamoræ- said he first reported it tÖTruth or Consequences of- fi&rsi "but they just gov a laugh out of it and told me to tel* it to Socorro police bee Cause they had reported some- +.hütg like it." Mitropolis said he t e i t better when he learned in corro that others had seen a similar object. "No, I hadn't read about the other one before," he said. Ee said he was near the Heights Resident junction of U. S. 85 and Nev 180 and the object Saw 'Object' Here to the east. He said iÜooked upside down A Vermont NE athtubt'-about-30 b *deset terrain sure day told The Tribune she ane ametere It: had. nd rotmdmguSocorroe Representatives 02 the mil- a friend saw a strange silv itary Sn&other officers who object flying over the State spot where Zam- Fairgrounds last Thursday orc say the. object land. found afternoon. brush and scorched The resident, who asked See FLYING, Page A-2 that her name not be lishedt said the object was: definitely not an airplane. She and her friend were in a car traveling south on San Pedro between 3:30 and 4 p.m. when they saw the UFO. She said that the object vas more or less egg shaped, sim- ilar to-the description given by Socorro Officer L o nn i e Zamora ot. an object-he saw land near Soccorro.
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• • • • • • - • o orro aw wo • • tep 19 • en SOCORRO, April 25 Ill - sions were irregularly ly landed there," Chavez-· A report by a Socorro po- spaced with the distance be- said. llceman that he saw an egg- tween them varying from Zamora was described a~ shaped flying object land about nine feet to 15 feet. a man not given to i near here yesterday has the He estimated the length of jng things_. .• FBI and military authori- the object at about 15 feet Besides the landing geaD tiea interested. from the position of what marks, Zamora said....-.h« • .dtticer Lonnie Zamora apparently were lancling found what appeaJ·cd to said he not only saw the gear legs. . · two 1·ound prints like heel«. object but also saw two oc- Zamora said men who . marks. Another man w h ~~nts who alighted after.,_ identified themselves" as visited the site described, 1t•Janded about one rniltr·tt·~~ iDtell! :uc the. marka .tas looking·U.k mUe southwest of .. Socorro· :':'~Senda mountain<Uon pad . marlal.l~l in· ~ draw. . '· , to*ni ll"*pl .. of tbe~"jQ . . An. .F.'Bf·agent visited.•.thltt1 State ·Police Sgt. ____ •_t_h_l_n_~ •=-...:;.~.;__.....;spo :.._t_th_is_m_o_m_i_n..::g:.._-=·'-·--~~~;.,.;..:, Cb~ez said he received· .. ·:._ .,: call from ·the Pentagon · ·~~ · =~cdallebr ind.icated d ·~.~;. J · · e mspecte \.. · ~ . ~ fiOI'Iieone from Wlisl:t.in. · · ·& Officer Zamora· tell ~~xperience: ~~ . r' While in his patrol e • ... abOUt 5:50 p.m. yesterda" h.,.:)leard· what he thc•u wu· an explosion in the area where a dynamite shack· is located. He drove to with· in.-150 yards of the draw whf'tre he spotted what ap- peared to be an overturned J caro~ Moving closer he saw tw011 figures mo~i"l abou'· · outside the v~hicle. One loqked direcUy at hint As Zamora mOt"ed • closer he lost sight of the ·obJ•ct behlncr-a-Mu~---··-.1 He continued ·driving .. to- the J draw and parked. ·He~'i w~ed to within 200 feel of th• object and again heard a rc:iar. Taking cover behind hia 'car Zamora saw: the ob- jectf of brilliant wbite·metal. rile1 and hover ·:· a~ut 20 fee~ .o!f the grotmd. It \then fiew off to the west, rising gradually. "l was scared," said Az· mora, when he heard the deep roar. ur thought it was going to blow up." Zamora said he called Sgt., Chavez on his car radio. Chavez joined him and.· both approached t h e site. of the apparent land- ina.: They found scorched ground and burned weeds. . They aleo· founcf four 4 S. inch depre~ · iD · t b e grou:Dd .which , bad IU~rted.~ •!;!~ • ' , .. • i . ., • • • l I • ! I • • 1 I .. ·~ • •• I ' i • . 'l • 'l .. l I • ' • I • • • • • .. • • • I jec:t.... > • r ,.., • Cbavu..=~wn~~~ .......... • • • • /. _ ... · ~- -· - . . • • • • • • • I • •
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UFO Witness Sighs at Reports Continued From A-I produce the situation de- scribed in the report," Holder said. Zamora said the craft clear- ed a dynamite shack by only a couple ot feet as it depart" ed. He lost sight of it a matter of minutest; he claimed. 'i He noticed the object after he inves€gated a cloud • ot .4 smoket about. a mile southvof Socorro. He was aware ot the dynamite Bhaek in the vicinE ty and thought at first it exp plodedi• he said. The craft" wag in a draw not visible from: main roads. He first sav it from 200 yards and thought it an overturned car. He 'said. he saw.what• appeared a pair ofc white coveralls; but whether anything vas in them he did not know. Feet eventually got . about 100 feet, and 'was then Zamora said he •tit vas gomething out ordinary. "It had red lettering ot wme kind on the sides,"' Zamora said. He said the object—was on the- ground, supporte& by four girder-like legs. At the, site, four five inch depressions were fotmd as well as.a couple of rotmd tracks about. tour inches diameter which officers rized might, have been made by occupants. of the craft. They even vent so far as to estimate by tho depression that, thee tracks were made by a being ot approximately pounds. On the spot where the ob- ject supposedly sat wag; a —once-greene bush, most of it burned bare by exhaust heat. Zamora said it was still smok- ing several minutes after the craft's departure. Leslie J. Lorenzen, a mem- ber of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, drove to Socorro from Tucson to take samples of the soil and indicated the story was credi- ble to him. "Reliable people are seeing incredible things," Lorenzen said. "Similar have i!jened all over the world k..-.d certain details correlate."
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• • . ' • • ' • • • ' I • . .. I ' ;4th Year • '·· I. • • Volume S-It 1'umber :n • JOURNAL . s~coocl -clan po~tac• pal4 at AUiuquuqut Uld a t ddiUOII&I aut.ll1Da oUic_. ' ... . . ' . Won't Tell Soul Next Time • • • . ~ • • J I . •J • • ~· • "I e • Itness eports o oppose y s I at • a1 • J ' ;CHARLES RICDARI)S 1 • • , ~ ~ IK>CORRO (UPI) - · A, policeman who gained sudden 'l oaUonal attention Fridny ~er- he saw an egg-shaped 1lying ; obJeft near Socorro sai~ &,andar bil experience had taught • ~ IQplething. I : 1 • So~,.-ro policeman LoPnle amora said be would tu arop4 ~d tun. j~t liq J\t ~!day evening', but next '• "'I you'd better ;aO>J:r.t of these other guys," Zamora told r eoor ters. • ,,.,_ the only one wh-o sa•N it, but mey SP-2m to knov· m""e qbfll.!t. it T • ., ' - QO. I I ~enles Seeing Creatures ~ ~· ,~amora denied he had seeni any little creatures arow1<i the object and said the unusual machine rose of! the ground and flew slowly away in a southwesterly direction untilll it faded out of sight. It never! got In'>7~ +.han about 2C teet ?f!. the .g :-: o u n d w!ille ~~ ·was; • If, • 1 t • • ., Z • • I SCENE OF 1\IYSTERY: Lonnie :.~- ' · ·is s~ David Moody of wr;ght-!a~er- i:;~~~~~o;~;-~~ao~fe~·t ~:d li .. ~-~ ---· · mora, left, Socorro policeman, shows . so~ AiX: Force Bs;se, Da~on, Obi~, who J zoomed. up and away 1rom Termed 'Fantastic' · Air ~Force investigators where he saw mamtams volummous files of reported him a! a high ·rate of speed. Capt. Richard T. Holder, a a mysterious flying object - at rest unidentified flying objects. Small bush } · Two investigating officers White Sands Missile Range and in flight- Friday evening. In cen- in foreground, according to Zamora, r from !GrUand Air F or ce Base commander, termed the inci- . ter, holding Geiger counter, is Maj. was defoliated and partially blackened in Albuquerqu' . sil\4 reports dent "fantastic" bu~ re!err~d 1 William Conner, officer assigned to un- by exhaust fumes from the' ~trange 8 man troll) .t4e .. :Pen~agop i tQ Z~?1·a. as a r~Lable Wlt- id if'ed f1 · bj tin u· ti . t bj~ (l a1 h t b Ra. ,--~~ ~qyld coroe j< t~ .. ~vco~rn ~.]~~~· ~~ss. • ~eJ.ther . Whl.~ Sands ent 1 ymg o ec ves ga 00:9 !J. o ~.,_ "o~ . p. o o Y ... . Y! ~·:- .. .t ~~~~:4I.'. ,., ,fiL. . _ . ,r.t'- ~r.>lloman Air Force Bue ~~~.~-~~-~ .~o.!~~ .Base, an€! a~ _E!~~t. ~.1 .':.:. . ;,, l:.L '1~; . f.· --·- ~ _ \. :1 _ . '"' .~as a:;_ ... ~:r._i wf."c;;L--;'52~£1 • • • • • -- - • -,-
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3 IJ :'il 5o a:; ~...::t ~\0 :;>ex:; ~~ ~...::t 0 (Y) 0\0 •• ~ ~ J.. u .. §5~ o!t t.> O...::t gA CJ)(\J -·· ·- = o) • . ~ • r • i!~ • I • • ~ s .... \ rr . , '=.t b. S. Government aircrift liyinr at low levels alonr US-66 and U8-'70-80 taldnr photorrapbs with powerful electronic Oash equipment 41lrinr the last week, may be part of the answer to the rash of "fiylnr saucers" seen bt New Mexico. .•- . T h e jet airplanes were taktnr the photos darlnr ltoth dAY and ntrht times frClm Albuquerque west to Klnrman, Ariz., and from Demlnr west to Casa Gran- de, Arlt.~ · tap afttll Sunday, accordlnr to a Kirtland AF Base spokesman. • •• ~ 't ,. ~ci j· ;.. ::"t • .., ' 0 ~ -- j • • • • ~ • • • CI ._ ' .. - ...... .. • ( •
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r ' • f . • • SOURCE: THE AI.BUQUERQUE TRIBUNE · DATE: 29 Apr 64 -. • • • •• ... - ... 0 • • · • .. . . Dr. Hyuelt'.rlllll! bieC to Kil~llld Air Force AlbuqHrque and 1ne11ca will ~ment on his later in the day. Hynek and Patrolmllfti nie . Zamora went ovel'l t_·th• place wheze. ·zamw:iiclai-'· saw a. m71terioua. . ject Fri~a~ inch bJ i'M:b• ·.~~ -- ~· · .. .... • - • • SOCORRO NEW MEXICO 24 Apr 64 • • • • • I • • I • • , I • l • •
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• - • Information Only (No Case) Cource: FSIC 24 April, 1964 • • I • MORE FROM NEW MEXICO Soccoro •.• El Derenaor -Chieftain (newapaper or the town) ••• April 2ft and 30 .•• publlahed on Tuesday• and Thursdays, carried these detaUs or the Zamora alghtlnl (AprU 24, 1964 ). They were on top of thla story almost immediately and the follow- Ing Ia briefly what was reported. He first saw the object from 150 yarda. As he drove towards the top or the Mesa, Zamora said one of two peraona at the U 1<'0 whose back was to hlm, turned hla head and looked straight at hlm. The two persons appeared to be dressed ln white coveralls, and at that distance, Zamora aald they appeared to be approxl· mately as tall as a 12-13 year old boy. He did not take notice of headgear worn by the two short "men.,. • Zamora continued driving up the hlll to get a closer look. When he stopped the car on top of the Mesa and directly opposite the place where the UFO had landed, he saw It again; but the per· sons were not to be seen. He started towards the UFO on foot. Then he heard the roar or blut that had brought him to lhe scene. He saw flames, and duat wu flyln1 around the object. ThinkJng that the object wu about to explode, he threw himseJI to the ground and covered his head and race. He wu a mere 50 feet from the UFO at the time. When no explosion occurred, he raised hia head and saw the object rise straight up 20 feet. AI It rose, the roar changed to a whine and quieted. The object malntalned thla altitude and moved ln a straight line lor about 2 mUes. Then the UFO gained altitude very rapidly, and soon became a speck ln the sky, and disappeared. Four de- pressions were found where the object had been. They were l 2 ln. by 6 ln. The two legs were probably 2-1/2 ft. long. On the west aide, It was 12 feet between Iandini holes; on the east, the dla· lance waa 15 feet. The width was 9 or more feet. Two round lm· preaalons were 4 and 5 Inches in diameter reepec:tlvely. • The newapaper carried a picture taken at the aile on the very next day (Aprll 25). Thereafter, the evidence wu practically de- atroyed by the curious, who came In sreat numbers. The Lorenzen• of APRO were there aoon after and reported their findings In Fate Magazine, July. 1964. Pictures of the lm· presslons were taken and shown 1n Fate. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who vtalted the alte with Zamora aald "It'a a real pity, but no one•a fault, that other wltneuea did not eee • the object land or take off. A movlt of thla would have bun prlc:e- lell. I feelln my own mlnd that hoax Ia ruled out • • ... • • • ------ -----~~ · := · ~ ·-:======================-=-====-~~ --~-=-~-~-~ - ~=; _______ - : _ _ I ~ • , Nei-t J.Iexico • •
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• • ~ • . - • • JA.:i ~ 1\\a 0 AMS BUDGET (550) NIGHT LEAD UFOS ~ 'sci~~f~~¥ 0 iNVr~!fG~~~~~ ~~wcAk~rc8~~ 3~rJ~~ri¥I~gsri~~~Gag~~f~f THE REPORTS FOR THE AIR FORCE IS THE LACK OF MENTION OF RADAR CONTACTs . "IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING NEW MEXICO IS INFESTED WITH RADAR E1UIPMENT " SAID DR. J. ALLEN HYNEK OF NORTH~1ESTERN UNIVERSITYJ AN /\STrtONOMER ~JJHC> ' IS A SPECIAL CONSULTAN'i' TO THE AIR FORCE. "I'M GO!NG TO CHECK TO SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN RADAR CONTACTS THAT MIG}fT TIE INTO THES E REPORTS." DR. HYNEK VISITED TODAY THE SECLUDED HILL WHERE SOCORRO POLICEMAN LONNIE ZAMORA REPORTED SEEING AN EGG-SHAPED OBJECT FLY AWAY FROM A DRAT.v LAST FRIDAY EVENING. OTTHER REPORTS HAVE FOLLOWED. THE SOCORRO REPORT AND ANOTHER AT LA MADERA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WERE SIMILAR IN THAT STATE AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED A SCORCHED AREA vJHERE THE OBJE' ~lAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LANDED, AND t.JEDGE-SHAPED I MPRESS!ONS THAT AP- PEARED TO HAVE BEEN LEFT BY SOME TYPE OF LANDING GEAR. HE WOULD NOT OFFER AN OPINION ON JUST WHAT ZAMORA DID SEE • HE SAID HE HAD INVESTIGATED MANY SUCH SIGHTINGS BUT "THIS IS Ot~E OF THE CLEAREST, _ NO .THAT!S .NOT _THE RIGHT WORD; . JUST SAY _IT_IS ONE OF THE ~~M~tE~'o~~s~I~g~s~~~ii~b~R~~rgrffo~~ b~Ro~~s~Io~~£YN THEsE §~k~~I~l; ¥~i.oH~~¥~ofJIRNY ;~¥tN~Rfo 2~~~~~~DAti 0 ~YH~xx: 1 ~ 1tkt I~ls~v oF COURSE WAS TOLD BY A t1AN ~JHO OBVIOUSLY YIAS FRIGHTENED BADLY BY WHA1' HE DID SEE. HE CERTAINLY MUST HAvE · sEEN SO METHING." ZAMORA'S REUABILITY AS A t•TITNESS "WAS SUPPORTED BY DR, LINCOLN LAPAZ (CAL L-P) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NE'W MEXICO WHO ·HAS AN INTERNATIONA REPUTATION IN RUNNING DOWN REPORTS ON FIREBALLS AND NET EORITES. "I WOULD FIRST POINT OUT THAT WE ARE NOT PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THESE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS," DR •. LAPAZ SAID TODAY. "BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD CONTACTS WITH MR. ZA t10RA FOR 1S ·YEARS IN MY WORK AND HE IS A THOROUGHLY DEPENDABLE OBSERVER." • • · A93AQ DR. HYNEK SAID HE FOUND LITTLE AT THE SOCORRO SITE. "THE AREA CERTAINLY HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY MESSED UP BY THE TOUR! STS c. THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE THERE NOW." HE SAID SOIL SAMPLES HAD BEEN TAKEN TO "SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICLES IN THE ASHES OR AT THE SITE THAT MIGHT BE FOREIGN TO THIS 'AREA." .. · · DR. HYNEK ALSO WAS INTERESTED IN THE WEDGE-SHAPED IMPRESSIONS. "FROM THE OBSERVATIONS BY ZAMORA AND OTHER AUTHORITIES THE I~PRES SIONS APPARENTLY ~ERE FRESH~• HE SAID. "I JUST WISH WE HAD A PICTURE OF THEM. BUT WITH ALL THE PE.OPLE TRAMPING AROUND THERE, THERE ISN'T· ANYTHING ·TO SEE N0':1." . · HE SAID THE LACK OF RADAR CONTACT REPORTS BOTHERED HI~. "SO OFTEN t.,E HAVE SUCH A CONTACT AND THEN CAN TRACE THE OBJECT TO SOMfH~A~~r~~T~~f~~~~AD~~C~~~f~Af~t"M~~Kf~~~·THAT ZA~ORA SAID HE SAW ON I~fs~~~tN~F r6H~I~ 8i~~~OR~' ~r 0nE~~Xf~+fgNi ¥AI~r¥~~¥ :f~yggG~Hit. cAME TO MY MIND WAS A CATTLE BRAND TYPE OF MARKING. I WISH WE HAD A PICTURE OF IT. IT DOES NOT RING A BELL AS TO ANY KIND OF INSIGNIA THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH." . DR. HYNEK SAID THAT A REPORT THAT THE AIR FORCE HAD ASKED ZAMORA NOT TO DISCUSS THE MARKINGS WAS FALSE. "NO ONE IN THE AIR FORCE EV~N SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING SHOULD BE SAID ABOUT THE MARKINGS " HE SAID. DR. HYNEK ALSO WAS A~KING UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE IF THEY KNEW OF ANY GEOPHYSICAL GROUP WORK IN THE STATE. "THESE PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE S0t1E STR.I\NGE TYPE OF VEHICLES AND AIRCrtAFT T~lEY USE IN THESE RUGGED AREAS WHEN TAKING RADIOACTIVE SAMPLES," HE SAl DR. HYNEK SAID AN APPOINT~1ENT TOMORROW IN DOSTON ~JOULD KEEP HI~ FRO~ VISITING · THE SITE NEAR LA MADERA NORTHWEST OF ESPANOLA WHERE A SANTA FE RESIDENT REPORTED SEEING A SIMILAR CRAFT AND WHERE THE SCORCHED GROUND AND OTHER REMAINS vTERE SIMILAR TO THE SOCORRO SIGHTING. HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE NO COMMENT·ON OTHER PARTS OF ZAMORA'S REPOR1 I~CLUDING THAT OF SEEING WHAT APPEARED TO BE TWO FIGURES IN WHITE COVEF ALLS OUTSIDE THE CRAFT. H309PMS NM
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• SOURCE: ALBUQUERQUE DATE: 28 APR 64 1 • JOURNAL SOCORRO NEW MEXICO -~...----~-~ . 24 APR 64 • • 'Fiying.saucer·;· Reports· Spread In New Mexico SANTA FE (UPI) -New Mexico's perennial addiction to flying saucers has taken bold 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 Swl-1 day morning at La Madera, about 50 rnile1 north of San~ ta Fe. State Pollee Captain Martin Vigil said, "ther& was definitely aomethtna there-.'~ : Orlando Ga11egoa of Santa Fe told State Pollee he within·200 feet of a huge ~.:: al obj~ tha" J,oobd Uk• egg-:-sb&pK.rbutap .. : tank· . . He said flamea 1purtecl from numer"(JU-il' i~ar:-1 the bottom. ot tile object. It was as lang u · a· telephone pole and about 1• feet fn cumference,· he-·told pollee. Gallegos' ·report came on • the heels of• a similar re1)()r1~D from a Socorro policeman, Lonnie Zamora; who said be spotted an object near Socor- ro Friday · night~ Zamora, · fn clearing up false reports Sun- day, said the object roH about 20 feet. off the around p.nd slowly fleor away. Similar reports came from a Socotto teenager, an querque motorist. and two men drivine In the La era area Saturda;r. night. Thltl Albuquerque motorist, George MitropoU., said· he saw a "silver lookina" object. It appeared over a .mounteln the Caballo Reservoir area. In both the Socorro and the La Madera r e p o r t 1 the ground in the- areas where the objects were reported to have landed was scorched and burned. Also found were "paw prints, like a mc)UJ:ltail~l lion's," as well as ,.landin1 gear marks" - four impres- sions in the dirt. Until the recent spottings, the last unidentified flying o b- ject was spotted in New Mex· ico near Gallup lr&te last year by several motorists. A cam· p\14 ·policeman at the. . sity of Ne. Maico aJso ted the-·OaDup; object tlYiln in the -•••tem} ak7 at.- tf . .......... ,. . . • samen••• :tr.: ·~~ ....... _ ....__ ~ ... ·. ~ .: • # .. :..~~ ....-.., tt. ' ... ;; .... - ----&. • , • • • • ;J ' ,_., " ... -
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