Socorro, New Mexico UFO Sighting and Landing
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Officer Lonnie Zamora observed an unknown object that landed near Socorro, New Mexico on April 24, 1964. The object was initially observed as a flame in the sky, then encountered at close range where it displayed an insignia, rose vertically, and departed at high speed while leaving physical traces on the ground.
“At approximately 5:45 to 5:50 P. M., Nep Lopez, radio operator in the Socorro County Sheriff's Office, located about thirty feet down the hall from the State Police Office, came into the State Police Office. Mr. Lopez advised M. S. Chavez, New Mexico State Police, that he had just received a radio call from Officer Lonnie Zamora to come to an area about one mile southwest of Socorro. The call was in relation to some unknown object which "landed and has taken off."”
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Case details
- Date
- 1964-04-24
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Socorro, New Mexico, about one mile southwest of Socorro
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Mexico
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- Shiny object, initially appeared like a car turned upside down, aluminum-white in color
- Size
- Unknown overall size; insignia approximately two and one-half feet high and two feet wide
- Altitude
- 25 ft
- Duration
- 20s
Resolution
Officer Zamora provided detailed eyewitness account. Physical evidence collected including ground indentations, circular marks, and burned vegetation at the landing site.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_438
Case ID: 1964-FBI-8D12
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