Case Directory - Category: 07; Entity Case
  
Subject:    The Lonnie Zamora/Socorro, NM Landing Case
Date:        April 24, 1964
Location:  Socorro, NM

Francis Ridge:

The original  teletype copy was given to me the day it happened by radio station WAOV announcer (now CNN Headline News comentator) David Goodnow. This is one case that even the Condon Committee and the U. S. Air Force Project Blue Book couldn't explain. And none other than a UFO landing and close encounter of the third kind. This is a close encounter (Cat 2), a landing trace (Cat 6 ) AND and an Entity Case (Cat 7). 

Major Hector Quantanilla, then director of Project Blue Book, told CIA journal readers: 

"There is no doubt that Lonnie Zamora saw an object which left quite an impression on him.  There is also no question about Zamora's reliability.  He is a serious police officer, a pillar of his church, and a man well versed in recognizing airborne vehicles in his area.  He is puzzled by what he saw and frankly, so are we.  This is the best-documented case on record, and still we have been unable, in spite of thorough investigation, to find the vehicle or other stimulus that scared Zamora to the point of panic." 

For reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:

The Lonnie Zamora/Socorro, NM Case - Coral Lorenzen
The Socorro Landing Site (map, aerial photo)
Lonnie Zamora's Actual Report - Blue Book Files
An Incredible Admission: What Did The Air Force Mean? - Robert Barrow
Famous Socorro Photo - Wendy Connors
Socorro / Zamora UFO Incident - Chris Lambright
Pelicans In Socorro
Twelve Pages of FBI Documents
The New Mexico Page

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