Oval over Socorro, NM
Investigated by a competent body and left unresolved. The rarest grade, and never awarded by us — only recorded.
The Socorro landing (Lonnie Zamora)
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The report, as filed
Socorro, New Mexico. 5:45 p.m. Witness: Socorro policeman Lonnie Zamora. Watched object with flame underneath descend toward the desert. Two small humanoids observed near vertical oval on ground. Later watched object take off with a roar, go silent and fly away. Burning and charred brush found at landing sight.
Held as-reported from Project Blue Book, United States Air Force. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Artifacts from the case file
This report belongs to "The Socorro landing (Lonnie Zamora)"; the case's documentary artifacts apply to every report linked to it.
The Air Force's own file on the Zamora landing: witness statements, trace photographs, lab results, and the disposition 'unidentified.'
United States Air Force, Project Blue Book · Public domain (U.S. government work) · source
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