REF: UAP/1960s/074Unexplained
1964-04-24
Socorro / Lonnie Zamora landing
Socorro, NM · USA·Police CE2 / landing traces·1960s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
Officer Zamora saw an egg-shaped craft with two small figures; it departed with a roar leaving burning brush and landing-gear impressions; Hynek and Blue Book left it unexplained.
§ BWitnesses
Officer Lonnie Zamora; Sgt. Chavez (traces)
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Landing impressions & burn photos; FBI+AF on-site investigation within hours
§ DOfficial Investigation
Project Blue Book (case left 'unknown'); FBI present
§ EStatus Assessment
Officially unexplained — Blue Book's most famous 'unknown'; hoax hypotheses unproven
§ FVerifiable Sources
Blue Book file; Hynek (1972); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident
§ GCross-referenced cases6
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Cisco Grove bow-and-arrow encounter
CE3 (entity encounter)
1964-09 (Big Sur)🇺🇸 USA
Big Sur missile-track film claim
Missile-test film claim (contested)
1965-08-03🇺🇸 USA
Heflin photographs
Photographic
1965-09-03🇺🇸 USA
Exeter incident
Police-corroborated CE1
1965-12-09🇺🇸 USA
Kecksburg incident
Crash-retrieval claim
1965-10-07🇺🇸 USA
Edwards AFB tower/radar case
Base radar-visual with tapes