Section F · Experiencers · abductees, contactees and entity witnesses

Lonnie Zamora

Police officer in Socorro, New Mexico · witness in the case Project Blue Book formally classified as 'Unknown' (1964)

Biography

He broke off a traffic pursuit to investigate a roar and a flame, and found an egg-shaped object resting on legs with two small white-clad figures beside it; one appeared startled at the sight of him. He is the corpus's most institutionally solid single witness: an on-duty police officer with no history of confabulation, whose account was anchored by landing marks and scorched vegetation recorded by a second authority. Project Blue Book —which almost always found an explanation— left it as 'Unknown', one of the few times it did so.

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 1964

    The officer's report to the Socorro Police Department

    Contemporaneous record, taken the same day as the episode

  2. 1964

    Project Blue Book's 'Unknown' classification

    One of the few times the USAF program closed a case with no explanation

Sources

  • Project Blue Book · Socorro (1964) — Official 'Unknown' classification and examination of the ground traces.
  • Socorro Police Department (1964) — The on-duty officer's report.

Form they described (1)

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Associated cases (1)

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Socorro (Zamora)· 1964

On 24 April 1964, police officer Lonnie Zamora broke off a chase to investigate a white egg-shaped object resting on legs, with two small figures nearby, outside Socorro, New Mexico. Project Blue Book classified it "Unknown", with landing marks and scorched vegetation verified on site by Hynek, who cited it as the case that changed his stance.

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Synthesized bio from the UAP disclosure ecosystem — categorized by epistemological section (A-F).