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m>ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT109
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FBI ALBUQUEE
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COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
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FROM SAC , ALBUQUERQUE 62- NEW
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NIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT r SOCORRO , N. M. APR T;:TY7 SIXTYF0UR
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INFORMATION CONCERNING .
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INFORMATION RECEIVED APR TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FI VE , FROM ----· ­
LONN~~ORA , CONSIDERED SOBER , DEPENDABLE , MATURE , NOT OF
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FANTASY , OFFICER OF POL I CE DEPARTMENT SOCORRO , ~
THAT AT ABOUT fa:.~
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FIVE FIFTY PM MST , WH I LE IN SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED FLAME IN 4f1lfF
SKY TO SOUTHWEST, WHICH HE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT IN 3ELIEF DYNAM I~~L~
SHACK IN AREA HAD BLOWN UP .
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WHILE TRAVEL I NG I N ISOLATED AREA APPROXMATELY ONE MILE
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SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO , NOTED IN DEPRESSION ABOUT EIBHT ..l:{t.JNDRED
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FEET AWAY WHITISH OBJECT WHICH , UPON GLANCING AT SAME , . ~~PEARED )Pf~
TO BE OVERTURNED AUTOMOBI LE.
TWO PERSONS IN APPARENT WHITE
COVERALLS WERE ADJACENT TO OBJECT .
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THEN TRAVELED OVER ROUGH ROAD TO SPOT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
THREE FEET FROM OBJECT AND ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE FEET HIGHER .
~O PERSONS VI SIBLE. HEARD TWO OR THREE LOUD THUMPS, LESS THAN
A SECOND APART , THEN WITH A ROAR AND BLUISH AND 9RANGE FLAMES ,
013.fICT SLOWLY VERTICALLY ROSE TO _fli\~ CAR HE IGHJ , THE)J NOJ.SE . .A~D
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FLAME STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK OFF AT HIGH SPEED IN STRA I GH.I.J..1 NF AND
ALMOST HOROZONTALLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER DISTANT MOUNTA1'JAPR 30 1964
ZAMORA , GREATLY FRI GHTENED , RADIOED HIS OBSERVATIOWS "AND ­
NMSP SERGEANT AND SOCORRO COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF, QUICKLY ON SCENE,~/ ~
NOTED FOUR SMALL IRREGULARLY SHAPED SMOULDERING AREAS AND FOUR
REGULAR DEPRESSED AREAS APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN BY SIX INCHES IN
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MR. MOHR FOR THE DIRECTOR
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