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U NITED STATES DEPARTMEN T OF J U ST I C E
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F EDERAL BU R EAU OF INVESTIG ATION
In Reply, Please Refer to
Albuquerque , New Mexico
Fik No.
May 8 , 1964
UNIDENTIFIED FLYIN:r OOJECT
SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO
APRIL 24 , 1964
Specia l Agent D. Arthur Byr nes , Jr ., Federal
Bureau of Invest igation , stat ioned at Albuquerque , New
Mexico, was at Socorro , New Mexico , and a t t he State
Pol ice Office t here on business l at e afternoon of
Apr i l 24 , 1964.
At appr oximately 5 : 45 to 5:50 P. M., Nep Lopez ,
r adio oper ator in the Socorro County Sheriff ' s Office,
located about t hi r t y feet down the hall f r om the State
Poli ce Office , came int o the State Police Office .
Mr . Lopez advis ed M. S . Chavez , New f,iaxico St at e
Police , that he had just recei ved a r adio call from Officer
Lonnie Zamora to come to an area about one mile southwest
of Socorro .
The call was in relation t o some unknown
object which "landed and has taken off . "
Agent Byrnes
finished his wor k in the State Poli ce Office at Socorro
at approximat ely 6:00 P. M., April 24 , 1964 , and ther e­
after proceeded t o the site where Officer Zamora,
Socorro County Under sher iff Jim Luckie , Ser geant M. S .
Chavez , and Officer Ted Jordan , New Mexico State Police ,
were assemb led .
It may be not ed that it has been the obser vat ion
of Agent Byr nes t hat Offi cer Zamora, known i ntimatel y for
approximat ely five years , is well regar ded as a sober ,
industrious , and conscient ious officer and not given
t o fantasy.
Officer Zamora was noted to be perfectly sober
and somewhat agitat ed over his experience .
Special Agent Byr nes noted four indent ati ons
in the rough gr ound at t he "sit e" of t he object des cribed
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