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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Albuquorque , liew
xico
In Reply, Please Refer to
y 8 , 1964
File No.
UNIDBNTIPIED FLYIN'.i <13JECT
SOCORRO, HBW
XICO
APRIL 24, 1964
Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr., Federal
Buroau of Investigation, stationed at Albuquerque , New
xico, vas at Socorro, New .:.bX1co, and at the State
Police Office there on business late afternoon of
April 24, 1964.
At approXimately 5:45 to 5 : 50 P. u., Nep Lopaz ,
radio operator in the Socorro County Sheriff ' s Office ,
located about thirty foot dO'WD the hall frOJ.1 the f tate
Polico Office , came into the state Police Office.
!.%r . Lopez adviSed I.f. r . Chavez , :few
xtco State
Police, that he had just received a radio call from Officer
Lonnie Zamor,a to come to an aroa about one mile southwest
of focorro .
The call was in relation to sot1e unl:nown
object which "landed and has tak&n off. "
A.gent nyrnes
finished his work in the State Police Office o.t focorro
at approximately 6 : 00 P . M., April 24, 1964, and there­
after proceeded to the site
~e Officer z ora,
Socorro Couuty Undersheriff Jim Luekie , Sergeant
. s .
Chavez, and Officer Ted Jordan, New Uexico State Police,
were assembled.
It may be noted that it has been the observation
of Agent !lyrnes that Officer Zamora, known intimately for
approximately five years , is well regarded as a sober,
industrious , and conscientious officer and not give:ii
to 'f11ntasy .
Officer Zamora was noted ~o be perfectly sober
end somewhat agitated over bis experience .
S~ial Agent Byrnes noted four indentations
in the rough ground at the "site" of the object described