1964

1964-04-24 / Socorro, New Mexico

FBI Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr. documented a report from Officer Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department concerning an unknown object that "landed and has taken off" about one mile southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, 1964. Zamora described an aluminum-white, egg-shaped object on or near the ground, two persons in white coveralls nearby, a blue-orange flame and loud roar during ascent, and a red insignia resembling the letter "A" on the object's surface.