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City Might Recognize UFO Sighting Spot As Historical Site

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According to reports published at the time, on Friday, April 25, 1964, at 5:45 p.m., 31-year-old police sergeant was in pursuit of a speeder on the south side of Socorro when he heard what sounded like an explosion west of Park Street.

Upon investigation, he saw a white, oval-shaped object resting on four legs in an arroyo emitting a roaring sound. He reported that next to the object were two short figures dressed in coveralls inspecting the object.

Zamora, thinking that an automobile accident had occurred, began approaching the scene until the roaring noise increased in pitch and volume, sending him running back to the road, in fear of it exploding. The craft emitted a flame from its underside and rose into the air, flying westward toward Box Canyon. Zamora told reporters that for a few moments he felt in danger for his life.

Other officers arrived on the scene minutes later, and by the next day, the story was covered in mass media nationwide. Many Socorro residents visited through the weekend and it was reported that at one point there was bumper-to-bumper traffic on the dirt road leading to the arroyo.

In the weeks following, flying saucer investigators and government agencies visited the site, but a definitive explanation for what Zamora saw was not determined.

At the time, skeptics suggested that both Zamora and the mayor, Holm Bursum Jr., perpetrated a hoax to boost tourism.

No evidence of it being a hoax was uncovered, and the site has never been developed for tourism. It remains much as it was in 1964.

The U.S. Air Force investigator’s report noted that Zamora was “a serious police officer, a pillar of his church, and a man well versed in recognizing airborne vehicles in his area.”

The incident was officially designated by the government as unexplained.

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