The Zamora Incident – UFO Landing At Socorro
- By
Marcus Lowth
- February 10, 2019
- October 6, 2021
- 18 min read
- Expert Opinion
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- UFOs, Close Encounters
Despite more “rational” explanations, as well as alleged debunkers suggesting the sighting was a hoax to attract visitors to an otherwise sleepy area of New Mexico, the apparent UFO landing witnessed by police officer, Lonnie Zamora remains one of the most credible encounters on record. And one that still holds much fascination with UFO researchers and investigators, even today over fifty years later.
The Zamora UFO incident is one of the most interesting on record
There is certainly an abundance of information available on the case. Three separate agencies would investigate it, including the US Army and the FBI, as well as the US Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigators. In fact, such was, and still is, the mystery...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
You can contact Marcus via email.
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I remember the day that this happened. It was all over the news & there never was an explanation of it. To me, it was one of the best UFO reports of all time.
Yes, I am surprised Marcus didn’t mention this aspect since he mentioned that a group of high schoolers may have hoaxed this. There are a number of stories on the internet regarding this and this idea has been discounted by almost all but the most hardened skeptics. The students denied hoaxing this; Sterling Colgate said it was a candle in a balloon which is ridiculous; no one can explain how it was done in 1964 or now.
Sterling Colgate,a Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist and President of New Mexico institute of mining and technology 1965-1974 replied to a letter from nobel laureate Linus Pauling regarding the Socorro ufo incident and said it was a hoax,a joke,a prank.
True while i was still living in Uganda , we was sitted outside my shade at night past nidnight a UFO flying saucer was ahead of us and our compound was all blueish as it accelerated higher very fast we eas all terified it was just a flush then it disapprared in space.true story
Interesting treatise on this event. I am surprised though that you did not mention the similar event in France that happened almost exactly a year earlier, I think, and the French witness said, regarding the insignia, “Oh, someone else has seen my UFO.”
Interesting (and fair) point about the France sighting. Thanks for the heads up.