According to various postings on the internet, Lonnie Zamora passed away from heart failure on 2 November 2009 at age 76. As an officer in the police department of Socorro, New Mexico, USA, he reported spotting an egg-shaped UFO with two small humanoid figures next to it near the outskirts of town in April 1964. It was the first reported sighting of extraterrestrials that was given credence by the authorities and it remains officially unexplained.
By all accounts, Zamora was a dedicated policeman and a fine fellow. His report brought him so much unwanted attention that he quit that job and went to work at a gasoline station. At the time of his passing, he had refused to talk about his close encounter for decades.
By: Flying-A - 11th November 2009 at 22:03
There was a plethora of so-called sighting during the fifties and sixties…usually Wilbur or Virgil from the mountains of Kentucky
You may be thinking about these cases:
The Flatwoods Monster (1952, West Virginia) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
The Hopkinsville Incident (1955, Kentucky) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopkinsville_aliens
During the fifties and sixties there were plenty of other purported sightings of aliens around the world: the Australian Outback, a forest in California, a lake in the Canadian Northland, a New Guinea missionary station, and a lonely stretch of road in Tasmania. Although some were prominently featured in books at the time, all but Socorro, Flatwoods, and Hopkinsville have disappeared into obscurity.
By: steve rowell - 10th November 2009 at 07:00
There was a plethora of so-called sighting during the fifties and sixties…usually Wilbur or Virgil from the mountains of Kentucky
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