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The Socorro Encounter (1964) technical recreation
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/aliens
Live sighting record 5d072dd0-6359-4e27-827d-b12d67db9517.
Using the selected case's real source, media, and context throughout the workspace.
Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Apr 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Mountain Time
Location
Socorro, New Mexico
Observers
1 witness
Witness account
Narrative
This is part of a series of technical recreations of historic UFO encounters using Unreal Engine. According to the witness, officer Lonnie Zamora, a small egg shaped craft landed in a valley as he was pursuing a speeding driver. He broke off the chase and drove over the hill to spot two small beings huddled around the craft, which had a strange symbol on it. One spotted him and jumped. He drove closer and as he did they reentered the craft and a blue/orange flame shot out from beneath and the...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Socorro, New Mexico.
r/aliens carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Socorro Encounter incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/aliens.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.