Mystery AtlasSocorro Mundane-Explanation Theories
Three rival conventional accounts proposed for the Socorro incident: a hoax staged by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology students, an unlogged prototype lunar-landing test vehicle from White Sands Missile Range, and Philip J. Klass's proposal that local officials staged the encounter to promote tourism; none has been confirmed, and each has been separately disputed.
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- Lonnie Zamora Socorro Incident24 April 1964
Socorro Mundane-Explanation Theories attempts to explain Lonnie Zamora Socorro Incident — Bundles three distinct, mutually exclusive conventional readings, a student hoax, an unlogged lunar-lander test, and a staged publicity stunt, none formally adopted by Project Blue Book, whose file remained 'Unidentified'.
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Socorro Mundane-Explanation Theories was popularised by Philip J. Klass — Klass argued in his 1974 book 'UFOs Explained' that Socorro officials staged the encounter to draw tourism to the site.