Holloman AFB Landing — Officer Witness 1964

On April 25, 1964 — the day after Lonnie Zamora's encounter in Socorro 30 miles to the north — reports emerged from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico of an extraordinary event in which disc-shaped craft were observed landing at or near the base. Multiple former USAF personnel who were stationed at Holloman during this period have described, in interviews given after their service, observing disc-shaped craft performing controlled descents near the base. A documentary film crew from a production company was working at Holloman during this period under a classified contract, and former crew members have described filming anomalous aerial events near the base. Segments alleged to be from this footage have been used in television documentaries, though the chain of custody remains disputed. The proximity in time and location to the Zamora Socorro encounter — both within 30 miles and 24 hours of each other — has led researchers to suggest a connection between the events. Official USAF records concerning events at Holloman in this period have not been released despite FOIA requests, with exemptions claimed for materials still classified. The convergence of the Zamora encounter and the Holloman reports in a 24-hour window in the same region of New Mexico remains one of the most discussed geographic and temporal concentrations in US UAP history.