Holloman AFB Oval Landing 1964

On April 25, 1964 — one day after Officer Zamora's landmark Socorro encounter 80 miles to the north — USAF personnel at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico reportedly observed an oval craft land on the base's desert range area. The Holloman AFB commander was notified. Physical evidence at the Holloman site was collected by USAF personnel and classified at a higher level than the simultaneous Socorro investigation by Project Blue Book. The geographic proximity of the two incidents — both in the New Mexico desert within 80 miles of each other on consecutive days — and the near-identical description of the crafts (egg-shaped, metallic, on landing supports) has been noted by researchers including researcher Greg Bishop as potentially indicating coordinated activity. Holloman AFB is located near White Sands Missile Range and had been the site of UAP incidents since the late 1940s. The specific classification level applied to the Holloman files — higher than Blue Book's maximum classification — suggested a special access compartment was involved.