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Q: Nelson, what did this object look like to you? A: It looked more like a disc-shaped object to me. Q: Nelson, how large did the object appear to you? A: About half as big as this room. Q: About eight feet in diameter? A: Something like that. Q: Boys, there seems to be some conflict in your stories about the length of time that you had the object in sight What about this? A (by Mike Lilly): Well, I was driving and after the object had gone up in the air I didn't see it anymore. A (by Nelson Smith): Yes, we turned and went down 54 (north) and Mike couldn't see it, but Tom and I could. Tom didn't have his glasses and kept borrowing mine to look at the object as it was going Q: Mike, then you were going in an opposite direction from the object and that's the reason you didn't see the object as long as the other boys? A: Yes. Man, I was scared and wanted to get out or there. Q: Now boys, you know if this story gets around that you may possibly be endangering the reputations of yourselves, your family and your friends, especially if you are not giving me the complete truth about this matter? A: Yes, we know. But we are telling you the truth. Probably the most tantalizing and mysterious sighting that was recorded during the first half of the 1960s was the one reported at Socorro, N.M., on April 24, 1964. The lone observer was a reliable Dr. Allen Hynek in his report to Project Blue Book, after investigating the case, wrote that he considered "this one of the major UFO sightings in the history of the Air Force's consideration of this subject." About the observer, Dr. Hynek wrote that: "Zamora, although not overly articulate, is basically sincere, honest, and reliable. He would not be capable of contriving a complex hoax, nor would his temperament indicate that he would have the slightest interest in such. He was simply a cop on duty, relinquished one discharge of that duty (chasing a speeding car) for another which he thought was of more immediate importance (investigating the possible explosion of a dynamite shack). His fright was genuine, and his feeling that he had seen something truly unusual is attested by the fact that he asked whether he should speak to the priest first before saying anything about it. south along 54. That's how the case now rests, concerning the sighting at Urbana, Ohio. police officer, a Sergeant in the Socorro Police Department, named Lonnie Zamora.