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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9 in 1964, however, and that has been recorded in Flying Saucers, as it was told to Mrs.~korenzen. She relates that through one of her news sources she learned of a pilot flying a bomber near San Antonia, N.M., on a routine mission when he sighted a UFO and advised Control of his sighting. He provided a description, egg-shaped and white, then was asked by Control if there were any markings: “The same as the one at Socorro,” came the pilot’s response. The pilot landed a ftw minutes later and reported that the object was on the ground. Photo crews were ordered assembled, but at that juncture all communications (the conversation up until then had been intercepted by a ham radio operator) were cut off. Newsmen and other inter- ested parties tried to gather information from the Air Force and were told “no such thing happened.” There seemed evidence from the many reports that were coming in, however, that this section of New Mexico had been singled out for some attention by UFOs. One youngster was said to have been severly burned at the same time he sighted a smoking metallic object that settled above his head. The object was said to have sped away out of sight within seconds. The doctor who treated the youngster said he had suffered second degree burns and required five days of hospitalization. Although the doctor did not want to comment on the possible cause of the burns, he did say that the child had felt no pain, which seemed remarkable in view of the extensive injuries he had suffered. The 1964 sightings were not the first indication that , New Mexico was a favorite gathering place for UFOs. In 1944 an Air Force pilot saw a UFO speed out of sight near Carlsbad. A silvery disc was spotted by a Naval rocket ex- pert near White Sands in 1947 and in 1949 a GM balloon The patrolman raced to his car as brilliant phenomenon took off in burst of blue flame. He tried to alert headquarters to watch for the object, believed headed in that southwesterly direction. 28 Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9 "