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The Socorro Copter: Lonnie Zamora's craft?

Saturday, September 20, 2014 20:01
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In 1959, Hughes' scientists at Hughes Aircraft were devising underwater and aerial crafts, Here's a sketch of one of those endeavors: The so-called Hughes “mobots” for underwater projects and use

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But in a more realistic vein, Hughes Aircraft/Toolco worked to develop a helicopter for the U.S. Army and was testing such copters in the southwestern United States in the early 1960s.

This is one of those copters — the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (a two man!) copter that crashed in a test:

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Two photos of the Cayuse under development:

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And here are two Cayuse copters engaged in aerial practice:

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Did Lonnie Zamora stumble upon a prototypical Hughes Cayuse copter that looked, from the front, more egg-like thatnit did from the side, which is also egg-like?

And did he see the smoke trails as the copter left the area?

(Hughes ended up getting the Army contract in 1965.)

RR



Source: http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-socorro-copter-lonnie-zamoras-craft.html

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