Socorro, New Mexico: Mural: New Mexico's Other UFO Spot
Mural painted on a spillway in 2012 by Erika Burleigh features patrolman Lonnie Zamora and the landed UFO that he saw on April 24, 1964.
- Address:
- Fairgrounds Rd, Socorro, NM
- Directions:
- I-25 exit 147. Drive northwest a quarter-mile, then turn left at the gas station (no stoplight) onto NM-1, then immediately turn right onto Raychester, and then left at the stop sign onto Fairgrounds Rd. Drive about a hundred yards; you'll see the mural on the right.
- Phone:
- 575-835-8927
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Nice mural. No parking anywhere. I literally parked on the street close to the curb and took a few pictures. The street wasn't busy so I was able to get away with it.
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The builders of this concrete spillway never imagined that it would one day be turned into a canvas for an important work of art, hence the lack of parking. It commemorates policeman Lonnie Zamora and the landed UFO that he saw on April 24, 1964.