Evidence Log · E-V99-094
Allegation that Capt. Holder / Blue Book withheld Zamora's true insignia and gave the press a decoy to screen out hoax reports
UnverifiedSecondhand1964 (alleged) · Historical procedural allegation (secondary)
Record
- Date
- 1964 (alleged)
- Claim or item
- Allegation that Capt. Holder / Blue Book withheld Zamora's true insignia and gave the press a decoy to screen out hoax reports
- Evidence category
- Historical procedural allegation (secondary)
- Firsthand?
- No
- Publicly accessible?
- Yes
- Independent corroboration
- Kevin Randle 2016; Enigma Labs; a published figure (p205, book unidentified) contrasting Hynek, accepted and alleged decoy versions
- Assessment
- Unverified as to who authorized it and the exact sequence
- Notes
- Person ID is the person the allegation concerns, not its author (Randle). Seek contemporaneous correspondence or press instructions. Checked against the Socorro Blue Book case file (hosted on this site): insignia record on pp. 89, 123, 130 and 137, but no record of a decoy insignia given to the press. The allegation stays unsupported by any document (chunk F, 2026-11-12)
- Linked case IDs
- CASE-025
Why this grade
UnverifiedSecondhand From the Evidence Log's Assessment ("Unverified as to who authorized it and the exact sequence"), and Firsthand? ("No"). Grade rules.