THE SOCORRO UFO MYSTERY: A Cop's Routine Patrol Becomes America's Most Documented Encounter
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
A New Mexico cop’s routine patrol became one of the most scrutinized UFO cases in history; and the government still can’t explain it away.
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IN THIS EPISODE: What if Bigfoot and South Carolina's terrifying Lizard Man aren't two different monsters, but the same creature wearing a living coat of swamp moss that transforms its appearance from hairy ape to scaly reptile? One cryptid specialist believes this might be the case. (Bigfoot and Lizard Man) *** The Orang Bunian remain one of Southeast Asia’s most enduring supernatural mysteries, with countless witnesses claiming encounters with these invisible forest dwellers who possess the power to manipulate time, marry humans, and even snatch babies directly from their mothers’ wombs. (Malaysia’s Orang Bunian) *** In 1975, Flora Stevens vanished from a hospital parking lot in the Catskills, leaving behind a husband who spent the rest of his life searching for answers to a disappearance that would baffle investigators for over four decades. (The Mysterious Disappearance of Flora Stevens) *** Researchers have discovered T-Rex could bite with power than they ever thought possible – biting down with the force of three cars crushing down on a single tooth — powerful enough to shatter the bones of its prey like no other dinosaur could. (The Bone-Crushing Truth of T-Rex’s Bite) *** A small-town New Mexico police officer's routine speeding chase in 1964 transforms into one of the most credible and mystifying UFO encounters in history, complete with physical evidence that still defies explanation. (The Socorro Encounter)
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:43.797 = Show Open
00:03:55.517 = The Socorro UFO Encounter
00:24:17.067 = Malaysia’s Oran Bunian
00:35:39.102 = Bigfoot And Lizard Man
00:45:27.293 = The Mysterious Disappearance of Flora Stevens
00:53:53.993 = The Bone Crushing Truth About T-Rex’s Bite
01:00:15.027 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Socorro Encounter”: https://weirddarkness.com/socorro-ufo-encounter-lonnie-zamora/
“Malaysia’s Orang Bunian”: https://weirddarkness.com/hidden-people-orang-bunian-mystery/
“Bigfoot And Lizard Man”: https://weirddarkness.com/bigfoot-and-lizard-man/
“The Mysterious Disappearance of Flora Stevens”: https://weirddarkness.com/flora-stevens-disappearance/
“The Bone Crushing Truth About T-Rex’s Bite”: https://weirddarkness.com/t-rex-bite-power/
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Originally aired: July 15, 2025
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| 1:40.7 | On a dusty April evening in 1964, police sergeant Lonnie Zamora was pursuing a speeder through |
| 1:47.6 | Socorro, New Mexico, when an otherworldly roar tore through the desert air. Breaking off his |
| 1:53.4 | chase, he followed the sound toward what he assumed was an explosion at the local dynamite |
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