The UFO landing at Socorro has been wrapped in controversy almost from the moment that police officer Lonnie Zamora watched a craft descend and land. Zamora saw alien beings near the craft and a symbol on its side but was told that he shouldnt mention either. Encounter in the Desert revealsfor the first timeexactly what he saw in that arroyo in 1964 and what an examination of the landing revealed to investigators.

Kevin D. Randle is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and an intelligence officer in Iraq. He studied anthropology and journalism at the University of Iowa and holds advanced degrees from the American Military University and California Coast University. He has been studying UFOs for 50 years and has published dozens of books about the subject.