Lincoln LaPaz was an American astronomer from the University of New Mexico and a pioneer in the study of meteors.
12 Facts About Lincoln LaPaz
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Lincoln LaPaz was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 12,1897 to Charles Melchior LaPaz and Emma Josephine.
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Lincoln LaPaz earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1920 in mathematics at Fairmont College and taught there between 1917 and 1920.
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Lincoln LaPaz earned his master's degree via a scholarship at Harvard University, completed in 1922.
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Between 1945 and 1953 Lincoln LaPaz was Head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy.
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In ufology, Lincoln LaPaz's name is often associated with UFO investigations on behalf of the military during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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In 1964 Lincoln LaPaz was involved peripherally in the investigation of the famous Socorro UFO incident, in which a Socorro policeman named Lonnie Zamora saw a small egg-shaped object land, saw two humanoid figures near the object, and then when he approached to within 50 feet, the object blasted off and rapidly disappeared.
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Lincoln LaPaz interviewed Zamora and vouched for him as a witness.
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Two witnesses have said that Lincoln LaPaz told them he was of the opinion that the Roswell crash object was an unmanned extraterrestrial probe.
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Lincoln LaPaz remained convinced that the fireballs' anomalous characteristics had never been adequately explained by the official investigation.
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Lincoln LaPaz continued to think the green fireballs were artificial, but now believed the fireballs, and the Socorro craft, to be highly secret projects of the US government.
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Lincoln LaPaz accused Hynek, Project Blue Book, and others of being part of "a grand cover-up for something the government does not want discussed".