This is a list of alleged sightings of
unidentified flying objects
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
or UFOs in
Mexico.
1883
* On August 12, 1883, the astronomer José Bonilla reported that he saw "more than 300 dark, unidentified objects crossing before the Sun" while observing sunspot activity at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico. He took a number of wet-plate photographs at 1/100 of a second exposure. Although it was later found that the objects were actually high-flying geese, Bonilla is usually given the distinction of having taken the earliest photo of an "unidentified flying object",
with some
UFOlogical
Ufology ( ) is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary claims, extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial hypothesis, extraterrestrial alien visitors). While ...
literature interpreting the photographs as either alien spacecraft or an unsolved mystery.
1974
* According to UFOlogists, local residents reported a mid-air collision between a UFO and a small airplane near the town of
Coyame
Coyame (formally: Santiago de Coyame) is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of Coyame del Sotol Municipality
Coyame del Sotol is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municip ...
on August 25, 1974, followed by a military investigation and cover-up. However historians say that such "UFO reports" were likely prompted by the 1974 crash and military recovery of a Cessna aircraft involved in drug trafficking.
2004
*On Friday, March 5,
Mexican Air Force pilots using infrared equipment to search for drug-smuggling aircraft recorded 11 unidentified objects over southern
Campeche
Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...
. Mexico’s Defense Department issued a press release on May 12 accompanied by videotape that showed moving bright lights at 11,500 feet. Mexican
UFOlogist Jaime Maussan interpreted the videotape as "proof of alien visitation", but science writer and skeptic
Michael Shermer was critical of witness accounts that "varied wildly", saying, "it was like a fisherman's tale, growing with each retelling", while other experts suggested the lights were most likely burn-off flares on offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
See also
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List of reported UFO sightings
This is a partial list by date of sightings of alleged unidentified flying objects (UFOs), including reports of close encounters and alien abductions.
Second millennium BCE
Classical antiquity
8th century
16th–17th centuries
19th ce ...
UFO Over Pyramids in Mexico
References
External links
MUFON - Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures
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Mexico
Historical events in Mexico