This is a list of alleged sightings of
unidentified flying objects or UFOs in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
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 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 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
The Mexican Air Force (FAM; es, Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the primary aerial warfare service branch of the Mexican Armed Forces. It is a component of the Mexican Army and depends on the National Defense Secretariat ( SEDENA). The objective of ...
pilots using infrared equipment to search for drug-smuggling aircraft recorded 11 unidentified objects over southern
Campeche. 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
Ufology ( ) is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial alien visitors). While there are instances of government, private, and ...
Jaime Maussan
José Jaime Maussan Flota (born May 31, 1953) is a Mexican journalist, television personality and ufologist.
Career
Jaime Maussan studied journalism at UNAM and Miami University in Ohio, United States.
Since 1970 he has been a reporter at var ...
interpreted the videotape as "proof of alien visitation", but science writer and skeptic
Michael Shermer
Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of ''Skeptic'' magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientifi ...
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
*
List of reported UFO sightings
UFO Over Pyramids in Mexico
References
External links
MUFON - Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ufo Sightings In Mexico
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
Historical events in Mexico