UFO sightings in Mexico

This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in Mexico.

1883

* On August 12, 1883, the astronomer José Bonilla claimed to have observed 283 objects at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico, over the course of two hours. The objects were small and had a strange light around them. The objects travelled in front of the sun in smaller groups. Bonilla obtained the first known UFO photograph. On the next day, José observed another 116 objects. This is one of the earliest documented UFO sightings.

2004

* On May 13 2004 Jaime Maussan released his interview of Mexican Air Force pilots showing an infrared video footage from a military air patrol on March 05, 2004 against drug smuggling, that shows at least 11 very hot "spheres" moving irregularly with apparent great speed. The objects could not be seen with the naked eye, neither the crew on board nor ground personal confirmed any radar contact with the objects in question. The crew did however pick up an earlier radar contact of an object moving at 60 mph which was later described as a lonely truck on the highway below which has been located to the front of the two engine Merlin C26A aircraft whereas the infrared targets were picked up through a dome mounted IR-system a little later at abt. -130° azimuth relative to the aircraft's flight direction in its 8 o'clock position. The lights have been explained as [http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/04-07-24.html#mexiUFO oil platform burn-off flares] . Compare as well the analysis of Captain Alejandro Franz in July 2004 [http://www.alcione.org/FAM/FLIR_CONCLUSION.html]

See also

* List of major UFO sightings

External links

* [http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/manage_sighting_reports.pl?mode=latest_reports MUFON - Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures]