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| "A massive UFO sighting took place on Friday, June 24, 2005, in Jalapa," a city in Mexico's state of Veracruz, and was "witnessed by Jalapa's governor Fidel Herrera Beltran, members of his staff, the Jalapa police department, newspaper and television reporters and many people gathered at the Casa Veracruz during an official ceremony in which the new patrol units (police cruisers-- J.T.) were delivered to the police department." "The surprising incident took place at 10:30 a.m., causing commotion, excitement and a certain alarm among the people and officials." "Just after Gov. Fidel Herrera Beltran made a speech inaugurating the new vehicles, and during an inspection of his new patrol car, his attention was called by officials to the sky where a strange spectacle had occurred." "A spectacular UFO fleet of at least 14 unidentified flying objects captured the attention of all the people gathered at Casa Veracruz, who, pointing at the sky, screamed, 'OVNIs! OVNIs!' in a state of excitement." (Editor's Note: OVNI is the Spanish acronym for UFO.) "The police officers also pointed to the sky, wondering what these strange objects could be." "Different reactions were heard" from the gathering, ranging from amazement to consternation, "and even some laughs from among the people, who continuted to shout, 'OVNIs!'" "The newspaper reporters were taking photos and the television crews were recording the unusual spectacle." "Gov. Fidel Herrera Beltran took the microphone and said jokingly, 'It seems the Martians have arrived.'" "The people wondered if the strange objects could be balloons of some kind or in fact real UFOs like those so many times reported in Mexico. However, the enigmatic flying objects remained almost stationary in the sky in formation, described as a triangular pattern in perfect alignment, for almost 30 minutes. This was time enough for the strange event to be videotaped by the media and some of the spectators in the audience." "On Friday night," June 24, 2005, "Television Azteca" in Mexico City, the national TV network, "presented the report with video footage, giving a full account of the unprecedented incident." "On Saturday," June 25, 2005, "the newspaper Diario de Jalapa, as well as others, published on page one--with major headlines--the unusual event." Jalapa is in the western part of the state, about 264 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of Veracruz and 320 kilometers (200 miles) east of Mexico City. (See the Mexican newspaper Diario de Jalapa for June 25, 2005. Muchas gracias a Santiago Yturra Garza y Arturo del Moral por este articulo de diario.) |
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| Unidentified flying objects appearing in the skies over Ciudad Valles, near San Luis Potosi" in central Mexico "for the past three months have caused a commotion and a series of emotions ranging from fear to uncertainty." "The most important manifestation occurred on the 15th of the month (July 2005) at 2 p.m. when at least a dozen UFOs remained visible for nearly five minutes over the city's southwestern quarter and expelled what witnesses referred to as 'space junk.'" "The case that has attracted the most attention, due to the alertness of the eyewitnesses, the time of day and the quantity of unknown objects was the one that took place over the barrios La Diana and Praderas del Rio (neighborhoods)." "That day, as the temperature reached 40 degrees Centigrade, Miroslava and Luz Esmeralda Martinez Hernandez, Prof. Ruth Sandoval, Enrique Sandoval and other persons walking along Calle 16 de Septiembre (street) in La Diana discovered--while they went about their daily activities and happened to look upward--a large number of silvery oval-shaped and semi-circular objects moving very slowly to the east of Ciudad Valles and over the Rio Valles." "'I counted about 10 objects. Nine of them were small or at least appeared so at a distance. Then there was a larger one out at the end of the row,' said an excited Miroslava Martinez Hernandez. She explained, still overwhelmed, that some of the objects made pendulum- type motions. In other words, they rocked from side to side 'like a baby's cradle' and, when the largest object appeared, they surrounded it, forming a kind of ring." "'Look, they were exactly there,' she said, pointing to a radio antenna atop a house in Praderas del Rio." "'I even got the impression they were studying the antenna,' she added." "The account was corroborated by Luz Esmeralda, holding her child in her arms as she explained the UFOs' movement and shape with her hands. 'Yes, I also managed to see how they were shaped, moving very slowly. The largest was black, but the ones I saw were circular- shaped, like a plate.'" "Both identified almost at the same time the detail that surprised them the most--the objects expelled some sort of paper or metallic sheets that were red and black in color." "'The red was so bright that it hurt one's eyes. Could it have been self-luminous?' asked Miroslava." "'The objects expelled seemed to be moved along by the wind, and they fell in different directions. We already looked for them but could not find them.'" "Prof. Ruth Sanchez Sandoval, a neighbor of Miroslava and Luz Esmeralda, stated while she pointed to the clouds in the sky at the time, 'Frankly, it seems to me that they emerged from that cloud.'" "She said she was in the backyard of her house while her brother Rodrigo was inside. He had just arrived from the USA when the sighting occurred. 'I was stunned by what I was seeing, because, although I've had the opportunity to see UFOs elsewhere in the country (Mexico) and even my husband, Daniel Aguilar, saw the (Mexican) Army capture one of these objects in 1965 when it fell in Oaxaca (state) near Monte Alban, this was difficult.'" (Editor's Comment: This is the first I've heard of the Mexican Army retrieving a UFO near Monte Alban in 1965. If anyone has more information about this event, please send an email to UFO Roundup.) "What drew her attention, she explained, was that aboard the largest UFO were yellow and orange lights, and the smaller ones were surrounding it. 'It was as if they had been waiting and, once together, began moving slowly and then vanished from sight. I wanted to record them with my brother's camcorder, but I didn't want to leave the spot and go and ask him.'" "Prof. Sandoval explained that when she saw the UFOs, they expelled red-and-black-colored things. 'To me, they were hexagonal in shape but very thin, like paper or metal sheets, and they fell in different locations.'" Another neighbor, "Enrique Sandoval, at first hesitant, explained that he had in fact seen the very same thing as the women. 'The only thing I disagree with is the number, since I managed to see more than 30 objects in the same distance.'" "Prof. (Ruth) Sandoval explained that the UFOs were neither airplanes nor helicopters. They were noiseless, stood still in the air, and they moved away slowly and then vanished." (See the Mexican newspaper La Manana for July 24, 2005, "UFOs dump space junk." Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales y Dr. Ana Luisa Cid Fernandez por este articulo de diario.) |
