Ufos In Mexico

TAPPY · 05-17-2004

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- A cluster of mysterious objects that surrounded a Mexican Air Force plane, alarming the pilots and sparking a UFO scare, could be a weather phenomenon known as ball lightning, a scientist said on Friday.

The pilots grew nervous during a routine drugs surveillance flight in March when their radar detected strange objects flying nearby and an infrared camera showed 11 blobs of light, invisible to the eye, hovering or darting about their plane.

Mexico's Air Force this week released footage from the infrared camera that was shown widely on television.

As Mexican and international media published photographs of the objects, UFO Web sites saw the case as possible evidence of a new sighting of some form of extraterrestrial life.

But nuclear science researcher Julio Herrera said the blobs of light may have been nothing more than ball lightning -- glowing spheres that are little understood but often sighted near the ground during thunderstorms.

"Just as you have lightning between clouds and ground, you can also have it within the clouds and sometimes ball lightning can develop. I feel this is one of these rare events," said Herrera, based at Mexico's National Autonomous University.UFO follower Jaime Maussan said on Tuesday the objects seemed "intelligent" after they turned around to surround the plane chasing them -- but Herrera said electrical discharges in ball lightning could have been attracted to the

"It's a very rare atmospheric phenomenon and it would be very interesting to be able to analyze all the information these pilots obtained," he told Reuters.

plane as a conductor.

Rainman · 05-19-2004

If we are intelligent enough to know Mexico is a wonderful place to vacation. Of course a ET that has mastered space and time travel needs smoewere to vacation too. Mexico a good choice. Also I think I spoted a ET on the beach last time I was there he was hanging out in a bottle of Tequlia ( or maybe that was a worm)
Raiman

TAPPY · 05-19-2004

Or maybe they were just stopping in to pick up their monthly supply of Tequila !!!!

**tommy** · 05-19-2004

me thinx that was sctx..........and...........Kinz

Pok-a-tok · 09-28-2006

Well...it's not a UFO. But it's a spectacular Meteor Blaze in
Guadalajara, Mexico. Sep 22 2006

Shredman · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAPPY

The pilots grew nervous during a routine drugs surveillance flight...
.

How closely were the pilots surveilling the drugs?

Seakony · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pok-a-tok

Well...it's not a UFO. But it's a spectacular Meteor Blaze in
Guadalajara, Mexico. Sep 22 2006

Not sure of the date, but if it was around 4-6 am it may have been the space shuttle coming in... I can't remember the time but it was early..that pick looks like there was still some sun.

That's exactly the way it looks like when it was coming in for a landing over us at night.

Just looked it up. Sept 21nd landed after 6am EST... 5 am-ish over Mexico. So...the other site said the meteor was on the 22nd.. but not much info about it.

Pok-a-tok · 09-28-2006

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Originally Posted by Seakony

Just looked it up. Sept 22nd landed after 6am EST... 5 am-ish over Mexico. Could have been that if the time jives.

The shuttle was flying above the Yucatan peninsula towards KSC...
That's pretty far away from Gua. And the speed of that object... But u could be right!

EDIT: Thinking about it..if that's NOT Atlantis...hope NASA had that thing on radar...

cuffedlinks · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAPPY

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- A cluster of mysterious objects that surrounded a Mexican Air Force plane, alarming the pilots and sparking a UFO scare, could be a weather phenomenon known as ball lightning....

"The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."

Seakony · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pok-a-tok

The shuttle was flying above the Yucatan peninsula towards KSC...
That's pretty far away from Gua. And the speed of that object... But u could be right!

EDIT: Thinking about it..if that's NOT Atlantis...hope NASA had that thing on radar...

I had to correct the day...Shuttle landed on the 21st. That other site doesn't give any real info on the meteor.

cptfnch · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shredman

How closely were the pilots surveilling the drugs?

T. O. was covering that.

TAPPY · 09-28-2006

This was a 2004 post !!

I have been hanging around this place for a long time.

Michael · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pok-a-tok

The shuttle was flying above the Yucatan peninsula towards KSC...
That's pretty far away from Gua. And the speed of that object... But u could be right!

EDIT: Thinking about it..if that's NOT Atlantis...hope NASA had that thing on radar...

yes you are right the shuttle was seen above the Yucatan Peninsula.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?s...9129802724U212

**james** · 09-28-2006

I'm not very interested in the UFO angle but the words "Mexican Air Force" got me giggling quite a bit

**sctx** · 09-28-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by james

I'm not very interested in the UFO angle but the words "Mexican Air Force" got me giggling quite a bit

I'm picturing a Cessna w/ water balloons strapped under the wings and the tail painted in primer gray

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TAPPY Weeziana peep Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 14,684	Ufos In Mexico MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- A cluster of mysterious objects that surrounded a Mexican Air Force plane, alarming the pilots and sparking a UFO scare, could be a weather phenomenon known as ball lightning, a scientist said on Friday. The pilots grew nervous during a routine drugs surveillance flight in March when their radar detected strange objects flying nearby and an infrared camera showed 11 blobs of light, invisible to the eye, hovering or darting about their plane. Mexico's Air Force this week released footage from the infrared camera that was shown widely on television. As Mexican and international media published photographs of the objects, UFO Web sites saw the case as possible evidence of a new sighting of some form of extraterrestrial life. But nuclear science researcher Julio Herrera said the blobs of light may have been nothing more than ball lightning -- glowing spheres that are little understood but often sighted near the ground during thunderstorms. "Just as you have lightning between clouds and ground, you can also have it within the clouds and sometimes ball lightning can develop. I feel this is one of these rare events," said Herrera, based at Mexico's National Autonomous University.UFO follower Jaime Maussan said on Tuesday the objects seemed "intelligent" after they turned around to surround the plane chasing them -- but Herrera said electrical discharges in ball lightning could have been attracted to the "It's a very rare atmospheric phenomenon and it would be very interesting to be able to analyze all the information these pilots obtained," he told Reuters. plane as a conductor.

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Rainman life=playa Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cincinnati;OH Posts: 538	If we are intelligent enough to know Mexico is a wonderful place to vacation. Of course a ET that has mastered space and time travel needs smoewere to vacation too. Mexico a good choice. Also I think I spoted a ET on the beach last time I was there he was hanging out in a bottle of Tequlia ( or maybe that was a worm) Raiman

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TAPPY Weeziana peep Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 14,684	Or maybe they were just stopping in to pick up their monthly supply of Tequila !!!!

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