> > Posted on behalf of Joseph Trainor. > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ========================== > > UFO ROUNDUP > Volume 5, Number 29 > July 20, 2000 > Editor: Joseph Trainor > > "ALIEN INVASION" RUMORS > SWEEP MEXICO CITY > > Silver celebration balloons released by a luxury > hotel on the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City > triggered a flurry of UFO reports on Wednesday > morning, July 12, 2000. > According to the newspaper La Cronica de Hoy, > air traffic controllers at Mexico City's Aeropuerto > Internacional "received hundreds of calls" from city > residents at 10:30 a.m. in the Polanco and Auzures > sections of the city. > Radar operators at the airport "futilely scanned the > skies over the city yesterday (July 12) for three UFOs > which were allegedly seen by hundreds of onlookers > over a downtown area. Proteccion Civil (Mexico's > Civil Defense--J.T.) received numerous calls from > people who witnessed the passage of the UFOs > over the Paseo de la Reforma." > "The 'parade' of shiny objects parading across the > capital's skies unleashed popular imagination," Conica > reporter Julian Tellez wrote. "Hundreds of persons saw > what was described as 'a shiny dot with quick movements > and without a defined heading.'" > "'I don't think that it's an airplane, much less a child's > lost balloon. Airplanes don't have this color. Helicopters > don't have that shape. And a balloon would have burst on > account of the gusts,' stated one taxi driver who looked > heavenward." > "In the wake of the sightings, spokespersons for the > Mexico City Aeropuerto Internacional stated that they had > found no sign of "an alleged appearance by UFOs over the > Distrito Federal (Federal District, i.e. Mexico City and its > suburbs--J.T.) > But world-famous Mexican ufologist Jaime > Mauusan "confirmed that at 10:20 a.m. yesterday > reports were coming from persons who claimed having > seen at least 20 UFOs over the avenues of the Polanco > and Auzures districts and over the PEMEX Tower and > other neighborhoods." > "According to Maussan's staff, they witnessed how > the 'silvery objects' formed geometric shapes in the air without > (leaving) a trace. Many persons set aside their activities to > watch the 'extraordinary' event." > "'I'm very concerned that SEDENA (Mexico's Department > of Defense--J.T.) isn't doing anything. Those things were flying > over their building, and that's a restricted flight area,'" said > one man who was walking on the Calle Romero. > ""The phenomenon soon turned into a possible alien visitation." > "'I've already had a few sightings, the last of them when my > wife was starting to get better,' stated a taxi stand watchman > in Polanco, scratching his head. 'We're nothing compared with > them (aliens--J.T.). They've already reached us, and we haven't > even reached them.'" > Mexican authorities "confirmed that the objects were > simply balloons sent aloft from an event at" the Marquis Reforma > Hotel. (See La Cronica de Hoy for July 13, 2000, "City 'Close > Encounter' causes great expectations and and causes commotion > in Polanco," by Julian Tellez. Michas gracias a Scott > Corrales, auto de los libros Chupacabras and Other > Musteries y Forbidden Mexico para eso articulo de > diario.) > (Editor's NOte: A UFO flap took place in Mexico City > earlier this year, on February 14, 2000. See UFO Roundup > volume 5, number 8, "Police mobilized as UFO > hovers over Mexico City," page 1.)
