Some of you might recall I posted a web link to the volcano cam just one week prior. At that time, and posted here again, was a UFO in the exact same region as witnessed by the airline.
From Scott Corrales
Inexplicata - The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
2-2-7
A report from Ana Luisa Cid
On January 28, 2007, flight mechanic Enrique Morales Piedras recorded-on his cellphone-- a sperical object crossing the skies over the region of the Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes.
According to a report given to researcher Alfonso Salazar, he was aboard a Boeing 737-200, registration XA-MAC, flying between Mexico City and Puerto Vallarta.
The witness says the flight took off at 9:20 a.m. toward Texcoco on runway 5 right. The airliner began to rise and at an elevation of 10,000 feet followed the Toluca VOR. At this time Mr. Morales Piedras began to make a recording with his cellphone, since the view was inspiring, the volcanoes were covered in snow and the weather was completely clear and sunny.
As he recorded the scenery, the airliner's captan said: "Look, what's that over there?" pointing straight ahead. It was at that moment that he recorded in the eleven o'clock position a spherical, seemingly metallic object at an estimated distance of 200 meters. The time was 9:23 a.m.
"What is most relevant of this evidence upon reviewing the video, aside from seeing the sphere, the audio picks up the TICAS alarm, which repeats: "Traffic, traffic..." meaning that the on-board collision avoidance radar picked up the flying object, which then moved to the left and sped away quickly," concluded researcher Alfonso Salazar, adding that as soon as he has the witness's authorization, he will release the recording.
(translation © 2007 S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid and Alfonso Salazar) Link
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From Scott Corrales
Inexplicata - The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
'Por Esto' (newspaper) Mérida, Yucatán
'El Diario de Yucatán' (newspaper)
2-2-7
On the evening of January 27, 2007 at 8:30 p.m., dozens of people informed the local media of Yucatán, Mérida of the presence of unidentified flying objects in the sky, which they described as having a circular shape with eight surrounding lights, adding that the object made oscillating movements and that it vanished into the horizon after a few minutes.
This sighting was captured on video by Mr. René Couoh Chacón from the Vicente Solís district, showing the evidence to reporters from the "Por Esto" newspaper and Mexican researchers Gustavo Aleman and Prof. Silvestre Leal of the OVNI MERIDA group.
According to the witnesses, around 6 p.m. and before the sighting of the alleged UFO, a kind of shooting star crossed the firmament from west to east, but it had a rectangular shape and a trail of light.
Victor Lara Martinez, a reporter for the "Por Esto" daily, says that one woman interviewed stated that some onlookers heard the alleged UFO make a noise similar to that of helicopters, although its shape did not correspond at all to the means of transportation in question.
Researchers from OVNI MERIDA are currently analyzing the video, saying that they wish to ascertain if a UFO or a balloon was involved, moreover because said community manufactures large "Cantoya"-type balloons surrounded by luminaries. However, and without dismissing the possibility a priori, we believe that residents of the town in question can identify one of those balloons correctly and the sighting would not have been the cause for such a commotion, one that was even worthy of mention in the press..
It should be noted that reports of nocturnal UFOs over Mexico were received on this same date.
(translation © 2007, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid, Gustavo Aleman and Prof. Silvestre Leal)
Source with photos