Mexican Air Force pilots film unidentified objects

hot_pastrami • May 12, 2004 1:45 pm
Very interesting...
A videotape made widely available to the news media on Tuesday shows the bright objects, some sharp points of light and others like large headlights, moving rapidly in what appears to be a late-evening sky.

The lights were filmed on March 5 by pilots using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet as it conducted routine anti-drug trafficking vigilance in Campeche. Only three of the objects showed up on the plane's radar.

There are quite a few witnesses to this one, as well as being filmed and captured on radar by a military aircraft. Theories?
Skunks • May 12, 2004 1:50 pm
Aliens.

edit: Or the government. I can't decide.
Happy Monkey • May 12, 2004 1:51 pm
Swamp gas, of course.
russotto • May 12, 2004 1:54 pm
US Air Force having a little fun with the Mexicans.
jaguar • May 12, 2004 1:56 pm
methanphetamines
jinx • May 12, 2004 1:57 pm
Mexico has an air force?
wolf • May 12, 2004 1:57 pm
Who the hell cares about the "UFOs". The Mexicans have an Air Force? WTF?
DanaC • May 12, 2004 1:58 pm
methanphetamines

Very funny
wolf • May 12, 2004 1:58 pm
You owe me a Coke.
Happy Monkey • May 12, 2004 2:03 pm
Wow! wolf jinxed jinx!
Elspode • May 12, 2004 2:03 pm
The MAF's newest air superiority fighter...
jinx • May 12, 2004 2:06 pm
Originally posted by wolf
You owe me a Coke.
:beer:
marichiko • May 12, 2004 2:14 pm
Obviously a few stray left overs from George Bush Senior's "thousands points of light", seeking political asylum, no doubt.
glatt • May 12, 2004 2:45 pm
Best quote from the article: "This is historic news," Maussan told reporters. "Hundreds of videos (of UFOs) exist, but none had the backing of the armed forces of any country. ... The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."

Yup, you heard it here, "the armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."
jaguar • May 12, 2004 2:51 pm
GIS for Mexican Air Force
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xoxoxoBruce • May 12, 2004 8:29 pm
Originally posted by glatt
Yup, you heard it here, "the armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."
In Mexico and in your dreams.:haha:
Slartibartfast • May 13, 2004 8:35 am
News Flash!

Aliens, interested in something more authentic than Taco Bell have flocked to Mexico!
______


The events happened on March 5th. I think the aliens confused 'cinco de marzo' with 'cinco de mayo' and arrived two months early for the party. Not finding a good enough party going on, they decided to start one of their own- alien style.
Slartibartfast • May 13, 2004 8:41 am
Illegal aliens in mexico, oh the irony...
xoxoxoBruce • May 13, 2004 7:46 pm
Originally posted by Slartibartfast
Illegal aliens in mexico, oh the irony...
Ouch! Diet Pepsi out the nose, hurts.:thumb:
Mexican • Aug 24, 2006 3:13 am
First it´s not MAF..you idiots...it´s F.A.M. Fuerza Aerea Mexicana( Mexican Air Force) and yes we have one and also have some of the best aircrafts and pilots if you don´t know ...and modern also, the last adquisition it´s going to be the Su-27 from the russian air force...because we buy from the russian not from your stupid goberment..that only sells crap... last time we bought helicopter from you we have to return them because they were garbage...

You think you have the best pilots you are wrong..your pilots are trained by the german air force Luftwaffe pilots because you don´t have the brains to do it...LOL...LOL...

Read and then speak....We participate in pacific in WWII with a Mexican Squadron 201 and a lot of you idiots don´t know..

I feel sorry for you because you don´t have a culture you came to america as invaders and kill the indians natives ..and now you say we are the ilegals? ..america is ours....and it will be from us like always been...
Ibby • Aug 24, 2006 3:48 am
What the holy asscock was THAT?
bluecuracao • Aug 24, 2006 4:58 am
A troll. I wonder if this matches up:

IP Address is: 141.158.250.252.
Host name is: pool-141-158-250-252.phil.east.verizon.net
MaggieL • Aug 24, 2006 7:00 am
bluecuracao wrote:
A troll. I wonder if this matches up:
Host name is: pool-141-158-250-252.phil.east.verizon.net

If I'm not mistaken, that's a dialup rotor. It won't match anything except by coincidence.
Elspode • Aug 24, 2006 8:46 am
I'd like to hear his/her opinion regarding the Mexican CIA now.
Bullitt • Aug 24, 2006 6:44 pm
Mexican wrote:
.. I feel sorry for you because you don´t have a culture you came to america as invaders and kill the indians natives...

that sounds very conquistador-ish
jinx • Aug 24, 2006 6:49 pm
Hey! Looks like the Mexican Air Force got a computer! :thumb:
JayMcGee • Aug 24, 2006 8:06 pm
.... and a time machine....
MaggieL • Aug 24, 2006 9:12 pm
JayMcGee wrote:
.... and a time machine....

Stephen Wright wrote:
I was at this restaurant. The sign said "Breakfast Anytime." So I ordered French Toast in the Renaissance...I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 24, 2006 9:47 pm
Mexican is in Tijuana, and we know what happens in Tijuana stays in Tijuana... including the Air Force.;)
Tonchi • Aug 29, 2006 2:53 am
Well, eventually you were going to attract the attention of somebody from Atzlan, so don't be surprised. I wish somebody serious would show up, I could use some help explaining this to you guys. You really should take this sighting more seriously, and here is why:

UFO sightings in Mexico are actually better documented than most of ours. I'm not saying that they are more "authentic", just that their government is not well enough organized to stonewall the investigations by private citizens like ours is. I have seen several of the films, some of them are quite astonishing. There was one taken at an outdoor concert that can't be debunked by anybody in the First World, for example. But I will also admit that the Mexicans have a taste for the fantastical and mystical interpretations of everything, so they have several people showing films supposedly taken of aliens and other highly unlikely creatures. You shouldn't let that convince you that nothing they see is real, though.

Yes, there is a Mexican Air Force. There is also a Mexican Navy. It would not surprise me if there is the equivalent of our CIA or FBI, but there is really no need for it since it is well known that people who are well placed in Mexico do whatever they want anyway and will never be investigated. They also have a DEA and ATF equivalent, and you already know about how effective they are. It is rarely the military which reports sightings. They do, however, show up quickly to chase whatever it is that is reported. Mexico also had their own Roswell-type incident a while back, they just haven't gotten around to making a TV series about it.

Don't make fun of Mexican UFOs (or OVNIs, as they call them). It is perfectly obvious why they would show up over Mexico City. It is the largest city on this planet, the population density is massive. So is the pollution, it must leave quite a signature visible from space. Mexico City also is surrounded by volcanos, some of which are rather active. This also could attract attention from outside our atmosphere; it could resemble an atomic explosion and that would possibly bring investigators from elsewhere to check out what was happening. Without joking, imagine you were some other life form which was exploring for inhabited planets. Wouldn't you want to investigate the largest city on the planet? Afterwards, you see what is actually there and say "Oh well" and go on your way to Disney World.

Well anyway, there should be plenty of documentation online about these events I have mentioned, if you want to know more about them I'll translate for you.
headsplice • Aug 29, 2006 12:10 pm
It was probably just the equivalent of alien juveniles drunk in the Suburban.
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 29, 2006 10:20 pm
LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET!
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people
living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Revised (10/01/04)

Shanghai, China 13.3 million
Mumbai (Bombay), India 12.6 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 11.92 million
Moscow, Russia 11.3 million
Karachi, Pakistan 10.9 million
Delhi, India 10.4 million
Manila, Philippines 10.3 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 10.26 million
Seoul, South Korea 10.2 million
Istanbul, Turkey 9.6 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 9.0 million
Mexico City, Mexico 8.7 million
Lagos, Nigeria 8.68 million
Lima, Peru 8.38 million
Tokyo, Japan 8.3 million
New York City, USA 8.09 million
Cairo, Egypt 7.6 million
London, UK 7.59 million
Teheran, Iran 7.3 million
Beijing, China 7.2 million

LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city,
and also include the city limit population figures. Revised (09/05)

Toyko, Japan 31.2 million
New York City - Philadelphia area, USA 30.1 million
Mexico City, Mexico 21.5 million
Seoul, South Korea 20.15 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 19.9 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 18.2 million
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 17.6 million
New Delhi, India 17.36 million
Mumbai, India (Bombay) 17.34 million
Los Angeles, USA 16.7 million
Cairo, Egypt 15.86 million
Calcutta, India 14.3 million
Manila, Philippines 14.1 million
Shanghai, China 13.9 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 13.2 million
Moscow, Russian Fed. 12.2 million
;)
glatt • Aug 29, 2006 10:31 pm
xoxoxoBruce wrote:
New York City - Philadelphia area, USA 30.1 million


That hardly a city. There are areas of forest inhabited by coyotes between NYC and Philadelphia. Sure, it's not wilderness, but it sure as hell isn't all city from NYC to Philadelphia. If you are going to count that as a city, you might as well expand it to include Boston to D.C.
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 29, 2006 10:44 pm
I didn't make it up, go tell it to the World Atlas.

If you follow the Jersey Pike from NY to Philly, it's contiguous civilization, especially east of the Pike.
The forested areas west of the Pike, like up near the water gap, don't break the chain, they're beside it.

Besides, coyotes will live in the city. :lol:
Tonchi • Aug 30, 2006 2:36 am
xob should tell all the news writers, they think Mexico City has the most people. But considering that WE are unable to count how many Mexicans we have in this country, it is not surprising that we don't know how many of them are there either ;)
rkzenrage • Aug 30, 2006 2:41 am
Mexican wrote:
First it´s not MAF..you idiots...it´s F.A.M. Fuerza Aerea Mexicana( Mexican Air Force) and yes we have one and also have some of the best aircrafts and pilots if you don´t know ...and modern also, the last adquisition it´s going to be the Su-27 from the russian air force...because we buy from the russian not from your stupid goberment..that only sells crap... last time we bought helicopter from you we have to return them because they were garbage...

You think you have the best pilots you are wrong..your pilots are trained by the german air force Luftwaffe pilots because you don´t have the brains to do it...LOL...LOL...

Read and then speak....We participate in pacific in WWII with a Mexican Squadron 201 and a lot of you idiots don´t know..

I feel sorry for you because you don´t have a culture you came to america as invaders and kill the indians natives ..and now you say we are the ilegals? ..america is ours....and it will be from us like always been...


This is awesome... I wish I could tell you the hilarious picture I got in my head along with this rant. Yeah, Mexico is so far ahead of the US! I dread the take-over...:eek:
Thanks so much dude!
Tonchi • Aug 30, 2006 2:52 am
I like his assertion that we only "came as invaders and kill the indians natives". Even in Mexican schools, they are supposed to know that the Spanish invaders did away with more than 25 million natives within one generation after arriving, 30 million if you count the Caribbean islands as well. We would have needed another 100 years to come even close to those numbers.
rkzenrage • Aug 30, 2006 2:59 am
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headsplice • Aug 30, 2006 11:17 am
rkzenrage wrote:
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Wow. That is vicious. I like it.
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 2, 2006 7:51 pm
Right over my head.....who is that? :confused:
MaggieL • Sep 3, 2006 4:36 pm
glatt wrote:
That hardly a city. There are areas of forest inhabited by coyotes between NYC and Philadelphia. Sure, it's not wilderness, but it sure as hell isn't all city from NYC to Philadelphia. If you are going to count that as a city, you might as well expand it to include Boston to D.C.

That would be Boswash.
rkzenrage • Sep 3, 2006 8:26 pm
xoxoxoBruce wrote:
Right over my head.....who is that? :confused:

No one... just one of my favorite sayings from a bad movie and he seems to be saying it.