From
"POLITICA", Thursday, July 8, 1999 Close
Encounter of the Third Kind in Colonia Higueras by
Alberto Morales/Gisela Uscanga An
image. Its size: approximately 8 centimeters. Color: brown; Eyes: large;
Arms: long. Inert. The story told hereabouts is that it has a wound on its
skull which possibly brought about what we Earthlings call
"death". Politica
was in touch with a cybernaut yesterday who showed us a number of graphic
images. Distrustful and sullen, she didn't say much about the origin of
the photos--what we do know is that there are two versions of how the
alien was found. We are only telling the reader what is said here without
making any claims for its authenticity. Here they
are: 1)
On the side of a football field located in Colonia Higueras, a man
who was playing ball on the site noticed something amid the grass when he
went to collect the ball. He picked it up, looked at it, then threw it
back. But one spectator of the game was well aware of his gestures and of
the object he dropped to the ground: the problem is that when it hit the
ground, some sparks flew off it. The spectator went straight to the
player, demanding to know what it was. The player riposted that he could
have it, if he wanted it. The strange object that drew the fan's attention
proved to be a sort of doll, almost the size of a
hand. 2)
A girl found the alien in a milpa (maize field) and took it to
her father, who is only 17 years old. The girl's grandfather has been the
one to face the media during this event. What's
being said about this creature is that it communicated telepathically. The
alien claimed to be an "android" from the planet "Andromeda", who had come
to Earth to carry out a mission which was now over. Being the only female
among the crew, her companions decided to leave her behind...for unknown
reasons. The person who had the "android" in his possession says that
whenever he woke up, objects in the house had been inexplicably
rearranged. He claims to having neither heard nor seen anything at
all. Saucer
chaser Jaime Maussán contacted the creature's keeper upon learning of the
phenomenon. He requested permission to take the being to conduct tests,
and was refused. On the other hand, a specialist working at IMSS Clinic 11
took some photos of the "critter" which are circulating throughout the
city. Thus,
so that the story won't end too soon, it is rumored that another
unidentified being will be found in Xalapa 2000. From
"POLITICA", Tuesday, July 13, 1999 BABEL (editorial) by
Javier Hernández Alpizar Like
in a Scooby Doo episode, the skeptics arrived with a flashlight and
discovered the trick and the special effects. The alien was just a foam
rubber doll, made of the same stuff as the balls juggled by beggar
children at the intersections to make a few coins. Once again, skeptics
are the executioners of illusion. It will be necessary to wait for a
reappearance of the large headed dwarves, fearful that other young men may
discover that synthetics and the human hand are the authors of such great
expectations as a close encounter with other
intelligences. For
the moment, Enrique Yasser and José Hernandez are to be congratulated.
Their skepticism is proof that there is still common sense and decency
among the young. Aside from the natural ambition of having a "scoop" and
the urge to be in the limelight that shadow any reporter who is proud of
being one, their de-mythifying task is plausible. To make a living off
deceiving respectable people with hoaxed videos and photos like Jaime
Maussan has done (most famous for his autopsy of the plastic alien) is a
way of being a scoundrel. The gullibility of the masses does not justify
such behavior: the masses may not believe in politics, the government, the
opposition, and they may find it increasingly hard to believe in God, but
the are eager to embrace any astrological claptrap or alleged visionaries
and prophets in the same way that they are willing to believe in the
innocence of narcocelebrities. According to the massive UFO industry, we
are being visited by beings from all galaxies and they're all midgets: the
large-headed, large-eyed offspring of Steven Spielberg. It would appear
that we are the one's who are different, and that they must see us as
monsters. This time, the fraud was exposed, and no dismissal will be
strong enough, but not because the respectable citizen isn't gullible:
he's just anxious to be deceived. Therefore, the manufacturers of aliens
will be in business for a long
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