Sighting at Mexico's Chiquihuite Hill

by Roberto S. Contreras

For some time now, the vicinty of Chiquihuite Hill to the north of Mexico City and it environs have been frequented by lights of bright color and metallic hues which appear to scan the ground in search of somehting unknown and incomprehensible to local residents. To some of these locals, these events are nothing new, since they have occured periodically over a number of years and have even been featured in defunct publications such as Reporte OVNI. We recently investigated a number of object sightings in the area which show what is probably being seen in that part of the country. This is the story.

Toward the end of November 1995, on the slopes of Chiquihuite Hill, Cuautepec Barrio Alto, Mr. Rodrigo Gonzales was visiting with his sister when around 5 p.m., he and his brother in law climbed up to the roof to take photos of hogs in an adjacent pen in order to show them off to potential buyers. This task was carried out without any complications and the remainder of the day proceeded as normal. It was not until the day that Mr. Rodrigo Gonzalez received his photos back from the lab that he found an object that attracted his attention: one photo showed a golden object suspended in mid-air -- an object he had never seen.

The unknown presence appears in the photo hovering over the place where the hogs are kept, a location with trees growing beside it. Gonzalez remarked that the had not seen a thing, possibly because they were thinking about other things at the moment and not in the strange objects frequently seen in the area. Fortunately, it was possible to enlarge the object in question, which has probably been seen by other residents who may provide details regarding its curious origin.

When making inquiries among people concerning these possible UFOs, we learned that small brilliant fireballs have also been reported in the area. These objects appear to be fire, and remain static for seconds or minutes prior to making sudden and incredible changes in direction. On other occasions, the objects seem to be looking for something, only to disappear as suddenly as they appeared.

All these events have been taking place for a number of years in the vicinity of Chiquihuite where a growing number of witnesses have had encounters with these probable or possible extraterrestrial objects.

During the course of another investigation carried out in the area, we managed to interview Mr. Jaime Espinoza, who photogrpahed what could well be another of these unusual objects pursuing unknown activities in the aforementioned hill. This is how the witness managed to take the photograph in question: in February 1996, Mr. Espinoza was on his rooftop. It was around noon and his purpose for being there was to test a new reflex lens he had acquired for his camera, hoping to photograph a number of objects at a distance from his present location. It is important to note that Mr. Espinoza is not a professional photographer, although he is a shutterbug, and while he is well versed in the UFO phenomenon, nothing having to do with that subject even crossed his mind at the time.

Using an Olympus SLR camera with a 70-210mm zoom lens, and a 3X teleconverter (which triples the focal distance, he proceeded to take a number of photos of certain objects, varying the f-stops and speed of his shots. One of these test shots included the Chiquihuite Hill, whose slopes can be ssen from his home. Just as he took his maximum close-up shot, he managed to capture "a strange object" at its summit. This putative UFO was flying over the treeline in broad daylight, and parabolic antennae are even visible at one end of the photo. Unfortunately, photographs taken with this procedure diminish the quality and clarity of the images taken, but the object was nonetheless recorded in Mr. Espinoza's film. He told us that he had no idea what the object could be, but it puzzled him that such an thing would appear at that precise moment in a location in which UFO's are frequently seen.

We are merely presenting the investigation of these sightings and are not qualified, nor do we feel qualified, to confirm or deny that UFO's were in fact photographed here (as certain researchers haughtily do, categorically confirming or rejecting cases, as the great authorities of space related matters that they are). You, friend reader, compare, analyze, research, and of course, doubt. Do it openmindedly and without bias. Perhaps that way we shall reach a logical answer leading us to believe that we are not alone in this vast universe.