Unidentified flying objects were seen in the sky around 8:30
a.m. October 28th, causing great expectation among residents
of Orizaba and Córdoba.
Hundreds of residents of the Córdoba-Orizaba area were
witnesses to a seldom-seen spectacle. For several minutes,
numerous unidentified flying objects were witnessed in the
skies above.
It all started a little after 8:00 a.m. as students from a
school who were meeting for their morning assembly saw some
white dots in the sky that resembled balloons. The unusual
event also happened to attract the attention of parents and
teachers and some people on the street. A principal teacher
of the Constitucion de 1917 high school located on Avenida
11, said that the objects were 5 or 7 at first, and finally
totaled 14 or 16.
"They were white, not shiny like stars. They moved in a
circle at first and then they headed single file toward
Orizaba," remarked the witness, adding that both students
and teachers alike witnessed the event, which lasted some 25
minutes. Also in Orizaba, at the Carlos Cardenas Rojas
primary school in Colonia Cidosa, mayor Martin Cabrera
Zavaleta headed a civic event when one of those present
asked that people look up to some balloons in the sky.
"First they were 6, then 9. Suddenly they started moving
while others remained fixed," said one witness. Two of the
strange objects moved toward one side and 6 toward the
opposite side. One of them remained motionless and finally
all of them vanished.
Professors, parents, students, reporters and municipal
authorities were witnesses to the extraordinary event that
was also seen at other schools and sites without anyone
being able to find a satisfactory explanations. Phone calls
were received at this news room inquiring about the
phenomenon. No authority offered an explanation for this
unusual event.
Witness differ somewhat about the time and duration of the
event. Some state that the alleged UFOS were seen at
approximately 8:30 a.m. for some 20 to 25 minutes. Others in
Orizaba state that the saw the objects for little more than
25 minutes.
Translation (c) 2004 Scott Corrales
Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU)
Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid Fernández
