Mexican pilots ‘film 11 UFOs’

MEXICAN Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state, the Mexican Defence Department has confirmed.

A videotape released to the media yesterday 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 infra-red equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of around 11,480ft, 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.

“Was I afraid? Yes. A little afraid because we were facing something that had never happened before,” said radar operator Lieutenant German Marin in a taped interview made public yesterday.

“I couldn’t say what it was ... but I think they’re completely real,” added Lieutenant Mario Adrian Vazquez, the infra-red equipment operator. Lt Vazquez insisted there was no way to alter the recorded images.

The plane’s captain, Major Magdaleno Castanon, said the military jets chased the lights “and I believe they could feel we were pursuing them”.

When the jets stopped following the objects, they disappeared, he said.

A Defence Department spokesman confirmed the videotape was filmed by members of the Mexican Air Force.

Jaime Maussan, a Mexican investigator who has dedicated the past 10 years to studying UFOs said: “This is historic news. 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.”