In Koyama, Mexico, in 1974, an unidentified flying object collided with a small plane. The American and Mexican authorities immediately responded to the accident by sending rescuers.
Subsequent events remained a mystery until, at the beginning of this century, Mexico became a popular destination for ufologists due to numerous reports of UFO sightings. Investigations have uncovered strange details of this long history.
On August 25, 1974, a small plane took off from El Paso, Texas, and headed for Mexico City.
The plane moved on its own course, while US Department of Defense radar tracked a UFO flying over the Gulf of Mexico towards Corpus Christi, Texas. It was at about 10:07 pm. At first, due to its speed, the authorities decided it was a meteor. But then he began to change course.
The object slowed down and landed in Koyama, a peaceful Mexican desert town 64 km from the American border with a population of just 2,500. After that, the object disappeared from the radar. An hour later, civilian radio announced that a plane had crashed in Koyama.
Estimated route of a UFO that collided with a civilian plane in Koyama, Mexico. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
The next morning, Mexican authorities began searching for the crashed civilian plane. The expelled group found some of the wreckage, then the authorities informed them of the crash site, which was several kilometers away. The American government offered to help in the search, but this offer was rejected.
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Despite the refusal, the American Fort Bliss, located near El Paso, equipped a rescue team and continued to observe the actions of the Mexican rescue team from the air. These events have been described by researchers Noe Torres and Ruben Uriarte.
Their main source of information was a mysterious document called "The Deneb Report", which was sent anonymously to ufologists in the 90s of the last century. Other sources include eyewitness accounts from local residents who saw the collision in the air. The authors also received an anonymous message on their Wikipedia page that listed the names and serial numbers of Mexican soldiers and some US officials involved in the incident. They are currently busy checking this data, which they say is promising, but they are not ready to reveal any names yet.
According to these sources, the Mexicans loaded the wreckage into trucks and started moving south. US authorities ordered their aerial rescuers to lower the altitude. They saw that for some reason the convoy stopped.
In Koyama, Leandro Valeriano examines the wreckage of an aircraft that allegedly collided with a UFO in 1974. According to one version, the US authorities destroyed the traces of the collision by blowing up the debris.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
The air convoy reported that all the jeeps and trucks had stopped and two bodies were lying on the ground. It was decided that the American group should arrive at the site, despite the refusal of the Mexican side to accept help.
When the American rescue team arrived at the scene on August 26 at 4:00 pm, dressed in chemical protection suits, they saw a frightening scene. All the Mexican soldiers were dead and sat in the back of a truck. Nearby was a metal plate with a diameter of about 4.8 m, steel-colored, without marks.
According to Torres and Uriarte, the cause of their death was unknown, and the rescuers did not have time to find out. In addition, if the soldiers were killed by some kind of biological weapon, then sending their bodies for examination was dangerous.
The civilian plane fell to pieces in a high speed collision. The disc also had some collision damage.
The American team decided not to waste time: with the help of explosives, they destroyed the remains of the Mexicans, their transport and the wreckage of a civilian plane, and screwed the flying saucer to their military transport helicopter.
Thus, the American rescue team transported the cargo to the United States, leaving only rumors and legends about the UFO collision in Koyama. Some elderly Koyama residents remember the soldiers driving around the city that day, while others remember the accident itself.
Today, the Mexican and US authorities deny the incident, the archival publications of the Koyame newspaper for this month have disappeared. The only report that sheds light on the incident is an article in the newspaper El Heraldo de Chihuahua on October 27, 1974, which mentions that a group of Mexican soldiers were killed during a military transport.