UPDATE -
Xalapa's Newspaper Attempts To Debunk UFO Sighting
by Santiago Yturria
Last Friday's June 24 UFO sighting over Xalapa has continued
causing stir among the local residents and the Mexican ufologic
circles due to the nature of the event that took Xalapa=B4s
society, local authorities including governor Fidel Herrera
Beltran himself, by surprise.
The incident was reported by Xalapa's newspapers and TV Azteca
on the national television newscast. Their images, video-taped
during the official event coverage, have been shown on subsequent
newscast editions by their affiliates nationwide. According to
the media the incident remains unexplained.
Today, in a short article in theEl Diario de Xalapa newspaper
tried to discount the sighting saying that the objects in the
sky were just balloons, released by some kids on Friday morning.
El Diario mentioned a single witness as their information
source, a seven-year old girl named as "Adriana", a student at
a local school, who said some kids released balloons that
morning.
This statement could not be confirmed by the school's principal
or by the teachers or students. Assuming this is a lone
testimonial it should be investigated further to determine it's
validity, however this kid " Adriana " has not been located yet
by the researchers.
It's important to take note of some considerations regarding
this story and the implications of the different strata
witnesses involved. Besides there are enough materials in video
and testimonials to be evaluated as evidence in this
investigation and determine the real nature of the event.
Different from most common UFO sightings in Mexico witnessed by
the people, this particular incident was witnessed by a governor
and his staff, police department officials and media
representatives so we can assume this was, indeed, an 'official'
sighting.
Then we may wonder if it was posible that these local
authorities, along with the media were just " fooled " by a
bunch of balloons, interrupting an official ceremony converting
the formal act into a whole "Fiesta" among the joy and
excitement of the people gathered there. The police are trained,
experienced officers in matters of recognition. The television
people react, most of the time, objectively to this type of
sighting incident.
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