From: John Velez <johnvelez.aic.nul>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 17:05:13 -0400
Fwd Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 07:24:43 -0400
Subject: Translation Of March '04 Mexico UFOs - Part 1


Hello All,

As advertised, here is the first installment. Any major goofs in
translation can be laid at my doorstep. ;)

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Source: http://www.ovnistv.tv/noti_mayo/n_11mayo_reporte.htm

El 5 de marzo 2004 UN AVION DE LA FUERZA AEREA MEXICANA
TIENE UN ENCUENTRO DE RADAR CON ONCE OBJETOS VOLADORES NO
IDENTIFICADOS; LA SECRETAR=CDA DE LA DEFENSA NACIONAL
AUTORIZA LA DIFUSION DE LAS IM=C1GENES

On March 5, 2004 a Mexican Air Force plane had a radar encounter
with eleven unidentified flying objects. The Secretary of
National Defense has authorized the dissemination of the images.

[ 1 - 3 Partes ]

Part One of Three

El 5 de marzo del 2004 sera recordado como un d=EDa historico, no
solo para la investigacion del fenomeno OVNI, sino tambien para
las Fuerzas Armadas de nuestro pa=EDs; ese d=EDa, un grupo integrado
por militares pertenecientes a la Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, tuvo un
encuentro inusual con un fenomeno aereo, un hecho extraordinario
que seguramente abrira una nueva era en la investigacion de los
Objetos Voladores No Identificados.

March 5, 2004 will go into the record-book as an historic day
for the investigation of the UFO phenomenon and for the armed
forces of our country; on that day a group belonging to the
Mexican Air Force had an unusual encounter with an aerial
phenomenon. An extraordinary event which surely will usher in a
new era in the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects.

Ese d=EDa, un grupo integrado por 8 militares realizaban un
sobrevuelo de vigilancia durante una mision de combate al
narcotrafico, a bordo de un avion bimotor MERLIN C26/A, entre la
ciudad de Copalar, en el estado de Chiapas, y Ciudad del Carmen,
en el estado de Campeche. Entre las 5:00 y 5:30 p.m., el
operador del radar Teniente German Mar=EDn Ram=EDrez, repentinamente
ubico en la pantalla la presencia de 'ecos desconocidos', que en
primera instancia creyo que senalaban la presencia de aviones
ilegales operando en la zona. Tras ser informado, el piloto de
la aeronave militar, el Mayor Magdaleno Castanon Munoz, tomo
rumbo hacia donde el operador de radar le indico, esto es, a dos
millas de su posicion inicial. Sorprendentemente, al estar en el
punto en donde se supon=EDa deb=EDan estar las aeronaves no
identificadas, la tripulacion del avion de la Fuerza Aerea
Mexicana no ubico visualmente a los objetos.

That day a group of eight military personnel was executing an
observational fly-over mission in order to combat [intercept--
JV] illegal narcotics traffic. They were flying aboard a
twin-engine Merlin C26/A, between the city of Copalar, in the
state of Chiapas, and the city of Carmen, in the state of
Campeche.

Between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, the radar operator Lieutenant German
Mar=EDn Ram=EDrez, suddenly noticed the presence of 'unknown
returns/echoes' on his screen. At first he thought it signalled
the presence of aircraft operating illegally in the zone/area.

After being informed of the situation, the pilot of the military
aircraft, Major Magdaleno Castanon Munoz, altered course, moving
toward the area the radar operator indicated the unknown traffic
was currently located - two miles from its initial position.
Surprisingly, when they reached the area where the unknown
traffic 'should have' been, the crew of the Mexican Air Force
plane could not visually detect the objects.

Este hecho habr=EDa de inquietarlos, ya que el radar segu=EDa
senalado la misma ubicacion para aquella extrana presencia. Por
lo tanto, solicitaron al operador de la camara infrarroja
"FLIR", el Teniente Mario Adrian Vazquez Tellez, que observara
el monitor de la misma para tratar de encontrar el trafico
desconocido que era registrado y reportado. Incre=EDblemente, fue
=FAnicamente por medio de este dispositivo, que tiene la capacidad
de detectar ondas de calor a traves de la vision infrarroja, por
la que pudieron detectar lo que, cre=EDan, se trataba de aeronaves
no identificadas. Ante tan inusual acontecimiento y como parte
de su deber, los oficiales de la Fuerza Aerea decidieron darle
seguimiento a lo que detectaron con la camara, ya que se trataba
de unas extranas luces que se pod=EDan apreciar en la pantalla de
abordo conectada a la camara "FLIR". Cabe senalar que el radar
del avion segu=EDa dando la misma ubicacion para los Objetos
Voladores No Identificados.

This fact [that they could not visually ID the objects--JV] was
disturbing to them because radar signals indicated that they
were in the same location as the strange presence/phenomena.
Therefore the "FLIR" - infra-red camera - operator Lieutenant
Mario Adrian Vazquez Tellez, looked at his screen to ascertain
if the same 'unknown traffic' was still where it had been
registered/reported originally. Incredibly it was only by the
use of the infra-red equipment that they were able to detect
heat signatures that they believed were the unidentified
aircraft.

Because of these unusual events and because it was part of what
they do, Air Force officials decided to give the crew permission
to initiate _pursuit_ of the unknown objects they were detecting
with the [FLIR] camera. Because the strange lights were so
unusual they could be detected on the attack screen of the
"FLIR" camera. The airplane's radar kept giving the same
location for the unidentified flying objects.

End of part 1. Stay tuned... same Bat time, same Bat channel...
please be patient.


John Velez
40 acres, 1 mule! ;]