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The Ocotlan UFO,
Jalisco, Mexico, 1993. By Profra. Ana Luisa Cid
General features: Photographer: Mr. Raúl Domínguez López Date: April 24th, 1993 Hour: 6:00 am Location: Chiquihuitillo Hill, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Camera: Minolta 101, mechanicall, motorised film advance and 200mm
telephoto lens. Final number of photos obtained: 40 UFO observation time: 8 minutes. Witness description of the
UFO: Length: Observer distance: Sound: Muffled, like a swarm. Smell: None. Secondary
symptoms: Mr. Raúl Dominguez suffered
intense diarrhoea for tree consecutive days just after he witnessed the
event.
Subsequently, he caught vitiligo
(white spots caused by skin depigmentation), and several digestive problems,
affectations he still have. According to his report,
those sicknesses are consequence of the tremendous excitement he experienced. He is sceptical about
considering the flying object or its probable magnetism as reasons of the
affections, because he was accompanied by his pet (a 6 month year old dog),
which had no further symptoms. Important
Information: Mr. Raúl Domínguez was
sceptical about the phenomenon, and was until beginnings of 1993, when he
finally became interested in the subject as a result of rumours involved with
a flying UFO around Ocotlan but moved manly for a photograph that had been
shown to him where the witnesses were some police officers. In that way, motivated by
curiosity, he began to watch carefully the sky with binoculars. And in
February of the same year he succeeded by observing the UFO mentioned by the
inhabitants of the place, but in that moment the object was far away from him
so he could not take any photograph. That event strongly
increased his interest and he decided to perform sky observations from the
Chiquhiutillo Hill which is owned fifty percent by him. After almost four months, he
finally accomplished the excellent and famous photos of the Ocotlan UFO. The first 36 were taken with
a roll ASA 100, when the object was opaque, in copper colour. (Photo 1) Following, when the roll got
used up, he charged one ASA 400,
obtaining 6 images more, where it is seen the same flying object but unlike
the previous photos, with a sort of lights in the upper area. (Photo 2)
Just as the opinion of the
witness, those lights did not correspond to windows but a sign code,
emphasising that sometimes one or two of them went out, resulting something
that could be a kind of communication. He clarify that the probable code had
not the proposal of communication but warning little invisible spheres
located in the hill, which went into the lighted object trough the bottom.
Despite those spheres were invisible, he could see them thanks to specialized
analyses applied to the photos by personal of the Instituto de Astronomía y
Metereología de Guadalajara (Guadalajara’s Astronomy and Meteorology
Institute).
Also he asserts that the UFO
opened a sort of door at the bottom, very similar to a camera diaphragm from
where was possible to see a white brightness. The first media that
published the photographs were the Mexican newspapers: “Comunidad” and “El
Faro de Jalisco” on May 29th of the same year. Subsequently, the
same thing was done by the magazine “Reporte Ovni” run by Zitha Rodríguez.
Mr. Domínguez is amateur
photographer, fact that may arouse suspicion; nevertheless the photos have
been analyzed in several countries, never finding a clue or trace of fraud or
manipulation. It is important to highlight
that the witness is a prosperous tradesman and an upright person, honourable
in every aspect; he also enjoys of an excellent credibility and does not look
for profits coming from the photos; neither is chasing for fame because he
dislikes participating in media. The publishing of the
material was never wanted or looked by him but in some way the whole situation
became very quickly out of his hands, because even he admits that originally
the photographs were private material, only for convincing himself about the
existence of UFO`s and defeat his own scepticism. Conclusion: Just because of these facts
and for much more, the Ocotlan UFO is still one of the most firms and sound
cases in the Mexican casuistry and, thirteen years after, maintains yet the
international status of one of the best photographic evidences. Interview with Raúl Domínguez
dated on November 15th
of 2006. (In Spanish) http://www.analuisacid.com/ocotlan_entrevista.htm
Profra.
Ana Luisa Cid México,
2006 Translation
Eduardo Iván Nieto Cid |
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