The video was 27 minutes long, and was shown to the mass media by Homer Duran Flowers.

"Approximately to 3:00 hours of Monday a call of a citizen was received who warned us of lights that were seen the east of the city, and when focusing the camera in that direction attracted this object perfectly," it related.

The film shows a round object is clearly defined, with a hoop in gray color and black circle to the center, turning, and at different moments becomes nearer then further away.

Mr. Arturo Calcaneo Zapata has informed Prof. Ana Luisa Cid that the watchmen of a thermoelectrical power station in Altamira, Tamaulipas managed to capture an alleged alien entity on videotape, employing the power plant's security cameras.

The likely dates for this incident are variously given as September 25 and 26 of this year.

Mr. Calcaneo undertook his own research into the matter and managed to obtain the news item that appeared in the local newspaper "Hoy Extramex" dated September 28, 2005, in which the photographic evidence is shown.

This is the text as it appeared on the paper's headlines:

Jeff Wachtel, USA Network's executive VP of original programming, has ordered 13 new one-hour episodes of Emmy-nominated alien abduction drama The 4400. Production is scheduled to begin in Vancouver in early 2006 and the shows will air next summer.

Produced by Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope, The 4400 premiered as a limited series in July 2004, earning the network it highest ratings. In its summer 2005 run, The 4400 was the top original scripted series on cable in the 18-to-49 demo.

"Even in this increasingly competitive climate, renewing The 4400 was an easy call," said Wachtel. "Its compelling characters fit perfectly within the USA brand. And the creative team's ability to balance story, character and 'big themes' really makes this show unique."

Created by Scott Peters and Rene Echevarria, the series tells of 4,400 missing people who are simultaneously returned to Earth in a ball of light. Although the returnees have not aged, many of them have acquired new abilities, ranging from enhanced reflexes to precognition. Scott Peters, Maira Suro, Ira Steven Behr and Perry Simon are executive producers.

Aliens are probably common. Because there are billions of trillions of stars in the cosmos, many astronomers think it would be highly improbable for Earth to be the only rock to harbour life. Whether ET is intelligent is still hotly debated. But no one doubts that the receipt of a signal from another civilisation would be Earth-shattering. "It would surely be the greatest discovery of all time, eclipsing the findings of Newton, Dawin and Einstein combined," says Prof Paul Davies, a British cosmologist from the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University.

"The knowledge that we are not alone would affect people's psyche, and totally transform our world view," he said during a visit to Britain last week. "The mere fact alone would be disruptive. But imagine if we got some serious information from ET. Then all bets are off about what our future would be."

Prof Davies is among the handful of scientists charged with thinking through the implications of what to do in the event of "first contact" with an alien, sitting on one of a clutch of committees led by Dr Seth Shostak of the Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in California. The hunt for ET's transmissions has proceeded in fits and starts since 1959, when Cornell University physicists suggested that extraterrestrial civilisations would find it easier to reach out across the galaxy with radio waves than pay a visit. Today, perhaps the best known is being conducted by the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Millions of people have signed up for the Seti@home programme, downloading a screen saver that analyses Arecibo data for the University of California at Berkeley.

And a major new alien hunt facility is under construction: the Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Observatory some 290 miles northeast of San Francisco. The first 42 of a huge array of 350 small radio dishes are about to go into operation next month, opening a new ear on the cosmos. Prof Davies has now become the chairman of the International Academy of Aeronautics' Post-detection Committee, which includes his colleague Carol Oliver and the Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees. "Cynics say it is the best committee to be on because you don't have to do anything unless ET calls," said Prof Davies. "That is not entirely true because I intend to spruce up the protocol and have a few fire drills."

Some years ago, international astronomical societies agreed on what they call a "Declaration of principles concerning activities following the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence", The first step, it says, is to "verify that the most plausible explanation for the evidence is the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence rather than some other natural phenomenon or anthropogenic phenomenon". Unlike the events shown in the film Contact (in which Jodie Foster portrays the celebrated Seti researcher Dr Jill Tarter), "there will be no Eureka moment," according to Dr Shostak. Instead, there will follow a painstaking process of checking and verification to discern a hello from the crackle of cosmic radio waves.

There have been many false alarms. In 1977, the "Wow signal" was picked up by researchers at Ohio State University, and so named after a professor scribbled the exclamation next to a printout of the signal. No one has heard it since. Another set of rapid pulsing signals caused great excitement, until they were shown to come from a hitherto unrecognised class of super-dense rotating neutron stars now known as pulsars. Other emanations have been traced to automatic garage doors, satellites and a host of other gadgets. And, of course, there are hoaxes. Prof Davies points out that, if a signal is shown to be authentically alien, it is most likely from a civilisation that is stupendously advanced compared with our own: by the time we receive it, it is highly likely that the transmitting civilisation will be millions of years in advance of us - if it still survives, of course.

To date, unfortunately "there has been nothing to set the pulse racing". But if he does suffer palpitations, the protocol says that the team that discovered the signal should telegram the International Astronomical Union and the secretary-general of the UN (as well as their own government). The International Telecommunications Union in Switzerland should also be alerted; it has the power to stop transmissions and would be asked to clear the frequency band that the aliens were using. The discoverer, the protocol says, should make the announcement "promptly, openly and widely through scientific channels and public media". Dr Shostak emphasises there will be no "X-Files-style cover-up", or pressure from authorities to classify the discovery. But, of course, there will be endless hand wringing over how to manage the announcement and what to do about leaks to the media. Then comes the question of whether to reply to ET. In April 1989, the trustees of the International Academy of Astronautics approved a protocol that declared finally: "No response to a signal or other evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence should be sent until appropriate international consultations have taken place.''

One problem is that it is doubtful a response can be drafted in advance. The nature and wording would depend on the possible meaning of the incoming message. "It could be an e-mail between stars that was never intended for us," said Prof Davies. Indeed, there is much debate about whether an alien culture with different histories and physical forms will have the same description of reality at all. Perhaps ET could invent radio technology without ever developing the concept of an atom. But it does seem likely she would use mathematics to advertise her intelligence, given that it is a universal language. This much was recognised long ago. In the early 19th century, the mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss suggested etching giant geometric figures in the snow of Siberia as a way of attracting the attention of Martians.

There is, of course, a chance, that an incoming message may be sent in response to messages extraterrestrials have already received from Earth. Some of our radio and television from the Thirties and Forties is just now reaching some of the nearer stars. What would aliens make of news of Neville Chamberlain's return from his Munich meeting with Adolf Hitler?

The problem is, however, that these signals have only travelled around 80 light years, too little for even the most optimistic Seti sage to raise the chance of meeting up with another civilisation. We may have to wait millennia for a reply, and Prof Davies speculates that it would probably come from an "information processor" that will blur the distinctions we make today between living organisms and artificial non-living machines. But we should not limit our horizons to radio transmissions alone. Nasa has already shown the way in this respect: elaborate messages have been put on spacecraft such as the Voyagers now leaving the solar system, including a record with Earthly sights and sounds, such as music from Bach to Chuck Berry.

A laser beam could also be used to send a message. Indeed, our cells may carry one, too, Prof Davies speculates. DNA is mostly "junk", but what if it contains a message from an ancient alien civilisation? "We must not close our minds to communication by quite different means," he said.

México, September 21 2005

Ing. Carlos Cauich Carrillo shot a video of an unknown object that appeared to accompany the airliner in which he was a passenger for several minutes. The flight was covering the Tapachula-Mexico route on September 21, 2005.

When interviewed, the witness states that he felt very nervous and that he felt as though "something or someone" had placed him there at the exact moment the sighting was to occur, since he was initially only filming images of the landscape as seen from the air.

The video was made with a Cyber Shot DSC-P32, 3.2 megapixels, and has an approximate duration of 10 seconds.

Upon reviewing the material, I noticed that this unidentified flying object was performing irregular movements at high speed, vanishing completely out of frame at certain moments. This confirms Ing. Cauich's notion that the alleged UFO was speeding away from the airliner and then returning.

This event took place at 14:15 hours as the Mexicana de Aviacion airliner flew over the state of Oaxaca's Salina Cruz region.

Ing. Cauich has has sightings prior to this date. His steadfastness in watching the skies and his ability to obtain UFO evidence is noteworthy.

As an additional piece of information, I interviewed aviation technician Alfonso Salazar Mendoza, a UFO researcher and writer, who kindly informed me that commercial airliners flying at cruising altitude achieve speeds of 800 km per hour and an altitude of 12,000 meters. This information provides an approximate estimate.

Sincerely,

Profra. Ana Luisa Cid

www.analuisacid.com.mx

Translation (c) 2005 Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU).

Having an interest in the "unexplained" for many years, my ears perked up when Gene Lenore called to tell me about a program he had watched last week on television's The History Channel that mentioned the "unexplained" in the Denison area and in the Bonham area. A little Internet research revealed the story Gene heard about Denison's "unexplained." A visit to the file cabinet revealed a column we wrote in 1991 that talked about the same incident. Watching programs about UFOs and the "unexplained" at the Hunt house isn't simple. My skeptical husband is just that, skeptical. And while my watching doesn't mean I believe everything I read and hear about them, I do find them interesting and there's always that chance that they are true.

Our Denison story took place in 1878, several years before the Wright Brothers claimed their first flight. The daily newspaper of the day, The Denison Daily News, reported that a farmer, John Martin, who lived six miles north of Denison, claimed to have seen a dark disk in the sky. He described the object as a saucer. Now this "saucer" hadn't yet been associated with Unidentified Flying Objects and wouldn't become a part of the UFO craze for almost 75 years. But unexplained objects high up in the sky have been around a lot longer than that, at least in the North Texas area. The Denison Daily News article told how Mr. Martin was out hunting when he noticed a dark object high up in the northern sky. The odd shape and the speed it seemed to approach kept his attention and he strained his eyes trying to get a closer look. The article said that when Martin first noticed the object it looked about the size of an orange and continued to grow in size as he kept his eyes on it. He watched it for so long that he became blinded and had to look away to rest his eyes. When he looked back it was almost overhead, he said, and its size had really grown as it raced through space at a high rate of speed.

When the object was directly over him it was about the size of a large saucer and he said it was at a great height. Martin said he thought it resembled a balloon and said it disappeared in the southern sky as quickly as it had appeared. A balloon is how similar objects have been identified by the government, usually a weather balloon. But in 1878? I doubt it. This could have been the first printed report of a UFO under the simple headline "A Strange Phenomenon."

The newspaper editorialized saying "Mr. Martin is a gentleman of undoubted veracity and this strange occurrence, if it was not a balloon, deserved the attention of our scientists." Bonham in Fannin County had a sighting even before the 1878 one in Denison. According to an Internet timetable of "unexplained," in 1873 a huge cigar-shaped object swooped low over the town of Bonham on two occasions and in broad daylight, then disappeared quickly to the east. A Bonham farmer in June of that year said he looked up from his work and was astonished by what appeared to be an enormous flying snake, banded with brilliant yellow swipes, writhing and twisting in the sky above him. Could this have been that "huge cigar shape that someone saw scooping over the town?

Another Internet article titled "Serpents in the Sky," goes into greater detail about the "sighting." It related that it was in broad daylight when the fast moving object appeared in the sky southwest of town. The people of Bonham first stared at it, not believing their eyes. They possibly had seen drifting balloons previously, but this was so large and traveling so fast that it was almost a blur, according to the article. Farmers were said to have dived under their wagons and townspeople ran inside. Only a few of the braver stood their ground and watched. It circled Bonham twice, then vanished. Its description varied by whom you talked to. Some said it was round, and others said oval to cigar-shaped. Twenty-four hours after the sighting, a device of the same description was sighted over Fort Scott, KS.

Even closer to home is a story of a UFO being sighted on long range radar at Perrin Field in 1953. A Radar Technician at Perrin, Chandler Yergin, said he was performing routine maintenance on a Plan Position Indicator when he saw a huge blip in the New York area. He and an officer, who was the operator, watched as the Blip split into nine smaller ones, flying in formation. Radio contact told Denver and Salt Lake bases of the sighting and they confirmed it. Perrin, according to Yergin's report, was a long-range early warning base. F-86 Fighters from Perrin and others from Denver and Salt Lake were ordered to intercept and destroy. They were staggered at altitudes of 500 feet, to try to get a signal sighting. The formation seemed to be heading toward Dallas. Yergin said they watched as the fighters headed toward the objects that had crossed the border of Oklahoma into Texas. When the fighters got to about 20 miles from the object, it stopped, made a right turn and took off toward the Northwest at speeds calculated at about 8,000 mph. (That's correct, the article said 8,000 mph). Yergin said there were eight officer radar operators and three radar techs in his hut during the episode and within 10 minutes of the last sighting a group of about eight men in civilian suits and 14 uniformed armed guards came into the hut, separated the group and took them at gunpoint to a hangar on the back side of the field.

He said they were interrogated for about four hours, during which they had to draw diagrams of what they saw and write a narrative of everything that took place. He said the "fear of God" was put into them to NEVER talk about it to anyone. In fact, he said they had to sign a document that threatened them with a $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act. Yergin said the objects, whatever they were, violated the laws of physics and he doubted that they were from this earth. Yergin would be in his '70s or '80s now and has spoken in defiance of the document he signed. It's not known if he is still living.

There have been other accounts of sightings in this area, one as recent as 1981 when at least seven persons reported seeing a UFO. One Denison man even drew a sketch of the object he said he saw with lighted porthole with fire streaming in sparks from the rear and green and yellow pulsating lights. Skeptic or believer, you have to wonder what all these people saw and if they were indeed flying saucers or some other objects from outer space.