Case: GG-2026-154
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: B
Location: Campeche, Mexico
On March 5, 2004, a Mexican Air Force Merlin C-26A surveillance aircraft recorded multiple bright infrared sources during a counter-narcotics patrol over southern Mexico and the Campeche region. The famous group, at times numbering as many as eleven sources, appeared on the aircraft's Star SAFIRE II forward-looking infrared system but was not visible to the crew through the aircraft windows. Separate radar contacts were also discussed during the flight, although the surviving public material does not establish that the radar returns corresponded with the principal infrared grouping. The Mexica…
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