Coyame Crash Legend
A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage.
A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage.
Brief
A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage. The Coyame story is famous in border-region UFO lore, but the available record is dominated by later books, television, and UFO-research accounts rather than official Mexican or U.S. documentation. The card preserves the lore claim and source limits without treating the alleged recovery as established.
Metadata
- Date
- 1974-08-25
- Year
- 1974
- Location
- Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Region
- Latin America
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- The Coyame incident: UFO crash near Presidio, Texas
- Source type
- book
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage.
- The Coyame story is famous in border-region UFO lore, but the available record is dominated by later books, television, and UFO-research accounts rather than official Mexican or U.S. documentation.
- The card preserves the lore claim and source limits without treating the alleged recovery as established.
Most Interesting
- A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage.
- The Coyame story is famous in border-region UFO lore, but the available record is dominated by later books, television, and UFO-research accounts rather than official Mexican or U.S. documentation.
- The card preserves the lore claim and source limits without treating the alleged recovery as established.
Timeline
- 1974-08-25 · Encounter
A 1974 crash-retrieval legend near Coyame, Chihuahua alleges that an unidentified object collided with a small aircraft and that Mexican and U.S. forces later recovered unusual wreckage.
- 2014 · Source record
The Coyame incident: UFO crash near Presidio, Texas is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- The Coyame incident: UFO crash near Presidio, TexasOpen Library bibliographic record, 2014
- Mexico's Roswell: The Chihuahua UFO CrashGoogle Books, 2008
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