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“Popocatépetl”

Stories2

The Popocatépetl Cigar: A Glowing Object Falls Into the Volcano

October 25, 2012 · Popocatépetl volcano (Don Goyo), on the border of Puebla, México state and Morelos

UAP · Cigar · 20 sources

19Thinly documented

Carlos Antonio de los Santos Montiel radar-visual encounter

May 3, 1975 · Near Lake Tequesquitengo, Morelos, on the airway from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City

UAP · Disc / saucer · 40 sources

47Partially documented

Names4

Mexico City Place · 4 stories
The Mexican capital appears in the archive again and again.
UNAM Organisation · 4 stories
Mexico's national university keeps turning up when strange things need checking.
Marc D'Antonio Person · 3 stories
Marc D'Antonio worked as a photo and video analyst for MUFON, and the Jerusalem case names him its Chief Photo/Video Analyst.
Televisa Organisation · 3 stories
A Mexican television network, Televisa turns up again and again in the capital's sightings.

Documents1

NIS Gazetteer Mexico FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2025-08-25· 757 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 486 …W 702 01 POPOCATEPETL SEE POPOCATÉPETL, VOLCÁN MT 19 02 N 98 38 W 702 00 POPOCATÉPETL, VOLCÁN MT 19…

Videos3

Video2012

Popocatépetl lights 2015

From The Popocatépetl Cigar: A Glowing Object Falls Into the Volcano

Video2012

Popocatépetl UFO 2012

From The Popocatépetl Cigar: A Glowing Object Falls Into the Volcano

Video2012

Messico, ufo nel vulcano Popocatepetl

From The Popocatépetl Cigar: A Glowing Object Falls Into the Volcano