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Gen. Ricardo Clemente Vega Garcia (Declassification)

DATE12 May 2004
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONMexico
COORDINATES19.36°N, 99.20°W

Mexican Defense Secretary authorized release of FLIR infrared footage showing 11 unidentified objects captured during drug surveillance mission. First time a national military officially released UFO footage.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // CBS NEWS · CTD-0694 ]

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Declassified archival release
Hotel Sevilla Palace, Mexico City; official press conference