1973: "I Saw a Flying Saucer"

 

1973: "I Saw a Flying Saucer" 

(From the book *OVNIs Sobre México* [UFOs Over Mexico] by Santiago García)

 

*El Sol de Sinaloa* (undated) — Something happened on Sunday night in the Las Quintas subdivision. At first, it was two young fellows who arrived with the story; but regrettably, we assumed they had overindulged in a certain type of cigarette, and we paid them no mind. 

 

 Later, two children repeated the words of those young men, and only then did we accept that there might be something to it. Yesterday morning, all doubts were dispelled. Mr. Aarón Irizar López—a 22-year-old Business Administration intern at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa—his voice still heightened with excitement, nervous yet fully composed, gave the following account: "You’re surely going to think I’m crazy, but I saw it. It was a flying saucer. Well, just like the ones we see drawn in comic books: oval-shaped, with an intensely red dome on top and a square box underneath. I saw it, and so did numerous other people who were there with me." 

 

Aware of the impact his words had made, the future Business Administration graduate added: "It was approximately 9:00 PM on Sunday night. Several of us were gathered in the area of ​​Rosales Street and Xicoténcatl Avenue, in the first section of Las Quintas. There were older men and women, young people, and children as well. And we all saw it. It arrived without making a sound—no noise, no roar—just a brilliant light. I saw it. Everyone saw it perfectly because it was very low—perhaps only about 300 meters up. It was a flying saucer. We clearly saw its shape."

 

Mr. Irizar López continued his account: "It remained hovering directly overhead for possibly a minute or two; then it moved toward the far end of Las Quintas, subsequently returned to this very spot, and finally vanished." "And one thing I want to emphasize—something we all noticed—is that when the saucer came to a halt right here, the heat became more intense, noticeably stronger." "Anything else?" "I cannot describe the emotion I felt. It was a truly unique experience. And I felt even more frightened when I saw some women kneeling and praying right there in the street, saying, 'This is the end of the world.' I also saw a young boy who fainted from panic, and a young man who became hysterical." He concludes as follows: "I repeat: you will surely think I’m crazy, but I saw it. And along with me—young man—many other people saw it, too. It was a flying saucer..." Something, then, happened in Las Quintas on Sunday night...

(Translation (c) 2025, S. Corrales, IHU)