REF: UAP/1990s/153Explained
1991-07-11
Mexico City eclipse videos
Mexico City & nationwide · Mexico·Mass video event·1990s
Explained
§ ASummary
During solar eclipse, dozens videotaped a metallic-looking hovering object; launched modern Mexican ufology (Maussan); later analyses strongly indicate Venus in daytime sky — canonical misidentification-vs-mass-video case.
§ BWitnesses
1,000s; 17+ independent videos
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Multiple home videos; astronomical position analyses
§ DOfficial Investigation
None official
§ EStatus Assessment
Largely explained (Venus); cultural milestone
§ FVerifiable Sources
Sky & Telescope analyses; Maussan broadcasts (claim side)
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1990-08-04🇬🇧 UK
Calvine photograph
Photographic (MoD-held)
1990-11-05🇪🇺 Europe
November 5 1990 European sightings
Mass sighting (explained)
1990-11-07🇨🇦 Canada
Place Bonaventure / Montreal hovering lights
Urban mass sighting (police-documented)
1990-08-24🇩🇪 Germany (former GDR)
Greifswald lights
Mass-videotaped light cluster
1991-09-15🇺🇸 USA (NASA)
STS-48 shuttle footage
Spaceflight video anomaly
1993-03-30-31🇬🇧 UK
Cosford / Shawbury incident
Military-witnessed national wave