Interesting that these strange places on the planet all seem to be shaped like triangles, isn’t it? Here is another one, La Zona de Silencio, or Zone of Silence, located in northern Mexico. Could something truly strange be happening there, or is all the volcanic activity below the surface causing the problems? CryptoVille investigates!
Location
The Zone of Silence sits in Northern Mexico and its borders touch the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, and Chihuahua. Researchers have pointed out this area sits on the same geographic parallel as the Egyptian pyramids and the Bermuda Triangle. At one time the area rested deep beneath the ocean so local scientists refer to it as the Sea of Thetys.
The area of northern Mexico is very active volcanically, to the point where many of us believe most of the UFO activity people report (lights in the sky) result from the pressures and magnetism created by the volcanic activity deep underground.
If this area was once on the bottom of the ocean, then certainly, a lot of volcanic activity went into propelling it up to its current elevation.
History
1930: Reports of strange activity in this area date back at least to 1930 when pilot Francisco Sarabia lost his instrumentation and radio contact as he flew over the area. He said his instruments went wild. The plane crashed, but fortunately, Sarabia survived.
1964: the Pemex company (Petrolios Mexicanos) hired an engineer to explore the region and determine if it was a good candidate for an oil pipeline. The engineer’s name was Harry de la Pena. He quickly learned that communication with his crew would be impossible in the field as none of their radio signals made it to their receivers.
So de la Pena started studying the area a little differently. He tried to map the dead zones where no communications were possible in the hope of avoiding them. To his dismay, he discovered that these dead zones moved around and could be in different places on any given day. So his plan to map the dead zones failed.
October 1975: A young couple, Ernesto and Josephine Diaz, headed into the zone to search for fossils. That day they were so engrossed in their work, they failed to notice a violent storm approaching them. They were caught in a flash flood and struggled to get back to their car, which by now was stuck in the mud. The torrential rain turned the mud into a slurry and their car began to slide around despite their attempts to get onto a firmer footing.
The next thing they knew, two tall, well-built men were approaching their vehicle. Both were wearing yellow raincoats and caps. They quickly pushed the car to a safe place and Ernesto got out to thank them. He looked all around – they had disappeared.
July 1970: The U.S. Air Force launched an Athena rocket from their Green River, Utah facility with the intent of landing it at their White Sands Missile Base in New Mexico. To everyone’s surprise, it wound up crashing across the border in the Zone of Silence. People witnessing the disaster stated that it looked like the missile was being pulled off course.
The Mexican government allowed US officials to investigate the crash and what they found was unusual, to say the least.
None of the signals used to control and manipulate the missile reached it. According to an article on the Ancient Origins website, “It was discovered that no signals of any sort are able to penetrate the area – including radio and satellite signals – due to local magnetic fields that create a dark zone.”
It’s commonly reported that compasses spin out of control within that area and radio and satellite signals don’t work.
As if all of this wasn’t weird enough, scientists and local observers tell us that there is a 30 square mile (50 km) area of land within the Zone that seems to attract meteorites. In fact, two meteorites hit the same spot in 1938 and then again in 1954. Locals tell of the night in 1969 when there was a huge meteorite explosion that lit up the night sky, broke windows in their homes, and produced an absolutely deafening explosion. Why would so many meteorites hone in on this one special area?
Mid-1970s: Tyler Glockner, who describes himself as a UFO hunter who is associated with the YouTube channel secureteam10, shares the tale of Hector Alvarez. Mr. Alvarez worked as a park ranger in the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve in the mid-1970s. He claims to have seen mysterious lights and triangular shaped craft in the night skies over the desert many times. He claims he documented these sightings in his diary, but was unable to get good photos of these craft as his camera would malfunction in their presence.
Las Rubias
Then there is the trio of blonds (Las Rubias) that seem to roam around the area randomly. Locals keep reporting encounters with the trio whom they describe as weird. The two men and one woman are all blond, but they also wear strange clothing – strange in the sense of inappropriate for the weather and/or terrain.
They are said to be friendly, though, and they always smile kindly. All speak fluent Spanish and are very polite.
One story tells of them periodically visiting a ranch within the Zone and all they ask for is to fill their bottles with water from the well. One ranch hand finally asked them where they were from and they said, “From above.”
Were the two men of this group the same ones who helped the Diaz couple escape the torrential flood? Some people speculate that they are aliens, from the group described as Nordic aliens.
What Science Says
Despite all the weirdness associated with this Zone, the place is full of farms and ranches with a fairly large population living there. Also present is the Mapimi Bolson Biosphere Reserve, located in a natural drainage area next to the Cerro de Ignacio Mountain range.
- Scientists there say the area is unique, but not for supernatural reasons. The Zone hosts 31 unique plant species that grow nowhere else, and is home to 75 species of protected animals, including the desert tortoise whose status is still classified as vulnerable.
- The Zone is also rich in fossils which will be important for scientists to study as the years go by.
- High levels of magnetite and uranium fill the area and may be responsible for the interference with radio signals.
- Large deposits of minerals from meteorites could distort electronic signals as well.
- A large mountain range surrounds the area, and it’s possible that volcanic activity deep in the Earth could interfere with electronics at the surface.
- Some scientists don’t believe anything strange or unusual is happening in the Zone of Silence. They attribute the strangeness to people exaggerating reports and being ridiculous.
- Other “experts” claim the blond trio tales are urban legends designed to attract curiosity seekers to the area and increase tourism in the Zone.
Living and studying in the Zone of Silence is a dangerous prospect at any time of the year. The area boasts 1500 square miles of inhospitable desert. Travelers will find there are no roads, per se, just dirt tracks that quickly turn to mush during the monsoon season.
During the day, temperatures can reach 120 F, and then once the sun sets, it can drop to freezing temperatures. How anything survives in this bleak area is a miracle in itself. Bear in mind, people do live there, many of them living and working on ranches and farms.
The Mapimi Biosphere Reserve describes the area as, “fragile warm desert and semidesert ecosystems … with rich, highly adapted but vulnerable plants such as xerophytic matorral. Animal species such as the puma (Puma concolor), venado bura (Odocoileus hemionus), grullas (Grus canadensis), and the zorrita del desierto (Vulpes macrotis), along with scrubs and desert grasslands [live there].”
The area hosts 403 plant species, 39 of which are cactuses. They estimate there are 200 bird species, 5 amphibians, 36 reptiles, and 28 species of mammals.
I have to wonder if the area was really that terrible and supernatural, would all those animals be thriving there?
Final Analysis
The more I read about the area and what scientists are studying there, the more inclined I am to believe that this Zone of Silence does have some weird stuff occurring, but it’s stuff that can probably be best described by science.
UFO sightings are numerous throughout northern Mexico in particular, but also throughout Central and South America. Could some of that be caused by geologic forces below the volcanoes strung like beads across these areas? Definitely. Does that mean there are absolutely no legitimate UFOs flying around the area? I’m less sure of that. I guess it’s possible.
I don’t know who the 3 Las Rubias are wandering around the inhospitable terrain, but they don’t seem to be doing any harm. Like others have said, they may just be an urban legend designed to bring tourists into an area that could use an injection of tourist dollars.
Still, it’s interesting that this area is on the same parallel as the Bermuda Triangle, Egyptian pyramids, and if I’m not mistaken, also Japan’s Dragon Triangle.
What do you think of all this? Are you ready to go explore the area?
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References
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/zone-of-silence-00287
https://mexicounexplained.com/zone-silence-mexicos-bermuda-triangle/
https://www.gaia.com/article/the-zone-of-silence-an-ancient-mystery-of-old-mexico
https://lacgeo.com/mapimi-biosphere-reserve-mexico
Fascinating read, Thank you! Wish I could go there and see it for myself. Even just visiting the biosphere and not meeting blonde aliens would be a treat.
I know what you mean, Melanie! It would be so nice to travel to some of these places – as long as we’re careful! 🙂
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