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The Mérida Alien Video — José Alonso Herrera & David Espada — Mexico, 2005
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
72% illumination
Waxing gibbous — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Mar 20, 2005, 7:00 AM
Timezone
Central Standard Time
Location
Fraccionamiento del Parque, Mérida, Yucatán
Witness account
Narrative
It was March 20, 2005, around 2:00 a.m. in Fraccionamiento del Parque, Mérida, Yucatán, when José Alonso Herrera began recording his friends juggling a soccer ball. He filmed the video with a Sony Ericsson K500i cellphone. When the ball went toward a light pole, David Espada walked over to retrieve it. As he approached the pole, a figure appeared from behind it and extended an arm toward him. Espada pulled away and ran back toward Herrera. Espada later said the figure had grabbed his right ar...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Fraccionamiento del Parque, Mérida, Yucatán.
r/aliens carried the report into the source network.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/aliens.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.