Coyame Incident: Alleged Mid-Air Collision and Military Recovery

On August 25, 1974, US military radar installations in the southwestern United States allegedly tracked an unidentified object entering Mexican airspace over Chihuahua. The object reportedly converged with a small civilian aircraft near the town of Coyame, resulting in both objects crashing.

The Incident

According to UFOlogist accounts, a mid-air collision occurred between an unidentified object and a Cessna aircraft involved in drug trafficking. Mexican military officials in Chihuahua and Ojinaga detected two objects on radar:

• A civilian plane traveling at approximately 150 mph
• An unknown aircraft traveling at approximately 1,500 mph
• The collision allegedly occurred at an altitude of 3,000 to 7,000 feet

Military Response and Recovery

Mexican military units were dispatched to recover the wreckage but reportedly became incapacitated at the site. According to accounts attributed to former intelligence personnel:

• A US military team subsequently entered the area
• They recovered wreckage from both the civilian aircraft and an intact disc-shaped object
• The disc-shaped object was approximately 4.6 meters in diameter
• Both items were transported to a US military facility

Witness Accounts

Anonymous sources described the recovery site:

• A strange metallic object in disc shape with frontal impact damage
• Burned remains of the small aircraft nearby
• An olive green jeep containing the bodies of four Mexican soldiers: Capitan Rogelio Arguelles Gonzales, Sgt Teófilo Margarito Puebla, Corp. Jose Trinidad Meraz, and Corp Ricardo Velazquez
• The soldiers' bodies showed signs of death by asphyxiation
• Their firearms remained in their possession with no evidence of use

Documentation and Interpretation

The incident is documented primarily through testimony attributed to former military and intelligence sources. However, historians suggest that UFO reports were likely prompted by the 1974 crash and military recovery of a Cessna aircraft involved in drug trafficking. While widely discussed in UFO research literature, official confirmation remains unavailable.