Live Intercept Case ID: be44d94d

SIGHTING: CANCUN (MEXICO)

Sighted On

Tuesday 17. April 2001

Reported On

Monday 23. April 2001

Classification

Light

Duration

20-30 seconds

Witness Testimony

"A small star like light, making sharp turns in the area of Ursa Major (The Big Dipper)I was on vacation in Cancun, Mexico with my wife and 2 daughters, we had just returned from dinner and my daughters went down to walk on the beach, I went to the veranda to watch them.It was a fairly clear night and I was looking at the stars picking out familiar constellations, and was looking at "The Big Dipper",it was "upside down" with the handle pointing approximately east.From the NW I noticed a light that I assumed was a very high flying aircraft coming towards the Big Dipper,it passed between the 2 stars that formed the side of the "pot" and without slowing made a full U turn around the lower star and went back in the direction from which I first saw it, I called my wife and tried to point it out to her(she said she didn't know what I was trying to point out)and as I did so it made another turn back towards the constellation, then immediately turned back again, I lost sight of it as it moved back towards the NW."

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

21.159°

Longitude

-86.8459°

Technical Specs

Classification Light

Duration 20-30 seconds

Source NUFORC

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Cozumel Mexico	2024-02-15	Round	15 seconds
Cancun, Mexico	2023-02-07	Sphere	2-4 minutes
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2020-02-16	Tic Tac	00:03:00
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2020-01-23	Other	00:02:00
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2019-07-02	Cone	00:01:00
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2018-02-19	Sphere	00:30:00
Cancun (Mexico)	2017-06-14	Circular with ring around it	15 seconds
Playa del Carmen (Mexico)	2017-03-10	N, A	00:01:00
Cancun (Mexico)	2017-02-27	Circular, and triangle	7 minutes
Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2017-02-12	Fireball	00:10:00
Rivera Maya, NM	2017-02-05	Light	10 minutes
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2016-08-21	Boomerang	00:29:00
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2016-06-04	Disc	00:01:00
Cancún, QROO (Mexico)	2016-04-14	Round	15 seconds
Riviera Maya (Mexico)	2016-04-05	star	2 mins
Cancun (Mexico)	2016-02-02	cylindrical	5-8 seconds
Playa del Carmen (Mexico)	2016-01-03	Disk	2 minutes
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2016-01-01	Unknown	Undisclosed
Playa del Carmen (Mexico)	2015-11-02	Round	4 seconds
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2015-06-17	Sphere	00:10:00
Quintana Roo-Playa del Carmen (Mexico)	2015-03-09	Triangle	1 second
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2015-01-22	Triangle	Undisclosed
Cancun (Mexico)	2015-01-08	Circle	3 minutes
Cozumel (Mexico)	2014-11-10	Circle	1 minute
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-07-26	Other	Undisclosed
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-06-07	Disc	Undisclosed
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-05-20	Triangle	Undisclosed
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-04-23	Unknown	00:02:00
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-02-26	Sphere	Undisclosed
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2014-01-20	Other	Undisclosed
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2013-11-26	Cylinder	Undisclosed
Quintana Roo (Secrets Capri) (Mexico)	2013-11-22	Formation	60 seconds
Playa del Carmen	2011-11-24	Light	three minutes
Cozumel, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2011-09-15	Disc	Undisclosed
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2011-09-15	Unknown	Undisclosed
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2010-10-05	Other	Undisclosed
Cancun (Mexico)	2010-04-05	Triangle	7 hours
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2009-07-15	Sphere	Undisclosed
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2009-06-27	Sphere	Undisclosed
Cancun (Quintana Roo) (Mexico)	2009-03-15	Light	3 hours +
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2009-03-15	Cigar, Star-like	03:30:00
Cancun (Mexico)	2009-03-14	Cigar	2 min
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2008-08-13	Triangle	00:05:00
Playa del Carmen (Mexico)	2008-04-09	Circle	4-5 minutes
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2007-07-03	Circle	00:00:10
Akumal, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2007-06-06	Chevron	10 seconds
Cancun (Mexico)	2007-04-21	Unknown	30 seconds
Cancun (Mexico)	2007-03-03	Light	30 secs
Cancun (Mexico)	2007-02-06	Other	10 seconds
Cancun (Mexico)	2006-12-20	Unknown	several hours
Cancun (Mexico)	2006-08-07	Light	3 seconds
Tulum (near Cancun) (Mexico)	2006-04-23	Rectangle	10 seconds
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2006-04-20	Unknown	Undisclosed
Cancun (Cancun)	2005-12-28	Other	Half hour
Cozumel (Mexico)	2005-05-23	Formation	not sure
Playa Del Carmen (Mexico)	2005-04-29	Light	4 minutes
Cozumel (Mexico)	2005-01-18	Other	photo
Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2004-09-07	Unknown
Cancun (Mexico)	2004-08-24	Cigar	approx. 30sec
Cancun (Playa del Carmen) (2 hours south of)	2004-07-20	Light	10 Min
Cancun (Mexico)	2004-06-05	Light	30 mins
Cancun (Mexico)	2004-05-26	Other	10 min
Cancun (Mexico)	2004-04-18	Triangle	2 hours
Cancun (Yucatan, Mexico)	2004-02-12	Light	approx 30 minutes
Cancun (Mexico)	2003-11-26		20 minutes
Cancun, Quintana Roo (Mexico)	2003-09-12	Sphere	Undisclosed
Cozumel (north of) (Mexico)	2003-08-01	Circle	Off and on for an hour or
Cancun (south of) (Mexico)	2003-06-02	Light	5 Mins
Cancun (Mexico)	2003-04-24	Fireball	3 mins
Cancun (Mexico)	2002-12-24	Other	2 hours
Cancun, Q.R. (Mexico)	2002-08-13	Disk	unknown
Cancun (Mexico)	2001-06-10	Light	10-20 min.
Cancun (Mexico)	2001-04-17	Light	20-30 seconds
Cancun (Mexico)	2001-04-16	Triangle	1 minute
Cancun (Mexico)	2000-06-24	Sphere	23:30
Cancun (Mexico)	2000-05-27	Cigar	2-3 MINUTES
Cozumel (Mexico) and Ocho Rios (Jamaica) (between)	1999-09-09	Triangle	45 min
Cancun (Mexico)	1999-02-28	Changing	00:01
Cancun (Mexico)	1999-01-09	Unknown	6-10 seconds
Cancun (Melia Turquesa Hotel) (Mexico)	1996-09-20	Light	4-5 seconds
Cancun (Mexico)	1996-08-14	Other	5 minutes
Cancun (Mexico)	1995-01-19	Chevron	10 minutes
Cozumel (Mexico), .	1982-08-01
Cozumel (Mexico)	1972-03-21	Light	one minute