UFO Sightings in Mexico - 1883

1883

• On August 12, 1883, the astronomer José Bonilla reported that he saw "more than 300 dark, unidentified objects crossing before the sun" while observing sunspot activity at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico. He took a number of wet plate photographs at 1/100th of a second exposure. Although it was later found that the objects were actually high flying geese, Bonilla is usually given the distinction of having taken the earliest photo of an "unidentified flying object," with some UFOlogical literature interpreting the photographs as either alien spacecraft or unsolved mystery.