Note: I was kindly granted access by the Mexican government to their capital on a journalistic visa for this article on the events that occurred here two decades ago. As I stand in the bustling Nuevo Zocalo surrounded by the rebuilt governmental buildings, the giant redesigned Mexican flag waving over me (the eagle now colored green) I can’t help feel that as an American, I am not quite trusted in this newly insular, more technologically-advanced country.
A generation of Mexicans have grown up under El Milagro Mexicano, what people in the country call “The Mexican Miracle,” which followed the day of terror and revelation which forever changed Mexico and the world. In the US we are more inclined to refer to it as The 2010 Mexico City UFO Incident but that hardly sums up what happened that day and its long-ranging consequences for the world.
As is well-documented, on the morning of September 18th, 2010, a massive UFO appeared over Mexico City, communicating messages in the indigenous Nahautl language. The Mexican government under the leadership of then-President Manuel Luis Carrasco-sent an envoy-his cabinet Minister Melquíades Guzmán-and a translator-Sandra Ramirez-to the ship, where they disappeared for several hours only for Guzmán to return, dead and mutilated. Ramirez was not seen again, except briefly at the ruins of Teotihuacán.
It was at the former archeological site and tourist attraction where she reunited with her younger brother, Eddie Ramirez before disappearing again. Her brief conversation with her brother is the source of what little insight that we have into the the ship’s occupants. Teotihuacán has been closed to the public since the day of the incident and shrouded in secrecy. My requests to visit the site were denied by the Mexican government. The site has an aura of mystery and is often referred to as the Mexican Area 51.
The aliens-if that’s what they were-then released a giant creature which proceeded to destroy a large swath of Mexico City, seemingly invincible to the many weapons the Mexican defense force threw at it. The creature, nicknamed after the Aztec death goddess Coatlicue, was only stopped when another monster rose up to defeat it.
The world was left with the knowledge that these things-monsters, gods, UFOs-all definitively exist and the impact on the human psyche cannot be overestimated. The incidents have inspired various cults and religions both within Mexico and outside it.
Some of these are centered around the figure of Quetzalcoatl himself, already a Christ-like figure in Mexican mythology. Other belief systems inspired by these incidents are of a kind we have seen before-UFO cults-born out of the existential shock and despair that accompanied the day's revelations. These have particularly taken root in the United States.
A UFO cult in the southwestern United States.
Despite prayers to the contrary Quetzalcoatl has not returned since that fateful day in 2010. However, there have been sightings in the last few years of...something in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Central and South America. The Peruvians have nicknamed it "Mama Cocha" after the Incan ocean goddess. If the reports are to be believed (and they may not be) the cryptid is roughly the size of the Feathered Serpent. If it exists at all, the creature seems to be content to avoid human beings for the moment. Indeed, South America and Perú in particular has become something a hotbed for these sightings, with another potential animal frequently sighted in Lake Titicaca.
In the wake of the 2010 incident, Mexico was left to rebuild its capital but not without some very valuable resources falling into its possession. Not only had the mysterious invaders left behind a great deal of their technology in the form of wreckage from Coatlicue’s massive deployment pod but allegedly also one of the “teleportation rings” and weapons used by the invaders to travel to and from their ship as well as some hull wreckage blasted from the vessel during Quetzalcoatl’s attack. Perhaps more importantly were the extensive biological remains of Coatlicue and the creatures that she bore during the incident.
What should also not be discounted is the importance of the millions of Mexican nationals that returned to the country from the United States in the weeks after the attack. This influx of workers not only provided a boon during the reconstruction of the city but also proved to be crippling to the country’s northern neighbor, and later geopolitical rival. The US had initially gone as far as offering incentives to bring some of those workers back, ironic considering the years of threats and harassment to the Mexican migrant population that had lived within its borders for decades.
In the ensuing years, Mexico pulled all of those resources into good use, reverse-engineering much of the alien technology, turning Mexico-under Carasco’s savvy leadership-into a hub of advanced industry and biotech.
A short list of Mexican advancements during this time: hypersonic mag-lev trains, teleportation technology, cures for numerous diseases (including most cancers), a kind of force field technology, futuristic alloys and materials, and some kind of mysterious clean power source. Parts of Mexico City are barely recognizable at this point with gleaming neon skyscrapers looking more like a futuristic anime megalopolis than Mexico’s ancient capital.
Needless to say, all of this technology has been proprietary and Mexico has declined to share it with the rest of the world. Indeed, the last twenty years has seen a remarkable turnaround in the country, long seen as a backward third-world nation, now a technocratic world leader.
The transition has been more difficult for those of us in the US, a country that has never quite recovered from the economic loss of workers nor the psychological toll of its southern neighbor clearly surpassing its fortunes. Indeed, it has become common for American citizens to attempt to circumvent the miles long, technologically-advanced invisible wall that Mexico has constructed on its northern border, creating a tragic humanitarian situation at the frontier. Under a 2027 program, Americans of Mexican descent who can document their Mexican ancestry can now apply for Mexican citizenship and emigrate to their ancestral home and many are choosing to seek opportunity in the United States of Mexico.
During my recent trip to the country, I was allowed to sit down and interview now-United Nations Secretary-General Manuel Carrasco to discuss the anniversary of the attacks and its legacy for Mexico and the world.
PG: Let's start with the aliens. All these years later we know precious little about them.
CARRASCO: We know almost nothing about the occupants of the ship. What little we do know was lost with Sandra Ramirez, who herself had only spent a few hours with them. There are things about that day that I fear we will never know.
PG: But they are human beings? Testimonials suggest bodies were recovered at Teotihuacán...
CARRASCO: No comment.
PG: It seems like much of what we know hinges on the account of Eddie Ramirez yet he is famously reclusive and has given no substantial interviews to the press.
CARRASCO: Eddie Ramirez lost his sister that day. He’s made his statements over the years. I think the has earned a little privacy. As has his brother.
PG: And what of Mexico’s territorial aspirations? Is it true that you have designs on the Southwestern United States?
CARRASCO: (Chuckling) While I can’t speak for president Zacatalco, I can’t see us making a land grab like that. This is the twenty-first century, not the nineteenth…
PG: Given your new role, has there been any consideration to sharing technology with the rest of the world? Mexico has been reluctant to do this…
CARRASCO: I’m happy to announce that Mexico will begin sharing certain technologies with some of our developing neighbors within the hemisphere in a very limited, very controlled basis. And with the US we have negotiated making some medical treatments available for free to US citizens in international waters, not on Mexican or US soil.
PG: And that’s it?
CARRASCO: That’s it. We are the custodians of great power and knowledge that came out of those events, two decades ago. We have a responsibility to ensure they are used responsibly and do not fall into the wrong hands and the more we share the greater the risk of that happening.
PG: Speaking of the technology, what response do you have to reports that agents from the US or US-based companies have acquired bio-samples from the Coatlicue creature?
CARRASCO: I would say that this would be a dangerous and foolish thing to do. Look, there have been numerous wonderful things have come from our work with them, including revolutionary cancer treatments. But an army of monsters could just as easily be developed by bad actors and used to terrorize the world. To date, Mexico is the only country to face a giant monster attack. I pray that this remains so. Because of this fact, Mexico has a special responsibility to safeguard this technology.
PG: Okay, regarding the Occupants, as you call them, there is a rumor that is gaining traction online that the ship was not alien at all but a ship that travelled back from the future-a future that Mexico is actively creating.
CARRASCO: Well, that’s an intriguing idea but and I suppose it’s as possible as all the other theories. Although, I would imagine there are better ways to leave us this technology than destroying the Centro and killing thousands of our citizens.
PG: And what about Quetzalcoatl and the reports he has been seen in the Pacific?
CARRASCO: I don't think there is any quality information to indicate this. But many in my country see the return of Quetzalcoatl to be a wondrous thing.
PG: Last question: Is Mexico ready for another giant monster attack?”
CARRASCO: Mexico is more ready than it ever has been before.
Patrick Garone
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