SUBJECT: THE ZONE OF SILENCE FILE: UFO2646 November 29, 1991 ZONE1.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Jimmy Ward and Pete Navarro. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Zone of Silence and Miscellaneous Related Information compiled by P. G. Navarro in collaboration with Jimmy Ward Phenomena observed in the area known as the Zone of Silence, which covers an area from San Jose del Central and Mohovano to the 27th Parallel, including the junction of the states of Coahuila, Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. With the center about 26 degrees, 45 minutes North and 103 degrees, 40 minutes West. (By the Cultural Center of the Laguna de Torreon): 1. In certain parts of this area, propagation of radio waves is difficult, and sometimes impossible, hence the name given to the place : The Sierra, or Zone of Silence. 2. There are frequent falls of meteorites in the area. 3. There is an abundance of fossils (some are more than 60 million years old). They can be picked up from the surface of the ground in sharply defined areas, where crystallized minerals with strange shapes can also be found. 4. Strong instantaneous concentrations of energy in sporadic form has been detected, possibly cosmic or neutron rays. 5. Small desert plants with abnormal characteristics are to be found there. Probably caused by mutations. 6. Other odd phenomena : Animals are subject to strange behavior. They lose their sense of direction. For example : Dogs have FITS OF TERROR for no apparent reason. Turtles turn over on their backs. If they are placed on their feet they roll over again and remain in this position till they die. Other information states that the Zone of Silence is in an area Page 1 located some 225 miles south of the U.S. - Mexico border - 1000 kilometers North of Mexico City. It is N.E. of Ceballos in the State of Durango. It is near the town of San Jose (a map of Mexico shows San Jose to be a town N.E. of Ceballos and is known simply as "San Jose" and NOT San Jose del Central NOR San Jose del Centro, which might have been its earlier designation). The 3 X 3 X 3 kilometer area known as the Zone of Silence is actually about 70 miles to the Southeast of San Jose at the border- line between the States of Coahuila and Durango. (Some 30 miles North of the 26th Parallel near the towns of La Campana and Tlahualilo, Durango). In the book "Ancient Mysteries of the Mexican and Mayan Pyramids" by Warren Smith, it is stated that the Zone of Silences was first noted in 1969 by an engineer of the Mexican Oil Cartel (PEMEX) named Harry de la Pena, who was prospecting in the area for possible oil-bearing geological formations. De la Pena found the "Zone of Silence" to be a TRIANGULAR area measuring 3 X 3 X 3 kilometers. He presumed that possibly enormous deposits of magnetic iron might be under that desert area, known as Bolson de Mapimi (The Mapimi Desert or "Pocket"), which would account for the short-circuiting of electrical equipment in that location. There is a branch office or experimental station near that area (at Ceballos), which is run by the University of Mexico under Carlos Graef Fernandez to investigate the strange phenomena encountered there. It is said that rocks have been found which resemble pieces of CORRODED METAL (like machine parts). Mexican investigators have found a METALLIC POWDER in the area that consisted of MICROSCOPIC HOLLOW SPHERES that seemed to have CONTAINED A GAS before they burst. In February, 1969 a Soviet spacecraft which appeared to be on a collision course with a meteor, was turned to one side (intentionally deviated from its course) to avoid collision. The meteor SWERVED TOWARD THE SPACECRAFT but returned to its original course and fell near the Zone of Silence. Investigators found the metallic powder in the area where this meteor landed. On July 11, 1970 an Atlas-Agena rocket was deviated from its course and fell near Ceballos (in the Zone of Silence). Permission was given by the Mexican government for U.S. scientists to retrieve the rocket. It took them several days before they could locate it. For a number of years the U.S. has shown an interest in this area of the Mapimi Desert. The search for the lost rocket afforded the scientists an opportunity to conduct their own investigation of the area. They took many samples of earth and plants and animal life from the region and transported it to their laboratories in the U.S. It was in 1969 that my uncle, Stanley N. was in Mexico visiting relatives. He was in the town of Sacramento in the State of Coahuila, which is about 60 miles from the eastern extremities of the Mapimi Desert. On, or about May 22nd of that year he observed a strange light (or object) which was moving at a high rate of speed in a direction from north to south toward the west (toward the area Page 2 of the Mapimi Desert). It was traveling in a straight line but seemed to suddenly curve down and may have landed in the area of the Zone of Silence. The object was bluish-green and silent. It was seen by many residents of the town. The time was about 7 PM but it was still daylight. Another object, similar to the first one was observed a few days later. It also moved in a horizontal trajectory, then dropped down in the same region toward the area of the Mapimi Desert. It should be noted that Stanley N. had never heard about the Zone of Silence nor about the strange things occurring in that region, but his observations pinpointed this particular area as the place where these objects had presumably landed (or fallen), for there is definitely something in that area which draws (or attracts) certain falling objects, including rockets or meteorites. Another strange thing that Stanley N. observed at that time was that soon after the appearance of these objects, there was an EPIDEMIC OF LIZARDS OF A STRANGE VARIETY which suddenly appeared in and near the town of Sacramento. One person claimed to have seen an object as large as a coffee table fall from the sky. Upon investigation it was found to be a conglomerate of lizards which seemed to be all glued together like a plastic ball or "like a chunk of ice". Many of these lizards were also seen at Becerra, Coahuila. From "Travels in the Interior of Mexico" by Lt. R. W. Hardy of the British Royal Navy: "At the town of San Gregorio is an enormous mass of malleable iron and nickel, perhaps the aerolites which Mr. Humboldt described as being near the town of Durango. Many attempts have been made to melt down this mass of iron, but without success. The iron, in consequence of the admixture of nickel, is so exceedingly hard that, when cold, no chisel will cut it." The above was written during the travels of Lt. Hardy through the area of the Mapimi Desert in 1825-1828. A more recent account of happenings in the area is the incident involving a 36-year old American ex-clergyman who allegedly came in contact with the crew of a UFO which landed in, or near, the Zone of Silence in 1974. Near the area of the Zone of Silence is a valley which has been called the "Valley of Marvels" by the scientists who went there to investigate an ancient tomb in which were buried some strange, giant-sized beings, standing up. Some pictographs were found near the tomb which depicted some oval-shaped objects showing footprints leading from them toward what appeared to be some hills or mountains in the distance. I am inclined to believe that the pictographs were probably made by these strange beings, who landed (or fell) into that area long ago, probably attracted by the same thing which attracts objects there today. (I observed a meteor which passed over Houston, Texas on Page 3 April 6, 1969. It was also observed over Lake Charles, Louisiana. I saw it break up into two separate pieces. Later, in talking with the director of Burke Baker Planetarium I learned that one piece had landed in the Pacific Ocean. The other piece had landed somewhere in Mexico. If you were to trace the route of this piece of meteorite which deviated from the large piece I believe you will find that it landed somewhere in the Zone of Silence.) I believe that the giant-sized beings found near that area (some of them were over nine feet tall) used PICTOGRAPHS TO TELL OF THEIR LANDING because it was the best graphic means to communicate with the natives of the area, who would not understand their written symbols. These pictographs are a record of their landing (or crash- landing) and they also show that at least one of their party left the landing site and walked toward some mountains in the distance, (toward the Delicias Mountains, which are in the region of the Mapimi Desert, close to the Zone of Silence) perhaps attracted by whatever it is that has attracted others to the area to this day. There is no doubt that what attracted later visitors to this area was the silver that is abundant in that area, for there are many working and worked-up mines spread out throughout the area in the Northern part of that desert area. Lt. Hardy, in his journal states that "San Pedro is in a valley, into which several rivulets run and from whence the water has no escape, except by filtration and evaporation. A lake of considerable size has formed in consequence. In a neighboring hillock are the ruins of a small fort, which was erected at the commencement of the revolution (the revolt against Spanish rule). The distance from hence to Mapimi is 14 leagues in an E.N.E. direction, where there are some very valuable mines, worked by natives. It is said to be the most promising mining district in the republic." I believe that this member of the party undertook to make this journey by foot to the Delicias Mountains, which were toward the northwest. He died in that region, his body (or skeleton) being discovered in this century by two farmers from near the town of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, who went into the mountains on a camping trip and found the skeleton of a giant-sized man in a cave. (The Delicias Mountains are west of the road that runs between the towns of Cuatro Cienegas and San Pedro). It is possible that this giant being was one of the six who landed in the Valley of Marvels. He probably died in the mountains due to the harsh climate and rigorous conditions in the area. The others may have lived out their lives in the Valley region, probably trying to make contact with others of their kind, and possibly also trying to repair their spacecraft. It might even be this ancient spaceship that is causing some of the strange emanations, or whatever it is, that is causing the interference with radio waves and electrical devices, for they may have eventually buried their ship. There is positive evidence that they died there, for their bodies were found in a circular tomb, standing up. They were fair-haired and very tall, and although they had human characteristics, they were still very different from humans and it is believed that they may have been extraterrestrial beings. Other beings of giant proportions have also been discovered near the town of Tepic, in the State of Nayarit in Mexico. Perhaps these Page 4 were members of the same party, who went south and perished there. Senor de Valda, in 1938 found some ancient grave-mounds containing several skeletons of men AND WOMEN. They were all from eight to nine feet tall. (From Mysteries of Ancient America, by Wilkins) Other theories connected with the giant-sized beings of the Valley of Marvels and some recent findings in an area about 160 miles to the North of Tepic. This concerns a coastal area near the town of Dimas, in the State of Sinaloa, where a large assortment of carved rocks cover a large area of the beach. It is a very inaccessible and deserted stretch of rock and pebble-strewn beach where even the residents of the town of Dimas do not usually go because of its inaccessibility, and because of the sharks, which discourage swimming in the area. Thus the place is hardly ever visited. According to the authors of an article in CONTACTOS EXTRATERRESTRES, a Mexican publication, they had gone into that area to investigate and take pictures of the rocks with their fascinating drawings and carvings. (They are Hector Chavarria Liu and Pablo Latapi Ortega). They are of the opinion that these rocks contain geometric designs which may be a "message" or "book" left by unknown denizens of the area perhaps thousands of years ago. Could these carved rocks have any connection with the beings who landed near the Zone of Silence and later journeyed to Tepic? This place is not too far from the tourist town of Mazatlan. According to the authors of the article, the designs inscribed and cut in the rocks....the intentions of the artist (who made them) seem to have been to perpetuate the memory of an extraterrestrial visit....so long ago that no history records it". Only the rocks with their obscure messages remain. In Biografia de Mexico, in a chapter entitled "Magnetismo Terrestre" is to be found : In Coahuila, Minerales Ferricos in Bolson de Mapimi. They include Magnetite and Hematite. "Desde antes de nuestra era se conocia la existencia de un mineral que atraia particulares de hierro" (Page 321) Translation : "Even before our era, it was known of the existence of a mineral (in the area) which attracted particles of iron." There is also mention of large concentrations of iron in the area of Durango, which contain magnetite and hematite, with a high anomaly of "horizontal intensity". There are also other minerals in the area of the Mapimi Desert containing "masa de magnetita", or magnetic mass. There is also a large mass of iron and other minerals in the area near Tepic, in Nayarit, although no mention is made of any magnetic ore there. In "Gravimetria", published in 1936 is an account of the "Anomalias de la Gravedad" in the Republic of Mexico. It states that zero point in the iso-anomaly (points of magnetic variation) reaching negative and positive readings, is to be found ONLY TO THE WEST, Page 5 near the coast along a line from the area of the Mapimi Desert and in the BOLSON dE MAPIMI. I do not presume to know what the meaning of the above is all about, but it is informationg pertaining to the area that we are interested in and I include it here for all it's worth. Peter G. Navarro -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vangard note... We are in contact with Jimmy Ward and Pete Navarro regarding a wide range of information. 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