Case file · Retrieval claim
Coyame (Mexico)
An unverified account of a mid-air collision and military recovery near the US border.
1974 CE · 29.50, -105.10 · status: claim
The researched reading
An anonymous, unverified crash story. It is most likely a fabrication, perhaps inspired by real rocket crashes in northern Mexico.
| Explanation | Weight | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | 53% | The share the reading had given to fabrication on doubt rather than evidence: the record does not settle it either way. |
| A hoax or fabrication | 15% | The story comes from an anonymous 1990s document with no verifiable names, records or evidence. |
| Secret human technology | 14% | A real US Athena test rocket crashed in the Mapimí desert of northern Mexico in 1970, a likely seed for crash-and-recovery legends. |
| Something known, misidentified | 6% | A crashed aircraft or rocket debris misreported as a UFO. |
| Perception, memory or mind | 4% | Retelling in UFO circles adds detail. |
| Genuinely anomalous | 4% | No evidence beyond an anonymous claim. |
| A known natural phenomenon | 2% | No natural phenomenon fits. |
| A poorly understood natural phenomenon | 2% | No natural phenomenon fits. |
Official position: No official record exists.