Case file · Sighting
Lights over Mexico City, September 1965
In September 1965 coloured lights crossing the sky drew crowds of sky-watchers into Mexico City's streets; Excélsior reported on 30 September on the 'ovnividentes' gathered to watch.
1965 CE · 19.43, -99.13 · status: account
The account
The episode belongs to the worldwide 1965 wave of reports. Excélsior's own archive retrospective lists it next to a run of 1950s and 1960s capital-city sightings, including objects seen over Avenida Bucareli and the Monumento a la Revolución.
The sceptical view
No instrumental data survive. Satellites, aircraft lights and bright planets were common triggers of crowd sightings during the 1960s waves.