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enjoy the episode where we relive the

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1975 Carlos de Santos UFO incident and

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remember keep your feet on the ground

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but never stop searching somewhere in

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[Music]

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it was the morning of May 3rd 1975 upon

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returning from a routine flight from a

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Sawat Anejo to Mexico City

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23 year old pilot Carlos de Santos

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prepared his piper PA to for plane and

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it was soon in the skies heading for the

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Benito Juarez International Airport it

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was over the VHF omnidirectional radio

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range when carlos noticed something odd

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in the distance as he approached the

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oddity on his left it soon came into

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view there in the skies was a craft gray

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in color and saucer shaped it was much

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smaller than his plane as it began to

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follow his left wing it had what

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appeared to be a cockpit of some sort on

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the top with a blackened out window as

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carlos stared in awe at the craft he had

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a strange feeling that he was being

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watched from the other side of his plane

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he turned to look and on his right wing

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was yet another identical craft Carlos

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now felt uneasy but before he could even

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process what was happening a third craft

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appeared directly in front of his plane

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descending beneath the front reacting on

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impulse

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Carlos dipped the nose of the plane to

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observe where this craft had gone to his

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surprise and dismay the craft was a

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little too close for comfort

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hitting and scraping the fuselage

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damaging the landing gear of the plane

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it was at this point that Carlos no

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longer felt in control of his Piper

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plane no matter what he did to try to

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get a handle of the plane nothing was

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working

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surrounded by the three unknown objects

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he was sure that they were moving in to

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attack surprisingly however Carlos felt

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as though they were guiding him he still

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felt threatened and attempted to bump

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the object to his right hoping this

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would somehow stop the control over his

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plane but it didn't they were still in

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complete control and now forcing the

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piper plane to ascend to dangerous

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altitudes helpless and afraid of the

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rapid increase in cabin pressure

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literally killing him Carlos did the

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only thing he could

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he radioed for help connecting with a

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control tower in Mexico City

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he sent a distress call yelling Mayday

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as loud and as frequent as he possibly

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he went on to describe what was

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happening stating that quote I have

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three unidentified visual objects flying

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around me end quote

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he then went on to explain that quote

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I'm apparently flying without control

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the plane is without control I'm not

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controlling the plane end quote

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the control tower instructed him to

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decelerate and descend but Carlos

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explained that he couldn't he believed

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this was the end but just as he lost all

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hope the object seemed to distance

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themselves and begin to head toward the

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nearby mount Popocatepetl volcano at

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unbelievable speeds the object soon

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disappeared on her site and Carlos

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regained control of his aircraft he

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notified the control tower of such but

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the issue remained that his landing gear

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was damaged beyond control the airport

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issued an emergency landing clearing the

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area of all flights forced to circle the

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airport almost a dozen times Carlos

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desperately searched for something to

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fix the landing gear he was able to find

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a screwdriver and in a makeshift process

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was successful in extending the gear and

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safely landing the plane

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Carlos was treated at a local clinic and

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no substances were found in his system

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he was given a clear bill of health and

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permission to continue flying there

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after any doubt that the event occurred

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were squashed when the radar operators

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at the control tower that day testified

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that they did indeed view the objects in

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real time as they were making the

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maneuvers that Carlos had been reporting

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according to UFO researcher Miguel

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Romero an affidavit was recorded in

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official minutes of the General

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Directorate of Civil Aeronautics by the

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Officer of aeronautical authority for

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the International Airport of Mexico City

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the case caught international attention

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and soon news outlets wanted to speak to

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Carlos about what had happened the case

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was also investigated by Project Blue

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Book under the guidance of dr. J Alan

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Hynek the government hired astronomer

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who officially looked at UFO cases on

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several occasions Carly

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was visited by what can only be

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described as men in black he was told

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not to speak of what had happened or he

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and his family could suffer consequences

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but he was adamant about getting his

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story out to the public and even until

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this day continues to speak out about it

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Carlos went on to continue flying having

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a healthy and safe career thereafter but

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presumably that almost fateful day in

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1975 completely changed his outlook on

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what lay somewhere in the skies over

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Mexico and just exactly how much control