#Zona del silencio series#

The popular conclusion among theorists is that local magnetic fields have somehow created a dark zone for modern technology. Television and satellite signals were also experiencing disruptions. But something more than just interrupted radio signals was happening. Without effective communications, coordination between the teams was much more difficult. Retrieval of the AthenaĪs the legends go, when the retrieval team entered the site, they quickly realized that something was affecting all communications. They worked quickly and covertly to secure the area and begin a search for the radioactive capsule. When the US government requested permission to enter the area and retrieve the debris, the Mexican government allowed officials access to the site.

This was about 500 miles south of the border. Instead, the rocket developed a fault, overshot its intended destination by more than 500 miles and ended up crashing in the Zone of Silence at 26.7467 N and 103.7458 E. Its final stage carrying a capsule of radioactive Cobalt-57 was supposed to drop down in the desert of White Sands, New Mexico. On July 11, 1970, the Athena RTV V123D rocket launched from Green River Complex in Utah. The missions were a joint task between the USAF and the US Army and were designed to investigate the impacts on the missiles as a result of reentry into the atmosphere.

#Zona del silencio series#

Rocket Lands in the Zone of Silenceĭuring the Cold War, the White Sands Missile Base in New Mexico had been conducting a series of tests using Athena RTV (reentry test vehicle) rockets. See also: Nevada Triangle Steve Fossett Mystery U.S. These reports of radio blackouts gave the Zone of Silence an eerie reputation, but what occurred several years after de la Peña’s first expedition into the zone would cause a flurry in the UFO, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theorist communities, and the legends grew. What he discovered was that the dead zones were not fixed they appeared to move around from place to place, and he was unable to pinpoint the exact locations of radio interference. Having taken great interest in these radio anomalies, he went back to the zone several times to attempt to repeat the phenomenon. It was de la Peña who described the area as “the zone of silence.” Since then, the term stuck and has been used repeatedly. During his expedition, he encountered a dead or “silent” zone that affected his radio communications. Then later in 1964, a PEMEX engineer, Harry de la Peña, was surveying the desert in the quest to run an oil pipeline to Jiménez, Chihuahua.