Mapimí

They were now as late as the emigrants who started by the northern route and were further from their goal.

Leaving the Rio Grande at Roma, the company took the main road to Chihuahua, passing through Monterrey, Saltillo, Buena Vista, Paras, and Mapimi, and reaching Parral June 18.

Cholera still followed them and here claimed another victim.

Mr. Audubon had been twice attacked but had been able to resist the disease.

In this instant our vigilant guard saved us.

What would have become of us if they had not, I dare not think.

June 7th, Mapimi.

After a ride of 20 leagues, we reached this place last night just before 12, and lay down without food for either ourselves or our horses, and the poor animals had only had water once that day.

They were now as late as the emigrants who started by the northern route, and were further from their goal.

Leaving the Rio Grande at Roma, the company took the main road to Chihuahua, passing through Monterrey, Saltillo, Buena Vista, Paras, and Mapimi, and reaching Parral June 18.

Cholera still followed them, and here claimed another victim.

Mr. Audubon had been twice attacked, but had been able to resist the disease.

What would have become of us if they had not, I dare not think.

June 7th.

Mapimi.

After a ride of twenty leagues we reached this place last night just before twelve, and lay down without food for either ourselves or our horses, and the poor animals had only had water once that day.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Now, the Zone of Silence is a geographically defined area in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in the Chihuahuan Desert, located at the junction of the Mexican states of Durango, Chihuahua, and Coahuila.

Situated at approximately twenty-six degrees north latitude, the region gained international notoriety in the nineteen seventies following a series of documented electronic anomalies and high-profile aerospace incidents.

While often associated with local folklore, the Zone is a subject of genuine scientific interest due to its unique geological composition, magnetic properties, and its tendency to attract meteoric impacts.

First, let's take a look at the 1970 Athena rocket incident.

The transition of the Mapimí Desert from a remote wilderness to a global mystery began on July 11, 1970.

The United States Air Force launched an Athena RTV re-entry test vehicle rocket from the Green River Launch Complex in Utah.

The rocket was programmed to land at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying two containers of cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Now, the Zone of Silence is a geographically defined area in the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve in the Chihuahuan Desert, located at the junction of the Mexican states of Durango, Chihuahua, and Coahuila.

Situated at approximately 26 degrees north latitude, the region gained international notoriety in the 1970s following a series of documented electronic anomalies and high-profile aerospace incidents.

While often associated with local folklore, the Zone is the subject of genuine scientific interest due to its unique geological composition, magnetic properties, and its tendency to attract meteoric impacts.

First, let's take a look at the 1970 Athena rocket incident.

The transition of the Mapimi Desert from a remote wilderness to a global mystery began on July 11, 1970.

The United States Air Force launched an Athena RTV re-entry test vehicle rocket from the Green River Launch Complex in Utah.

The rocket was programmed to land at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying two containers of Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope.