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UNEXPLAINED FLYING OBJECTSOn the way home from Ixtlan Del Rio we sawa beautiful lake surrounded by farmlands, so wetook the turn-off to San Pedro De Lagunillas. Iwas convinced we would be able to find a nicespot near the lake where we could spend arestful night in our motor home. Following theroad that circled the lake, we saw a sign for alakeside restaurant. We followed the road until itended in a gravel parking lot, which had a smallboat launch area. It was secluded, remote, andlooked peaceful. After parking the motor home Iwalked to the lake’s edge and saw thousands ofsmall birds flying amongst the reeds growingalong the banks. I also heard the croaking ofthousands of frogs. So much for a quiet night.Later that night my father and I stepped out togaze at the countless stars above us. As welooked south we saw the outline of the mountainsthat ringed the valley. We noticed what wethought was a very bright star above a southernmountain; the star suddenly dropped very lowand then at a right angle quickly moved to theleft. What?! Were we seeing a plane, a satellite,a helicopter, or a balloon? We watched closelyas the object continued to drop, go left, up again,and then remain stationary for a while. It alwaysseemed to return to its original place. We couldnot find any rational answer for what we wereseeing. The swift maneuvers and perpendicularturns the object made could not be accomplishedby any aircraft that we knew of.In June 1989 I was in the Sea of Cortez andhad dropped anchor in a small, shallow cove on