A handful of scientists were then said to have confirmed these strange phenomena – though these studies are, unsurprisingly, very difficult to find – and the legend was formed.Īmong the legends: radios didn’t’ work there, inside a silent zone (these zones drift over time, so can be hard to “find”) you cannot hear the conversations of other people, very tall people in “tight silver suits” are often seen (this may have held some truth: during the missile cleanup in that people might have seen men in silver biosuits), it is a pole where “Earth energy” is concentrated, “light” spheres could be seen flying over the zone, UFO’s land here, and so on. The landowners, and potential hotel builders, all agreed that this was indeed very “special” land. However, Jaime had rather liked the attention and money that the missile had brought, and began playing up the rumors that the strange incident had generated. All these operations were made under a fair amount of security, spurring rumors and myths, among the locals about what was happening.Ī local named Jaime was hired as “Capitán” to guard the rocket while the US prepared to take it back, which after a couple of weeks of preparation, they did. Finally, when the rocket was found, a road was made to transport the wreckage, as well as a small amount of contaminated top soil. The aerial search extended over three weeks. Immediately, a team of covert specialists arrived to find the fallen rocket. The rocket was carrying two small containers of Cobalt 57, a radioactive element. On Jan Athena rocket being used in a training exercise by the US Air Force lost control, accidentally invaded Mexican air space, and landed in the desert region of Durango hundreds of miles from the planned destination. The story of how these stories came to be is much stranger, and more interesting, than the paranormal legends would suggest. Frequently compared to the Bermuda Triangle – both are located between parallels 26 and 28 and have similar legends – the legends say radio waves can not be transmitted in certain areas of the silent zone due to local magnetic fields, aliens, and “earth energy” among other explanations. Four kilometers from San Ignacio, Mexico, in an area also known as the “Trino Vertex” is the Silent Zone or Zona del Silencio.