1970, The Year We Accidentally Bombed Mexico (Again)

The United States has n’t always had a great human relationship with Mexico , but in 1970 things were pretty congenial . Then , in July , an Athena Eruca sativa went off course with ampul of radioactive material . Some say the leave impact create the “ Mapimi Silent Zone . ”

In 1947 , a V-2 rocket , launched into the melodic line by the United States , went off course and ended up bomb a patch of ground outside of Juarez . The Mexicans were very well - natured about it , probably because they adopt it would n’t happen again .

Remember the time we flunk Mexico with German rockets ?

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It happened again . grant it took twenty - three year to happen again , but accidental bombardment are n’t good , even if they only go on four times a century . In 1970 , researchers in Utah testing an Athena rocket salad were alarm to see it all of a sudden go off course and start zooming towards a foreign country . Just to tote up spicery to the potential international incident , the rocket was carrying ampule of radioactive cobalt . It took a lot of covert searching but the armed services finally found the rocket in the Mapimi Desert , in northerly Mexico . It had landed about forty miles outside of the townsfolk of San Ignacio . The US military trundled down , built a road out of the desert , and along with the garden rocket took out tons of contaminated top soil .

Again , the Mexican governance was exceedingly understanding , but locally rumors diffuse about the area where the rocket crash down . It ’s now known as the “ Mapimi Silent Zone . ” purportedly area of silence “ purport ” across the desert , study out radios and even silencing conversations between two multitude standing next to each other . Because the zones are mobile , it ’s unacceptable to test . This lack of testability may be fortunate for those who exact that the desert has become a hub for UFO activity and other strange phenomena .

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