The Allende meteorite, which fell in the general region of the Zone in 1969, is often cited as undoubt evidence. The magnetic waves are so strange to create a vortex that draws in material from the upper atmosphere, including the ill-fated missile. According to this bizarre story, strange magnetic anomalies of the atmosphere prevent radio transmission in specific points and make the needles spin on magnetic compasses. Some people say that it was Jamie who began to generate interest in the area, creating a story with both ingredients of science and local folklore, and fed it to the regional media. Jaime rather liked the attention and money that the missile had brought, and when the military left, with two local landowners began to talk about the possibility of building a hotel in the area to encourage tourism. One of the different versions of the story tells about a certain local man, Jamie, who was hired by the military to guard the missile from vandals and sight-seers. But despite this, the secretive nature of the operation was already spurring rumors among the local people. The entire operation was very silent, like governmental common sense, and nobody was told anything or asked. Immediately, a team of specialists arrived to search the fallen rocket, and when was found after three weeks of intense research, was built an airstrip to transport the wreckage. The missile lost control and instead of landing on the intended target, continued 400 miles south and fell in the Mapimí Desert region.

military base near Green River, Utah fired an Athena test missile toward White Sands Missile Range. The myth started in July, 1970, when the U.S. Over the years, of course, they told stories about alien, falling “hot pebbles” and all sorts of paranormal activities that have been drawing tourists and courious from all over the world. According to the legend, in this area electromagnetic transmissions cannot be received, radio doesn’t work, compasses do not point to magnetic north, and the flora and fauna have abnormal mutations. This area is also known as Mapimí Silent Zone, for its close proximity to the mexican city of Mapimi. We are lost in the desert in northern Mexico, between the states of Durango, Chihuahua and Coahuila, in an area known as zona del silencio, in english, the “zone of silence”.

Zona del silencio