The 1976 Disappearance and Reappearance of Rafael Pacheco Pérez

from Mexico Unexplained · host Robert Bitto

In 1976, Mexican student pilot Rafael Pacheco Pérez vanished from radar minutes after takeoff, only to reappear an hour later 400 kilometers away in Acapulco with a nearly full fuel tank and no memory of a bizarre radio transmission warning of extraterrestrial watchers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

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