"lights"; on FLIR, a target "without a shape, just a shine"The witness's own shape words
The aircraft's infrared camera picked up as many as 11 bright heat sources that seemed to surround the plane for about 30 minutes, though the crew could not see them by eye. The crew said some also showed on radar. Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Vega García gave the video to ufologist Jaime Maussan, who aired it.
Crew of a Mexican Air Force C-26 anti-drug patrol, including FLIR operator Mario Adrián Vázquez
Oil-platform gas flares on the Cantarell field (Akal-C, Akal-J and Nohoch-A), per a Skeptic analysis and the Infraspection Institute's review for National Geographic
Crew interviews (Patrick Gross) Skeptic Infraspection Institute