The Popocatépetl aerial apparition tradition in Mexican antiquarian writing

Record summary

Nineteenth-century Mexican descriptions of Popocatépetl sometimes recorded atmospheric lights, apparitions, omens, or unusual forms associated with the volcano. These materials belong to a mixed tradition of Indigenous, colonial, scientific, and travel writing rather than to a single modern UFO case. They may be useful for comparing how volcanic phenomena, religious interpretation, and national antiquarianism shaped reports of things seen in the sky. Individual texts and editions must be identified, since later occult and UFO writers often collapse distinct legends and observations into one purported encounter.