Deep in the Chihuahuan desert lies a patch of land where compasses allegedly spin wildly, radio signals vanish, and a US military rocket once crashed 650 km off course. Locals whisper about UFOs and mutations. Scientists say it is all folklore. The truth is stranger than either story.
The factual foundation: a 50-kilometer desert patch in Durango, Mexico, where urban legend and genuine scientific mystery collide.
Pilot Francisco Sarabia's instruments went haywire over this desert in 1930. This video traces the history of anomalies reported in the zone.
Discovery UK digs into why this region draws comparisons to the Bermuda Triangle — meteorite crashes, electromagnetic anomalies, and Cold War-era rocket mishaps.
Strange lights in the night sky, electromagnetic disturbances, and decades of unsolved mysteries explored through interviews and on-location footage.
An on-the-ground exploration of the barren landscape, the research station, and the eeriness of standing where technology allegedly fails.
BBC Science Focus debunks the myths: the mutations are natural biodiversity, the radio blackouts are fiction, and the real story is about tourism and folklore.
IFLScience explores the geological reality: magnetite deposits, meteorite debris, and why the most interesting truth about this desert has nothing to do with aliens.