Bizarre tale of city ‘protected by underwater ALIEN base just off coast of Mexico shielding them from hurricanes’
A CITY of 300,000 people believes it is protected by an underwater alien base just off the coast.
Dubbed by locals as 'Amupac' - the legendary structure is believed to be the saviour and shield of the people in Tampico, Mexico.
Alien believers claim the mythical base - which is said to sometimes spawn UFOs - has led to them avoiding trouble for 57 years.
According to locals, there hasn't been a hurricane in the region since 1967 - something they say is due to aliens living in Amupac.
The wacky legend describes the underwater wonder as an “intraterrestrial” and “multidimensional” secret zone invisible to the human eye.
Self-proclaimed alien investigators in Mexico have drawn up a theory saying a group of 10ft, thin and light-skinned aliens have built up the base off Miramar Beach.
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They claim a series of metre-long aluminium, iron and copper alloy bars have been secretly buried in the seafloor when the beings first visited.
Juan Carlos Ramón López Díaz, president of the Association of Scientific Research on UFOs in Tamaulipas (AICOT), has been leading the legend for decades.
He claims to have visited the alien base during an astral trip through mediation and believes it has been made in Tampico to protect the locals.
The idea of the alien base lurking beneath the water first came from local news outlet El Sol de Tampico newspaper in 1967.
They ran a sensational story headlined "Platillos Voladores Sobre Tampico" - translated to English as "Flying Saucers Over Tampico".
It quoted local cops as saying they witnessed "nine unidentified objects" in the sky moments before a terrifying hurricane was due to hit.
The paper added that "thousands of inhabitants' saw objects in the sky" as the natural disaster remarkably bypassed the city.
"And this is what I believe and trust - that they exist, that there is a base."
The brutal weather found its way back in line with the weather radar and continued ravaging the Gulf Coast of Mexico.
And this streak of good fortune has meant the legend of Amupac has quickly grown into a widely accepted belief by locals.
They claim the extraterrestrial beings have developed a device capable of using magnetic fields to fend off weather phenomenons.
This layer of protective tech has kept the area protected ever since 1967, they claim.
Dr Rosario Romero, a climate scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has been baffled by the long-lasting streak of good weather in the area.
But she quickly shot down the idea of aliens manipulating the region.
She said ever-changing weather was more likely to be a reason for the spate of luck.
I immediately said 'they [aliens] are going to protect us.’ And this is what I believe and trust: that they exist, that there is a base
Beatriz García
Prevailing westerly winds and high pressure subtropical systems are said to drive away hurricanes and push them towards the southern coast of the US.
"Fantasy is always more attractive than reality."
It comes as locals in Tapico have also claimed to have spotted saucer-shaped UFOs hovering above the supposed alien base back in 2023.
Unexplainable images shared by a crew member onboard an oil rig near the city show a number of strange objects in the sky.
One shows a small aircraft with glowing lights at the bottom of it soaring in the sky.
At least six amber lights can be seen underneath the potential spaceship that is also surrounded by a silver disc.
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Another picture shows three illuminated dots in the air making up a peculiar triangle shape.
Both crafts are believed to have suddenly appeared before quickly jetting off and never returning.