Zona del Silencio
Also: Zone of Silence; Mapimí
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Gateway to the Zona del Silencio, Durango (2025)
The marked entrance to Mexico's 'Zone of Silence' in the Mapimí desert, where a 1970 Athena rocket fell and legends of dead radios grew. Location photograph · context.
Isaac Ramos Chavira · 2025 ↗CC0Licence terms ↗A patch of the Chihuahuan Desert in Durango, Mexico, said to block radio signals and attract meteorites; the claims grew after a 1970 US Athena rocket fell there. Scientific surveys found nothing unusual. Not discussed in the interviews; included from public sources only.
Where the pin is
26.6830, -103.7500 region
Mapimí Biosphere Reserve area from public gazetteer.
Durango, Mexico
On the map
Zona del Silencio. Open the full map filtered to this record.