State Dept Cable: Mexico Weekly Political Blotter - Mexican Congress Hears Testimony on Alien Life (2023)
Date
September 16, 2023
Document Type
Diplomatic Cable
Authentication
VerifiedRedaction Status
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U.S. Embassy Mexico City / Department of State
Summary
A weekly political reporting cable from U.S. Embassy Mexico City covering Mexican political developments for September 11-15, 2023. The cable includes a section documenting the September 12, 2023 Mexican Congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, at which journalist Jaime Maussan and former U.S. Navy pilot Ryan Graves testified. Maussan presented two alleged non-human corpses and UAP videos from Mexican pilots; Graves, who had previously testified before the U.S. Congress, expressed public disappointment with Maussan's "unsubstantiated stunt." The hearing was tied to proposed language in Mexico's Aerial Space Protection Law that would have made Mexico the first country to formally acknowledge alien life. Released in full by the U.S. Department of State on 2/25/2026 as part of PURSUE Release 1.
Significance
Provides official U.S. diplomatic reporting on the landmark September 2023 Mexican Congressional UAP hearing - the first such hearing in Latin America and the first to involve physical evidence claims. Documents Ryan Graves' international UAP advocacy and his public dissent from Maussan's methodology. Confirms that the State Department actively monitors and formally reports foreign legislative UAP proceedings to the NSC, CIA, DIA, DHS, DOJ, and military commands as routine political intelligence.