Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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D.A. Good 1980 Journal Cerro Mozotal to Huixtla, Chiapas 16 December (cont.) and covered my trap routes again looking for a trap that seemed to be missing. When I returned ca. 0930, Ed + Duke were back + Ed cooked breakfast. While eating breakfast we heard a whizzing noise which Duke later likened to the sound of an artillery shell overhead. On looking up I saw what appeared to be a trapezoid shaped object moving ± South [illegible] toward the top of the mountain. It did not appear to be very large although the distance, [illegible], made this hard to judge. It moved in a perfectly straight line and was obviously not a natural object. I was the only one of us 3 to see it (though it was heard by all) but a few seconds later another came overhead following the same path and this one both Duke + I saw fairly well. None of us [illegible] figure out what they were. After breakfast we packed up and started up to the top of the mountain to take a few pictures. However, on the way up the car decided to give out and Ed had to back all the way back down to our camp site with no engine and along a narrow mountain road. Luckily, we made it and turned around and the car was able to keep itself running while moving downhill and forward. By this time it was 1115. From there we proceeded to Mototzintla and on back to Huixtla where we bought ice and checked into a hotel. Starting at about 1545 and going to ca. 2000, we [illegible] and shinned several rodents after which we went out to dinner + came back to write field notes and go to bed. Tomorrow we will be here [illegible] again.