Another debate about aliens

SGGP 17/09/2023 06:53

According to Reuters, Mexican lawmakers recently held an unusual hearing, listening to the view that "humans are not alone" in space, marking the first time the issue of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) has been raised in the parliament of the Latin American nation.

A close-up of the specimen that appeared at the hearing in Mexico.

Topic of interest

During a hearing on Unidentified Anomalies (UAPs), politicians were shown two specimens that Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan claimed were "alien remains." Maussan asserted that the specimens were "unrelated to any life on Earth" and had small bodies, elongated heads, and three-fingered hands.

According to the Mexican journalist, they were found in Peru in 2017. Subsequently, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) performed radiocarbon dating, which determined their age to be approximately 1,000 years. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Director of the Mexican Navy's Institute of Medical Sciences , stated that X-ray imaging, 3D reconstruction, and DNA analysis were also performed on the artifacts. “It is clear that we are dealing with non-human specimens, unrelated to any other species in the world. We are not alone,” Maussan said.

At the hearing, lawmakers also heard a presentation from former U.S. Navy pilot Ryan Graves, who has previously appeared before Congress, about his personal experiences with UAPs. According to the New York Times, Congressman Sergio Gutiérrez Luna invited Maussan to testify in order to “hear different perspectives on a topic of widespread interest.”

Many skeptics

According to Reuters, similar discoveries in the past have actually been of mummified children. UNAM also reiterated a statement first issued in 2017, that they only determine the age of specimens based on skin samples provided by clients and have never examined the specimens themselves. “In any case, we do not draw conclusions about the origin of the specimens in question,” the UNAM statement clarified.

The New York Times reported that researchers disagree with Maussan's views. Antígona Segura, one of Mexico's leading astrobiologists, expressed skepticism. "These conclusions simply aren't supported by evidence," Segura said.

Many questions arise: How did Mr. Maussan bring the specimens from Peru to Mexico? Did they actually come from Peru, or are they just other copies of mummies believed to be of extraterrestrials, still located in Peru?

According to several Peruvian newspapers, in 2017, Maussan obtained information about several mummies from a Peruvian tomb robber. Analysis of the specimens in Peru revealed they were made using human bones combined with animal bones, plant fibers, and synthetic binders. Another analysis in 2021 determined that the head of one of the specimens was a severely damaged llama skull. While rejecting the idea that the mummies were extraterrestrial, researchers were surprised by how the specimens were created centuries ago. They assessed that “these appear to be artifacts of very high quality.”

According to the New York Times, Maussan is an investigative journalist who has studied extraterrestrial phenomena for decades. He is known for similar statements in the Mexican Congress, has appeared frequently on television and YouTube, and is also well-known for selling his own brand of health supplements. His statements in the Mexican Congress have drawn public attention to this increasingly pressing issue in the Latin American country.

In 2015, Jaime Maussan revealed the existence of what he believed to be an alien corpse unearthed in Nazca, Peru. However, this discovery was later debunked as the mummified remains of a child with a deformed head. Anthropologists say such elongated skulls are often the result of an ancient artificial cranial manipulation technique. According to snopes.com, as part of an ancient religious ritual, young children were bound by their heads with cloth, rope, and even wooden planks.

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