Another debate about aliens

SGGP September 17, 2023 06:53

According to Reuters news agency, Mexican lawmakers just held an unusual hearing, listening to opinions that "humans are not alone" in the universe, marking the first time the issue of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) has been raised in the Latin American country's congress .

Close-up of specimen appeared at hearing in Mexico

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During the hearing on Unidentified Anomalies (UAP), politicians were shown two specimens that Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan claimed were “alien corpses.” The specimens, which Mr. Maussan claimed were “unrelated to any life on Earth,” had small bodies, elongated heads, and three-fingered hands.

According to the Mexican journalist, they were found in Peru in 2017. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) then conducted radiocarbon dating and found that they were about 1,000 years old. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, director of the Mexican Navy's Institute of Medical Sciences, said that X-rays, 3-D reconstructions and DNA analysis were also performed on the artifacts. "It was clear that we were dealing with specimens that were not human, not related to any other species in the world. We are not alone," Maussan said.

At the hearing, lawmakers also heard a presentation from former US Navy pilot Ryan Graves, who has appeared at US Congressional hearings, talking about his personal experience related to UAP. According to the New York Times, Congressman Sergio Gutiérrez Luna was the one who invited Mr. Maussan to testify to “hear different perspectives on a topic of great interest to many people.”

Many doubts

In fact, similar discoveries in the past have been of mummified children, according to Reuters. UNAM also reiterated a statement first made in 2017 that it only dated the specimens based on skin samples provided by clients and never tested the specimens itself. “In any case, we do not draw conclusions about the origin of the specimens,” the UNAM statement said.

Researchers disagree with Mr. Maussan’s views, according to the New York Times. Antígona Segura, one of Mexico’s leading astrobiologists, expressed skepticism. “These conclusions are simply not supported by the evidence,” Segura said.

Many questions were raised: How did Mr. Maussan get the specimens from Peru to Mexico? Were they really from Peru or were they just copies of the alleged extraterrestrial mummies still in Peru?

According to several Peruvian newspapers, in 2017, Mr. Maussan learned of some of the mummies from a Peruvian tomb robber. Analysis of the specimens in Peru showed that they were made using human bones combined with animal bones, plant fibers, and synthetic adhesives. Another analysis in 2021 determined that the head of one of the specimens was a severely damaged llama skull. While dismissing the notion that the mummies were aliens, the researchers were surprised at how the specimens were made so many centuries ago. They assessed that “these appear to be very high-quality artifacts.”

According to the New York Times, Mr. Maussan is an investigative journalist who has studied extraterrestrial phenomena for decades. He is famous for similar statements in the Mexican Congress, appearing frequently on television and YouTube, and is also known for selling his own line of functional products. His announcement in the Mexican Congress has attracted public attention to an issue of growing concern in the Latin American country.

In 2015, Jaime Maussan revealed the existence of a supposed alien specimen unearthed in Nazca, Peru. However, the discovery was later debunked as the supposed mummy of a child with a deformed head. Anthropologists say such elongated skulls are often the result of an ancient method of artificial cranial deformation. According to snopes.com, as part of ancient religious rituals, young children were bound with cloth, rope, and even wooden planks.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/lai-tranh-cai-ve-nguoi-ngoai-hanh-tinh-post705912.html