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Inside the alien corpse bombshell after ‘ancient ET bodies with non-human DNA’ shown to the world…what the experts say
BOMBSHELL claims of two "alien corpses" discovered in Peru have caused quite the stir between scientists, UFO conspiracy theorists, and politicians.
Experts have now dug into the alleged findings and shared their views on the truth behind the bizarre extra-terrestrial "discovery".
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The mummified specimens, retrieved from a mine in Cuzco, Peru, have small bodies, three-fingered hands and odd elongated skulls.
Self-claimed UFO expert Jaime Maussan presented the "ancient ET bodies with non-human DNA", claiming under oath that the corpses "are not part of our terrestrial evolution".
Maussan showed US officials and Mexican congressmen several videos of "UFO and unidentified anomalous phenomena" before unveiling the alleged ET bodies.
“These specimen are not part of our terrestrial evolution," Maussan said.
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"These aren’t beings that were found after a UFO wreckage.
"They were found in diatom (algae) mines, and were later fossilised."
X-rays of the specimens were also shown during Mexico's first-ever hearing on UFOs, with the corpses allegedly containing implants of rare metals and eggs in its internal cavities.
Maussan said: "This is the first time extraterrestrial life is presented in such a form and I think there is a clear demonstration that we are dealing with non-human specimens that are not related to any other species in our world and that any scientific institution can investigate it.
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"We are not alone."
He also claimed that the specimens were studied by scientists at the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) who were able to draw DNA evidence using radiocarbon dating.
After comparisons were made to other DNA samples, it was found that both specimens date back to more than 1,000 years, with over 30% of their DNA remaining “unknown”, Maussan claimed.
José de Jesús Zalce Benítez, the director of the Scientific Institute for Health of the Mexican navy, also said that 3D reconstruction had been carried out on the specimens.
He added: "I can affirm that these bodies have no relation to human beings."
Maussan has previously been associated with claims of “alien” discoveries that have later been debunked.
These include five mummies found in Peru in 2017 that were later shown to be human children, reports.
The two small "corpses" were displayed in windowed boxes in Mexico City on Wednesday, stirring excitement and intrigue among UFO conspiracy theorists, scientists, and politicians.
Representatives of Mexico's congress said the presentation had left them with "thoughts" and 'concerns' and with the view to "continue talking about this".
Mexican politician and Maussan's friend, Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, said he believed the UFO hearing could lead to "legislation on unidentified aerial phenomena".
"Mexico must put itself at the forefront and listen to all voices and all opinions," he said.
"I have said it on many occasions, this is the house of the people – Chamber of Deputies. Here everyone is welcome."
But former employee at the Ministry of Defence Nick Pope received the "discovery" of the alleged alien corpses with large amounts of disbelief.
He pointed out that if the UNAM did carry out such meticulous analysis, it would have been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
"I wish this discovery was true, but I am getting increasingly sceptical about this story," Pope told The Sun Online.
"If I was the scientist behind this, I'd be sniffing a Nobel Prize and thinking about my place in history.
"I would be writing up a scientific paper and wanting to get it peer-reviewed and published in a prestigious journal."
Astronomer Michael Garrett, a professor at the University of Manchester, shared similar views.
He told : "If this was real, we'd see proper scientific data and evidence being presented by experts, published in papers that would be appearing in peer-reviewed journals like Nature or Science.
"Other scientists would be scrutinising the data and forming their own independent analysis — that's how science works."
Pope added that Maussan's timing was unfortunate as it could be a distraction and potentially pose a threat to "serious investigations" on UFOs, such as NASA's groundbreaking UFO report.
He told The Sun Online: "I think there's a danger that people will just lump all this together in their minds and say that all this -the Peruvian bodies and NASA's report - was crazy stuff.
"The United States government is taking this subject very seriously."
Ryan Graves, a former US Navy pilot who in July claimed the number of UFOs was being "grossly underreported", attended the UFO hearing.
But he later said he was "deeply disappointed by this unsubstantiated stunt".
UNAM researcher Julieta Fierro added many details about the figures "made no sense" and that claims her university endorsed Maussan's supposed discovery were false.
She also explained that scientists would need more advanced technology than the X-rays claimed to have been used to determine if the allegedly calcified bodies were indeed "non-human".
"Maussan has done many things. He told me extraterrestrials do not talk to me like they talk to him because I don't believe in them," Fierro said.
A statement from UNAM was published two days before Maussan's bombshell claims, stating that the institution did not directly confirm or deny his alleged findings.
But it read: "Just as detectives carefully analyse the crime scene looking for evidence, scientists meticulously analyse the data obtained in observatories.
"The most interested in the search for extraterrestrial life are scientists and we will continue to look for it with the rigor that science demands.
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"Quoting Carl Sagan: 'Extraordinary statements require extraordinary evidence'."
In a follow-up press conference on Friday, Maussan has hit back at criticism, saying he was disappointed by the backlash from scientists and Ryan Graves.
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