Scientists have declared that the “three-fingered mummies” that were previously shown to officials are “real.”
Scientists have confirmed to the Mexican Congress that the mummified remains, which were thought to contain traces of non-human life, are genuine. Experts refused to say, though, if they thought the samples—which were first shown to the legislature in September—were alien in origin.
Two months ago, Jaime Maussan, a journalist and self-described UFO researcher, showed the tiny humanoid figurines to the Mexican Congress’s lower house, claiming they were discovered in Peru. Maussan said they were proof of “non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution” in his presentation to legislators.
During the three-hour legislative debate on Tuesday, Roger Zuniga, an anthropology from San Luis Gonzaga National University, told Reuters that the mummified specimens with three fingers were authentic.
He added, “There was absolutely no human intervention in the physical and biological formation of these beings,” citing four years of meticulous research on five comparable samples by scientists.
Zuniga also brought a letter signed by eleven university researchers who had come to the same conclusion to the attention of the Mexican Congress. It made clear, nevertheless, that they were not drawing the conclusion that the mummified bones were “extraterrestrial.”
Presenting X-rays and photographic images of the samples, Dr. Daniel Mendoza—who was also present at the session on Tuesday—referred to them as “non-human beings.” Maussan asserted that the bodies are representative of a “new species” since they lack ribs and lungs.
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The September presentation sparked intense internet examination and was thought to be a hoax after it was discovered that Maussan had made a related assertion in 2017. In that case, examination revealed that the samples were “newly produced dolls, coated with a blend of paper and artificial glue to mimic the appearance of skin.”
Zuniga stated that prior samples were most likely fakes when questioned about them. He did, however, add that the bones he and his colleagues had investigated in more recent times were real, having formerly been living things.
Congressman Sergio Gutierrez, a member of Mexico’s ruling Morena party, stated that the evidence presented on Tuesday indicates that the nation’s authorities ought to make public all of the data they possess regarding unidentified flying objects, or UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena).
However, Maussan acknowledged that his interpretation of the samples deviates slightly from the consensus of science. He remarked, “I go further, but none of the scientists say that the study results prove that they are extraterrestrials.”