Scientists investigating ‘alien mummies’ in Peru have shared new findings they claim prove the specimens are ‘100 percent real.’
Dozens of these bizarre, mummified bodies were found in the Nazca desert by journalist and ufologist Jaime Maussan, sparking years of research into their origins.
Nevertheless, other scientists who purported to examine them discovered that the items were only animal bone toys.
Now, the team has released a new study describing how two of the mummies, known as Maria and Montserrat, may have died more than 1,200 years ago.
The report stated that both are female. Maria was calculated to be between 35 and 45 years old at death, while Montserrat was between 16 and 25.
Maria was examined and found to have many claw-like lacerations, a deep cut, and evidence of a bite or bruising in her lower pelvis.
According to CT scans, Montserrat most likely died from a chest puncture wound, especially between the fifth and sixth ribs.
‘These are yet more pieces of clear and irrefutable evidence that these bodies are 100 percent genuine, real, and organic, having once been alive,’ said Dr José Zalce, lead expert on the investigation, in a statement to DailyMail.com.
Dr Zalce, former director of the Mexican Navy Medical Department, said he has analyzed 21 of the unusual bodies, noting features such as fingerprints, bone wear, dental structures, muscular anatomy and internal organs.
The most recent investigation provides fresh information on the reasons behind these purported mummies’ deaths. Independent specialists haven’t yet evaluated the work, though.
Both specimens were discovered with three fingers and toes, extended heads, and internal organs such as the liver, intestines, and heart.
One specimen, Maria, who is five feet six inches, had bite marks, fractures, blood clots in her tissue, and indications of internal trauma on her CT scan.
In addition to many minor puncture wounds and what looked to be bite marks or bruising, Dr Zalce and his colleagues discovered a large incision close to the lower pelvis.
These injuries extended from the tailbone to the hip. The skin and subcutaneous fat had been removed, and two small tailbone vertebrae were broken.
The team also described a zigzag-shaped injury with a discontinuous pattern, indicating that Maria may have descended from a cliff and hit rocks during the fall.
In Montserrat’s case, scientists postulated that severe trauma experienced over a prolonged period was the cause of death.
Multiple fractures, including rib and scapula breaks, were shown in the images.
They reported that she was probably upright at the time of death, with her back pressed against a hard surface.
The team believes that the lack of callus development suggests that the injuries happened either soon after death or potentially later.
The enigma over the mummies started in 2017 when Maussan and a group of self-proclaimed paranormal researchers said they found strange three-fingered ‘mummified humanoids’ with an elongated skull.
The body was found covered in white powder, which the team said was used to preserve the remains.
And five years later, the tiny beings were paraded through Mexico’s Congress where Maussan argued his case and did so on two occasions.
During the second meeting, he brought in a string of doctors who all said the bodies were those of real, once-living organisms – some experts claimed to have studied five comparable specimens over four years.
However, two mummies have also been researched by experts outside of this group, with differing findings.
Forensic archaeologist Flavio Estrada, who conducted the study, said the claims that the specimens coming from another world are ‘totally false.’
‘The conclusion is simple: they are dolls assembled with bones of animals from this planet, with modern synthetic glues, therefore they were not assembled during pre-Hispanic times,’ he said in January 2024.
‘They are not extraterrestrials; they are not aliens.’
Nevertheless, a former Colorado prosecutor and current defence attorney, who has examined one of the mummies, is also a true believer.
Joshua McDowell told DailyMail.com: ‘The bodies studied by Estrada were not related to any specimen that we have studied.
‘They were folk dolls made to look like [mummies] confiscated at the airport.’
Surely a simple DNA test could solve this, or at least give an indication, and how does one become a connoisseur of alien mummies, unless they have been to call on us before?
I don’t believe that we are alone in the universe, but I’m also not sure if these are mummified aliens either. Whatever they are, they don’t seem very happy.
Since the mummies were carefully interred, they ought to be treated with the same respect as when they are found.
In my opinion, it is quite probable that these mummies were created from bone to resemble extraterrestrials and then buried so they might be discovered years later.
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