cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/6680998
Aliens have not been discovered in South America after all. The doll-like figures, photos of which went viral online last year, are just that – dolls, according to scientists.
The controversial artifacts were seized by Peruvian customs agents in October and intended for "a Mexican citizen," the Associated Press reported.
Mexican journalist and self-described "UFOlogist" Jaime Maussan brought similar unidentified fraudulent objects in front of the Mexican congress last September, claiming that they had been recovered near Peru's ancient Nazca Lines and dated over 700 years old.
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Experts with Peru's prosecutor's office analyzed the seized dolls, and forensic archaeologist Flavio Estrada presented the results of their findings at a press conference for the Peruvian Ministry of Culture on Friday.
"They are not extraterrestrials, they are not intraterrestrials, they are not a new species, they are not hybrids, they are none of those things that this group of pseudo-scientists who for six years have been presenting with these elements," Estrada said.
The humanoid three-fingered dolls consisted of earth-bound animal and human bones assembled with modern synthetic glue, Estrada elaborated. It isn't the first time Maussan has had an otherworldly corpse debunked — he made similar claims in 2017.
These are exactly the mummies presented in Mexico about 1½ month ago:
https://www.newsweek.com/was-unknown-dna-found-peru-mummies-what-we-know-1848782
“The prosecutor’s office has not yet determined who the owners of the objects are but Peru officials said a Mexican citizen was the intended recipient before customs agents seized them in October, AP reported.”
Also, as stated in the article you linked the hearing was in September, not 1 1/2 months ago. The objects analyzed here were found in October. The alleged mummies presented at the hearing are still in possession of Maussan.
I don’t allege the originals to be real, but let’s stick with facts.
OK, I was sure they were the same, they look identical, and I may have misunderstood, because I thought it said they were owned by Maussan about both the proven fakes and the ones displayed in Mexico.
If they are not the same, it looks like the same person made them.