The ‘alien mummies’ discovered in Peru have largely been dismissed as a hoax by the scientific community, but researchers studying the specimens believe otherwise.
Dr José Zalce, former director of the Mexican Navy Medical Department, has analyzed 21 of the strange bodies, finding ‘fingerprints, bone wear, dental formations, muscular features and internal organs – proving they’re 100 percent real biological organisms.’
He even claimed some were pregnant, ‘making them impossible to fake or replicate fraudulently,’ said Zalce who has testified under oath that the mummies are real following his six years of work with them.
Recent scans of a ‘pregnant’ mummy revealed what appeared to be an intact fetus that had the same physical characteristics of the corpses, which the team said was proof of authenticity.
The mummies first exploded on the scene when controversial UFO enthusiast and journalist Jaime Maussan ushered two small beings into Mexico Congress in 2023.
He claimed they were not part of ‘our terrestrial evolution’, with 30 percent of their genetic composition still ‘unknown.’
Dr Zalce and his team, however, have performed X-rays, CT scans with 3D reconstruction, fluoroscopy, DNA analysis, forensic fingerprinting and tissue sample examinations on each body for the last six years.
‘These confirm with 100 percent certainty their organic, biofunctional, and skeletal anatomical authenticity,’ Dr Zalce told DailyMail.com.
Researchers have been studying these ‘alien mummies’ for about six years, claiming them to be 100 percent real
The researchers conducted a recent scan of a mummy named ‘Montserrat,’ finding it was pregnant at the time of death, which they believe was at least 1,200 years ago
The mystery began in 2017 when Maussan and a team of self-proclaimed paranormal researchers said they found a mysterious three-fingered ‘mummified humanoid’ with an elongated skull near the city of Nazca.
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 similar specimens over four years.
Now, a group of researchers who have studied nearly two dozen specimens are 100 percent sure they are real.
Jois Mantilla, a Peruvian journalist, has worked closely with the team stands with the experts’ conclusion, specifically when the fetus was discovered in a mummy named Montserrat.
‘The fact that the fetus is a tridactyl [three-fingered being] makes it one of the most important proofs of the authenticity of these bodies,’ he said.
Dr Zalce and his team have determined that the specimen was between 15 and 25 years old at time of due to its ‘bodily condition, gestational state, and a comparison of her anthropomorphic bone structure.’
He estimated Montserrat’s remains are from 1,200 to 1,600 years old.
Mantilla also believes the the mummies are remains from an unknown species of hominin due to having some physical characteristics of a human, while its hands, facial features, elongated skull and feet are completely different.
One specimen, named Montserrat, was found with a metallic-like object on its head that experts said said was placed on the body while it was alive
Dr José Zalce, former director of the Mexican Navy Medical Department, has analyzed 21 bodies , finding ‘fingerprints, bone wear, dental formations , muscular features and internal organs – proving they’re 100 percent real biological organisms’
‘It could be a different species of hominid that had not been described before by science,’ he said.
‘We presume that these beings, so similar to humans, but different at the same time, may have been genetically created by combining genes as in the case of Maria.’
A study on the mummy named Maria, published in May 2024, found that it has biological similarities to that of a human – but with ‘many morphological and anatomical structural differences.’
The creature’s bones were observed to flow smoothly under the mummified casing, in a way that is found throughout the human body, and its elongated skull showed no signs of artificial cranial deformation.
Mantilla claimed that genes of a bamboo and chimpanzee were used to genetically modify a ‘human from the East.’
However, scientists outside this group have also studied two mummies and found different results.
Forensic archaeologist Flavio Estrada, who led the analysis, said the claims that the two objects came from another word 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.
Researchers said the fingerprints are very unique as they are linear and not wavy like those of humans
‘They are not extraterrestrials; they are not aliens.’
However, a former Colorado prosecutor and current defense attorney, who has examined one of the mummies, is also a true believer.
Joshua McDowell said: ‘The bodies studied by Estrada were not related to any specimen that we have studied. They were folk dolls made to look like tridactyls confiscated at the airport.’
Estrada’s statements have not stopped Zalce and his team from looking deeper into the mysterious bodies.
‘All serious researchers involved have confirmed that these are non-human bodies with unique anatomical differences, such as tridactyl, without any traces of artificial manipulation or alteration,’ Dr Zalce said.
One of those differences, according to researchers, are the specimens’ fingerprints do not correspond to any hominid, they are linear.
‘Those of humans, hominids, are oblique, they are wavy, they are rounded shapes and these are totally linear,’ Mantilla said.
‘In some of the bodies, the number of fingers reach five, in others four and some have only three.’
Dr Zalce added that the mummies’ ‘authenticity is supported by fingerprints, DNA analysis showing remarkable differences from human DNA, and other surprising genetic and pathological findings.’
Experts speculated that the mummies could be a remains from an unknown species of hominin due to having some physical characteristics of a human, while its hands, facial features, elongated skull and feet are completely different
‘We presume that these beings,so similar to humans, but different at the same time, may have been genetically created by combining genes as in the case of Maria,’ they said. Pictured is Maria
Metallic plates have been found throughout other areas of the mummies’ bodies, ‘from the interior covering some bones to external attachments on the skin, forming a biofunctional implant with no signs of rejection,’ said Dr Zalce.
‘These polymetallic plates have been analyzed using [a light-based measurement], revealing an alloy composed of copper, cadmium, osmium, aluminum, gold, and silver,’ he added.
‘Notably, the silver has a purity of over 95 percent, which is rare in nature. Additionally, cadmium and osmium, relatively recent discoveries, are currently used in satellite communication and satellite structures.’
Montserrat was found with a metallic-like object on its head that Mantilla said was placed on the body while it was alive.
‘They have been placed on the skin using a technique that we still do not know,’ he said. ‘In some cases, [like Montserrat], the skin has been seen to have grown around the implant.
‘This gives us the understanding that these implants were used while the subject was still alive. They were not metal implants placed for ritual purposes.’
McDowell is helping the researchers work collaboratively with the Peruvian Ministry of Culture to complete additional genetic and forensic testing not currently available in Peru.
‘There are a lot of unknowns about these tridactyl specimens that could be definitively answered through additional testing modalities not currently available in Peru,’ he said.
‘Our position is simply that they should be tested, in a legal and culturally sensitive manner, with the best methods available today.’
