‘Not aliens’: Peru officials say 2 doll-like figures seized from shipment made with paper, metal, bones

The belief that the figures come from an ‘alien centre or another planet’ is ‘totally false’, says a forensic expert

Last year, several Mexican lawmakers were mocked for saying two boxes of supposed mummies from Peru were ‘not part of our terrestrial evolution’

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A press conference in Lima on January 12 where forensic experts rule out the existence of alleged extraterrestrial mummies found in the south of Peru. Photo: AFP

Published: 7:09pm, 13 Jan 2024

Aliens they are not. That was what forensic experts in Peru said about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico.

The forensic experts with Peru’s prosecutor’s office said on Friday the objects were made with paper, glue, metal and human and animal bones.

The findings quash some people’s belief that the figures come from an “alien centre or come from another planet, all of which is totally false,” said forensic archaeologist Flavio Estrada, who led the analysis.

A Peruvian archaeologist shows what has been believed to be remains of an extraterrestrial alien. Forensic experts have ruled out the existence of alleged extraterrestrial mummies found in the south of Peru. Photo: AFP

“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,” Estrada told reporters. “They are not extraterrestrials; they are not aliens.”

The prosecutor’s office has not yet determined who owns the objects. Officials on Friday would only say that a Mexican citizen was the intended recipient of the objects before they were seized by customs agents in October.

Mexican journalist José Jaime Maussan and some Mexican lawmakers became the subject of international ridicule in September when he went before the country’s Congress to present two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru.

He along with others claimed they were “non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution.”