Pilots and researchers are often labeled ‘conspiracy theorists’ when it comes to aliens, but the Mexican government has decided to listen and hold its first hearing on the issue.
Journalist Jaime Maussan – Photo: REUTERS
On September 13, the Senate in Mexico did something unprecedented in history: held a hearing on the alien suspicion .
Mexico gets serious about ‘aliens’
In the Senate, Mexican lawmakers examined two mummies, watched a video, and listened to a presentation by journalist Jaime Maussan.
Mr. Maussan is a writer who rose to fame through information about unidentified flying objects (UFOs), as well as things that he asserts belong to aliens, not to humanity.
This time, he introduced two “corpses” with strange appearances. These two corpses had many human-like features, including heads and limbs. However, they were much smaller than humans, with only three fingers on each hand, and their heads were longer than humans.
According to Mr. Maussan, these “bodies” were excavated in Peru, near the Nazca plateau in 2017. Nazca is a famous site for archaeology and alien suspicion.
Citing the results of carbon analysis, Mr. Maussan affirmed that the mummies just found are about 1,000 years old, and are things that “do not belong to humans in our evolutionary process”.
“This is the biggest evidence. That means if the DNA shows us that they are not human, and are not like anything else in the world, then we have to accept that as the truth,” Mr. Maussan declared.
What is believed to be an alien “body” – Photo: REUTERS/HENRY ROMERO
Being ridiculed and despised for mentioning UFOs and aliens
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to discuss these new findings and conclusions on September 14, according to Reuters.
But whatever NASA’s assessment or the nature of Mr. Maussan’s claims, the story reflects a larger shift than curiosity about a particular event.
In fact, “aliens” have increasingly been dismissed as nonsense in recent decades. A series of conspiracy theories have been debunked, and this has put a lot of pressure on independent researchers and projects on aliens or UFOs.
Mr. Maussan himself could not avoid being ridiculed when pursuing this topic. Western press recalled the time Mr. Maussan “discovered aliens” in 2015, which was later “exposed” by some opinions.
Mr. Maussan, who has been a journalist for 50 years, has also been described by the mainstream press as “a sports reporter turned self-proclaimed UFO expert.” This description is similar to a fallacy, discrediting the subject in question.
In fact, the findings of Mr. Maussan and his colleagues were once commented as “not supported by evidence”. The opposing group (including anthropologists) also explained that the elongated skulls of the mummies could be the result of past religious customs and rituals. Obviously, the opposing group itself is not based on any scientific evidence.
Mexico: new chapter for “aliens”?
In fact, although mainstream media and fake news sites have tried their best to deny conspiracy theories about UFOs and aliens, the undeniable truth is that NASA and the US Department of Defense have been under constant pressure to be transparent in recent years, and NASA has, for the first time in history, established an independent council to study UFOs.
Mexico is not the first country to take UFOs and aliens seriously, beyond the political perspective.
The hearing was inspired by a similar hearing held by the US Congress in July, when retired General David Grusch claimed that Washington had concealed a UFO program.
The Pentagon at that time rejected Mr. Grusch’s statement, although the US has now had to change the name UFO to UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), stemming from the discovery of too many phenomena that are difficult to explain.
Changing the name UFO in official documents is also an effort to relieve pressure and stigma for those who research this topic.
In Mexico, lawmakers also heard from Ryan Graves, a former US Navy pilot who testified in the US, recounting his personal experiences with UAP sightings and the stigma surrounding his findings.
Mexican Congressman Sergio Gutiérrez Luna insisted that Congress does not take a position on aliens. He stressed the importance of listening to all opinions and voices, and said that such transparent dialogue is a positive thing.
Both the UFO believers and the non-believers are short on evidence, and we know too little about the world around us. In that context, right or wrong, the biggest and most positive change on the horizon is transparency.
