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Elaborate hoax? Alleged tomb raiders say they've found 20 3-fingered mummies in Peru - and saw live 'beings' too - UPDATE

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Claims the creatures were seen by the "discoverers" of the so-called mummified remains of "three-fingered bodies" is the latest twist in a sensational story that has been branded an elaborate hoax by many, but has taken the internet by storm.

UK-based UFO investigators Steve Mera and Barry Fitzgerald revealed the new claim in a video documentary charting their mission to investigate the "alien" bodies in Peru.

They spoke to members of the Inkari Institute, an archaeological research team in Cusco, Peru, which was allegedly handed the bodies by blackmarket tomb raiders said to have found the tomb in a secret location in Nazca, Peru.

Mr Mera told Express.co.uk: "We were told that the bodies were discovered in a tomb in Nazca.

"Inside were two sarcophagi, one of which contained around 20 small bodies, all of which around two feet in length, some missing their heads which were later found throughout the interconnecting tunnels.

"There was even claims of discoverers seeing live entities fleeing down tunnels on arrival."

Comment: Mysterious Universe's commentary seems apt at this point:
Don't get ahead of us here - news of these 3-fingered alien mummies is best taken in small doses - or at least that's how those in possession of them seem to feel. Gaia.com has released its five videos in dribbles, with the last before this latest one revealing that there at least five of these mummies were found in an undisclosed cave by a guy only identified as Mario. The videos and what little other information is available have been examined by real experts such as the World Congress on Mummy Studies and the data so far deemed to be questionable at best, an outright hoax and desecration of remains at worst.
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© youtube/gaia.comSo-called baby mummy
Update (Oct. 7): DNA testing has been successfully carried out on the hand and brain. Results? 100% human:
Scientists were unable to get DNA codes from some of the samples sent for analysis, however DNA types were confirmed for a three-fingered hand, and from a brain tissue sample.

However, in a blow to people hoping for proof of alien visitations of Earth, the samples were concluded to be a 100 percent match to human DNA.

Both the hand and brain tissue were found to come from a male homo sapien, according to a report from Paleo DNA laboratory at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada, now available online.

It said: "The evidence suggests the source of DNA from the biological material from the cranial brain and the bone extracted from the hand belongs to homo sapiens (humans)."
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The bodies were carbon dated to between 245 to 410 AD, but genuine scientists believe they have been created to look like aliens using the "grave-robbed" mummified remains of anciently-buried humans.
No links were provided to the study, however.

Update (Oct. 12): Around the same time as the previous update, during a conference in Rome, Russian professor Konstantin Korotkov said the following, according to Mysterious Universe:
He emphasized that analyses of the chemical composition of the bones in the largest of the mummies showed consistency throughout - which he said is an indication that the body was not assembled from other bodies or bones. He also reiterated the recent news that the first DNA analysis was done by five independent labs in the U.S., Russia and Mexico and showed that the DNA was very close, but not identical, to human. Finally, he restated his opinion that CT scans show the mummies were once living non-human beings that did not suffer from mutilations (like skull elongation) or genetic defects.

Korotkov also talked about one big non-human discovery - the objects that look like eggs in one of the females. He claimed that he's negotiating with the "owner" of the mummies to allow him to biopsy one of the eggs. As always with these mummies, it seems strange that the "owners" - whoever they are - are so restrictive with even their own so-called team members.



Sherlock

Study delves into mysterious lights observed over Norway

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As a study published last year in Frontiers in Earth Science shared,"rare and unusual atmospheric lights have been reported in the valley of Hessdalen in Norway for over a century." Yet, "in spite of their irregular occurrence-i.e., 15 to 20 times per week from 1981 to 1984 and 10 to 20 times per year nowadays-the Hessdalen lights (HL) have been consistently observed and possess a series of recurring features."

The study then outlines their features. Firstly, they have the appearance of a free-floating light ball with dimensions ranging from decimeters up to 30 m. Secondly, they are characterized by geometric structures that are often accompanied by small, short-duration pulsating "spikes" in the high frequency and very low frequency radio ranges. Thirdly, they show an absolute luminosity that has been estimated to be 19kw, and lastly, they have a time duration that ranges from seconds to hours.

It concluded by emphasizing:
In the 80's, HL were defined as "UFOs" and were rejected by most scientists. Thanks to the scientific method and the pioneering work of Erling P. Strand, the atmospheric light anomaly observed in the valley of Hessalen in Norway is now slowly gaining the attention of the scientific community and the respect of academic journals. Moreover, UAP were recently measured in other locations in the world, suggesting that the phenomena might be more global than previously anticipated. Since the mechanism creating these lights is completely unknown, further research is needed to better understand the transient luminous phenomena.

Black Magic

Close encounters, the alchemical kind

Prophet Isaiah
© unknown
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, French milliner and dressmaker to Marie Antoinette

UFOlogy is a senile discipline. By this I'm not referring to its age, or how after more than 60 years it hasn't seemingly come any closer into solving the enigma which spawned its existence. What I mean is that UFOlogy as a field has the terrible tendency of narrow-sightedness, and of forgetting the valuable lessons from the past. Some of our critics on UFOs: Reframing the Debate, for example, complained we weren't really saying anything particularly original compared to the thinkers and ideas of the late 60's and early 70's; our defense was we weren't actually trying to be novel so much as remarking what was pointed out by the true mavericks preceding us, but hasn't been paid attention to enough by the newer generations... to the detriment of the study of unidentified flying objects, and the intelligence(s) in control of them.

Take for instance the controversial topic of the Contactees: Most people believe it was in the 1950's when common citizens like George Adamski or Truman Bethurum began claiming to be in contact with extraterrestrials hailing from Venus, Jupiter -or far more exotically-named planets like Clarion- and the main concern of our Space Brothers was the proliferation of nuclear weapons in our world, and the threat they posed to the survival of Humanity... or even to the stability of the entire Cosmos. Psychologists have tried to explain the sociological phenomenon of the Contactees as stemming out of Cold War anxieties, and a religious need from saviors from on-high repackaged for the consumption of the Space Age.

But those psychologists -and even most UFOlogists- would be surprised to learn warnings against a nuclear Armageddon can be traced back before the start of the Cold War and the Space Age -before even the fission of the atom had been experimentally achieved for the first time by German chemist Otto Hahn in 1938! And these warnings didn't come from long-haired Venusians on board silvery saucers, but from a secretive individual who claimed to be in possession of a powerful legacy of knowledge, assembled from the scattered remains of a lost civilization.

Black Magic

'Poltergeist' caught on Irish school CCTV

Ghost on Film
© Deerpark CBS/YouTube
Supernatural forces appear to be at work in an Irish high school, with video footage emerging of unexplained spooky activity after hours in Deerpark CBS.

Founded in 1828, the school is one of the oldest in county Cork. It makes sense then that it would be haunted as everyone knows the dead like to stalk buildings with a bit of character.

In the short video, students' lockers shake and burst open by themselves in a darkened hallway. Books are flung onto the ground and a 'caution wet floor' sign then appears to be kicked across the corridor.

UFO 2

Mysterious aircraft involved in fatal Air Force crash

Nellis AFB
© Nellis Air Force BaseThe crash occurred at Nellis Air Force Base, a frequent target for UFO and conspiracy theories.
One of the enduring theories explaining various UFO phenomena in the modern era is that militaries have created and propagated UFO rumors in order to mask tests of new aerospace technologies. One hole in this theory, though, is that UFO sightings predate the advent of man-made flying machines by quite a few centuries. Nevertheless, it's plausible to suspect that perhaps at least some of the sightings over the last century or so can be chalked up to clandestine military tests or even foreign entities operating over our own skies.

Tests of secretive new aircraft and reports of foreign spy planes seem to have been ramping up this year, with numerous sightings of odd planes and unconventional aircraft pouring in around the globe. Now, a strange and fatal crash of a U.S. Air Force craft is showing that there is indeed likely more than meets the eye in the skies overhead.

Lt. Col. Eric Schultz, 44, of Annapolis, Maryland died in the crash. Schultz was a highly decorated pilot and test engineer who flew over 50 combat missions in Afghanistan. The USAF reported that the crash occurred around 6:00 pm on Tuesday, September 5th at the 2.9-million acre Nevada Test and Training Range about 100 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base.
Schultz
© UnknownLt. Col. Schultz leaves behind a wife and five children.
However, the Air Force didn't report the crash until September 8th, and has still yet to state what type of aircraft was involved in the crash. Maj. Christina Sukach, chief of public affairs at Nellis, has said only that "information about the type of aircraft involved is classified and not releasable." Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein has meanwhile stated only that the aircraft was definitely not an F-35.

For more of this article, go here.

UFO

In 1994 UK's "most spectacular" UFO photo was taken down in Britain's Ministry of Defence office - never seen again

Calvine UFO Britain Nick Pope
© Channel 5A recreation of the Calvine UFO photo poster.
Hanging on the wall near the British government's UFO Desk was what one of the men who occupied that desk called "the most spectacular UFO photo ever sent to the Ministry of Defence (MoD)." The photo has since disappeared, but the story of how the picture was obtained, and what it showed, has not.

Nick Pope ran the MoD's UFO project from 1991 to 1994. When he was first assigned to the position, he was not excited about it. He felt the issue was ridiculous and he was not looking forward to having to deal with a bunch of UFO nuts. However, over the years, Pope found there were credible cases of incredible things, and began to see there was something truly mysterious about the phenomenon. One of the cases that lead him to this conclusion had to do with a photo that was made into a poster that he found hung in the office near his desk when he began working the UFO desk.

"I first came across this story in 1991, when I joined the UFO project," writes Pope on his website. "A poster-sized enlargement of the best photo was prominently displayed on the office wall."

"The X-Files first aired in the UK in 1994 and I acquired the same nickname (Spooky) as Fox Mulder, for obvious reasons," Nick continues. "Mulder famously had his 'I want to believe' UFO poster on his office wall and though uncaptioned, I suppose this was my equivalent."

UFO

The Thomas Mantell UFO analyses

Thomas Mantell plane crash
© ancientufo.org
While I was talking with Fran Ridge, of the NICAP website, we drifted into a discussion of the Thomas Mantell UFO sighting of January 1948. Mantell was killed when his F-51 crashed in Kentucky.

The case has been wrapped in controversy since then, mainly because a pilot died attempting to identify the UFO. Various theories have been offered over the years about what happened.

I had written a long analysis of it about a decade and a half ago. My plan had been to create an online peer review for UFO research. I had written the analysis and it was offered over the UFO Updates list when the draft was finished. I had hoped that those with expertise in various aspects of the case would be inspired to provide their analysis of my analysis. There were a few responses but most had to do with the performance capabilities of the aircraft rather than other aspects of the case. You can read that analysis here:

UFO

The Gulf Breeze UFO sightings 30 years later: Is the truth still out there?

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American's love their UFO's
For World UFO day, we look back at some of the most buzzed-about sightings of unidentified flying objects.

Get your smirks out now, if you must. Now, let's be serious.

Thirty years ago this fall, sleepy Gulf Breeze was gripped by a UFO phenomenon that became national and international news. The "Gulf Breeze Sightings," as they came to be known, became some of the best-known UFO sightings in history, and the lore from that frantic fall of 1987 is still debated today.

The Gulf Breeze Sightings were referenced on The X-Files. studied by The History Channel and other cable programs, and dissected and argued on Internet sites galore.

Most dismiss the UFO photos at the center of the Gulf Breeze Sightings as a hoax - most, but not all - yet so many others at the time also claimed to see unexplained flying craft in the Gulf Breeze area - so close to both Pensacola Naval Air Station and Eglin Air Force Base, of course.

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Missing 411: Hunters asked to keep an eye out for man who disappeared in Mark Twain National Forest in July

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Bow season begins Friday and as anticipation builds for the upcoming deer season, bow hunters in the Mark Twain National Forest at AD and CC Highways and on the west bordered by County Road 5150 are being asked to call the Howell County Sheriff's Department if they see something that doesn't seem right, Howell County Criminal Investigator Don Reid said.

No signs have been found of the missing Robert L. Huddleson, 66, of County Road 5150, said Deputy Shannon Caldwell and Reid. It is believed Huddleson, missing since July 30, disappeared in the forest as he routinely walked the main trails in the Mark Twain, at least four to six miles a day, according to Caldwell.

The victim's brother, John Huddleson, of St. James, reported his brother missing at 8:44 a.m. July 30. Robert Huddleson was last seen at his home July 27.

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Missing 411: 'Stuff They Don't Want You To Know' interviews David Paulides

Yosemite National Park
© National Park Service/Damon JoyceYosemite National Park (seen here) has had the largest number of visitors go missing โ€” between 40 and 45 cases โ€” since the National Park Service was established in 1916.
National parks are a source of pride for Americans. They provide beautiful, wild places to explore and reconnect with nature. But unfortunately, sometimes there's a dark side to these historic places. One of those is that since the National Park Service was established in 1916, more than 1,000 visitors have disappeared while visiting a park, often without a trace. And because there is no federal-level database tracking how many people have gone missing from these federal lands, it's very difficult to pin down an exact number of the missing.

That's why Stuff They Don't Want You To Know invited former police detective and author of the "Missing 411" series and documentary David Paulides to the show. Matt Frederick, Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown talk to Paulides about all the strange disappearances, unlikely patterns and wild theories in "Missing 411" with David Paulides.


Comment: See also: Missing 411: Unexplained disappearances of people that have never been solved