'We are not alone in this vast universe, we should embrace this reality'

Just weeks after the Pentagon released formerly classified images and videos of UFOs, the two corpses were revealed on Tuesday in front of Mexican Congress in what was described as a "watershed" moment.

Jaime Maussan, who has led investigations into alien phenomena for decades, stood with scientists, as the lids of coffin-like containers were opened to reveal the corpses recovered from a mine in Cusco, Peru.

The corpses, reports said, had a genetic composition 30 per cent different to that of human beings, leading scientists to believe they are another species. They had three-fingered hands and feet, no teeth and stereoscopic vision.

Carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) found the bodies were more than 1,000 years old.

Speaking under oath, alien investigator Jaime Maussan said "these specimen are not part of our terrestrial evolution […] These aren't beings that were found after a UFO wreckage."

He said the corpses were found fossilised and authorities don't know "whether they are aliens or not".

He added: "But they were intelligent and they lived with us. They should rewrite history. We are not alone in this vast universe, we should embrace this reality."

While the bodies were humanoid in shape, they had a retractable neck and long skull, more "typical of birds", El País reported, and had strong, light bones.

Experts in congress told deputies at the event that one of the beings carried eggs with embryos inside them, and had implants of cadmium and osmium metals.

Maussan described the event as a "watershed" moment and the first time Mexico had acknowledged the phenomenon.

Abraham Avi Loeb, the Director of the Harvard Astronomy Department, appeared by video link at the hearing and urged the Mexican government to allow international scientists to research the discovery further.

A number of US military officials spoke at Tuesday's hearing, including Robert Salas, a retired USAF lieutenant. He told the hearing that "our sky is full of [UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena]."

According to a report by Infobae, he said: "Sightings are not rare or isolated, they are routine. It is a stigma of the [UAP] and poses a powerful challenge to national security."

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