For one man, the presentation of ‘alien bodies’ is an important event in history

Maussan defends that the tiny bodies of a specimen that he presented to Mexico's Congress last week are not related to any known Earthly species. — Photos: Reuters

FOR JAIME Maussan, a Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast, they are one of the most important discoveries in the history of humankind.

But for many scientists these two tiny mummified bodies with elongated heads and three fingers on each hand, images of which were beamed around the world last week when they were presented to Mexico’s Congress, are an already-debunked – perhaps criminal – stunt.