Alien Project: the chronology of events
This page presents the facts about the Nazca three-fingered mummies case,
from the most recent to the oldest.
April 9, 2025
The Ministry of Culture (DDC Ica) has released the official documents (reports and CT scans) relating to the examination of the mummies “Maria” and “Wawita,” carried out on September 13, 2024, at the request of MINCUL. Based on the results of these analyses, a bill is currently being drafted to declare “Maria” and ‘Wawita’ as “national heritage of the nation.”
March 5–15, 2025
A team of researchers from a North American university visits the Inkarri Institute to examine the case of the non-human mummies of Nasca. A publication in a renowned scientific journal is planned for 2025…
February 21, 2025
The British newspaper Daily Mail in London reports on analyses carried out several weeks ago by Jesús Salce and Ricardo Rangel on a small mummy named “Antonio.” They reportedly found traces of ancient dental work on several teeth. Small cavities caused by tooth decay were treated and then filled with a paste composed of various elements, including mercury, silver, copper, and tin.
December 8, 2024
Death of Dr. Edgar Hernández Huaripaucar
Professor at the San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica (UNICA). A member of the commission tasked with studying the non-human mummies of Nasca, he notably focused his research on the mummy known as “Maria.”
November 25, 2024
In an official statement, the Inkarri Cusco Institute declared that it no longer supports the highly questionable manner in which Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan is handling the subject of the non-human mummies of Nasca. It demands that the seven mummies held by Maussan be handed over in their entirety to a Peruvian institution (university, museum, or Ministry of Culture). It reiterates the illegal nature of such trafficking and declares its opposition to the clandestine removal of Peruvian mummies. If this does not happen, the Inkarri Institute calls on the Peruvian authorities to take responsibility and intervene.
November 20, 2024
FERNANDO
Appearance of a new hybrid mummy, male, named Fernando.
November 17, 2024
PALOMA
Appearance of a new hybrid mummy, female, named “Paloma.”
November 9, 2024
Public hearing in Lima
Second public hearing at the Congress of the Republic of Peru, initiated by the Congress’s “Culture and Cultural Heritage Committee.”
November 4, 2024
In a TikTok video, Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan, accompanied by Peruvian journalist Jois Mantilla from Lima, claims to have seven hybrid mummies in his possession and wants to transfer them (illegally!) to the United States.
September 13, 2024
For the first time, the Peruvian Ministry of Culture (DDC Ica) is conducting CT scans of the mummies “Maria” and “Wawita” at the Augusto Hernández Hospital in Ica.
August 21, 2024
Death of Dr. Raymundo Salas Alfaro.
A member of the Inkarri team, he was the radiologist who performed the very first CT scans of “Albert,” “Josefina,” “Victoria,” “Maria,” and “Wawita.”
April 4, 2024
Presentation in Lima of the Montserrat mummy discovered by Mario in the Nazca desert in early 2024.
Although smaller than Maria, she appears to be of the same species. She contains 10 metal implants and a fetus named Rafael.
November 14, 2023
Thierry Jamin appeared on a program on NureaTV to discuss the second hearing, which was devoted almost exclusively to the results of research on the Nazca mummies at the Congress of the Republic of Mexico.
November 7, 2023
Second hearing at the Congress of the Republic of Mexico largely devoted to the “Mummies of Nazca.”
UNICA has released its preliminary report confirming the authenticity of these desiccated bodies. The report is signed by 11 experts who participated in the research.
October 11, 2023
Officials from Peru’s Ministry of Culture arrived with the prosecutor for the sixth attempt to seize the mummies, but they were unsuccessful because they did not have permission to enter. They went to the Rector’s Office to speak with the rector, but he was busy and they were referred to a legal advisor. The officials were contacted by the local press and refused to give explanations, despite the insistence of their colleagues.
September 13, 2023
In a hospital in Mexico City, X-rays and scans are performed live. The team of specialists present confirm the authenticity of the two specimens.
September 12, 2023
Jaime Maussan and Tercer Milenio present the Nazca case to the Congress of the Republic of Mexico and exhibit two reptilian humanoid specimens. This presentation has a global impact. For the first time, the Nazca mummies case is covered by mainstream media.
July 26, 2023
For the first time, Peru’s Ministry of Culture has asked the Ica Cultural Directorate to carry out X-rays of the various mummies held at the University of Ica.
July 21, 2023
For the fifth time, Peru’s Ministry of Culture has unsuccessfully attempted to seize the controversial mummies kept at UNICA.
February 2023
TRIDACTYLS 1 on VOD
TRIDACTYLS 1 is now available on VOD (in French, English, or Spanish), with six 52-minute episodes telling the true story as experienced from the inside by those involved in the case.
TRIDACTYLS 1 is also available on DVD in French, with bonus content including a selection of 3D reconstructions of different bodies based on DICOMs.
February 2023
Lost Paititi and the Non-Human Remains of Nazca
Thierry Jamin / Éditions Adventure Unlimited Press (USA), Février 2023
French explorer Thierry Jamin presents the results of his years spent in Peru searching for Paititi, the lost city of the Incas. He also recounts the exceptional discoveries made by his team between 2011 and 2014 in the famous citadel of Machu Picchu. Finally, Jamin recounts in detail the incredible story in which he and his companions were the main protagonists: the case of the non-human mummies of Nasca. A moving book, full of twists and turns. It reads like an adventure novel, except that this is a true story…
English only
October 5, 2022
Mirko Tello, a traumatologist with 20 years of experience and an expert in reconstructive hand surgery, confirms the authenticity of Maria’s hand and foot joints.
January 2022
The Inkarri Institute team is studying a new reptilian humanoid specimen named Artemis. This extraordinary entity contains three eggs and seven metal plates, some of which probably contain osmium (to be continued…).
December 2021
UNI joins forces with UNICA and detects osmium in Luisa’s breastplate.
October 2021
Les momies non humaines de Nazca
Thierry Jamin
Éditions Atlantes, octobre 2020.
The true story told for the first time by Thierry Jamin! In October 2016, Thierry Jamin, a French researcher and explorer, was contacted by tomb raiders, or “huaqueros,” from the southern coast of Peru. They told him about strange mummified objects discovered in a secret location in the Nazca Desert. Convinced of the reality of the facts, Jamin and his group embarked on this quest. Strange humanoid mummies with elongated heads and three-fingered hands made headlines and shook up the world of Peruvian archaeology and global ufology for more than four years. This incredible story is the “Roswell incident” of modern archaeology, and its implications will unfold throughout the century. More than 230 photos!
In French only.
Sept. 5 2020
Samples taken from Luisa’s egg confirm the biological nature of these ovoid objects.
March 1, 2020
UNICA performs 128-slice scans of Maria, Alberto, and Luisa in Lima.
November 6, 2019
Special press conference held at San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica. At this event, university officials officially announced that they had recovered four of the “three-fingered mummies of Nasca” and launched an international appeal to researchers around the world to join them in the scientific study of these mysterious relics. For the first time, an exhibition revealed the mummies to the general public.
October 28, 2019
Local officials from the Ministry of Culture (DDC-Ica) are making another attempt to recover the mummies. But UNICA officials refuse to be intimidated. The police raid on university premises is a “first” in Peru in decades.
October 25, 2019
Officials from the Ica Ministry of Culture (DDC-Ica) stormed the premises of the San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica, accompanied by a lawyer and several police officers, demanding that the “three-fingered mummies of Nasca” be handed over to them. But this incursion was illegal. Local officials from the Ministry of Culture had no legal documents allowing them to take possession of the famous relics.
September 24, 2019
Final ruling by the Peruvian courts on the complaint of criminal offense against cultural property filed by the public prosecutor in charge of legal affairs at the Ministry of Culture.
Conclusion:
“[…] it has not been possible to determine the location where the alleged dried remains were found; without knowing the location of the site, it is not possible to determine whether or not the site is archaeological… Thus, the act reported does not constitute a crime (Article 334.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, amended by Law 30076).”
August 2, 2019
Conference by Thierry Jamin in Ica on the results of the analyses presented on November 19, 2018, at the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
August 1, 2019
Officials at San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica have managed to recover four of the famous three-fingered mummies of Nasca: Maria, Wawita, Albert, and Victoria.
July 30, 2019
Examination of the molecular composition of different samples
As part of The Alien Project, five samples from different parts of mummies found at the Nasca site (Peru) were sent to Professor Olivier Sire, an expert at the Rennes Court of Appeal in physical-chemical, biological, and agro-food industry analysis, for examination of their molecular composition using mid-infrared spectroscopy. This technique makes it possible to identify the (bio)chemical composition of any sample consisting of organic matter. The analyses were conducted at the Dupuy de Lôme Research Institute (UMR CNRS 6027) in Vannes (France).
January 25, 2019
Meeting between officials from the University of Ica, Armando Villanueva, congressman, Jaime Maussan, Tercer Milenio, and members of the Instituto Inkarri Cusco.
December 2018
Article devoted to the results announced at the conference on November 19, 2018, in Ikaris magazine No. 6.
November 19, 2018
Presentation of analysis results at the Congress of the Republic of Peru under the auspices of Congressman Armando Villanueva Mercado. With Thierry Jamin, Dr. Raymundo Salas, biologist José de la Cruz Ríos López, forensic scientist José de Jesús Zalce Benítez, Dr. Clara Ines Martinez, Galestskiy Dmitriy Vladilàvovich, Manuel Àngel Cáceres, Salavador Angel Romero Martinez…
August 7, 2018
The Inkarri Institute performs the first HD CT scans on Maria, Josefina, and Wawita.
July 11, 2018
Bill proposed by Congressman Armando Villanueva Mercado for the declaration of historical and cultural interest and the study of the humanoid mummies of Nasca.
March 2018
The first issue of Ikaris magazine features a comprehensive article on the mummies of Nasca.
January 28, 2018
For the first time, the Nasca mummies case is the subject of a report on a French national television channel. As part of the program “66 Minutes,” broadcast in France every Sunday, the M6 channel presents the facts in a fairly objective manner, giving a voice to Thierry Jamin and those in Peru who doubt the authenticity of this story. The final word will be left to the analyses currently underway…
Fin déc. 2017
DNA, C14, etc. analyses of biological material and analyses of non-biological materials are continuing…
Nov. 29 2017
X-ray of the new biological material recovered with Dr. Edson Salazar Vivanco.
Nov. 25 2017
The team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco managed to recover and study a new specimen of the small gray type, as well as two new mummified heads of the small gray type and a three-fingered hand measuring 38 cm long.
October/November 2017
Thierry Jamin and Alain Bonnet are touring France to meet Alien Project contributors and give conferences.
October 7, 2017 – Sarlat / October 12, 2017 – Toulouse
October 19, 2017 – Perpignan / October 20, 2017 – Col de Vence
October 21, 2017 – Annecy / October 24, 2017 – Lyon
October 25, 2017 – Lille / October 26, 2017 – Paris
October 27, 2017 – Tours / November 4, 2017 – Angoulême
August 4, 2017
Thierry Jamin’s team successfully studied three new specimens of the “little gray” type, dubbed “The Family.”
Examination and X-ray of these three new biological entities.
July 11, 2017
The Instituto Inkari – Cusco, in collaboration with the American private channel Gaia, Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan, and Peruvian journalist Jois Mantilla, is organizing its first press conference in Lima to present the initial conclusions of laboratory analyses (X-rays, scans, DNA, C14, etc.) of the UFOs studied and the initial conclusions of the scientists who worked directly on the biological material. These conclusions can be summarized in three points:
- it is indeed biological material,
- this material is old, even very old,
- no clear evidence of fraud has (yet) been found.
July 9, 2017
Examination of the hybrid body “Wawita,” meaning “baby” in Quechua, an ancient Andean language still in use today.
May 19-20, 2017
The team at Instituto Inkari – Cusco has successfully recovered a new biological entity of the “gray” type, named “Victoria.”
9 mai 2017
First Scans by Josefina, Alberto, and Maria.
May 2, 2017
X-rays of Maria and Josefina in the presence of Jaime Maussan’s team and two North American television channels.
Discovery of three “eggs” (?) in Josefina’s abdomen.
April 25, 2017
Mario’s meeting in Palpa with Thierry Jamin and the team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco, accompanied by Jaime Maussan and two American TV channels.
Mario reveals to the team at Instituto Inkari – Cusco an exceptional biological entity, a hybrid, named “Maria” by Thierry and his group. New DNA sample taken.
The team from the Inkari Institute in Cusco manages to convince Mario to lend them Maria so that they can carry out initial clinical analyses of the relic, as well as X-rays and scans.
April 23, 2017
Welcome to Cusco for Jaime Maussan, Mexican journalist, and two American TV channels. Also accompanied by Dr. Jose Jesus Zalce Benitez, Chief Medical Officer of the Mexican Navy, Mexican biologist Dr. Jose De La Cruz Rios Lopez, and Dr. Kontsnatin G. Korotkov, Professor of Medicine at the Federal University of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
April 3, 2017
Collection of the first samples from various mummified bodies and dispatch to several laboratories located in different countries.
April 2, 2017
The Instituto Inkari – Cusco successfully recovered a second mummified body of the small gray type, named Josefina by Thierry Jamin, four brains, and several metal, stone, and bone objects.
March 13-15, 2017
The Instituto Inkari-Cusco succeeded in recovering a first complete body of the small gray type, 60 cm long, quickly named Albert by Internet users. Then, analyses and X-rays of this new Biological Entity were carried out.
March 12, 2017
End of crowdfunding.
Eight hundred contributors (mostly French) helped exceed the target budget of €39,510, reaching 136% of the initial project goal.
February 7, 2017
Thierry Jamin and Alain Bonnet are launching a crowdfunding campaign on the Ulule platform to finance DNA and Carbon-14 analyses of the biological entities recovered.
Planned budget: €29,000
February 4, 2017
The team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco managed to access two mummified heads, of the small gray type, as well as three mummified hands of the three-fingered type.
Initial analyses and X-rays of the heads and hands, with Dr. Edson Salazar Vivanco.
End of January 2017
Thierry Jamin, José Casafranca Montés, and Edward Valenzuela Gil, from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco, meet the leader of the huaqueros, nicknamed “Mario” by Thierry Jamin, for the first time in a hotel in La Paz, Bolivia.
First biological entity measuring 38 cm in length
In Puno, the team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco managed to recover and then study a first Biological Entity (B.E.) loaned by “Mario.”
The team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco managed to recover and then study several stones carved in the shape of UFOs and ETs discovered in the first “sarcophagus.”
Mid-January 2017
Thierry Jamin and his team set off for Nasca with the aim of identifying and meeting the tomb raiders (huaqueros).
January 10, 2017
Thierry Jamin sends a letter to the Peruvian Minister of Culture (with a French translation) to inform him of the situation and request the rapid intervention of his services in order to prevent the possible destruction of archaeological sites in the Nasca region.
Octobre-Décembre 2016
In October 2016, the first meeting took place at the Instituto Inkari Cusco with a certain “Luis Quispe,” alias “Paul R.,” a contact of the grave robbers.
Several meetings between Thierry Jamin, José Casafranca Montes, and Paul followed. These meetings provided further insight into the huaqueros (grave robbers) and the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the site. At the same time, Thierry Jamin and the team from the Instituto Inkari – Cusco took the opportunity to study the biological material recovered by Paul.
End of 2015
Discovery of the site, in the Nasca-Palpa area, by grave robbers, or huaqueros.
To find out more...
TRIDACTYLS The truth before us
52-page booklet
Buy
TRIDACTYLS Season 2
Documentary 6x60 min
Rent or buy VOD
TRIDACTYLS Season 1
Documentary 6x52 min
Rent or buy on VOD
Lost Paititi & the Non-Human Remains of Nazca
English only
Buy