December 20,
2006
At the back of a mine tunnel she found a complete human skeleton
lying on the ground's surface. Beside it, sticking up out of
the ground, was a malformed skeletal hand entwined in one of
the human skeleton's upper arms
Catherine Noble talks to Researcher Loyd Pye on the finding
of an alleged Aline Skull that was found in a cave in Mexico.
Also Catherine will talk to Will known Reporter and investigator
Jamie Maussan about the sightings Of UFOs by the Mexican Air
Force.
More information on the star child skull:
A Condensed Analysis of Two Unusual Skulls of Uncertain
Origin.
By: Lloyd Pye - Overview:
Sixty to seventy years ago an American girl of Mexican
heritage in her late teens (15 to 18) was taken by her parents
to visit relatives living in a small rural village 100 miles
southwest of Chihuahua, Mexico. The girl was forbidden to enter
any of the area's numerous caves and mine tunnels, but like
most teenagers, she went exploring.
At the back of a mine tunnel she found a complete human
skeleton lying on the ground's surface. Beside it, sticking
up out of the ground, was a malformed skeletal hand entwined
in one of the human skeleton's upper arms. The girl proceeded
to scrape the dirt off a shallow grave to reveal a buried
skeleton smaller than the human one and also malformed.
She did not specify the type or degree of any of the "malformations.”
The girl recovered both skulls and kept them for the
remainder of her life. Upon her death they were passed to an
American man, who maintained possession for five years before
passing them to the American couple who now control them.
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Skull #1 (Mystery Skull): Skull suturing and baby teeth
in a detached piece of maxilla (upper jaw and palate) indicate
death around 5 years of age.
The face is missing from the upper bridge of the nose
to the foramen magnum (the hole where the spine enters the
skull), but the cranium and most of both eye orbits (the external
parts of the sockets) are intact.This skull's degree of humanity
is at issue because several aspects of its morphology defy
categorizing as genetic defect (inherited), congenital deformation
(birth defect), or inflicted deformity (cranial binding).
(Starchild-Skull)
Skull #2 (Human Skull): A human skull assumed to be Amerindian
(an Indian from North or South America) because the rear of
its cranium exhibits the flattening that results from being
carried in infancy on a cradle board. Tooth wear suggests age
at death was around 25 years, plus or minus five. Its smallish
size and other reduced points of reference indicate it will
likely prove to be female.
Skull Binding: Experts suggest the child's high degree
of occipital (rear-skull) deformity would most likely have
resulted from the cranial binding practiced by primitive cultures
around the world. However, such binding never extends below
the inion (the bump at the back of the head) because the human
neck begins just below that point.
Furthermore, squeezing a skull's upper bones out of their
natural shape leaves them permanently separated, which
results in a life-long "soft spot" at the
top of the head. The child's skull is well-sutured (no
soft spot), with none of the distortions normally caused
by binding.
Furthermore, the extent of rear flattening extends well
past the inion, which has become slightly concave. This indicates
a strong force other than binding (i.e. pathology or a natural
design) must have caused the occipital's extensive deformation.
Brain Volume: Though markedly different in shape, the skulls
are roughly the same size.
However, they exhibit a stunning difference in brain
volume. The average volume for a human brain is 1400 cubic
centimeters (cc). The volume of the human skull is 1200 cc,
typical for a small human. In contrast, the volume of the child's
skull is 1600 cc, which is 200 cc beyond the average for adult
humans. And had it lived to become an adult, its brain capacity
would have grown to 1800 cc or more, well beyond the human
average.
In paleoanthropology (the study of ancient animals) a
200 cc increase in brain capacity of a human type creature
warrants the naming of an entirely new species. Homo Erectus
averages 200 cc more than Homo Habilis; Homo Archaic is 200
cc more than Erectus; Neanderthal is 200 cc more than Archaic.
Thus, this child might well represent an unknown species of
human-like beings.
Skull Weight: An average human skull weighs 2.2 pounds
(lbs.). The adult's skull (which is missing its lower jawbone
and teeth) weighs 1 lb., 13.4 ounces. Including the child skull's
piece of detached maxilla (upper jaw), it weighs only 13.5
ounces. Because it is roughly the size of the adult skull,
its bone has to be significantly lighter than typical human
bone.
Symmetry: The child's skull has a high degree of symmetry
(similarity on both sides). Usually cranial pathologies will
cause differences in degree on either side of the head, along
with other distortions. Thus, it is highly unlikely a cranium
so clearly aberrant would exhibit such startling symmetry throughout.
Sutures: A CAT scan has shown that none of the sutures between
the bones in the child's skull have sealed themselves off from
further growth.
Nearly all examples of congenital deformity exhibit some
degree of premature sealing of cranial sutures. This makes
it highly unlikely, if not virtually impossible, for the child's
skull to be the result of deformity. It seems to have grown
naturally into the shape is had taken.
The Eyes: Normal human eye sockets have a recessed (5
cm) conical shape with optic nerves and optic fissures at the
inner rear quadrant of the cone. The child's eye sockets have
a shallow (3 cm) scalloped shape with optic nerves and optic
fissures moved down and away to the inner bottom. Also, the
inner surface of both sockets have incredibly subtle terrain
shifts that are impossible to explain in any way other than
genetic design.
The shape and width of the eye orbits (the outer edges
of the sockets) are equally divergent. The adult's have the
vaguely rectangular shape of normal humans, while the child's
are shaped like a lopsided oval. The adult's are typically
rounded along the top of the rectangle, while the upper part
of the child's oval has a clearly definable edge. The Ears:
The child's ear canals are clearly visible on both sides of
its skull.
They seem normal in shape and size and angle of entry,
but a recent CAT scan revealed that they are larger and have
more depth than normal human inner ears. There is no way to
know if an external ear was present or what it may have looked
like. The Sinuses: The child had small maxillary (cheek) sinuses
but no trace of frontal sinus cavities.
While extremely rare, this condition is supposedly known
among both humans and primates. The Foramen Magnum: The foramen
magnum is the hole at the base of the skull where the spinal
column connects with the brain. In normal humans the foramen
is positioned slightly rear of center to balance the hollow-filled
front face against the brain-filled occipital area.
The extensive reconfiguration of the child's skull has
somehow caused its foramen magnum to be shifted to a central
point that provides much better balance between its rear brain
area, and its face and forebrain. The Necks: Typical human
neck attachments begin at the inion, the bump in the middle
of the occipital bone, and sweep out in a semicircle that reaches
to just behind the ears and converges at the foramen magnum.
The distance from any part of the semicircle to the foramen
opening averages 5 to 6 centimeters. In the child's skull a
shallow arc extends about 3 centimeters from the foramen hole,
while the inion has somehow become slightly concave. Such a
drastic reduction in attachment area means the neck supporting
the child's head must have been from 1/2 to 1/3 that of a normal
human. Such thin necks are consistently described as hallmarks
of certain alien types (Grays), and of Gray-human hybrids.
Chewing Muscles: In the child, the area available for
attaching chewing muscles is every bit as reduced as
the attachment area for its neck muscles. And though
they are called "chewing" muscles,
they are actually used for connecting and holding the
lower face to the skull. Based on such a reduced connection
area, the amount of mandible (jawbone) these muscles
could have secured must have been greatly reduced.
Human-Alien Hybrids: Many abductees and contactees allege
that aliens (most often "Grays") are conducting genetic
experiments that produce hybrids between themselves and
humans. The results of these unions are consistently
described as looking far more human than alien, but with stark
bulges in the parietal bones; shallow eye sockets; a greatly
reduced lower face; a thin neck able to easily support a well-balanced
head; and ears seen as markedly lower and smaller (or
missing entirely) relative to human ears.
The eyes of Grays are consistently described and depicted
as large black teardrop shapes that wrap horizontally across
the middle of the face. If those large orbs are indeed their
visual mechanisms, it would argue against the child's eyes
being related to them.
However, in the "Alien Autopsy" film the alien being
dissected has the "standard" Gray eyes until the
doctor performing the autopsy lifts them off and shows
them to actually be dark, flexible coverings like large
contact lenses or shades. Underneath those lenses were round,
bulging eyes with plenty of white showing around dark
irises. Those eyes would fit quite well in the reduced eye
sockets of the child.
The Star Being Legends: These are well-known, well-regarded
legends with roots spreading throughout Central and South
America. They are pervasive and long-standing (two centuries
or more), and in general state that on a regular basis "Star Beings" come
down from the heavens and impregnate females in remote, isolated
villages. The women carry their "starchildren" to
term, then raise them to age six or so.
At that point the Star Beings return to collect their
progeny and remove them to places, and for purposes,
not clearly outlined in the legends, though improving
a stagnated gene pool is often mentioned as a motivation.
The Non-Traditional Scenario: Many "intuitives" and "sensitives" feel
the adult skeleton was a female and the child was hers
[genetic testing in 2003 proved that the human female
was NOT the mother of the Starchild], a human-alien hybrid
created by a union between her and a Star Being.
Some feel the mother had learned the Star Beings were
returning to take her child from her, which she refused to
contemplate. Panic-stricken and filled with dread, she took
her child and fled her village, seeking refuge in the hidden
mine tunnel.
There she killed it and buried it in a shallow grave,
leaving one of its hands out of the ground to hold onto.
Then she took a fatal dose of poison and lay down beside
her child to die. DNA Testing: Inside the nucleus of
human cells is found nuclear DNA, which is a combination
of both parents. Floating outside the nucleus in each
of our cells are tiny bits of stray DNA called "mitochondria." Because
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) passes solely through females,
the first test of the child's mtDNA will provide a genetic
snapshot of its mother.
If she was human, that snapshot will say "human." However,
since the test says nothing about the father, that does
not preclude it being a human-alien hybrid. Furthermore,
testing might indicate an utterly non-human origin, either
by having entirely absent mtDNA or by having a structure
markedly different from human mtDNA.
[Genetic testing has begun on both skulls, for further
information, please see Recent Findings] Nothing is likely
to be definitive about the origin of the child's skull
until its nuclear DNA can be tested. Because the skull
is considered technically "ancient" (over 50
years of age), recovering nuclear DNA will be difficult
and costly.
Luckily, we have what is most required for such a test,
which is teeth. The pulp in teeth resists deterioration better
than any other part of the body, so that is where we must look
for nuclear DNA.
Worldwide there are only a handful of laboratories capable
of sequencing ancient nuclear DNA, and all such processes are
time-consuming, highly technical, and very expensive. Thus,
we cannot contract to have this testing done until funding
is available to pay for it, but we will announce all such results
as soon as they are available.
Conclusion: Mainstream Position: Pathology--genetic (inherited)
or congenital (birth defect)--is the standard explanation
for any human-like skull that does not fit the "normal" human
mould. In the hands of scientists dedicated to pounding
square pegs into the round hole of conventional thinking,
pathology can be made to cover virtually any deviation.
In truth, a unique combination of extraordinary pathological
disorders is a barely possible explanation for the many aberrations
evident in the child's skull. Absent overwhelming evidence
to the contrary, mainstream science will insist the skull has
resulted from nothing more than multiple pathological defects.
This opinion will always dominate any others because of the
combined academic credentials of those who will profess it.
This is reality; we all know it. Points Supporting Non-Earth
Origin: The long-standing Star Being legends of Central and
South America provide a plausible mechanism for how a highly
abnormal skull (relative to humans) might have been biologically
created rather than genetically or congenitally malformed,
or physically manipulated by deliberate deformation (binding).
Such immense deformation across the entire occipital
(rear) and parietal (upper side) areas of the skull could not
result from binding without deformation being visible in the
frontal area, which is not evident. Birth defects across the
entire occipital and parietal areas, while not impossible,
seem highly unlikely because of the remarkable symmetry exhibited
in all areas of the skull, including those effected by the
deformations.
The terrain of the bone in the eye sockets contains incredibly
subtle indentations and ridges that are perfectly symmetrical
in both sockets, which simply have to have been formed by genetic
directions rather than by deformations.
The rear deformation extends from the crown to very near
the foramen magnum, an area impossible to reach by any binding
device due to the thick neck muscles (even in a child) that
surround and support the skull-spine connection. Head binding
cannot extend below the inion (the bump at the back of the
head).
Head binding leaves a gaping opening at the top where
skull bones fail to fuse. The bottom line is that even though
the skull's highly unusual characteristics demand an open-minded
approach to it, mainstream science will reject it outright
until forced by DNA evidence to do otherwise. Indeed, it could
turn out to be nothing more than a butt-ugly kid with an extraordinary
combination of cranial deformities never seen before.
But it could also have been the result of a human-alien
union, or an outright alien with no connection to humanity
at all. Only time and testing will tell which possibility is
correct.
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