EXCLUSIVEUFO hunters claim to be in possession of debris from alien space craft that is lighter than a petal
- X-Ray tests seem to show sample is not known metal
- Russian researcher claims it may be from crashed craft
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UFO investigators claim to be in possession of unidentified material which tests show is of 'non-human' origin.
Tiny scraps of the sample — which is lighter than a flower petal and gold-tinged — were shown off for the first time this week at a conference in Irving, Texas.
MUFON, the UFO group in possession of the material, says that the sample has been tested using NASA-grade technology, which found it was 90 percent unidentifiable.
That means that it is either not a metal or a totally unknown metal different from all others in the periodic table, the researchers claim
Because of its unique light and porous texture, MUFON has floated the idea that the sample resembles 'debris from a craft' — after the Russian researcher who obtained the sample claimed it might be the remnants of a crashed UFO.
But independent UFO experts have questioned the find, saying that it's just the latest in a long line of samples which 'could be of alien origin,' but then turn out not to be.
MUFON researcher Bob Spearing claims the material conforms to nothing known in tests
Investigators showed off tiny scraps of the material, in a presentation at the MUFON International Symposium.
The group claims that further samples were stolen from an official US Post Office Box, after the sample's Russian finder attempted to mail them to MUFON in the U.S..
'This is typical with evidence of this nature,' MUFON Media Relations Director Ron James said.
'We believe that this material was deliberately taken by someone who could hack into a locked Post Office Box to prevent further testing.'
'Who did it is anybody's guess,' according to James.
MUFON researcher Bob Spearing told symposium attendees that he had been approached by a Russian researcher, named Arkady, who said that he had tested the material with Russian geological labs using an X-Ray fluorescence gun.
The handheld tech, which is similar to hardware on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, found that 90 percent of the material was unidentifiable, Spearing stated.
'It's very, very light material,' Spearing told attendees. 'It almost looks porous, like it has pores. It has a tinge of gold in it, but it's basically a black material. Seems to be some sort of composite.'
'It's so light,' he added, 'that it won't even bend a flower.'
The 'metal' is so light it doesn't even bend a flower
A small sample of the metal
Arkady, the Russian researcher who provided the sample, claimed that the material had 'appeared' in his house after he was contacted by a non-human entity who told him it had come from a crashed UFO.
Later, Russian labs found that the mysterious material was composed of 10-percent calcium, titanium, iron, arsenic and copper, according to Spearing.
This is a tantalizing but inconclusive finding given the mixed reliability of such handheld X-Ray fluorescence (hXRF) devices in identifying the chemical make-up of test samples.
Geologists looking to identify the chemistry of rock formations out in the field, environmental regulators tasked with assessing pollution in soil samples, and even pawn brokers testing jewelry have turned to X-Ray fluorescence guns in recent years.
The devices have offered speed, portability and a noninvasive method for examining the composition of a material that does not destroy that material in the process.
But researchers have also frequently reported on the technology's limitations.
One group of environmental scientists in Arizona, for example, reported last year that their portable X-Ray fluorescence tests failed to accurately identify chromium metal content, due to high iron content drowning out the chromium's signal.
And NASA scientists who helped to prepare for the 2020 Mars Perseverance rover's mission found that their own X-Ray fluorescence guns proved unable to detect some key elements 'reliably.'
'While this limits the use of the hXRF, especially when compared to laboratory XRF techniques,' those NASA researchers reported, 'hXRF is still capable of providing the field user with significantly improved contextual awareness of a field site.'
Spearing told the symposium that some of Arkady's 90-percent unidentified materials were also shipped to MUFON's lab in Missouri, which found that the sample didn't match up to known metals using another X-Ray fluorescence test.
'That either means it's A) not a metal, or B) a metal alloy that isn't recognized or something in the periodic table,' Spearing said.
'The signal was unique, because they have looked up the standard peaks for most known metals, and nothing matched it exactly,' he continued.
'By appearance only. It appears to be some sort of lightweight insulation suited to conductive insulating or something needing heat protection, which could correspond to it being a piece of debris from some sort of craft,' he concluded.
Geologists looking to identify the chemistry of rock formations in the field, environmental regulators tasked with assessing pollution in soil samples, and even NASA scientists have turned to X-Ray fluorescence guns (above). But the field research tech has limitations
Russian tests showed the material was 90% 'unknown' (MUFON)
But the plot thickened when Spearing asked a colleague to send him the sample via post — where it appeared to be stolen from Spearing's USPS mailbox.
Cameras had been turned against a wall, inhibiting investigation, although US postal workers testified that they did delivered the box.
'I went to my mail clerk and said, "Was it delivered?"' Spearing explained. 'And she said, "Yes, Bob, it was delivered. I put the box in your mailbox myself."'
'So the question becomes, who would be daring enough to remove something from a federal mailbox?' he asked.
Fortunately, the UFO researchers were able to obtain another sample from Arkady, which arrived after sitting in Customs for 17 days.
MUFON stated that the sample will now be sent to two further labs for testing using electron microscopes.
'We have physical materials and more evidence of non-human technology,' James said.
MUFON, short for the Mutual UFO Network, is the largest and oldest civilian UFO research organization in the world.
Active since the late 60s and dedicated to 'the scientific study of UFOs for the benefit of humanity,' MUFON is now a worldwide network of like-minded citizen-investigators with members in all 50 US states.
Not everyone — even among diehard UFO investigators — was convinced by Spearing's presentation, however.
UFO author Nigel Watson, author of Captured by Aliens? A History and Analysis of American Abduction Claims told DailyMail.com that the 'evidence' is just one in a long line of supposed 'debris' from spacecraft which turned out to be nothing of the sort.
'There is a regular flow of 'new' physical evidence to prove cases like the Roswell crash case,' Watson told DailyMail.com.
'Everything so far submitted is usually explained when scientifically examined,' in Watson's view. 'It is all a matter of unrealistic hope versus actual facts.'
