Dr Jose Benitez, a doctor of forensic medicine, is part of a team researching the alleged discovery of several bizarre three-fingered and three-toed corpses said to have been found covered in a strange white powder in a cave in Nazca, Peru.

The bodies have been branded elaborate hoaxes by mainstream scientists in Peru, who say it appears they have been created using genuine ancient mummified human remains.

However, Dr Benitez, is the second scientist to stake his reputation on the fact they could be aliens, or at least a new species of being.

Last month Express.co.uk revealed how Dr Edson Vivancoa, a skeletal specialist, was of a similar view amid his conclusion they were likely real 

Yet, one set of DNA test results found the remains were 100 per cent human, while others were inconclusive.

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