Timothy Alberino
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These people are freaking out. They're saying that aliens are attacking them. This is in 2022? This is 2023, July of 2023. The villagers are saying, we're being assaulted by aliens, and they were saying, they were using the term pela cara. which is face peeler. They're being attacked by pelicadas. Some of them said that the pelicadas are attacking us. Others said these are not humans.
These are extraterrestrials. And so the media was very focused on this for a while. And then as soon as the jetpack miner story came out, case closed, mystery solved, right? Oh, it's just those pesky river miners with their jetpacks. I could not believe that. that the media in the United States bought that narrative, especially an organization like NewsNation. I can.
These are extraterrestrials. And so the media was very focused on this for a while. And then as soon as the jetpack miner story came out, case closed, mystery solved, right? Oh, it's just those pesky river miners with their jetpacks. I could not believe that. that the media in the United States bought that narrative, especially an organization like NewsNation. I can.
These are extraterrestrials. And so the media was very focused on this for a while. And then as soon as the jetpack miner story came out, case closed, mystery solved, right? Oh, it's just those pesky river miners with their jetpacks. I could not believe that. that the media in the United States bought that narrative, especially an organization like NewsNation. I can.
I couldn't believe, it was so on its face absurd, okay? And so I'm sitting back watching all of this unfold and I'm getting inundated with emails and text messages asking me, please go down there and investigate this. And I'm sort of sitting back waiting for somebody to go out there and go investigate what the heck is happening. And nobody was going. And I didn't have my passport.
I couldn't believe, it was so on its face absurd, okay? And so I'm sitting back watching all of this unfold and I'm getting inundated with emails and text messages asking me, please go down there and investigate this. And I'm sort of sitting back waiting for somebody to go out there and go investigate what the heck is happening. And nobody was going. And I didn't have my passport.
I couldn't believe, it was so on its face absurd, okay? And so I'm sitting back watching all of this unfold and I'm getting inundated with emails and text messages asking me, please go down there and investigate this. And I'm sort of sitting back waiting for somebody to go out there and go investigate what the heck is happening. And nobody was going. And I didn't have my passport.
I was renewing my passport at the time. And so my passport, I was waiting for my new one to come in. And I'm just sitting back thinking, I'm going to have to go. I mean, I didn't even really want to. I'm just thinking, I'm going to have to go. I'm going to have to go do this. And I seemed uniquely equipped to do it because I lived out there. I speak the language.
I was renewing my passport at the time. And so my passport, I was waiting for my new one to come in. And I'm just sitting back thinking, I'm going to have to go. I mean, I didn't even really want to. I'm just thinking, I'm going to have to go. I'm going to have to go do this. And I seemed uniquely equipped to do it because I lived out there. I speak the language.
I was renewing my passport at the time. And so my passport, I was waiting for my new one to come in. And I'm just sitting back thinking, I'm going to have to go. I mean, I didn't even really want to. I'm just thinking, I'm going to have to go. I'm going to have to go do this. And I seemed uniquely equipped to do it because I lived out there. I speak the language.
And I'm very well adapted to the culture. How big is this village? How many people? San Antonio de Pinto Yaku has a population of approximately 200 inhabitants. So it's actually a larger village. And in fact, it's an important village. the provincial government installed a communication outpost there. So they have internet in this village.
And I'm very well adapted to the culture. How big is this village? How many people? San Antonio de Pinto Yaku has a population of approximately 200 inhabitants. So it's actually a larger village. And in fact, it's an important village. the provincial government installed a communication outpost there. So they have internet in this village.
And I'm very well adapted to the culture. How big is this village? How many people? San Antonio de Pinto Yaku has a population of approximately 200 inhabitants. So it's actually a larger village. And in fact, it's an important village. the provincial government installed a communication outpost there. So they have internet in this village.
And this is a very old community in the sense that this is one of the earliest tribes. This tribe goes back hundreds of years. They are the Iquitu people. And they're a very unique tribe. And their village is sort of the last outpost of civilization before a vast swath of Amazon jungle. Between the village and Ecuador, there's just untracked Amazon rainforest. uninhabitable wilderness, basically.
And this is a very old community in the sense that this is one of the earliest tribes. This tribe goes back hundreds of years. They are the Iquitu people. And they're a very unique tribe. And their village is sort of the last outpost of civilization before a vast swath of Amazon jungle. Between the village and Ecuador, there's just untracked Amazon rainforest. uninhabitable wilderness, basically.
And this is a very old community in the sense that this is one of the earliest tribes. This tribe goes back hundreds of years. They are the Iquitu people. And they're a very unique tribe. And their village is sort of the last outpost of civilization before a vast swath of Amazon jungle. Between the village and Ecuador, there's just untracked Amazon rainforest. uninhabitable wilderness, basically.
So it's remote, but they do have internet. And that's very unique. Most of these remote villages don't have internet. And these guys, they have such a good internet uplink, or they have such a good connection to the internet out there that they sit there in the evenings and watch movies on their phones. And this is how they were able to upload the videos.
So it's remote, but they do have internet. And that's very unique. Most of these remote villages don't have internet. And these guys, they have such a good internet uplink, or they have such a good connection to the internet out there that they sit there in the evenings and watch movies on their phones. And this is how they were able to upload the videos.
So it's remote, but they do have internet. And that's very unique. Most of these remote villages don't have internet. And these guys, they have such a good internet uplink, or they have such a good connection to the internet out there that they sit there in the evenings and watch movies on their phones. And this is how they were able to upload the videos.
They filmed a particular individual named Christian, this young man who contacted me named Christian. He's the one who took the footage, and then he uploaded it from the village precisely because they have this communications outpost. I decided that I had to go down there and conduct an investigation because nobody was going.