Case file · Close encounter
'Alien' attacks on the Ikitu, Alto Nanay
From July 2023 members of an Ikitu community in Peru's Alto Nanay district, Loreto, reported night attacks by tall, armoured, flying beings with yellow eyes, compared to the pelacaras (face-peelers) of folklore.
2023 CE · -3.89, -73.70 · status: claim
The account
Residents organised night patrols and asked for military help. The story spread worldwide in August 2023. Position approximate.
The sceptical view
Prosecutor Carlos Castro Quintanilla suggested illegal gold-mining gangs were staging the attacks, possibly with jetpacks, to keep people indoors; no arrests were made.