A UFO Digest Book Review
By Dirk Vander Ploeg
(Copyright 2007, Dirk Vander Ploeg - All Rights Reserved)
The STARCHILD Skull Genetic Enigma or...Human-Alien Hybrid? By Lloyd Pye

 All Original Material Copyright 1999-2006
© Lloyd Pye |
As a result of Dr. Pye's findings it was decided to retest the Starchild skull so a piece was shipped to a lab in Miami that specialized in dating bones using carbon 14 testing. Results were promised in four-weeks but the anticipated date came and went. Finally Dr. Pye called. The results were back. Before handing us the results he said, "Remember when I told you and Grant that Jean misinterpreted the aluminium graphs because her field is organic rather than inorganic chemistry?" Well he admitted he had done the same thing. His speciality was inorganic chemistry and he was fooled by something organic. He apologized and handed them the results.
Lloyd yelled, "Haaaaaaa!" At the top of the page was the Starchild dating result! - 900 years, plus or minus 40 years.
This book is more than the story of a 900-year old skull with a known mother and unknown father. It is more than a story of a mother protecting or killing her deformed or alien-hybrid child.
Pelo married a man who worked for the U.S. government and then handed over her treasure to friends, who gave the skull to others who also worked for the U.S. government. These friends kept the skull for 5-years before giving it to its present caretakers: Ray and Melanie Young. They both had extensive medical backgrounds and were members of El Paso's Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). They recognized the similarities between the Starchild skull and drawings of extraterrestrials called the grays.
It was at this point that Lloyd Pye entered the story and his life has never been the same since. This book is his story: his struggles to find the truth and the friends and love he found along the way. The Starchild has consumed his time (the last 8-years) and energy. He has travelled to England, Canada and back to the United States many times during that time.
In the chapter entitled, The Final Hurdle" Lloyd learns that new technology has just been invented that can prove the authenticity of the Starchild. Three years ago Jason Eshleman at Trace Genetics tried unsuccessfully to sequence the Starchild's nuclear DNA but now he informs Lloyd that the technology does exist. Lloyd contacted Jason to see if he were interested in appearing in a National Geographic project called "Is it Real?" Jason tells Lloyd, "By the way, have you heard about the new sequencing technique being applied to the Neanderthal genome?"
Lloyd answers, "No, should I?"
Jason continues, "It's been discussed in some technical journals. A place called 454 Life Sciences in Connecticut has found a way to sequence DNA in a base-pair by base-pair arrangement..."
Lloyd couldn't believe it. The proof he had sought was finally in sight. And it was possible that the sequencing could begin in 2009 or 2010 and the results known in under a year. The only hurdle could be obtaining the $200,000 needed to cover the cost of the lab work.
As one of the first steps towards this goal Lloyd has published this book and is hoping that sales will provide the needed money to further fund the Starchild Project.
In this review I have just scratched the surface in outlining what the book contains. It has many photos (color and back and white), x-rays, Cat-scans, illustrations and much more.
I would highly recommend, "The Starchild SKULL, GENETIC ENIGMA or...HUMAN-ALIEN HYBRID?" as a fascinating journey into the truth of an ancient skull.
For more information or to purchase click here: The Starchild Skull -- Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid?
Please visit the home of the Starchild Project.
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