Scientists & Researchers

Horace Drew

1998

Caltech-trained molecular biologist (co-author of Understanding DNA) who led the DNA analysis of the Khoury hair sample in the late 1990s, reporting an unusual mitochondrial-DNA profile (a rare Asian type paired with blonde hair, later described as a rare Chinese/Basque mix). A reported claim from within UFO research, not independently replicated.

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Connections (2)

confirmedBill Chalker

worked with him (via APEG) on the forensic DNA analysis of the Khoury sample

Source: Chalker, Hair of the Alien (2005)

reportedPeter Khoury

led the DNA analysis of the recovered hair sample, which he claimed showed an anomalous mitochondrial-DNA profile

Source: Chalker, Hair of the Alien (2005); International UFO Reporter, 1999

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