La Noria (abandoned nitrate town).
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La Noria is an abandoned 19th-century nitrate (saltpeter) mining town in Chile's Atacama Desert. It became famous in 2003 when a tiny 6-inch mummified humanoid skeleton, nicknamed "Ata," was…
La Noria is an abandoned 19th-century nitrate (saltpeter) mining town in Chile's Atacama Desert. It became famous in 2003 when a tiny 6-inch mummified humanoid skeleton, nicknamed "Ata," was reportedly found near its ruined church, sparking alien-origin speculation. Later DNA analysis (2012-2018) showed Ata was a human female fetus/infant with severe genetic mutations, not extraterrestrial. The site matters as the physical origin point of one of the most-cited 'alien body' claims.