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Conspiracy theorists claim this footage shows Russian agents discovering the remains of a 13,000-year-old mummified alien in an Egyptian tomb.

The black and white video show Soviet personnel prizing open a sarcophagus to reveal the extraterrestrial remains .

It is claimed the footage was shot in a tomb in Giza plateau, as part of an operation codenamed Project ISIS.

The video was allegedly obtained by an unnamed Russian source who claims to have come by the clip via the Russian mafia from secret KGB archives.

It shows the team entering the tomb before being forced back by a cloud of fumes when the casket opens.

Kitted out in gas masks and protective clothes they return to examine the remains further.

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The team which is claimed to have found the "ancient astronaut" was allegedly led by Sami Sharaf, a close aid of president Gamel Abdel Nasser of Egypt.

As well as military personnel, several Egyptologists from the Soviet Academy of Sciences are also said to have been involved.

Although many have condemned the video as a hoax, if true, it would support myths that ancient civilisations, such as the Egyptians and incas, were visited by aliens with technology far in advance of our own.

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Several theories exist which claim visitors from other planets helped build incredible structures such as the pyramids.

The footage could also give weight to claims an alien was recovered from a flying saucer crash in Roswell in New Mexico in 1947.

Although the identity of the tomb is unclear, it is thought that it didn't belong to an Egyptian king.

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The Sci-Fi Tv Channel claims the film has been examined by forensic experts who confirmed it as genuine.

Testimonies from high-ranking KGB officials corroborated the story and the mummy was indeed an alien , according to a documentary.

Russian scientist Viktor Ivanovich said the mummy was two meters high, and carbon-dating said it was about 13,000 years old.

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He explained documents confirmed there was a project ISIS to secure “alien documents and technology which were stored at a secret tomb in the Giza plateau, in hopes to use it for military purposes."

He said: "There is no doubt that a small group of Russian scientists with military experts have discovered a tomb in Egypt in 1961.

"But in the documents it has never been revealed exactly what was found inside the sarcophagus.

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"Only through the sources of the highest ranks of the KGB know that we have found the remains of an alien creature died in Egypt 10,000 years before Christ.”

As well as the body, it is claimed 15 boxes filled with alien artifacts were also found, plus hieroglyphic inscriptions which spoke of “winged deities.”

However, paranormal website xissufotoday.com has condemned the video as a complete hoax.