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Scientists at New Mexico Tech Create ‘Taxidermy Bird Drones,’ Confirming Conspiracy Theories

ByAlki David

Apr 17, 2023
New Mexico Tech mechanical engineering professor Mostafa Hassanalian with his taxidermy bird drone. Credit: Instagram/Mostafahassanalian

In a shocking revelation, scientists at New Mexico Tech have created “taxidermy bird drones” using the corpses of dead birds. The news helps confirm the beliefs of Bird’s Aren’t Real, a group that has long claimed that the US government has replaced millions of birds with drones to spy on civilians.

Mostafa Hassanalian, a medical engineering professor at the college, revealed that they were able to reengineer dead birds and design an actuation mechanism to make them fly like drones. He said, “the only thing that we need to provide them to make them alive is to basically design an actuation mechanism put in their body and everything is there.”

The news has caused a stir on social media, with Bird’s Aren’t Real taking to Twitter to express their vindication. “You all called us crazy and we will never forget,” the group tweeted. They also shared a video from Reuters reporting on the work at New Mexico Tech, which questioned whether the birds in the sky were actually drones.

This discovery is sure to fuel the beliefs of conspiracy theorists who have long claimed that the government is using drones disguised as birds to spy on the public. While the scientists at New Mexico Tech claim that the technology has potential military applications, many will be left wondering whether this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to government surveillance.

As the debate around privacy and government surveillance continues to rage on, this latest development is sure to spark further controversy. For now, the world will be watching to see how this technology evolves and what implications it may have for our society.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.