They said that they just speculated it was illegal miners. If illegal miners magically got their hands on jetpacks then I will give birth to a monkey.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/12/peru-prosecutor-accuses-gangs-of-staging-alien-attacks/

Have they proof that it was miners? That seems like a lot of work, playing dress up. Thing is, they shot at the so called aliens, and it didn’t hurt them. Miners would be dead or injured.