Raab wrote:

"The most obvious conclusion is that it was all a scam."

My overall impression is that no deception or dishonesty
was involved. It appears to me that it was all an honest
misinterpretation on their part. They just got overexcited
and disclosed their "discovery" before they had properly
validated their (mis)interpretations.

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)