July 24, 2008 - The Daily Telegraph - Sydney, Australia
Aliens Have Made Contact Says Apollo Astronaut Edgar MitchellFormer NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a
veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens do exist.
And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several
occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up
by governments for six decades.
Dr Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview that sources at
the space agency who had had contact with aliens described the
beings as 'little people who look strange to us.'
He said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional
image of a small frame, large eyes and head.
Chillingly, he claimed our technology is "not nearly as
sophisticated" as theirs and "had they been hostile", he warned
"we would be been gone by now".
Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard,
holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours
and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission.
"I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact
that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is
real," Dr Mitchell said.
"It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60
years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been
privileged to have been briefed on some of it.
"I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that
beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes - we
have been visited. Reading the papers recently, it's been
happening quite a bit."
Dr Mitchell, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical
engineering and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronautics and
Astronautics claimed Roswell was real and similar alien visits
continue to be investigated.
He told the astonished Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison:
"This is really starting to open up. I think we're headed for real
disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction."
Mr Margerrison said: "I thought I'd stumbled on some sort of
astronaut humour but he was absolutely serious that aliens are
definitely out there and there's no debating it."
Officials from NASA, however, were quick to play the comments down.
In a statement, a spokesman said: "NASA does not track UFOs. NASA
is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this
planet or anywhere in the universe.
'Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his
opinions on this issue.'
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