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From: Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk (Stig Agermose) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 11:37:47 -0800 |
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From: gerry [mailto:ed@farshore.force9.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 1998 4:29 AM
To: Skywatch International
Subject: Ed Mitchell's Latest Interview
Source: The People [London]
Date: Oct 25 1998
Header: Yes, Aliens Really Are Out There Says the Man on the Moon
FORMER astronaut Edgar Mitchell is one of only 12 people to have walked
on the moon.
A highly-intelligent scientist, Edgar caused a sensation at a UFO
conference in America this month when he claimed he has seen proof that
aliens exist.
In 1971, Edgar became the sixth person to walk on the moon. Now 68, he
works as a consultant to the hugely popular science-fiction TV series
The X Files.
In an exclusive interview from his Florida home, Edgar told JOHN EARLS
why he is convinced there is life on other planets and that aliens
have, in fact, landed on Earth.
I AM an American astronaut and a trained scientist. Because of my
position people in high places confide in me.
And, as a result, I have no doubt that aliens HAVE visited this
planet.
The American government and governments throughout the world have
thousands of files of UFO sightings which cannot be explained.
As a scientist, it is logical to me that at least some of these will
have been witness of alien craft.
As a former astronaut, the military people who have access to these
files are more willing to talk to me than to people they regard as mere
cranks.
The stories I have heard from these people, who are more highly
qualified than me to talk about UFOs, leave me in no doubt that aliens
have already visited Earth.
I've been interested in the subject since I joined NASA 40 years ago.
Probably my most visionary moment was when I actually landed on the
moon with Apollo 14.
I felt an overwhelming sense that the universe itself is in some way a
conscious being in its own right. This means that all life-forms,
whether on Earth or elsewhere, are all part of one giant consciousness.
So when I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too
surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating
extra-terrestrial reports a decade ago is the extent to which the proof
has been hushed up.
It isn't just the US government which has kept quiet about alien
visits. It would be arrogant of an American like myself to assume that
ETs would only choose to visit my country.
Indeed, I've heard convincing stories about governments all over the
world that know of alien visits - including the British government.
Not all governments are anxious to keep their findings quiet. The
Belgians have admitted that aliens may be out there and have released
information about sightings that cannot be explained away as military
planes, weather phenomena and so on.
There is a very simple reason why governments have been so secretive:
fear.
Modern UFO sightings really began with the Roswell incident in 1947,
when a crashed craft containing the corpses of several aliens was found
in Roswell, New Mexico.
Make no mistake, Roswell happened. I've seen secret files which show
the government knew about it - but decided not to tell the public.
There were very good security reasons for not informing the public
about Roswell. Quite simply, we wouldn't have known how to deal with
the technology of intelligent beings advanced enough to send a craft to
Earth. The world would have panicked if we'd known aliens were visiting
us.
The question of whether or not aliens are still visiting us is more
complex.
Such is our existing secret technology that what might look like an
alien craft may well turn out to be a top-secret military plane. On the
other hand, the craft may be an alien spaceship. Personally however,
I'd say, "Yes, it's quite possible we are currently being visited".
The whole question of extra-terrestrials should be looked at in an
historical context. Five hundred years ago, the astronomer Copernicus
was condemned as a heretic for saying that planet Earth wasn't the
centre of the universe but merely a small part of it.
Now we laugh at those long-dead fools for not listening to the truth.
People who believe in aliens aren't all cranks and some may be looked
upon in the future as visionaries similar to Copernicus. Meanwhile, the
majority of us still believe mankind is the biological centre of the
universe.
We will refuse to accept that intelligent life exists outside Earth
unless we personally bump into an alien while we're doing the shopping.
Is this attitude really any different from those "simpletons" of 500
years ago?
My training at NASA only allows me to look at things scientifically.
Even if I hadn't been shown evidence of alien landings on Earth, the
assumption must be that somewhere in the universe another planet is
capable of supporting alien life.
Those life-forms need not be "little green men". The scientists'
definition of intelligent life is whether or not it can use and manage
information. Even the most primitive microbes on Earth qualify by that
definition, and surely there are at the very least similar microbes
thriving on planets throughout the universe.
If you are starting to think walking on the moon addled my brain and
that I'll believe any old crank theory about ETs, think again.
I would describe myself as a cynic. I wasn't convinced about the
existence of aliens until I started talking to the military old-timers
who were there at the time of Roswell. The more government
documentation on aliens I was told about, the more convinced I became.
It must be stressed that the wackier people on the fringe of alien
matters do the subject no end of damage. Contrary to rumour, there are
no alien buildings and structures on the moon. I should know, I was
there!
I even became caught up in these rumours when a theory started that a
moon structure was reflected on my helmet during TV transmissions of my
landing. That just isn't true.
It's that kind of disinformation which stops credible people
admitting that they too believe in aliens.
Thankfully, things are changing for the better. It's a snowball
effect - the more scientists admit that ETs are a viable prospect, the
more they are investigated in a scientifc manner. And the more that
happens, the more chance there is of us discovering inarguable proof of
extra-terrestrials.
It helps too that those in possession of documentation of alien visits
to Earth are starting to come forward. The military people I spoke to
are tired of the secrecy surrounding Roswell and similar cases,
particularly as the information is being leaked.
I firmly believe that this documentation will have to be made public
within the next three or four years. And if proof of ETs is finally
made public, nobody will be happier than me.
What I don't think will happen is that I will ever see an
extra-terrestrial. I'd love to see one, though it's not the biggest
priority in my life.
But, as they say on a TV show I'm associated with, the truth is out
there.
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