Former Astronaut: Govt. Covered Up Aliens

July 24, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen, it appears Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has claimed on an Australian radio show that governments have covered up evidence of alien visits to Earth during the past 60 years...

Check out this Daily Mail article, which I don't think was the first to break the print/online news, but hey it works: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claims-aliens-HAVE-contact--covered-60-years.html

Mitchell made the announcement on a radio show called Kerrang!, which is hosted by Nick Margerrison. Here's an interesting snip:

"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."

"Some of us"? And who, exactly, briefed Mitchell on a super-intelligent alien race visiting our planet? These are some questions I'd like answered.

Personally, my skeptic alarm is ringing to a deafening level...

Now Robert Pearlman over at CollectSPACE.com has offered his views on this, and I think it's the clearest assessment I've read of the account so far. Here's a snip (be sure to check out his full comments here):

"I was curious if Dr. Mitchell was misquoted, so I found the original Kerrang! radio interview, quoted by the Daily Mail (and other news sources).

Based on the nine minute call, it (a) doesn't seem to be anything tremendously different from prior comments and writings by Dr. Mitchell, and (b) he isn't actually claiming first-hand knowledge but rather repeating what he was told by others. It is no secret that Dr. Mitchell's Noetic Science Institute attracts those that believe in extraterrestrials..."

I think it's safe to say that this will be another one of those wild claims from a public figure that will disappear.

But who knows, maybe tomorrow aliens will walk out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base's secret underground lair blowing kisses and shouting "You got PUNK'd, Earth!!" Ashton Kutcher, of course, would walk out with them, donning that backwards hat of his.

A big shout to Steve for alerting me about this.

UPDATE July 24, 12:30 p.m. ET: Added information from Robert Pearlman of CollectSPACE.com, who has managed, I think, to meet just about every living astronaut out there. And their moms. Click here to see the signature Pearlman has from our source in question.

Photo: NASA

Comments

[Jack Roth]

An Apollo astronaut puts his reputation, and possible his life, on the line to come out with this, and you dismiss it as a "wild claim"? It can be argued that astronauts represent the most credible sources for all things space-related. They are national heroes for a reason, and the fact that your "skeptic alarm" dictates that you discredit him is ridiculous. At this point, objective thinking tells most of us that a) intelligent life exists on other planets; b) aliens have visited our planet; c) they continue to visit this planet, and perhaps most importantly; d) our government is both very capable and inclined to hide certain truths from the general public. With all due respect, I just don't understand the resistance from educated people like yourself in at least allowing for these plausible likelihoods.

[Jack Lombardi]

With so many mean and stupid people on this planet I'd be afraid to make a grand entrance too!