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Apollo 14 astronaut claims aliens HAVE made contact - but it has been
covered up for 60 years
Last updated at 1:44 AM on 24th July 2008
Edgar Mitchell was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 14
Aliens have contacted humans several times but governments have hidden the
truth for 60 years, the sixth man to walk on the moon has claimed.
Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of many UFO
visits
to Earth during his career with NASA but each one was covered up.
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.
alien
UFO theorists believe Roswell in New Mexico was the site of an alien crash
in 1947
'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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