This week, I read a news article, where Ed Mitchell, an Apollo moonwalker, claimed that the US Government has known about and covered up alien encounters for the last sixty years. This is astounding and one's first thought is whether or not this person is thinking clearly.
I found these asserions interesting, because another early astronaut, Gordo Cooper (whose first name was Leroy, I being the only other astronaut with that name) made the same assertions years ago. Gordo and Ed both claimed to have chased UFO's in their interceptor jets while on active duty in the US military. Ed claims to have received top secret briefings on the existence of aliens. He also claims that the Roswell incident was a real UFO encounter and that the aliens who have allegedly visited are small in stature with large heads and eyes.
During my four missions in space, I saw a few strange things, but these were probably explainable as either natural phenomena or man-made hardware. I never thought for a minute that any of my sightings were alien spacecraft with living creatures aboard.
Ed's assertions, along with those earlier from Gordo give me reason to pause for a moment. I absolutely believe that there is life elsewhere in the universe, I am however, skeptical that that other life has found and visited us. I do maintain an open mind though.
What do you think?
Leroy Chiao
Devon Island Expedition
This blog features educational updates on my Devon Island Expedition of July 14-20, 2007. Other sites: spaceref.com/blogs/earthclassroom, www.marsonearth.org
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I'm fortunate enough to be one of those who HAVE had an encounter with something I believe to be extraterrestrial. No aliens, though. But a "sweet encounter" non the less. It's what got me interested in advanced technology philosophy.
When you see something that's not following the laws of nature (as WE know them), but you see it, and it is doing what it's doing ... you can't help but start to wonder how it's doing it!
What makes it tick, or not!
"Keep watching the skies!"
David L. Rickman
Leroy: There are many strange things as to the photos made in Apollo missions 11-17. 1) cross-hears appear to be behind the objects recorded, 2) shadows are often divergent as if there were multiple light sources there on the moon, 3)many photos have clearly been manipulated as if some structures were airbrushed, and, on top of that, 4) NASA lost original photos?!!!
Now, what are we talking about? Sure there is some kind of coverup, that is far too obvious. Either your older Apollo colleagues have not ever been on the moon at all, or, if they really were, they saw things very different from what we have been told. Besides, both Ed Mitchell and Neil Armst. spent much of their childhood in the area around Roswell. If I remember well, both knew well the guy (through their parents) who owned land on which the alien craft have crashed. Therefore, Ed surely knows what he is talking about. Neil still keeps on being deadly silent.
Vlada,
It is unfortunate that you have listened to those who haven't bothered to look into the physics and reality of the moon missions. Every point you made has a very understandable counter-point.
This is how the "conspiracy theory" thinkers work: They try to convince you that they have reasonable arguments, but do not try to find the truth. And the conspiracies themselves do not hold up under scrutiny.
Yes, we went to the moon. There is overwhelming evidence of this.
David L. Rickman
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