Former Astronaut Certain We Are Not Alone
 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/20/u...nce/index.html

Earth Day may fall later this week, but as far as former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell and other UFO enthusiasts are concerned, the real story is happening elsewhere.

Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments.

He delivered his remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club following the conclusion of the fifth annual X-Conference, a meeting of UFO activists and researchers studying the possibility of alien life forms.

Mankind has long wondered if we're "alone in the universe. [But] only in our period do we really have evidence. No, we're not alone," Mitchell said.

"Our destiny, in my opinion, and we might as well get started with it, is [to] become a part of the planetary community. ... We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there."

Mitchell grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, which some UFO believers maintain was the site of a UFO crash in 1947. He said residents of his hometown "had been hushed and told not to talk about their experience by military authorities." They had been warned of "dire consequences" if they did so.

But, he claimed, they "didn't want to go to the grave with their story. They wanted to tell somebody reliable. And being a local boy and having been to the moon, they considered me reliable enough to whisper in my ear their particular story."

Roughly 10 years ago, Mitchell claimed, he was finally given an appointment at Pentagon to discuss what he had been told.

An unnamed admiral working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff promised to uncover the truth behind the Roswell story, Mitchell said. The stories of a UFO crash "were confirmed," but the admiral was then denied access when he "tried to get into the inner workings of that process."

The same admiral, Mitchell claimed, now denies the story.

"I urge those who are doubtful: Read the books, read the lore, start to understand what has really been going on. Because there really is no doubt we are being visited," he said.

"The universe that we live in is much more wondrous, exciting, complex and far-reaching than we were ever able to know up to this point in time."

A NASA spokesman denied any cover-up.

"NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover-up about alien life on this planet or anywhere else -- period," Michael Cabbage said Monday.

Debates have continued about what happened at Roswell. The U.S. Air Force said in 1994 that wreckage recovered there in 1947 was most likely from a balloon-launched classified government project.

Stephen Bassett, head of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), which hosted the X-Conference, said that the truth about extraterrestrial life is being suppressed because it is politically explosive.

"There is a third rail [in American politics], and that is the UFO question. It is many magnitudes more radioactive than Social Security ever dreamed to be," Bassett said.

While I think that this guy has been fed a load of bullshit by his townspeople, I don't think we're alone. It's arrogant and narrow-minded to think that we're the only intelligent life in this massive universe.

Nothing new i guess

you can't handle the truth!!

martians are coming

anal probe pics?

There is other life in the Universe by probability alone and odds are even in our own solar system.
Some may have even reached earth riding a comet or meteor - not riding a space ship.

Other than that he is a whack job.

Must be a slow news day. I guess they got tired of covering the pirates and that homely, angelic singer from the UK.

This is my opinion if anybody cares:

We are alone here... when I say alone I mean in this solar system, and I mean intelligent life forms.

GFY for example proves my theory.

Where is my Nobel?

"Mitchell grew up in Roswell, New Mexico,"


Credibility FAILURE.

Poor guy. He's so confused.

Wonder what the pope would say if a ship landed in the middle of Vatican city

:1orglaugh

the question is why out of the 100 billion stars in our galaxy would xenos trouble themselves with showing up here...other than the same reason our scientists stooge around in the Amazon Basin to observe indigenous people for anthropological studies.

maybe we are all spread out for a reason

So he didn't see the aliens first-hand?

right...

First of all, do you porno-losers have any clue the brains it takes to even become an astronaut?

Secondly, while most of you may have had your greatest achievement when you built your first website, this guy walked on the MOON... you know that dot in the sky you can see at night and dream about how cool it would be to go there. Well, he did because he is probably smarter than everyone on this board combined and has more will and determination than any of us could imagine.

He has access to data and information that you could not wrap your little pea brains around. He has been on the "inside" of meetings and conversations that you are not able to even watch on YouTube for the CNN cliff notes.

So this brilliant man comes forward with this and YOU call HIM a whack job? The same YOU that can't hold a real job and more than 1/2 of you can't even make it in the porn business? The same YOU that is unstable and doesn't even know the difference between your and you're? And YOU call HIM a failure? LOLOLOLOLOL I say look in the mirror if you want to see a failure in comparison to someone who has walked on frickin' moon.

I love GFY and the porn industry!!!! Pure comedy.

Lets all just stick to pornography and leave things like aliens, space travel and lunar landings to the grown ups.

Actually, last year the Vatican put out a press release that it is okay and not contradictory to christian faith to believe in UFO's or alien lifeforms.

I have always held the belief that alien lifeforms would be indistinguishable from a God or Gods as the people of this planet have come to worship. By their very definition and mythos they are certainly alien to us so they would be one and the same.

:2 cents:

Watch these two documentaries:

1. Out of the Blue

2. Dan Akroyd Unplugged on Ufo's

and see if your not puzzled at a few of the things you witness there.

There was one older us government briefing document that I'm looking for about homeland security that stated:

1. Ufo's do exist.
2. The issue of ufo's and secrecy is the most important issue of the united states government, even more than the h-bomb.

It was a real government briefing document that had been verified, from 1957.

We have a very tight system of beliefs that our government/way of life starts branding into us at a very early age.. I don't think most people would admit to believing in ufo's/aliens if one slapped them in the face.. because it's so fucking bizarre to think about and try to comprehend, and really makes us feel uncomfortable about the foundation of most of our beliefs, god.

I just know there is a lot more evidence to ufo's/aliens than people would like to think.

Much more than any other paranormal issue like Ghosts or Monsters.

Where is Mulder and Scully ? :)

Also in terms of credible witnesses,

you name it and they exist.. ranging from astronauts to priests, to cops, to nasa employees, to pilots, to presidents of the united states.

It would make more sense to not believe if there weren't such credible people who have witnessed/reported them.. and explained about their experiences.

People who are well trained, have good reputations, and are very credible.

:2 cents:

Lastly,

Edgar Mitchell is not the only astronaut who has had experiences with ufo's / aliens.

Look up Gordon Cooper's history as a test pilot and astronaut, truly an american hero.

Gordon Cooper.

Well, I'm no expert on this subject, but I've watched a few shows on TV about it. From what I've gathered, if there is life, it wouldn't be possible for them to travel this far in a normal lifetime. However, we still don't understand much about worm holes and blackholes. So if it's possible, it would probably be through those. I'd like to believe we've been visited, but I have a hard time believing that they would have only landed in the US and we're the ones covering it up. The earth is a pretty big place. Why not land in Russia? Or France?

Now, maybe we've been visited back in ancient times, I'd believe that more since it's hard to explain their massive accomplishments.

That's my 2 cents.

im watching this now Dan Akroyd Unplugged on Ufo's. wow interesting...

I cant believe Pheonix isnt in this thread yet?

More suns in the universe than grains of sand on this planet....do the math.

I would like to believe we are not alone.I wonder what generation will witness an encounter with other life form

Why would you be so quick to dismiss the accomplishments of early man? Especially when many of the processes in order to complete them have been reenacted and found doable.

Giving current time lines and depending on a few assorted logistical issues with plans around Jupiter - assuming Mars does not pay off quickly. I still would say within our generation we will discover either past or current life in our solar system.

Does that count as encounter?

Good stuff,

but yes it would be impossible to travel that far in a lifetime.. the answer would be black holes / wrinkles in time.. bending time and space, etc.

Einstein already proved that space does have bends and variances.

I do agree about some of the accomplishments you spoke of as well, in ancient times. But those are NOTHING compared to the technological advances we have made in just the past 100 years.

Galaxy probably.. Solar system, probably not :)

They still have no idea how they got the pyramids so "true north", and many scientist have said the the precision of their alignment could not be duplicated even with today technology.

Two videos to check out:

1. The Nasa footage from the tether incident.
2. the video that jayvis just showed, hubble ultra deep space, etc.

Better go check your facts. They did figure out that the sky in essence spins through the night. From there very simple tools would allow them to figure out north. They are also not that damn precise, especially if you say we can not duplicate it today with current technology.

I will still go with solar system.

It's not about if there's life or not it's about people who think aliens look like this:

http://www.newanimal.org/alien_asgard_stargate.jpg

And travel in this:

http://www.science-explorer.de/bilder/ufo-05.jpg

Give me a fucking break.

If instead of this alien shape there would be another popular one suddenly people would all see other shaped aliens all over the place.
Know what i mean? It's all hype. People see what they want to see.

There are conflicting arguments on this issue, but to this day no building or structure even close to that size has duplicated the whole alignment issue.

There is more evidence supporting the probability of life in the universe than there is a benevolent deity that watches over everyone and answers personal requests.


http://www.xfilesfanclub.com/userIma...RXF1004_lg.jpg

That's only in the visible universe..
If the inflation theory holds up, which most of the leading astronomers think, the universe we can see (Around 28 billion light years wide) is only a tiny tiny tiny fraction of the real universe..

In fact, the size of a photon compared to the size of the visible universe is the size relationship the visible universe have to the whole existing universe according to the inflation theory... this is practically infinite

time will only tell on this debate

Someone make this youtube link viewable:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=As-wYmFYb3I

Has anyone had a need to make a massive structure that pointed towards someones favorite sacred constellation?

We align massive structures all of the time. Though we do not line them up with constellations and instead align them with what is needed for our use. Hell isnt someone planning a tunnel under the alps? If so isnt that one massive alignment issue?

In ancient times they also have lot's of art that looks like space ships and airplanes. There is one sculpture of a man in a suit, looks like an astronaut suit or a diving suit with helmet. Another looks like this man is in a cockpit of an early human space shuttle.

And those mayans were pretty advanced with keeping time, based on the the movement of the planets, maybe they figured it out or they had some help. I'm not saying I believe aliens were here back then, I'm just saying I see more "possible proof" then in recent times.

Another theory is that there are more underwater cities buried that haven't been discovered, since the last ice age, it's been covered at the bottom of the ocean. If this is true, they're saying some of these were built over 12,000 years ago. So who knows if were were helped out by others or if man has been smarter then we give ourselves credit for. My theory is, maybe they had psychics back then that documented their visions. It's more logical to believe in psychics then aliens.

Until we see any real proof, I'm guessing we are just too far out of reach from other intelligent life.

Bring back the X-Files! Loved that show.

No, not the constellation. The true north and south alignment for any sizable structure, period.

And I think we are just to egotistical to allow for early mankind to be as smart as we are today - despite they had same brain as we do.

Lol at our shitty level 0 civilisation, we're so primitive...

But the pyramids are aligned with constellations.
Or are you also not going to count all 8 (possibly more, having brain fart) pyramids either?

very cool photo(s), but what is with the xbox controller?

It's suppose to be a joke, the original Xbox controller received heavy scrutiny for being so incredibly massive. I forget where I found that image, but I thought it was kind of funny.

I want to smoke what Mitchell does!