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Astronaut Claims Alien Cover-Up

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(July 25) - Former NASA astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell told a British radio host this week that governments have been covering up contact with aliens for more than six decades, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The 77-year-old veteran of the Apollo 14 mission said, "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."

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Former NASA astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, shown in 1972, claims that Earth has been visited by aliens and that governments have covered up contact with aliens for more than 60 years. Click through the photos to see reported alien and UFO sightings.

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"It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so," he said, "but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it."
Mitchell claimed the infamous 1947 incident in Roswell, N.M., where several people saw an alien spacecraft crash, did in fact happen. The military has said the so-called spacecraft was actually a weather balloon.
NASA quickly downplayed Mitchell’s comments. "Dr. Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue," a statement from the space agency read. "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."
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Bfpt6

09:02 AMAug 28 2008

One of my uncles worked for the US gov. for many many years, and was in a position of gov. secerts. Before he died, he and my dad got into a conversation on this subject, and without going into any details, he told my dad that, for all anyone has ever heard about area 51, it was only the tip of the iceberge.Although I was not in the conversation and I uderstand that this is second hand information. I know that neither of the 2 men involved were liars.

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GMcCue1

06:53 PMAug 07 2008

If you believe in UFO"S then check out the web site " Dulco Base. If not then after you visit said web site you will realize that other life forms are indeed living here on earth

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Nesbittplac7

11:00 AMAug 02 2008

about-ufos-by-astronauts-cosmonauts-and-pilots.aspxOkay, I give up. Half of the url is above this message and half is below this message. I'll try that. I guess AOL doesn't want you to know more than they are willing to offer. lolhttp://alienufoparanormal.aliencasebook.com/2008/07/26/notable-quotes -

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Nesbittplac7

10:58 AMAug 02 2008

I guess in order to "go here" I'll have to break up the url. Just paste it back together.----http://alienufoparanormal.aliencasebook.com/2008/07/26/nota ble-quotes-about-ufos-by-astronauts-cosmonauts-and-pilots.aspx

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Nesbittplac7

10:57 AMAug 02 2008

Mitchell's comments are nothing new. He has said the same thing going as far back as 1971. Go here.http://alienufoparanormal.aliencasebook.com/2008/07/26/notable-quot es-about-ufos-by-astronauts-cosmonauts-and-pilots.aspx

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Frankknee

09:07 AMAug 02 2008

GOVERMENT WHISTLE-BLOWERS SAY THE ALIENS ARE HERE!!!! WATCH MY HOT NEW DOC!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taqIflM86fY&feature=related

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Cortny78

09:54 PMAug 02 2008

In response to ham radio we have NOT found life elsewhere. We have found organic molecules that are necessary for life here on Earth, but they are not living. Your statement is incorrect. I work for SETI, we actively search for signals in many different ways-optical, radio etc. If there were aliens visiting the planet we would know about it, and it would not be covered up. According to the pole 81% of people already believe that aliens are visiting Earth. So, why do you think that SETII/NASA would cover it up so, as not to freak people out. People already believe that aliens are visiting and they are not panicking and shooting people bla bla bla. So if SETI found a signal, announced it to the world, 81% would say duh, we already believed that.

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KB9NLL ham radio

12:16 PMAug 01 2008

They've already found life on other planets. The question is INTELLIGENT life. Since our solar system is just a spec of dust compared to space. We are tiny in our own galaxy the milky way and then theres tons of other galaxies. space seems to go on for ever as far as size. It's very massive. Hopefully I explained that ok if not you get the idea. So I say yes to Intelligent life. It makes more sense than none. And as far as aliens they are angels or time travellers. My bible said that they traveled in a spinning wheel that came down from the sky. a spinning wheel sounds more like a saucer. Anyways I wont take a chance shooting at angels or aliens there likely to crush you anyways. As far as chaos humans will always and have always done stupid stuff. Aliens existing wont change anything. I for one would want to meet them or learn from them.

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Kemueleus

05:06 AMAug 01 2008

Other life is one thing, transport here is another, anything that advanced which goes through the effort of avoiding all detection will not be stupid enough to fly straight over people with huge spotlights on. The alien abduction feeling is a description of a lucid dream, people just give it their own explanation, used to be witches now its aliens. Then the ones that were seen, there are lots of things that look like spacecrafts: airplanes, government testing, weather balloons, meteors, magnetic activity, lightning ball, theres more, be creative.

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Danvrf1

02:34 AMAug 01 2008

I've always believed that the human race will continue to grow and evolve. Just a few thousand years ago, we were living in caves eating raw meat. We feel that we have come a long way since then, but fast forward another few hundred thousand years and we would not be able to recognize the human race or its capabilities. I believe that at some point in the distant future, we will conquer the limitations of time and space. In other words, we will be able to travel through time. I believe that what we are seeing now are not extraterrestrials or aliens. They are our own relatives from the very distant future. They look somewhat similar to us (two arms, two legs, two eyes, etc.) because we are looking at the changes in evolution that will happen to us in the very distant future ... maybe a few hundred thousand years, a million years, or ?. After all, if we (in present day) had the ability to travel through time, wouldn't we be interested in traveling back in time to see what the Ma...

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