From: Stig Agermose <Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:20:56 +0200
Fwd Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:03:03 -0500
Subject: Files Show The Government Knew About Roswell



From: gerry [mailto:ed@farshore.force9.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 1998 4:29 AM
To: Skywatch International
Subject: Ed Mitchell's Latest Interview

Source: The People [London]
Date: Oct 25 1998
Header: Yes, Aliens Really Are Out There Says the Man on the Moon

Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell is one of only 12 people to have
walked on the moon.

A highly-intelligent scientist, Edgar caused a sensation at a
UFO conference in America this month when he claimed he has seen
proof that aliens exist.

In 1971, Edgar became the sixth person to walk on the moon. Now
68, he works as a consultant to the hugely popular
science-fiction TV series The X Files.

In an exclusive interview from his Florida home, Edgar told JOHN
EARLS why he is convinced there is life on other planets and
that aliens have, in fact, landed on Earth.

I AM an American astronaut and a trained scientist. Because of
my position people in high places confide in me.

And, as a result, I have no doubt that aliens HAVE visited this
planet.

The American government and governments throughout the world
have thousands of files of UFO sightings which cannot be
explained.

As a scientist, it is logical to me that at least some of these
will have been witness of alien craft.

As a former astronaut, the military people who have access to
these files are more willing to talk to me than to people they
regard as mere cranks.

The stories I have heard from these people, who are more highly
qualified than me to talk about UFOs, leave me in no doubt that
aliens have already visited Earth.

I've been interested in the subject since I joined NASA 40 years
ago. Probably my most visionary moment was when I actually
landed on the moon with Apollo 14.

I felt an overwhelming sense that the universe itself is in some
way a conscious being in its own right. This means that all
life-forms, whether on Earth or elsewhere, are all part of one
giant consciousness.

So when I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too
surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating
extra-terrestrial reports a decade ago is the extent to which
the proof has been hushed up.

It isn't just the US government which has kept quiet about alien
visits. It would be arrogant of an American like myself to
assume that ETs would only choose to visit my country.

Indeed, I've heard convincing stories about governments all over
the world that know of alien visits - including the British
government.

Not all governments are anxious to keep their findings quiet.
The Belgians have admitted that aliens may be out there and have
released information about sightings that cannot be explained
away as military planes, weather phenomena and so on.

There is a very simple reason why governments have been so
secretive: fear.

Modern UFO sightings really began with the Roswell incident in
1947, when a crashed craft containing the corpses of several
aliens was found in Roswell, New Mexico.

Make no mistake, Roswell happened. I've seen secret files which
show the government knew about it - but decided not to tell the
public.

There were very good security reasons for not informing the
public about Roswell. Quite simply, we wouldn't have known how
to deal with the technology of intelligent beings advanced
enough to send a craft to Earth. The world would have panicked
if we'd known aliens were visiting us.

The question of whether or not aliens are still visiting us is
more complex.

Such is our existing secret technology that what might look like
an alien craft may well turn out to be a top-secret military
plane. On the other hand, the craft may be an alien spaceship.
Personally however, I'd say, "Yes, it's quite possible we are
currently being visited".

The whole question of extra-terrestrials should be looked at in
an historical context. Five hundred years ago, the astronomer
Copernicus was condemned as a heretic for saying that planet
Earth wasn't the centre of the universe but merely a small part
of it.

Now we laugh at those long-dead fools for not listening to the
truth. People who believe in aliens aren't all cranks and some
may be looked upon in the future as visionaries similar to
Copernicus. Meanwhile, the majority of us still believe mankind
is the biological centre of the universe.

We will refuse to accept that intelligent life exists outside
Earth unless we personally bump into an alien while we're doing
the shopping. Is this attitude really any different from those
"simpletons" of 500 years ago?

My training at NASA only allows me to look at things
scientifically. Even if I hadn't been shown evidence of alien
landings on Earth, the assumption must be that somewhere in the
universe another planet is capable of supporting alien life.

Those life-forms need not be "little green men". The scientists'
definition of intelligent life is whether or not it can use and
manage information. Even the most primitive microbes on Earth
qualify by that definition, and surely there are at the very
least similar microbes thriving on planets throughout the
universe.

If you are starting to think walking on the moon addled my brain
and that I'll believe any old crank theory about ETs, think
again.

I would describe myself as a cynic. I wasn't convinced about the
existence of aliens until I started talking to the military
old-timers who were there at the time of Roswell. The more
government documentation on aliens I was told about, the more
convinced I became.

It must be stressed that the wackier people on the fringe of
alien matters do the subject no end of damage. Contrary to
rumour, there are no alien buildings and structures on the moon.
I should know, I was there!

I even became caught up in these rumours when a theory started
that a moon structure was reflected on my helmet during TV
transmissions of my landing. That just isn't true.

It's that kind of disinformation which stops credible people
admitting that they too believe in aliens.

Thankfully, things are changing for the better. It's a snowball
effect - the more scientists admit that ETs are a viable
prospect, the more they are investigated in a scientifc manner.
And the more that happens, the more chance there is of us
discovering inarguable proof of extra-terrestrials.

It helps too that those in possession of documentation of alien
visits to Earth are starting to come forward. The military
people I spoke to are tired of the secrecy surrounding Roswell
and similar cases, particularly as the information is being
leaked.

I firmly believe that this documentation will have to be made
public within the next three or four years. And if proof of ETs
is finally made public, nobody will be happier than me.

What I don't think will happen is that I will ever see an
extra-terrestrial. I'd love to see one, though it's not the
biggest priority in my life.

But, as they say on a TV show I'm associated with, the truth is
out there.