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.”
On a vaguely unrelated topic, check out these spectacular photos of Saturn.
I’ve seen Mars “explode” in a telescope. Answer? Atmospheric phenomenon, still not explained, but Mars is still there. Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics (a renowned resource) and Dr. J.C. LoPresto, solar physicist, helped me out with that one. It was one cool ride.
IF you believe that offworlders would traverse vast distances of space to come to effectively the boonies of the galaxy to leave crop circles, take bovine ovaries and anally probe hominids; then I have some prime farm land in Antarctica.
History is rife with ‘visitations’.
Demons, angels, fairies, elves, gnomes and on and on and on.
Bored people with overactive imaginations and predisposition to overuse fermented beverages.
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If you want a more logical (yet fantastical) explanation for flying saucers then read “The Hunt for Zero Point” by Nick Cook. This is an aerospace journalist’s (Jane’s, no less) investigation of the plausibility that anti-gravity research was taken out of post-war Germany liberated from top secret Nazi weapons development facilities. This would certainly explain a crash of a flying disc outside of a military nuclear weapons research base in 1947, only two years after the end of WWII.
Although there is little hard evidence to back it all up, it is infinitely more credible than little green men.
If this is what is being denied and covered up then the implications of the technology are monumental. The upside is the potential for limitless energy and Jetsons type vehicles. The downside is the total economic chaos it would create for the energy, automobile, aircraft, and airline industries.
Besides, the government can barely control automobile traffic as it is today. What would happen if millions of Jetsons vehicles were whizzing overhead at breakneck speeds. Every family vehicle could become a potential missile. The FAA could not handle it and the government would not allow it to happen.
The military potential of this type of technology is unfathomable. If it is real, which I am far from convinced that it is (see previous posts about needing some kind of evidence), the government would almost certainly stamp this “Above Top Secret”. You and I will likely never see it come “out of the black” in our lifetimes.
The Bubbleheads (they wore bubble helmets), B1 and B2, were live animated entities. They sat on silver bars or containers of weight and guided them to a predetermined spot. It appeared they did this by means of psychic control. Jacque Vallee, in DIMENSIONS, delves in the history of mythical beings, such as gnomes, elves, dwarfs, nymphs and fairies. I felt my senses were deceiving me as I watched a smallish figure with wings, literally, a cherub,ascending up to the side of the dirt. The small one , I called Bubblehead appeared to be the guiding force. Would a human mind privilege Bubblehead as the ultimate in charge? A shy entity that disappears when confronted by a human? Is B1’s mask the repetitive formation of a playful,harmless, good-spirited entity whose tasks are thought to be benevolent?B1’s face did not show any emotion except playful exuberance. It is difficult to come to terms with an entity I always thought to be mythical…the childish stories of fairies tales. And then to encounter such an entity. Not only are the small ones real but hey are other-dimentional or extra-terrestrial.How long have they been on earth that they have penetrated the minds of myth makers and populated the minds of children? Their civilizing influence must have been enormous. Yet, as centuries wore on, they became motifs in story tales. In essence, they became talisman and amulets…good luck charms. Were their power of bewitchment so powerful that they could erase their presence from the minds of all they encountered? I saw their presence and then I had no memory of them.
Whoever posted above about fairy tales… now you know how they originated.
Alfred,
Put out three bowls.
Pray for food in one.
Ask the government to fill the other.
Pick the fruit and put it in the third.
Which one fills up the fastest?
Jesus can’t hit a curve ball!
There’s something more to UFOs than idiot witnesses making outlandish excuses for their swollen rectal areas.
There have been numerous incidents where credible witnesses, whose professions would suggest they were well experienced in the art of observation, have made visual contact with flying objects displaying capabilities far exceeding those of any known aircraft (even to this day). In many cases, those same extraordinary aircraft were simultaneously tracked on both ground and air radar, fully corroborating the witnesses’ visual observations. Some of these incidents have involved enough UFOs spotted concurrently to effectively nullify any claim that they were U.S. experimental aircraft, for obvious reasons.
There’s a group called “The Disclosure Project” that claims to have collected 400-some witnesses, many with civilian and military aviation backgrounds. There are areas where the project founder seems to be overreaching in his claims, but his most fundamental goal is to convince Congress to have public hearings in which credible UFO witnesses can testify under oath and be questioned for all to see. That sounds like a good idea. I’ve watched some video of a few of their eyewitnesses telling their stories, and their credibility seems rather compelling.
None of them made the claims of anal probing that always bring my suspicions to a state of high alert
# 65 LibertyLover said, on April 21st, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Alfred,
Put out three bowls.
Pray for food in one.
Ask the government to fill the other.
Pick the fruit and put it in the third.
Which one fills up the fastest?
Jesus can’t hit a curve ball!
I did your experiment, but instead of asking Jesus to fill one up, I asked you…evidently you don’t exist.
#65, “Jesus can’t hit a curve ball”
Wasn’t this from “Major League?” Good one! “Jeez Cerrano, don’t start a holy war!”
#66, Cite references, I don’t remember any “credible witnesses” doing exactly that, along with corroboration from ATC. Sounds like less than extraordinary evidence to me.
Too much History Channel.
Your Honor, BubbaRay, I’d like to call Lt. Col. Charles Brown to the witness stand…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oe05349o72k
[Removed - duplicate. Ed.]
Is there a secret to posting explicit links?
[Ed. Just get rid of the "www", the link will work]
Gary, try using TinyURL.com.
The aliens will land in New York City and their space craft will be up on blocks and the radio will be gone.
#68, Gary, I fixed your link. But I still see no extraordinary evidence, just the “testimony” of one man who collected evidence for Project Blue Book. Since his accounts are all hearsay, the court rules “not admissible – hearsay.”
Just because he’s convinced doesn’t convince me. Where’s the evidence? Some people are as religious about this as Christians are about Christ.
I’ll have to go with BubbaRay and Dr. Carl Sagan on this one.
Muchas gracias to the editor who rehabilitated my link, and to Mark T for suggesting an alternative.
[Ed. You're welcome, just remember to ditch the www -- KD]
Your Honor, KD Martin, I’d like to call Mr. John Callahan, who served as FAA Head of Accidents and Investigations, to the witness stand…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MqlG9Kgwi5A
This is a more complete description of the original UFO sighting to which Callahan refers in the above clip…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pdT_5eCZaRo
I never EVER thought I would agree with Afred1 but he certainly got it right in #45 when he said : “But for those who believe the Bible, it’s a no brainer”
I’ve often accused Alfie and other non-thinking bible thumpers of being no-brainers. Thanks for the confirmation, Alfie.
UNCLE DAVE – Just wanted to say, Nice try with Alfie.
But, you know what they say about wrasslin’ with hogs…
I’m pretty sure Obama is an alien.