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Dr. Edgar Mitchell is publicly announcing the existence of alien life forms. According to the former Apollo 14 astronaut, the United States government and its allies have been covering up the existence of extraterrestrial life for the past 60 years. Dr. Mitchell claims that he has been aware of many UFO visits during his career.

This sort of information is shocking on its own, yet coming from a trained NASA astronaut it is simply mind-blowing. Considering the climate of our times and the shifts our race is tumbling through, this could be a catalyst that pushes us into the new age of humankind. "Little Green Men" by malia via Creative Commons on Flickr

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Great news, but...

Submitted by Furinoa on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 12:34.
This is great news, but, as it stands right now, I am not particularly sure how important it is. There have been many experts, specialists, and officials that have come out on record claiming they either believe or know that aliens exist and/or have visited Earth. The problem, however, with all of these reports is that they offer not a shred of irrefutable evidence to aid in the process of full disclosure. I'm not here to knock Edgar Mitchell--I mean--how could you, right? The guy was the sixth man to walk on the moon, however, aside from saying that he knows aliens exist, what evidence does he have to help the movement? Right now its just his professional word, and unfortunately, as lovely as that is, it doesn't really matter. I think Phil Plait has the best response to all of this: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/26/ed-mitchell-go... Although, this is also interesting: http://www.stargate-chronicles.com/release_mitchell.html

Creative Marketing for the X-Files Movie?

Submitted by Gene Ohm on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 13:30.
I'd have to agree with everything said by Furinoa. After briefly looking into both Dr. Mitchell and this Clark C. McClelland guy (2nd link from Furinoa above) who has been supporting Mitchell's most recent "revelation," I'm just wondering if this is some bit of clever marketting for the X-Files movie. Mitchell has had a hand in the production of the X-Files TV show, while McClelland trumpets his experience working within the "real-life X-files." And this is nothing new for Mitchell. He made similar claims 10 years ago in an interview with a London newspaper, if this link is to be trusted(?): http://www.drboylan.com/emtchl2.html Mitchell seems like an interesting enough guy... "He is the author of "Psychic Exploration," 1974, "The Way of the Explorer," 1996, (Third edition, 2006) as well as dozens of articles in both professional and popular periodicals. He has devoted the last 35 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal phenomena in the search for a common ground between science and spirit." Although this bit of info illicits this reasonable comment: 1. Ad Hominid Says: July 26th, 2008 at 12:47 pm A few key points: -Ed is now 77 years old -He has had a long-time, documented interest in the paranormal. -He does not even claim to have first-hand knowledge of these contacts. McClelland, however, does claim to have had first-hand experiences, but is actively trying to make money from these experiences. It would seem a little premature, anyway, for pronouncements like "Considering the climate of our times and the shifts our race is tumbling through, this could be a catalyst that pushes us into the new age of humankind." It is fine to have beliefs in unproven things based on intuition or personal experience. But it is best not to try to grab onto unverifiable pronouncements from experts and authority figures as proof of such beliefs. It's fine to believe what Mitchell says. It does seem unreasonable that this vast universe only contains life here, on our little planet in our little galaxy. But until I see something that would sway the most hardened cynic of The Existence of Alien Life, I'm not going to keep crying Wolf to that cynic. If I do cry Wolf enough times, the cynic might mot even believe the truth when it reveals itself.

But...

Submitted by Furinoa on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 00:42.

I'm not sure you can really blame them for that.  Folks are inundated with useless entertainment, trivia, and other "news" all day.

 

Most people probably think Mitchell's just a quacky old man, and they can't be bothered to expend any of their energies thinking about the possibilities of his statements.

 

Most people just aren't that interested with this phenomena if its just some guy, no matter who he is, claiming that he has first-hand knowledge of a cover up (without offering an evidence.)

 

"So what?"

 

If people are going to start taking the immediate possibilities of contact by advanced civilizations seriously, they're going to need to be shown some irrefutable proof of such.  Whether that be definitive media (video, pictures, audio, etc.) which is notoriously difficult to find, or they're own personal first hand experiences.

 

Otherwise, they, like me, will find themselves believing in the possibilities of such visitations, but lacking any substantive proof to turn that belief into true knowledge.

 

Or, even worse, they won't even give it a second's thought.

 

 

"shot of earth"

Submitted by sati on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 20:03.
I cannot find this video of the questioning... can you post the link?