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EX-ASTRONAUT EDGAR MITCHELL SPEAKS OUT ON ETs EX-ASTRONAUT EDGAR heard from these people, who are more MITCHELL SPEAKS OUT ON ETs highly qualified than I am to talk about Former NASA astronaut and scientist UFOs, leave me in no doubt that aliens Edgar Mitchell is one of only twelve people _ have already visited Earth. to have walked on the Moon. Mitchell I've been interested in the subject since I caused a sensation at a UFO conference in joined NASA 40 years ago. Probably my the US in October when he claimed he has most visionary moment was when I actual- seen proof that aliens exist. ly landed on the Moon with Apollo 14. In 1971, as an Apollo 14 astronaut, I felt an overwhelming sense that the Mitchell became the sixth person to have universe itself is in some way a conscious walked on the Moon. Now 68, he works as a consultant to the acclaimed science fic - tion TV series, The X Files. Ina recent interview for a London maga - C hy zine, Edgar Mitchell told why he is con - Ne vinced there is life on other planets and that extraterrestrials have landed on Earth. ein i io 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 extraterrestrial reports a decade ago, is the extent to which the proof has been hushed cientist. Because of my position, peo- ple in high places confide in me. And as a result, I have no doubt that aliens have visited this planet. The American Government and govern- ments 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 to alien craft. As a former astronaut, the military peo- ple 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 | am an American astronaut and a trained NEXUS - 59 Sommerville DECEMBER 1998 - JANUARY 1999