Aug 1, 2008 7:02 pm US/Eastern
Man Who Walked On Moon Claims Aliens Have Visited
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Edgar Mitchell claims he was briefed by scientists and the U.S. military that tales of alien visits to Earth are true, and it's all been covered up.
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Do you believe space aliens have visited our planet? Well, a former NASA astronaut who walked on the moon has reignited the debate.
He claims he was briefed by scientists and the U.S. military that it's all true, and it's all been covered up.
On February 9th, 1971, Dr. Edgar Mitchell became th sixth man to set foot on the moon.
But what he is most famous for today are comments he made just days ago on a British radio station.
"I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet," Mitchell said. "The UFO phenomenon is real, although it's been covered up by our governments for a long time."
Mitchell, who holds a PhD. from MIT, says he and others at NASA were briefed by scientists and military personnel. Although he doesn't give specifics, he says that he's taken part in their research.
"I have been deeply involved in certain committees and certain research circles with very credible scientists and intelligence people that do know the inside story," Mitchell said.
He says contemporary ideas about how aliens look, like in the movie "E.T.," are accurate.
"Some of them are these little people that look strange to us," Mitchell said.
He also said that other movies, like "War of the Worlds," got it wrong.
"It's not hostile," Mitchell said. "It's pretty obvious that if it were hostile, we'd have been gone by now."
CBS 2 spoke to Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin about Mitchell's statements.
"He's a public figure and he's making statements, and they need to be responsibly examined," Aldrin said.
But the Montclair, New Jersey native isn't convinced there's been a cover-up.
"I can't conceive of this government, in a free country, withholding information that he's alluding to," Aldrin said.
Dr. Mitchell says the Roswell incident, where an alien craft allegedly crashed, did happen and that an admiral at the Pentagon confirmed it.
NASA denies any knowledge of alien visitations, and Mitchell says it wasn't anyone from NASA who briefed him.
But he stands by his statements and says the contacts continue.
Then again, he also says a teenager in Canada cured him of cancer – by remote healing.
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