Edgar Mitchell

[[File:Mitchell Studies Map - GPN-2000-001146.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Mitchell rehearsing his speech in case aliens show up.]]{{ufology}}'''Edgar Mitchell''' {{lived|1930|2016}} was an Apollo astronaut,<ref group=note>Pilot of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module, which means that he got to walk on the Moon in 1971.</ref><ref name=death1/><ref name=death2/> founder of the [[Noetic science|Institute of Noetic Sciences]] and [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] [[conspiracy]] nut. He is the only astronaut to have publicly divulged [[LSD]] experimentation<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_Science_of_Psychedelics/Ml8oDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=edgar%20mitchell</ref>, although his post-lunar beard<ref>http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/portraits_hi/astronauts/mitchell_edgar.jpg</ref> was not nearly as fetching as [[Transcendental Meditation]] practitioner Rusty Schweickart's Skylab-era shag 'n' chops.<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/RustySchweickart.jpg</ref>

Mitchell never claimed, or even hinted, that he saw anything [[Extraterrestrial|alien]] on the Moon, on the way to the [[Moon]], or on the way back from the Moon. He never even said he'd seen an alien on Earth, despite having been raised not far from [[Roswell]]. However he said many times that he'd been briefed by senior military officers and that alien visitation is an established fact.<ref name=aliens/> Other UFO believers love him, because they think that his claims are "insider info".
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== On aliens ==
From an NBC interview on April 19, 1996:<ref name=aliens/>
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'''MURPHY:''' Do you think it's more likely than not that extraterrestrials have been to this planet?<br />
'''Mr. E. MITCHELL:''' From what I now understand and have experienced and seen the evidence for, I think the evidence is very strong, and large portions of it are classified.<br />
'''MURPHY:''' Classified by whom?<br />
'''Mr. E. MITCHELL:''' By governments.<br />
'''MURPHY:''' You're saying it-it-it not only likely happened, but there's been a [[cover-up]]?<br />
'''Mr. E. MITCHELL:''' Oh I--I think if it has happened the way it seems to be, there's definitely been a cover-up.
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==See also==
*[[Gordon Cooper]]
*''[[Unacknowledged]]'' - name dropped as an expert UFO believer.

==External links==
*[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mitchell-ed.html Edgar Mitchell's biography] at NASA's Johnson Space Center website
*[http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com/ Official website?] (the "Articles and Essays" section is... interesting)
*[http://theunexplained.tv/paranormal-podcasts/edition-53-edgar-mitchell-interview ''The Unexplained with Howard Huges'', ''Edition 53 - Edgar Mitchell Exclusive interview''] (podcast), 12 February 2010
*[http://skepdic.com/edgarmitchell.html Skeptics Dictionary] assesses Mitchell's ESP "experiment."
*[http://www.enterprisemission.com/debate.html Mitchell vs. Richard Hoagland on Coast to Coast AM 15 May 1996]
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<ref name=aliens>{{cite web|url = http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc1923.htm | title = Interview on Dateline NBC April 19, 1996 | date = | accessdate = May 27, 2009 | author = | work = UFO Evidence}}</ref> 

<ref name=death1>[http://fox6now.com/2016/02/05/edgar-mitchell-last-surviving-astronaut-of-apollo-14-has-died/ Edgar Mitchell, last surviving astronaut of Apollo 14, has died]. fox6now.com. Retrieved on 14 March 2016.</ref>

<ref name=death2>[http://doubtfulnews.com/2016/02/astronaut-and-ufo-conspiracist-edgar-mitchell-dies-at-85/ Astronaut and UFO conspiracist Edgar Mitchell dies at 85.] doubtfulnews.com. Retrieved on 14 March 2016.</ref>


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