Astronaut: Aliens Are Real

Well, the conspiracy had to crack sometime.

Edgar Mitchell, an astronaut on Apollo 14 and the sixth man to walk on the moon, told Kerrang! Radio this week that we're not alone in the universe and the government knows all about it.

"I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real," he said.

Mitchell is more than just a famous astronaut and a scientist. He grew up in Roswell, N.M., site of a famous alleged UFO landing. And, he said, "I've been in military circles and intelligence circles that know beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge that yes, we have been visited. ...I have been deeply involved in certain committes and certain research programs with very credible scientists and intelligence people that do know the real inside story."

"There's been quite a bit of contact going on," Mitchell added. "The Roswell crash was real and [the fact that] a number of other contacts have been real and ongoing is pretty well known to those of us who have been briefed and have been close to the subject matter."

So who exactly are the visitors? "Some of them are these little people that look strange to us," Mitchell said. "As far as I know from my contacts that have had contact, that was the reaction."

NASA politely suggests Mitchell doesn't know what he's talking about. "NASA is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this planet or anywhere in the universe," the agency told the radio station. "Dr. Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinion on this issue."

Oh really? If Mitchell's crazy, how do you explain the fact that he got the agency's Ambassador of Exploration award just a couple of years ago?

Here's Mitchell in his heyday, by the way:

(Hat tip: BoingBoing)