Is astronaut Edgar Mitchell a credible source to speak on UFOs?

Question

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CtUe8f9L0_o

Answer 1

Michell is not stating that he believes in UFOs and/or alien visitors. He is simply stating that he is privy to secret government information that not only do extraterrestrials exist, but that the government has been in contact with them. While he might be part of a disinformation campaign, I doubt it. He might be a crackpot, but, based on his resume, I doubt that also. Many other astronauts have professed a belief in alien visitors, but this is different. He is saying that he has been briefed on the subject. That's a bombshell.

Answer 2

Ok....why would he be any more credible than anyone else? Because he's been in space?

He's no more credible than anyone else. If he were to see a UFO.....note...I said IF....great big juicy IF......why would his education and association with NASA qualify him to witness and report an 'alien' (meaning foreign in this case) craft any better than anyone else? Granted...some folks do not have any attention to detail whatsoever....or even reality for that matter, but those whom have some control of their faculties are no better than any other such individual at reporting an unusual incident.....should one arise.

Answer 3

Well of course not. I mean a Navy Pilot wouldn't be trained to know how to observe anything. A person chosen by NASA for the Apollo 14th mission (making him the sixth man on the moon) is an obvious nut job that somehow managed to fake his drug tests and extensive mental health evaluations so he would be chosen. Then there is the most disqualifying fact of all holding a doctorate of science from MIT shows this is an obvious unqualified individual to listen to about anything of a scientific nature.

He also founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences showing that he is clearly not open minded to wanting to advance science and engage in scientific research.

How dare he simply not denounce it all as bunk without taking the time to examine any evidence.

Yes, this naval officer, pilot, astronaut, and scientist is one of the least credible people on UFO's.

Now if we could get Randi the stage magician with no training or education in any science to give us his personal beliefs on UFOs we would finally have a truth to follow.

Psiexploration.

Answer 4

I tend to put more credence in the beliefs and/or sightings of astronauts, pilots, and military personnel, who are familiar with our technology, than reports of the general public, although there have been some excellent ones by people from all walks of life.

Edgar Mitchell wasn't the only astronaut who believed that UFOs are extraterrestrial. Here is a quote from Gordon Cooper from a CNN article: "In his post-NASA career, Cooper became known as an outspoken believer in UFOs and charged that the government was covering up its knowledge of extraterrestrial activity.

"I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets, which obviously are a little more technically advanced than we are here on Earth," he told a United Nations panel in 1985.

"I feel that we need to have a top-level, coordinated program to scientifically collect and analyze data from all over the Earth concerning any type of encounter, and to determine how best to interface with these visitors in a friendly fashion."

He added, "For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists and astronauts. I can now reveal that every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us."

You might want to read his book, Leap of Faith. You might also be interested in the affidavit of Walter Haut, the information Officer at Roswell in 1947. You can find it in the book, Witness to Roswell, by Carey and Schmitt. Left at East Gate by Larry Warren is the account of a UFO landing in Rendlesham Forrest, England, near the Air Bases Woodbridge and Bentwaters. Sgt. Penniston, who was stationed there, has been on TV a number of times talking about actually touching an object, which landed near the twin bases. The deputy base commander Charles Halt has appeared with him. Halt made a tape of his sighting. In addition, there have been sightings over a number of other air bases. A UFO also hovered over O'Hare Airport and was seen by pilots about a year ago and made the national news.

I am puzzled by the secrecy, denials, and the laughter that accompanies any talk about the subject, but I will leave it to the people who know more to decide if there has been a coverup.

Answer 5

Just some words on credibility:

The only thing that "credibility" actually implies is the ability to be believed. If you believe in UFO's, for example, having an astronaut confirm what you already believe makes him credible. If you're firmly against UFO's, nothing anyone says will convince you. If you're undecided, Mr. Mitchell might sway you, or might not.

This is witness testimony. Unfortunately, witness testimony doesn't make ironclad evidence so long as the government is in denial (whether that denial is factual and valid or not).

Therefore, your question is one of what people believe, and has little to do with the facts in the matter. And, for the record, I believe that he's not lying about what he's heard, etc., but he could be mistaken about what he heard, so the jury's still out.

Answer 6

Do you mean UFOs, or alien spacecraft? These are different things. Regarding the former, he is as credible as anybody else if he is giving a report of personally seeing an unidentified flying object.

Regarding the latter, he is not. Nobody is, in fact. No one has established any credibility in that regard for the simple fact that an alien spacecraft has never been discovered, confirmed or studied. You need to establish the existence of the cart before you can have a horse pull it. Mitchell certainly has opinions on the subject, but other NASA and military personnel with similar backgrounds and experience have opinions that conflict with his. Are they any less "credible"?

EDIT: Deenie, please read more carefully. I didn't claim that alien spacecraft don't exist and you missed the point entirely, which makes you look silly. Again -- one can't be a credible source on something that has never been studied, has never been measured, has never been tested--these activities are all predicated on having a confirmed alien spaceship available for examination and in fact none have ever been confirmed to exist in the first place! One can't do science on thin air (unless of course you're studying thin air). One can't be a credible source on leprechauns for the same reason. Credibility is a function of confirmability, and with alien spacecraft you have absolutely none.