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Astronauts & UFOs 7 7 Astronauts & UFOs Senator John Glenn Symposium Proceedings. Senator John Glenn "The influence the UFO has on people, as Said What on well as the effects it produces, should become Said What on ‘Frazier’!?! the items of special research. The UFO's ‘Frazier’!?! interaction with the environment, the behavior that it motivates, and its genesis, also present Continued from Page 6 Continued from Page 6 interesting areas for concentrated study. Today, many specialists have come to the opinion that [UFO] phenomenon research should be taken Edgar D. Mitchell: "We all know that UFOs are real. All we up along with understanding and need to ask is where do they come from?" comprehension of other unexplained From a statement in 1971 phenomena... The development of new "I've talked with people of stature-of military approaches for the identification and study of and government credentials and position-and energy and information processes will allow for heard their stories, and their desire to tell their an enthusiastic move toward the comprehension stories openly to the public. And that got my of the phenomenon. The results of these studies attention very, very rapidly.... The first hand should aid the survival of the people on earth... experiences of these credible witnesses that, "It's necessary to carry out the popular now in advanced years are anxious to tell their ufological enlightenment, since the probability story, we can't deny that, and the evidence for a meeting of a person with a UFO exists, and points to the fact that Roswell was a real this person should be ready for this event. incident, and that indeed an alien craft did crash, Precautionary measures are especially and that material was recovered from that crash important. It's necessary to tell the truth, which site." has been distorted previously by the politically "The U.S. Government hasn't maintained engaged sciences and most recently by secrecy regarding UFOs It's been leaking out all ufological dilettantes. The main purpose of the over the place. But the way it's been handled is primary local groups, that of controlling the by denial, by denying the truth of the documents ufological situation, mustn't be forgotten. The that have leaked. By attempting to show them as ufologists should know all the UFO's landing fraudulent, as bogus of some sort. There has places and contacts in their regions. They been a very large disinformation and should have relations with the local authorities, misinformation effort around this whole area. and in particular, with the police, the civil And one must wonder, how better to hide defense bodies, as well as information, something out in the open than just to say, 'It scientific, and medical organizations." isn't there. You're deceiving yourself if you Popovich, P., "Ufology in the think this is true.' And yet, there it is right in Captain Mitchell was an Apollo 14 Commonwealth of Independent States: front of you. So it's a disinformation effort that's Astronaut. Organization Problems," in the MUFON 1992 concerning here, not the fact that they have kept International UFO Symposium Proceedings. the secret. They haven't kept it. It's been getting Storey Musgrove : Major General Popovich was a pioneer out into the public for fifty years or more." "Statistically it's a certainty there are hugely Cosmonaut, "Hero of the Soviet Union", and "I have been over the years very skeptical advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms President of All-Union Ufology Association of like many others. But in the last ten years or so, out there. I believe they're so advanced they're the Commonwealth of Independent States. I have known the late Dr. Alan Hynek, who I even doing interstellar travel. I believe it's highly admire. I know and currently work with possible they even came here." Donald Slayton: Dr. Jacques Vallee. I've come to realize that the "I try to communicate with the life that's out "I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis evidence is building up to make this a valid and there. I'm serious. It is not that far out. When I'm when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 researchable question. Further, because my circling around out there, I try in whatever ways feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon. I thought personal motivation has always been to I can to get them to come down here and get the object was a kite, then I realized that no kite understand our universe better, and my own me." is gonna fly that high. As I got closer it looked theoretical work has convinced me that life is The Houston Post, December 1, 1993. Story like a weather balloon, gray and about three feet everywhere in the universe that has been Musgrave was the Space Shuttle astronaut who in diameter. But as soon as I got behind the darn permitted to evolve, I consider this a very flew on the repair mission of the Hubble Space thing it didn't look like a balloon anymore. It timely question... By becoming more involved Telescope. looked like a saucer, a disk. About the same with the serious research field, I've seen the time, I realized that it was suddenly going way evidence mount towards the truth of these Dr. Brian O'leary: from me-and there I was, running at about 300 matters. I rely upon the testimony of contacts "We have contact with alien cultures." miles per hour. I tracked it for a little way, and that I have had - old timers - who were involved then all of a sudden the damn thing just took off. in official positions in government and Major General Pavel Popovich: It pulled about a 45 degree climbing turn and intelligence and military over the last 50 years. "Today it can be stated with a high degree of accelerated and just flat disappeared." We cannot say that today's government is really confidence that observed manifestations of Donald Slayton, Mercury astronaut, in a covering it up - I think that most of them don't UFOs are no longer confined to the modern 1951 interview. know what is going on anymore than the picture of the world... The historical evidence of public..." the phenomenon... allows us to hypothesize that Major Robert White: From an interview with MSN 1998. ever since mankind has been co-existing with "There ARE things out there! There "The evidence points to the fact that Roswell this extraordinary substance, it has manifested a absolutely is!" was a real incident and that indeed an alien craft high level of intelligence and technology. The White exclaiming over the radio about a UFO did crash and that material was recovered from UFO sightings have become the constant encounter taking place on a 58 mile high X-15 that crash site," says Mitchell, who became the component of human activity and require a flight on July 17, 1962. sixth man on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission. serious global study... The scientific study of the "I have no idea what it could be. It was Mitchell doesn't say he's seen a UFO. But he UFO phenomenon should take place in the greyish in color and about thirty to forty feet says he's met with high-ranking military officers midst of other sciences dealing with man and away." who admitted involvement with alien the world." He later reported. technology and hardware. Popovich, P., MUFON 1992 International (Continued on Page 8)