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38 The Famous and UFOs The Famous and UFOs 38 Famous People Who come clean about having seen a UFO. After all, As should now be clear, people from all Famous People Who Have Seen UFOs it could damage their credibility. But, walks of life, from drug-addled rock musicians Have Seen UFOs to sombre politicians, claim to have seen interestingly, quite a few have admitted it, By Paul Petersen including some prominent ones. mysterious objects in the sky. Some even By Paul Petersen Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter developed a private obsession with ETs which, says he saw a UFO while he was the Governor for the most part, was completely unknown to You’d be amazed at how many famous people of Virginia. For about ten minutes, he and a the general public. [] claim to have seen a UFO. Below we present group of others watched some weird lights in just a small sample. the sky that seemed to approach them then recede. Carter mentioned the sighting a few Actors Who Have Seen UFOs times on the campaign trail, and when he was sent a UFO sighting report by a research Very appropriately there are stories that organisation, agreed to fill it out. While William Shatner, who played Captain James T. campaigning to become President, Carter Kirk in the television series Star Trek, may have promised to reveal all the U.S. government’s seen a UFO and perhaps even have been UFO secrets if he was elected. He was; but no abducted by its occupants. Author Dennis secrets emerged. William Hauck wrote an unauthorised and Carter’s successor in the White House, somewhat critical biography of Shatner, called Ronald Reagan, also allegedly saw a UFO while Captain Quirk, in which he portrayed Shatner as he was the Governor of California. Reagan was an arrogant and unpleasant individual, disliked travelling in a small plane when he noticed a by his fellow members of the Star Trek cast. strange light which seemed to be following the Hauck believes that Shatner had a life-changing aircraft. The light accelerated a little ahead and, UFOs in the skies over a Medieval Scene experience, however, when he was abducted by at Reagan’s suggestion, his plane pursued it for aliens in the Mojave desert. Shatner was a few minutes before it zoomed away vertically supposedly riding his motorcycle with some at tremendous speed. friends through the desert but somehow got Reagan developed an obsession with separated from them. His bike broke down, and extra-terrestrials and mentioned them he walked for miles to find a petrol station. frequently in his speeches. Once, in a speech to When he found one, he noticed that there was a the UN, he even said that the United States and flying saucer hovering over it. Then things the Soviet Union might be forced to make started to get hazy and the good captain may common cause if Earth faced an extra-terrestrial have been taken aboard. invasion. Hauck believes Shatner learnt some humility from the encounter, and became a better person as a result. Intriguingly, shortly Musicians who Have Seen UFOs after the incident is supposed to have taken place, Shatner released an album titled The According to Michael Luckman, author Transformed Man. It consists mainly of cover of Alien Rock: The Rock and Roll Extra- songs - though songs is perhaps not the right terrestrial Connection, quite a few famous word, because Shatner tends to intone rather musicians have had UFO experiences. John Lennon claims to have seen a UFO than sing – with a distinct “spacey” theme. Craggy-faced rocker Mick Jagger is said Hauck claims the release of the album was a to have seen two UFOs in the course of his life. covert message Shatner was sending to the One, a cigar-shaped “mothership,” appeared in aliens, and the message was “Lesson Learned.” 1968 while he was camping in Glastonbury with Comic legend Dan Aykroyd - of then girlfriend Marianne Faithfull. The other Ghostbusters fame – is fascinated by UFOs. He allegedly hovered over the audience while he once hosted a television programme devoted to was performing a gig in California. If Michael it and is known to support UFO research Luckman is to be believed, Jagger even had a organisations such as MUFON UFO detector installed in his home. Jagger (www.mufon.com). In the DVD Dan Aykroyd couldn’t get no satisfaction, though, because it Unplugged, he speaks quite candidly about his kept going off, whenever he wasn’t in the views on the subject. Although he doesn’t claim house! to have seen a UFO himself, he thinks he may John Lennon saw a UFO at his have spotted some Men in Black once, while on apartment in New York with his girlfriend May the phone to Britney Spears! Pang. The object was cone-shaped, but flattened Another actor and comedian who had at the top, crowned with a steady red light, and some ET experiences was Jackie Gleason – you featuring a row of smaller, pulsating white may know him as the Sheriff in the Smokey and lights. It drew close to the amazed couple in the Bandit films, or as the master pool-player their 17th floor apartment before passing on by. Mick Jagger is said to have seen two Minnesota Fats in the Paul Newman classic The They managed to take some photographs of the UFOs Hustler. Gleason was a good friend of U.S. object but all came out over-exposed. President Richard Nixon and, one day, while the UFOs seemed to pervade the life of two were playing golf together, the subject of Elvis Presley. Strange lights were seen in the UFOs came up. Nixon said little at the time but, sky at the time Elvis was born; quite a few were later that day; he took Gleason with him on a seen around him in his life; and one was special visit to Homestead Air Force Base. allegedly seen hovering over the mourners There, Gleason allegedly witnessed dead extra- when his coffin was interred in the grounds of terrestrials. Gleason’s wife told the full story in Graceland. Some even speculate that perhaps an interview with Esquire magazine. The King himself was an extra-terrestrial - and not in the coffin at all, but looking down on it Politicians Who Have Seen UFOs from above in the flying saucer! Conclusion Jackie Gleason saw a UFO You wouldn’t expect many politicians to