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Edgar Mitchell

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Steven Greer, Will Miller and Edgar D. Mitchell gave a talk in a Pentagon conference room, with Admiral Mike Crawford and General Patrick Hughes present, in April 1997.
“TW: Confirmed Greer/Miller/Mitchell gave talk in Pentagon Conference room. Adm. Mike Crawford, Gen. Pat Hughes (Hughes his boss) were present (others too.) Date April '97.”
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Edgar D. Mitchell said the April 1997 Pentagon briefing by Steven Greer, Will Miller and Edgar D. Mitchell took place on 1997-04-09.
“(Ed Mitchell said 4/9/97.)”
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Will Miller told Edgar D. Mitchell about the conversation with Thomas Wilson, and Mitchell only told Eric W. Davis about it in 1999.
“(EWD note - Miller told Ed Mitchell who only told me in 1999)”
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Robert Fiertek used the geometry of the dome seen hanging in the background above Edgar Mitchell in the Apollo 14 photograph known as "Mitchell Under Glass" to constrain the scaling of the vertical and horizontal dome elements in his lunar dome model.
“Bob now tried to fold into his on-going Sinus Medii analysis the extremely clear and striking *identical dome geometry* seen “hanging” in the background above Ed Mitchell—in the infamous “Mitchell Under Glass” Apollo 14 shot. That image provided a set of critical numerical constraints on the scaling of both the vertical and horizontal “dome elements””
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Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell knew Richard C. Hoagland from his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) days.
“former astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who knew Hoagland from his NASA days”
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After the Hoagland-Mitchell debate broadcast, Richard C. Hoagland promised to send Edgar Mitchell additional materials to review, and Mitchell agreed to a follow-up programme to review the new material.
“The program ended with Hoagland promising to send Mitchell additional materials to review, and Mitchell agreeing to another mutual program to review the new material.”
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Richard C. Hoagland sent Edgar Mitchell the pictures and other data as promised, but Mitchell never responded, and the planned follow-up programme never took place.
“Hoagland did send the pictures and other data, but Mitchell never responded, and the follow-up program never took place.”
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During the 1996 Hoagland-Mitchell debate on Coast to Coast AM with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Richard C. Hoagland considered that the distant lunar ruins might have been very faint and further filtered by the gold visors worn by the astronauts on the lunar surface.
“during the 1996 “Hoagland-Mitchell debate” with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell on *Coast to Coast AM,* Hoagland went out of his way to consider that the distant ruins might have been very faint, and might have even been further filtered by the gold visors that the astronauts wore on the surface”
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At the time of the 1996 debate with Edgar Mitchell, Richard C. Hoagland had not yet checked the specific optical properties of the gold visors worn by Apollo astronauts.
“Hoagland had yet to check on the specific optical properties of the gold visors when he discussed the subject with Mitchell on the air”
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During the Hoagland-Mitchell debate, Edgar Mitchell said that when people asked him what it felt like to be on the Moon, he did not initially think it was a germane question, but the question irritated him because he could not answer it, prompting him to ask himself whether he should know what he felt like on the Moon.
““Basically, when people asked me, “What did it feel like to be on the Moon?” being a super rationalist and a Ph.D., and all of that, I didn’t think it was a germane question. I thought if you ask me what did I *do* on the Moon, or what did I *think* about on the Moon, I could have told you. But what did I ‘feel?’ I didn’t know... First of all, it irritated me because I didn’t have an answer to it, and eventually I asked myself, “*Should* I know what I felt like on the Moon?””
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Edgar Mitchell said that in 1972 he went to his friends Jean Houston and her husband Bob Master to help him find out what he felt like on the Moon, beginning an investigation of inner experiences and consciousness that continued for 25 years.
““So I went to some good friends of mine, Dr. Jean Houston and her husband Bob Master, and said “help me find out what I *felt* like on the Moon,” and that began the investigation of inner experiences for me back in 1972 and led to the approaches that I have taken in understanding experience and the psychic experience and all this whole subject matter of consciousness that we’ve been looking at for 25 years.””
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Richard C. Hoagland and Ken Johnston physically possess Edgar Mitchell's original NASA photograph showing him standing on the Moon.
“These are amazing admissions from Mitchell, coming from a man whose original NASA photograph we actually, physically possess (thanks again to Ken Johnston)”
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Edgar Mitchell eventually sought the help of a professional hypnotist and psychologist on his own to try to 'deprogram' himself regarding his inability to remember his feelings on the Moon.
“Mitchell struggled so much with the issue that, on his own, he eventually sought the help of a professional hypnotist and psychologist, to basically “deprogram” himself!”
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A Hoagland source with a long professional association with Jean Houston said that when Edgar Mitchell reached the part of his personally requested hypnosis sessions where Houston prodded him to remember what it felt like walking on the Moon, Mitchell would repeatedly deflect by saying 'That's not important... let's move on.'
“According to a Hoagland source with a long professional association with Jean Houston, when Mitchell came to that part of his (remember, *personally* requested) sessions in which Houston would repeatedly prod him with “Now, try to remember what it *felt* like when you were walking on the Moon …” Mitchell would repeatedly deflect the question, saying “That’s not important ... let’s move on.””
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One notable frame from Ken Johnston's Apollo 14 collection is known as "Mitchell Under Glass" (AS14-66-9301), showing astronaut Edgar Mitchell deploying the TV camera just north of the Apollo 14 landing site, taken by Commander Alan Shepard early in EVA-1.
“One particularly spectacular frame stood out—what has come to be known as 'Mitchell Under Glass' (AS14-66-9301)—a shot of astronaut Edgar Mitchell deploying the TV camera just north of the A-14 landing site, taken by Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard early in EVA-1, as part of the preceding panorama sequence.”
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In photograph AS14-66-9301, Edgar Mitchell appears completely oblivious to the layered, glass-like geometric architecture rising overhead.
“Mitchell is apparently completely oblivious to the awesome, layered, glasslike geometric architecture rising overhead”
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Only two Apollo 14 astronauts, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell, landed on the Moon, and each had one Hasselblad camera.
“since there were only *two* Apollo 14 astronauts who landed on the Moon—Shepard and Mitchell—and just two Hasselblad cameras (one for each of them)”
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The golf shot photograph published as a two-page spread in Alan Shepard's Moon Shot shows both Shepard and Edgar Mitchell simultaneously in the same image, which no single Hasselblad camera could have captured.
“who took THIS Hasselblad shot—published as a two-page spread (note the central binding in the reproduction), in Shepard's own "space biography?" ... Both astronauts—Shepard and Mitchell—are seen simultaneously *in the same photograph?*”
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Edgar Mitchell erected a colour television camera at the Apollo 14 landing site two days before Alan Shepard's golf shot, and it broadcast a running sequence of images to Earth in parallel with Shepard's live radio transmission.
“The only other camera which could have taken this particular image was the color television camera, erected by Mitchell at their landing site soon after first emerging from the lunar module "Antares" two days earlier. In fact, this camera did send back to Earth a running sequence of television images of this event, in parallel with Shepard's live radio transmission as he took his swing”
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Richard C. Hoagland found that the image of Edgar Mitchell in the faked golf shot photograph in Moon Shot was cut out and reversed from a real Hasselblad frame, AS14-66-9301, known as the "Mitchell under glass" photo.
“the image of Ed Mitchell in the golf shot fake is simply cut out (and reversed) from a *real* Hasselblad frame, AS14-66-9301, the now-infamous "Mitchell under glass" photo [Fig. 12-5].”
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AS14-66-9301, known as "Mitchell under glass," is a real Apollo 14 photograph taken by Alan Shepard of Edgar Mitchell setting up the television camera at the beginning of their first lunar extra-vehicular activity.
“this (see Color Fig. 5) is a *real* Apollo 14 photograph, taken by Alan Shepard of his fellow astronaut, Ed Mitchell—as Mitchell was setting up the TV camera at the beginning of their first lunar EVA.”
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The figure of Edgar Mitchell in the faked image from Alan Shepard's book Moon Shot is a reversed cutout from the AS14-66-9301 "Mitchell Under Glass" photograph frame.
“Fig. 12-5 - Side by comparison showing that “Edgar Mitchell” in faked image from Alan Shepard’s book “Moonshot” is just a reversed cutout from the AS-14-66-9301 “Mitchell under glass” frame.”
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Rey Hernandez cofounded the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE) together with Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Harvard astrophysicist Rudy Schild, and Australian researcher Mary Rodwell.
“Rey, together with Apollo astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Rudy Schild, and Australian researcher Mary Rodwell, cofounded the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters or FREE.”
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Rudy Schild told Rey Hernandez that the information Rey received on the contact modalities could be explained through the quantum hologram theory of physics and consciousness (QHTC), a theory developed by the late Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell.
“He informed me that in fact, the information I received on what I now call the “contact modalities” can all be explained through the quantum hologram theory of physics and consciousness (QHTC), a theory developed by the late Apollo astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell.”
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Edgar Mitchell developed the quantum hologram theory of physics and consciousness (QHTC).
“a theory developed by the late Apollo astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell.”
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Rudy Schild provided Rey Hernandez with the phone number for Edgar Mitchell, the former astronaut and Rudy Schild's mentor.
“He also provided Rey with the number for Edgar Mitchell, the former astronaut and Rudy’s mentor.”
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Rey Hernandez phoned Edgar Mitchell and found that they lived very close to one another, so they decided to meet.
“Rey phoned Edgar and found that they lived very close to one another, so they decided to meet.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez about his "awakening" in space.
“He told me about his “awakening” in space and his early years growing up in Roswell, New Mexico, the site of the world famous Roswell UFO crash.”
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Edgar Mitchell grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, the site of the 1947 Roswell UFO crash.
“and his early years growing up in Roswell, New Mexico, the site of the world famous Roswell UFO crash.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez that as a young teen he worked at a local airport and was paid via flying lessons.
“He told me that he worked at a local airport when he was a young teen and he was paid via flying lessons.”
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Edgar Mitchell's parents owned two farm supply stores in the Roswell, New Mexico area.
“Edgar’s parents owned two farm supply stores in the Roswell area and he knew most of the ranchers and workers in the area because they were always in his parents’ stores.”
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Edgar Mitchell knew most of the ranchers and workers in the Roswell, New Mexico area because they were regular customers at his parents' stores.
“he knew most of the ranchers and workers in the area because they were always in his parents’ stores.”
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After Edgar Mitchell returned from the moon he was considered a national hero and also a hero to the people of Roswell, New Mexico.
“He told me that after he came back from the moon he was not only a national hero but a hero to the folks in Roswell.”
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When Edgar Mitchell returned to Roswell, New Mexico, many old-timers and their children pulled him aside and told him intimate stories of the ship that crashed in Roswell.
“When he returned to Roswell, many of the old timers and their children began to pull him aside and told him very intimate stories of the ship that crashed in Roswell.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez that, based on information from very reliable individuals he had known most of his life, the Roswell crash was real.
“Edgar informed me that based on the information he was given by very reliable individuals, individuals he had known most of his life, that the Roswell crash was real.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez about his work as a test pilot for the United States Navy.
“He then told me about his work as a test pilot for the Navy.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez that many test pilots were admitted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) programme as astronauts.
“He also told me that many of these test pilots were admitted into the NASA program as Astronauts.”
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Edgar Mitchell told Rey Hernandez of some experiences of astronauts, including Russian cosmonauts, in space that were similar to his own and involved a series of paranormal experiences.
“He even told me of some of the “Experiences” of the astronauts, including Russian Cosmonauts, in space that were similar to his involving a series of paranormal experiences.”
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Edgar Mitchell offered to assist Rey Hernandez in forming an organisation.
“Like Rudy, Edgar offered to assist Rey in the formation of an organization.”
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Rey Hernandez told Edgar Mitchell that he was confused about what the organisation would do, and Edgar Mitchell told him that the answer would come to him.
“Rey replied that he was confused about what the organization would do, but Edgar told him that the answer would come to him, adding, “It always does.””
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After his meeting with Edgar Mitchell, Rey Hernandez asked Mary Rodwell if she would help him found the organisation with the help of Rudy Schild and Edgar Mitchell.
“After his meeting with Edgar, he spoke to Mary. He asked her if she would help him found the organization with the help of Rudy and Edgar.”
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Edgar Mitchell firmly believed that a study focused on the experiencer was important, so the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE)'s motto became "Disclosure from the Bottom Up."
“He said that Edgar firmly believed that a study that focused on the experiencer was important, so FREE’s motto became “Disclosure from the Bottom Up.””
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Edgar Mitchell was one of six humans to have walked on the moon on the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.
“This included Edgar, one of six humans to have walked on the moon on the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.”
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Edgar Mitchell earned a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
“Edgar earned a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).”
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Edgar Mitchell was the founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), which is dedicated to the study of consciousness.
“He was also the founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), which is dedicated to the study of consciousness,”
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Edgar Mitchell was the founder of Quantrek, an institute populated by physicists and scientists who study energy and consciousness.
“and Quantrek, an institute populated by physicists and scientists who study energy and consciousness.”
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Edgar Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Quantrek after a remarkable, transcendent experience he had while on his way home from the moon, floating in space and looking at Earth.
“He founded these institutions after a remarkable, transcendent experience he had while on his way home from the moon, floating in space, and looking at Earth.”
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On his way home from the moon, Edgar Mitchell saw the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun, and the whole 360-degree panorama of the heavens through his cockpit window every two minutes, an experience he described as powerful and overwhelming.
“In my cock-pit window, every two minutes, I saw the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun, and the whole 360 degree panorama of the heavens . . . and that was a powerful, overwhelming experience.”
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Edgar Mitchell realised during his return from the moon that the molecules of his body, the spacecraft, and his partners' bodies were prototyped and manufactured in an ancient generation of stars, giving him an overwhelming sense of oneness and connectedness.
“And suddenly I realized that the molecules of my body and the molecules of the space craft, and the molecules in the body of my partners, were prototyped, manufactured in some ancient generation of stars. And that was an overwhelming sense of oneness and connectedness, it wasn’t them and us, it was “that’s me,” it’s all of it, it’s one thing.”
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Edgar Mitchell's experience of oneness on his return from the moon was accompanied by ecstasy, which he described as an insight and an epiphany.
“And, it was accompanied by an ecstasy. A sense, “Oh my God, wow, yes!” An insight. An epiphany.”
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Edgar Mitchell's transcendent experience during his return from the moon was so profound that it changed the direction of his life.
“This experience was so profound that it changed the direction of his life.”
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Upon returning to Earth, Edgar Mitchell went on an extended book encounter, voraciously reading as much as he could on the topic of consciousness.
“Upon his return to Earth, he went on an extended book encounter, voraciously reading as much as he could on the topic of consciousness.”
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Edgar Mitchell had been raised as a Southern Baptist and was a trained scientist.
“Edgar had been raised as a Southern Baptist and he was a trained scientist, yet he finally found reports of a similar experience within the literature of Hinduism:”
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Edgar Mitchell found reports of an experience similar to his own within the literature of Hinduism.
“yet he finally found reports of a similar experience within the literature of Hinduism:”
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After returning to Earth, Edgar Mitchell found nothing in scientific literature explaining his experience but eventually discovered it described in the Sanskrit of ancient India.
“The experience in space was so powerful that when I got back to Earth I started digging into various literatures to try to understand what had happened. I found nothing in science literature but eventually discovered it in the Sanskrit of ancient India.”
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Edgar Mitchell found that the descriptions of samadhi, particularly Savikalpa samadhi, exactly matched what he felt during his experience in space: seeing things in their separateness while experiencing them viscerally as a unity, or oneness, accompanied by ecstasy.
“The descriptions of samadhi, Savikalpa samadhi, were exactly what I felt: it is described as seeing things in their separateness, but experiencing them viscerally as a unity, as oneness, accompanied by ecstasy.”
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The transition back to Earth was difficult for Edgar Mitchell, a feeling that Tyler D. also expressed after each of his launches of satellites and shuttles into space.
“The transition back to Earth was difficult for Edgar, a feeling that Tyler had expressed as well, after each of his launches of satellites and shuttles into space.”
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D. W. Pasulka met Edgar Mitchell on two occasions.
“I met Edgar on two occasions.”
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D. W. Pasulka invited Edgar Mitchell to meet a small group of researchers she had organised in California, and he attended the session via Skype.
“I knew that he believed in UFOs and extraterrestrials, so I asked him to meet the small group of researchers that I had organized in California. He would attend our session via Skype.”
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D. W. Pasulka discovered that, like other brilliant scientists she had interviewed, Edgar Mitchell had been involved with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).
“Beforehand I found out everything I could about him and was surprised to learn that, just like the other brilliant scientists I had interviewed, he had been involved with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).”
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Edgar Mitchell was a practitioner of remote viewing.
“He was also a practitioner of remote viewing.”
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Edgar Mitchell conducted remote viewing experiments in space during the Apollo lunar mission.
“What was more surprising to me was that he had conducted remote viewing experiments in space during the Apollo lunar mission.”
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Edgar Mitchell's remote viewing experiments conducted in space were not sanctioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and were secret.
“These experiments were not sanctioned by NASA, and Edgar said that they were “secret.””
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D. W. Pasulka considers Edgar Mitchell, like Tyler D., part of a hidden and unofficial history of the American space program, including cosmonauts and rocket scientists such as Jack Parsons who believed in extraterrestrial or nonhuman beings that interacted with humans to help them achieve space travel.
“Edgar Mitchell, like Tyler D., was part of the hidden and unofficial history of the American space program that I had been discovering—the cosmonauts and rocket scientists, like Jack Parsons, who believed in extraterrestrial or nonhuman beings that interacted with humans with the goal of helping them achieve space travel and, in Edgar’s case, peace on Earth.”
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Edgar Mitchell believed that peace on Earth is a prerequisite for deep space travel.
“(He believes this is a prerequisite for deep space travel.)”
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Edgar Mitchell believed that extraterrestrials or nonhuman intelligences intervened in space launches.
“Edgar believed that extraterrestrials or nonhuman intelligences intervened in space launches.”
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During a conference Skype session, D. W. Pasulka was the only attendee who asked Edgar Mitchell about extraterrestrials, even though that was the theme of the conference.
“When it came time to ask the questions, I was the only one who asked Edgar about extraterrestrials, even though that was the theme of the conference.”
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D. W. Pasulka asked Edgar Mitchell how he came to know that extraterrestrials had been interfering with satellites and rockets launched into space, and why they might be doing this; Edgar Mitchell said he was privileged, because of his connections, to know that extraterrestrials had dismantled several weapons the United States had launched into space because the weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, damaged both humans and their environment as well as the extraterrestrials' own environment.
““Edgar, I know that you believe in extraterrestrials, and I also know that you believe they have been interfering with our satellites and some of the rockets we launch into space. Can you describe how you came to this knowledge and if you might know why they would be doing this?” ... Because of his connections, Edgar said, he was privileged to know that extraterrestrials had dismantled several weapons that the United States had launched into space. He said that they did this because our weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, not only damaged humans and our environment but also somehow damaged their environment.”
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Edgar Mitchell said there were different species of aliens, some good and some bad, and that the ones who intervened in human space explorations by dismantling weapons were the good ones.
“He said that there were different species of aliens, and that there were good ones and bad ones. The ones who intervened in our space explorations were good ones.”
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Edgar Mitchell explained that some people on Earth are in contact with good extraterrestrials and have missions to accomplish, sometimes in secret.
“He explained that there are some people on Earth who are in contact with the good extraterrestrials, and that they have missions to accomplish, sometimes in secret.”
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Edgar Mitchell believed, like Tyler D. and James Master, that some extraterrestrials had left advanced technologies that certain scientists can unlock and use for the good of humans and the world.
“He believed (like Tyler and James) that some extraterrestrials had left advanced technologies that certain scientists can unlock and use for the good of humans and the world.”
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Edgar Mitchell said that humans have already benefited from extraterrestrial-derived technology.
“He said that we have already benefited from this technology.”
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D. W. Pasulka's interview with Edgar Mitchell during the conference Skype session lasted about an hour and a half.
“At the end of the interview, which lasted about an hour and a half, I came away with several observations.”
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D. W. Pasulka observed that Edgar Mitchell used language she had heard used by many of the "invisibles," with certain words and phrases repeated often enough to form a shared lexicon.
“Edgar used language that I had heard used by many of the invisibles. Certain words and phrases were repeated often enough to form somewhat of a lexicon, or a language group.”
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Edgar Mitchell believed that networks of human-extraterrestrial contact already exist.
“Also, Edgar believed that networks of human–extraterrestrial contact already exist.”
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According to Edgar Mitchell, organisations like the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) were apparently not the preferred contact centres for extraterrestrial communication.
“Organizations like SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, were not the preferred contact centers, apparently.”
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Edgar Mitchell thought humans, with their DNA and cellular receptors that worked like mini satellites, were the best receivers of contact information from nonhuman intelligences.
“He thought humans, with their DNA and cellular receptors that worked like mini satellites, were the best receivers of contact information from nonhuman intelligences.”
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Several scientist-believers, including Edgar Mitchell, hold that quantum physics provides a framework for understanding paranormal and supernatural events and abilities, including remote viewing, miracles, and contact with nonhuman intelligence.
“According to several of the scientist-believers, including Edgar, quantum physics provides a framework for understanding the paranormal and supernatural events and abilities, including remote viewing, miracles, and contact with nonhuman intelligence.”
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Rey Hernandez and Edgar Mitchell both called the framework linking quantum physics to paranormal and contact phenomena the "contact modalities."
“Rey and Edgar each called this the contact modalities.”
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According to Edgar Mitchell's quantum hologram theory of physics and consciousness, information consists of patterns of energy, information-energy packets are given off by matter, and on some level all bodies of matter contain information.
“According to this theory, Edgar says, information consists of patterns of energy. Information–energy packets are given off by matter. On some level, all bodies of matter contain information.”
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Edgar Mitchell and his associate Rudy Schild helped Rey Hernandez understand the quantum hologram theory of physics and consciousness.
“Edgar and his associate Rudy Schild helped Rey understand this theory,”
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Edgar Mitchell's theory of the quantum hologram bridges the gap between subjective and materialist approaches because it posits a reality made up of patterns of energy.
“This theory is able bridge this gap because it posits a reality that is made up of patterns of energy.”
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Edgar Mitchell's dyadic model of consciousness explains how remote viewing, telepathy, and extraordinary mystical experiences, such as his own experience of samadhi while travelling back from the moon, are possible.
“Edgar’s theory is elaborated in his idea of the “dyadic model” of consciousness. This model, according to Edgar, explains how remote viewing, telepathy, and even extraordinary mystical experiences, such as his experience of Samadhi while traveling back from the moon, are possible:”
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According to Edgar Mitchell's dyadic model, mystical insights are information that requires interpretation, not absolute and literal realities that can stand alone, and cultural interpretation flaws arise from interpreting metaphor literally, though a valid information function is nevertheless taking place.
“The first is that mystical insights are just information that requires interpretation, not absolute and literal realities, that can stand alone. The flaw in cultural interpretation of mystical interpretation is precisely that of interpreting metaphor literally. However, a valid information function is taking place nevertheless.”
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In the experience of nirvikalpa samadhi, described similarly across different traditions, the sense of Self merges with the cosmos and reality is experienced as unity of Self with All-That-Is, accompanied by intense ecstasy, a sense of eternity, and a complete loss of fear.
“Consider the experience of the nirvikalpa samadhi which is described similarly in different traditions. In this experience the sense of Self merges with the cosmos and reality is experienced as unity of Self with All-That-Is. The experience is accompanied by intense ecstasy, a sense of eternity and a complete loss of fear.”
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Edgar Mitchell's dyadic model interprets the samadhi experience as the body and brain experiencing its "ground state," or resonance with the zero point field, in which awareness merges totally into the primordial field.
“The dyadic model interpretation is that the body/brain is experiencing its “ground state” or resonance with the zero point field. The awareness is the undifferentiated awareness of the primordial field, as the sense of Self is merged totally into the field.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:38301-38552 opinion second hand
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Edgar Mitchell's dyadic model holds that the internal feeling sense accesses the state of wellbeing of the organism, and that subconscious brain functions integrate information from external senses and non-local sources to provide a feeling of alarm or security about the state of the environment, as well as reward or punishment for behaviour influencing survival.
“The internal feeling sense accesses the state of wellbeing of the organism. In addition, the subconscious brain functions integrate information from external senses and from non-local sources to provide a “feeling” of alarm or security as to the state of the environment. The feeling sense also provides reward or punishment for behavior influencing survival: gratification of thirst, hunger, sex drive, and discomfort or pain for dangerous behaviors, etc.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:38793-39245 opinion second hand
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According to Edgar Mitchell, the feeling of ecstasy that accompanies the mystical experience indicates that the experience should be repeated, integrating an evolutionary component into his dyadic model.
“According to Edgar, the feeling of ecstasy indicates that this experience should be repeated. In this way, he integrates an evolutionary component into his model.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:39251-39407 opinion second hand
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Edgar Mitchell asserted that although non-local effects have been observed and studied for over a century by parapsychologists, the results have been ignored, disparaged, or misrepresented by mainstream science in the absence of a compelling theory, and that non-locality in quantum physics now provides a physical basis for these effects.
“Although non-local effects have been observed and studied for over a century by parapsychologists, in the absence of a compelling theory the results have been ignored or disparaged and certainly misrepresented by mainstream science. Non-locality in quantum physics now provides a physical basis for these effects.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:39521-39826 opinion second hand
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Edgar Mitchell said that a large number of investigators over several decades have demonstrated that brain waves can be synchronised and information transferred between individuals.
“A large number of investigators for several decades have demonstrated that brain waves can be synchronized and information transferred between ind”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:39835-39970 opinion second hand
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Edgar Mitchell helped fund and establish the Disclosure Movement, a movement initiated by citizens of various countries to force their governments to declassify documents related to UFOs.
“He also helped fund and establish the Disclosure Movement, which is a movement initiated by the citizens of various countries to force their governments to declassify documents related to UFOs.”
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Edgar Mitchell used his connections to astronauts and the US space program to motivate people who worked for those institutions to testify before Congress about UFOs.
“Through his connections to astronauts and the US space program, he was able to motivate people who worked for these institutions to testify in front of Congress about UFOs.”
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D. W. Pasulka places Edgar Mitchell within a lineage of esoteric cosmonauts and rocket scientists that includes Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Jack Parsons, and Tyler D.
“I place Edgar within a lineage of esoteric cosmonauts and rocket scientists, such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, John (Jack) Parsons, Tyler D., and many others”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:41101-41250 opinion first hand
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Edgar Mitchell was one of only twelve humans to have walked on the moon.
“Edgar had returned from space with the confidence of one who has been where only twelve humans have ever gone.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:41373-41478 observation
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Edgar Mitchell died several months after speaking with D. W. Pasulka and her colleagues, on the eve of the anniversary of his moon landing.
“Several months after my colleagues and I spoke with Edgar, he passed away on the eve of the anniversary of his landing on the moon.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:41484-41610 administrative first hand
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The alleged UAP-UFO cover-up laid out by Steven Greer, Edgar Mitchell and Willard Miller is supposedly so secret that even the second-highest official in the Defense Intelligence Agency was not permitted to know about it.
“Whatever this program was (or is), the alleged UAP-UFO cover-up laid out by Greer, Ed Mitchell and Commander Miller is supposedly so secret that even the second-highest official in the Defence Intelligence Agency was not permitted to know about it.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:13442-13714 hearsay second hand
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Three of the attendees of the April 1997 Pentagon briefing - Edgar Mitchell, attorney and disclosure activist Steven Lovekin, and Steven Greer's CSETI colleague Shari Adamiak - are now dead.
“three of the attendees (Ed Mitchell; attorney, army reservist and disclosure activist Steven Lovekin; and Greer's CSETI colleague Shari Adamiak) are now dead.”
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Steven Greer, Willard Miller and Edgar Mitchell presented Admiral Thomas Wilson with what they were convinced was strong witness evidence to support their belief that the US government was covering up alien visitations to Earth, recovered spacecraft and alien bodies, and technological breakthroughs derived from those discoveries.
“But we know Steven Greer, Willard Miller and Edgar Mitchell presented Admiral Wilson with what they were convinced was strong witness evidence to support their belief that the US government was covering up alien visitations to Earth, recovered spacecraft and alien bodies, and incredible technological breakthroughs purportedly derived from those discoveries.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:14003-14350 testimony first hand
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Edgar Mitchell later confirmed to many friends that the April 1997 Admiral Wilson meeting happened as Steven Greer described.
“Edgar Mitchell later confirmed to many friends that this meeting happened as Greer described.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:14577-14660 testimony first hand
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John Audette, co-founder of Edgar Mitchell's Quantrek research organisation, told Ross Coulthart, 'Yes, Ed shared with me details about the Admiral Wilson meeting.'
“One of these friends was John Audette, the co-founder of Mitchell's Quantrek research organisation, who responded in detail to my inquiry about this meeting. 'Yes, Ed shared with me details about the Admiral Wilson meeting,' Audette tells me.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:14671-14910 testimony second hand
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John Audette said Edgar Mitchell believed there was a cover-up by a cabal or shadow government on the extra-terrestrial issue and the presumed physical evidence presumed to be in government possession.
“'Ed believed there was a cover-up by a cabal or shadow government on the ET issue and the presumed physical evidence presumed to be in government possession . . .”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:14915-15060 opinion second hand
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John Audette said Edgar Mitchell believed highly secretive reverse-engineering of recovered materials was occurring.
“Ed believed highly secretive reverse-engineering was occurring.'15”
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Admiral Tom Wilson confirmed the 1997 Pentagon meeting with Steven Greer and Edgar Mitchell in an interview with Richard Dolan more than a decade after the meeting.
“The admiral confirmed the 1997 Pentagon meeting with Greer and Mitchell in an interview with Richard Dolan more than a decade later”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:20976-21102 testimony second hand
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Admiral Tom Wilson told Richard Dolan he agreed to the 1997 Pentagon meeting only because he was curious why a man of Edgar Mitchell's stature would be interested in the subject of UFOs.
“told Dolan he only agreed to it because he was ‘curious why a man of Dr Mitchell’s stature would be interested in such a matter’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:21113-21234 testimony first hand
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Admiral Tom Wilson accepted the 1997 meeting on his schedule because Edgar Mitchell was a credible and respected retired US Navy captain and astronaut, and he thought it was the polite thing to do.
“‘I accepted this short meeting on my schedule because Dr Edgar Mitchell was a credible and respected, retired navy captain and astronaut, and I thought it was the polite thing to do.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:21961-22139 testimony second hand
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Admiral Tom Wilson believed Edgar Mitchell's team's objective at the 1997 Pentagon meeting was to solicit his assistance in achieving access to or knowledge of the alleged special access programs on UFOs.
“I believe, as some reports suggest, that Dr Mitchell’s team’s objective was to solicit my assistance in achieving access or knowledge of such programs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:22417-22559 opinion second hand
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Shari Adamiak, Steven Lovekin, Edgar Mitchell and Willard Miller backed Steven Greer's account of the 1997 Pentagon meeting.
“Multiple witnesses at this meeting – Shari Adamiak, Stephen Lovekin, astronaut Edgar Mitchell and Commander Willard Miller – have backed Greer’s account.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:23846-23991 testimony
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Edgar Mitchell was an astronaut.
“astronaut Edgar Mitchell”
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Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell piloted the lunar module on 5 February 1971, becoming the sixth man to walk on the Moon.
“It was Ed Mitchell who piloted the lunar module on 5 February 1971, becoming the sixth man to walk on the Moon, one of the legends of space exploration.”
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In April 1997, Edgar Mitchell's renown as an astronaut opened the way for an extraordinary briefing with the Deputy Director of Intelligence for the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Thomas Wilson.
“Which was why in April 1997, Mitchell's renown opened the way for an extraordinary briefing with the Deputy Director of Intelligence for the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Thomas Wilson.”
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On 10 April 1997 at 10am, Steven Greer, Edgar Mitchell and company were deep inside the Pentagon for their top-level meeting.
“The next day, at 10 am on 10 April 1997, Greer, Mitchell and company were deep inside the Pentagon for their top-level meeting.”
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National Institute for Discovery Science documents found in the Edgar Mitchell archive show that Eric Davis, while with NIDS, investigated a supposed alien attack and landing in Montana and concluded it was a hoax.
“National Institute for Discovery Science documents found in the newly discovered Edgar Mitchell archive files show that, while Davis was with the NIDS, he investigated a supposed alien attack and landing in Montana; he concluded it was a hoax.”
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The documents obtained from the Edgar Mitchell archive shed light on the extensive early work done in the late 1990s by Robert Bigelow's NIDS investigators into both UFOs and cattle mutilations.
“They shed more light on the extensive early work done in the late 1990s by Bigelow's NIDS investigators into both UFOs and cattle mutilations.”
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Edgar Mitchell was long a proponent of research into UAPs and served on the science advisory board of the National Institute for Discovery Science, retaining some of the confidential NIDS research reports from Skinwalker and other areas visited by the Bigelow-funded investigation team.
“Mitchell, long a proponent of research into UAPs, served on the science advisory board of NIDS and he retained some of the confidential NIDS research reports from Skinwalker and other areas visited by the Bigelow-funded investigation team.”
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Documents from the Edgar Mitchell archive show NIDS was investigating suspected UAP-related cattle mutilations across Utah, Nevada and New Mexico in August 1997, including a dead cow with strange haemorrhaging on its back.
“Intriguingly, the documents show that NIDS was investigating suspected UAP-related cattle mutilations right across Utah, Nevada and New Mexico in August 1997, including a dead cow with strange haemorrhaging on its back.”
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Documents in the Edgar Mitchell archive indicate that Gabe Valdez's willingness to believe Richard Doty's disinformation may have been fuelled by statements from multiple local witnesses verifying that unusual UAP activity was occurring around Dulce, New Mexico.
“Intriguing then to read in the Ed Mitchell archive documents that what might have fuelled Valdez’s willingness to believe Doty’s disinformation was the statements of multiple local witnesses, who verified that there was indeed highly unusual UAP activity happening around Dulce.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:24228-24500 opinion second hand
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Tom DeLonge says he told Rob Weiss ('BossMan') that if Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the Moon, was telling every kid in the world that the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) topic is real, then there was a problem, and asked for time to address credibility issues and to be heard out.
“The way DeLonge tells it, he told BossMan/Weiss, 'If Edgar Allen Mitchell – the sixth man to walk on the Moon – is out there telling every kid in the world that this topic is real, then we have a problem. But that's okay, we don't need to talk about this subject, or include this information, we just need to address these credibility issues at some point. But give me your time, please, to hear me out.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch18:18434-18833 testimony second hand
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Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the Moon.
“If Edgar Allen Mitchell – the sixth man to walk on the Moon – is out there telling every kid in the world that this topic is real, then we have a problem.”
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Edgar Mitchell dismissed the possibility that the blue lights he saw were lens flares, reflections from inside the lunar module, or camera glitches, because he saw them with his own eyes and later checked they appeared on film.
“But he dismissed the possibility that what he saw were lens flares, reflections from inside the lunar module or camera glitches, because he saw the blue lights with his own eyes and went back later to check they were there on film.”
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Edgar Mitchell told no one about the blue lights he saw until confiding in The Spaceman in the final months before his death.
“But he told no one, until that night with The Spaceman in the final months before he died.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:10391-10476 testimony second hand
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Edgar Mitchell suggested that NASA's astronauts were under an obligation of secrecy not to disclose anomalous sightings.
“Mitchell also suggested NASA's astronauts were under an obligation of secrecy not to disclose anomalous sightings.”
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When asked why he always denied seeing UFOs, Edgar Mitchell would only reply with the single word 'Treason', which The Spaceman took to mean astronauts were warned not to speak about UAP sightings.
“'I asked him why he always denied seeing UFOs and he would only say one word: Treason,' The Spaceman said. 'I took that to mean the astronauts were warned not to speak about UAP sightings and Ed certainly did not want to tell me any more about it.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:10599-10842 testimony second hand
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After Edgar Mitchell died in February 2016, his nephew Mitch Harkins, who was living in Mitchell's home, took possession of several boxes of Mitchell's UAP and paranormal research files retrieved from Mitchell's home study.
“After Edgar Mitchell died in February 2016, his nephew Mitch Harkins, who was living in Mitchell's home, took possession of several boxes of Mitchell's UAP and paranormal research files that he had retrieved from Mitchell's home study.”
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Mitch Harkins was the son of Edgar Mitchell's late sister Sandra, and came to live with Mitchell after Sandra died.
“Harkins was the son of Mitchell's late sister Sandra, and he had come to live with Mitchell after Sandra died.”
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Mitch Harkins ensured Edgar Mitchell's most sensitive research files were preserved and passed on to The Spaceman.
“but he had heeded his uncle Edgar's wishes to make sure his most sensitive files were preserved and passed on to the Spaceman.”
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Edgar Mitchell's archive included a November 1996 letter from an unnamed US Defense Department scientist in the Weapons Sciences Directorate referring to a 'metal artefact' believed by Ross Coulthart to be the purported extra-terrestrial samples known as 'Art's Parts'.
“One of the first files I pulled out of Mitchell's archive was a November 1996 letter from a US Defence Department scientist (his name redacted) in the Weapons Sciences Directorate, referring to a 'metal artefact', which I speculated was from the mythical 'Art's Parts' purported extra-terrestrial samples.”
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Ross Coulthart suspects the scientist's 1996 letter had been forwarded to Edgar Mitchell by Linda Moulton Howe or Art Bell to keep Mitchell briefed, with identifying information about the scientist deleted.
“I suspect the scientist's letter had been forwarded to Edgar Mitchell by Linda Howe or Art Bell to keep Mitchell briefed, but they had protected the name of the scientist by deleting a lot of the identifying information in the document.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:14363-14590 opinion first hand
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Edgar Mitchell's archive files reinforced that he was a trusted confidant for many in the UFO community researching purported metamaterials and UFO crashes, and that he was let into ongoing investigations of famous ufology events.
“What it and other files reinforced for sure was that Ed Mitchell was a trusted confidant for many in the UFO community who were researching purported metamaterials and UFO crashes. There were numerous communications referring to famous events in ufology where the astronaut was let into ongoing investigations.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:14600-14895 opinion first hand
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Edgar Mitchell sat on the National Institute for Discovery Science's science advisory board while it conducted still-secret research for Robert Bigelow.
“The paperwork also offered insights into the still-secret research undertaken by billionaire aerospace businessman Robert Bigelow and his National Institute of Discovery Science, while Ed Mitchell sat on the NIDS science advisory board.”
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James Rigney clashed with members of his local space research association over their criticism of Edgar Mitchell's post-NASA work investigating unidentified aerospace and paranormal phenomena.
“had clashed with association members, who criticised Mitchell's post-NASA work investigating unidentified aerospace and paranormal phenomena.”
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James Rigney briefly met Edgar Mitchell in 2012 at the 40th anniversary celebrations of Apollo 17, the final Apollo mission.
“Rigney briefly met Mitchell in 2012 at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17.”
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The Spaceman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was a very close friend of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell.
“What Rigney did not know was that The Spaceman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was a very close friend of the legendary Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell.”
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In 1997-06, two months after Edgar Mitchell joined Steven Greer at a meeting with Admiral Thomas Wilson at the Pentagon, Edgar Mitchell wrote a fax to Senator Strom Thurmond.
“In June of 1997, just two months after Mitchell joined Steven Greer at his meeting with Admiral Tom Wilson at the Pentagon, Mitchell's files show he wrote to the powerful Republican Senator from South Carolina, Strom Thurmond”
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A year after their first meeting, The Spaceman arranged for James Rigney to have a long conversation with Edgar Mitchell at another conference.
“A year later, at another conference, The Spaceman made sure Rigney got the chance to have a long chat with his hero.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:2221-2332 observation
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Edgar Mitchell privately told Strom Thurmond in his fax that he was convinced Philip Corso's account of the Roswell incident was true.
“Edgar Mitchell's fax privately assured the Senator that he was convinced the Corso story was true.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:22626-22719 opinion second hand
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Edgar Mitchell's initial scepticism of the Corso and Strieber accounts of the Roswell incident slowly turned to amazement as he examined documents and interviewed military colleagues.
“'My initial scepticism of the Corso and Strieber type accounts has slowly turned to amazement as I dug through reams of documents and interviewed military colleagues,' Mitchell confided in his fax to Thurmond.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:23327-23526 opinion first hand
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Edgar Mitchell concluded, from thousands of hours of interviews and data analysis, that there had been a systematic government cover-up and denial of matters of vital interest, and that any rationale for the secrecy from fifty years earlier had long since evaporated.
“'The picture that emerges from the thousands of hours of interviews and data analysis is that there has been a systematic cover-up and denial by government of these matters of vital interest to all of us. Whatever rationale that existed fifty years ago for secrecy and denial has long since evaporated.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:23537-23827 opinion first hand
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On 2016-02-04, Edgar Mitchell died of cancer at his home in Florida, one day before the 45th anniversary of his Moon landing.
“On 4 February 2016, Edgar Mitchell, the American hero who defied death by riding a giant highly explosive rocket 380,000 kilometres to the lunar surface, was felled by cancer, passing away peacefully at his Florida home, just one day before the 45th anniversary of his Moon landing.”
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Edgar Mitchell travelled approximately 380,000 kilometres by rocket to reach the lunar surface.
“Edgar Mitchell, the American hero who defied death by riding a giant highly explosive rocket 380,000 kilometres to the lunar surface”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:2708-2833 measurement
140
Before Edgar Mitchell's death, he began confiding to The Spaceman and other close friends about things he saw during his space mission that he had never previously discussed.
“The Spaceman tells me the astronaut began confiding to him and other close friends about things he saw during his space odyssey that he had never talked about.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:3136-3289 testimony second hand
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Throughout his life, Edgar Mitchell held the view that there was strong evidence Earth was being visited by sentient life from another dimension or elsewhere in the universe.
“Throughout his life, Mitchell controversially expressed the view that there was strong evidence to show Earth was being visited by sentient life from either another dimension or somewhere else in the universe, and he spent a lot of time researching the phenomenon.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:4756-5009 opinion first hand
142
Robert Bigelow invited Edgar Mitchell to serve on the advisory board of his National Institute for Discovery Science research organisation.
“That was why billionaire UAP investigator Robert Bigelow invited Mitchell to serve on the advisory board of his National Institute for Discovery Science research organisation.”
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Edgar Mitchell's fascination with unidentified aerospace phenomena was fired by locals he met near his hometown of Artesia, New Mexico, close to the Roswell 1947 crash site, who told him Roswell was real and that there had been a government cover-up.
“Mitchell's fascination was fired by locals he met near his hometown of Artesia, New Mexico, just down the road from the Roswell 1947 crash site. They told him, 'Roswell was real', that there truly had been a government cover-up.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:5197-5449 testimony second hand
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According to The Spaceman, most of the people Edgar Mitchell spoke to about Roswell never told anyone else what they saw, but they trusted Mitchell and told and showed him what they knew.
“'He was the local Roswell boy turned hero astronaut. Most of the people Edgar spoke to about Roswell never told anyone else what they saw. But they absolutely trusted him, and they told him what they knew, and they showed him what they had,' The Spaceman told me.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:5454-5713 testimony second hand
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Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman he was shown relics from the Roswell crash, including a sheet of memory metal that flattened back into its smooth-surfaced shape after being crushed.
“Edgar Mitchell revealed to his friend that he was shown relics from the crash, including a sheet of memory metal that flattened back into its smooth-surfaced shape after it had been crushed.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:5717-5899 testimony second hand
146
Edgar Mitchell publicly accused the US government of a UFO cover-up.
“Mitchell later publicly accused the US government of a 'UFO cover-up'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:5908-5974 opinion first hand
147
The US military has denied the UFO cover-up accusation made by Edgar Mitchell.
“The government's response to this living legend's accusations was always polite, but the US military has denied the cover-up accusation to this day.”
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Edgar Mitchell said that seeing Earth from afar during his space mission, the so-called Overview Effect, altered his life.
“Mitchell often talked about how the transcendent experience of seeing Earth from afar – the so-called Overview Effect – altered his life.”
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Edgar Mitchell believed that human science may be wrong in answering fundamental questions about existence and that religious cosmologies may be archaic and flawed.
“My experience was to realise that perhaps our science is wrong at answering these questions and perhaps our religious cosmologies are archaic and flawed.”
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Edgar Mitchell believed humanity had become an extra-terrestrial civilisation itself and needed to do more work to answer fundamental existential questions.
“And given that now we are an extra-terrestrial civilisation ourselves, we need to re-ask these questions and do a lot more work to find the answers,' Mitchell declared.”
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151
Edgar Mitchell publicly maintained that in all his space travels he never saw a UFO.
“One thing that Mitchell always told the curious was that, in all his space travels, he 'never saw a UFO'.”
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152
Privately, Edgar Mitchell confided to The Spaceman that he saw anomalous objects during his Apollo 14 mission that he could not explain.
“However, The Spaceman says that privately Edgar Mitchell confided he did see anomalous objects during his Apollo 14 mission that he could not explain.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:6903-7045 testimony second hand
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In the final months of his life, Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman that he believed every Apollo mission was closely watched by intelligently guided craft of unknown origin, though he could not scientifically prove it.
“It was only in the last months of Mitchell's life that the astronaut finally took his friend into his confidence and told him that, incredibly, he believed – but could not prove scientifically – that every Apollo mission was closely watched by intelligently guided craft of unknown origin, and that he had seen these strange objects with his own eyes.”
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During his Apollo 14 mission, Edgar Mitchell saw anomalous well-defined blue lights that appeared to have a structure behind them.
“During the NASA mission, Mitchell confided to The Spaceman, he saw anomalous well-defined blue lights that appeared to have a structure behind them.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:7434-7577 testimony second hand
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A photograph taken outside the Apollo 14 lunar module on the Moon's surface shows Edgar Mitchell posing in the foreground with a blue light hovering in the distant blackness of space behind him.
“One was captured in a photograph taken outside the lunar module on the Moon's surface, which shows Mitchell posing in the foreground and a blue light hovering in the distant blackness of space behind him.”
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Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman that critics would say the blue light in the photograph was a lens artefact or a flare, but that he personally saw it with his own eyes and did not believe that explanation.
“'They'll say it's a lens artefact or a flare but it's not,' The Spaceman said the astronaut told him. 'He told me he saw it with his own eyes.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:7798-7934 testimony second hand
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According to The Spaceman, Edgar Mitchell never said he thought the blue lights were aliens, but like several other astronauts he was open to the possibility.
“'He never said he thought it was aliens but like several other astronauts he was open to the possibility that it might have been.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:7940-8063 testimony second hand
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High-resolution NASA lunar module film of the Apollo 14 return journey from the Moon, taken as the lunar module waited for the command module to rotate for docking, shows a trio of blue lights grouped in what looks like a dark triangular shape to the left of the command module against the blackness of space.
“Another even more intriguing cluster of blue lights reported by Mitchell to his friend appears on the high-resolution NASA lunar module film of the return journey from the Moon, as the Apollo 14 lunar module waited for the command module to rotate to allow docking. There to the left of the command module, clearly defined, is a trio of blue lights grouped in what looks like a dark triangular shape against the pitch black of outer space.”
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Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman that the same blue-light anomaly appeared on two separate films from two separate cameras, anticipating claims it would be dismissed as a lens flare or reflection.
“Anticipating claims the blue lights would be dismissed as some kind of lens flare or reflection, Mitchell told The Spaceman that the same supposed glitch appeared on two separate films from two separate cameras.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:8762-8965 testimony second hand
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The camera that photographed Edgar Mitchell on the lunar surface with the mysterious blue light behind him remained on the Moon.
“The camera that took the shot of Mitchell on the lunar surface, with the mysterious blue light behind him, is still on the Moon;”
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The camera that filmed the blue lights from the Apollo 14 lunar module looking toward the command module returned to Earth with Edgar Mitchell.
“the camera that took the shot from the lunar module looking towards the command module, came back to Earth with Mitchell.”
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Edgar Mitchell told The Spaceman there was nothing to be gained and a lot to lose by publicly revealing what he saw, and that he could not be sure what the blue lights were.
“Mitchell told The Spaceman there was nothing to be gained and a lot to lose by publicly revealing what he saw, and also, he could not be sure what the lights were.”
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Eric Davis's response effectively bolstered the document's credibility by admitting the notes came from the estate of Edgar Mitchell, underlining that they were sent to Mitchell soon after apparently being written by Davis in late 2002.
“His response effectively bolstered the document’s credibility, admitting the notes did indeed come from the estate of Edgar Mitchell, thereby underlining their provenance as having been sent to Mitchell soon after they were apparently written by Davis in late 2002.”
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Because Edgar Mitchell was on the National Institute for Discovery Science science advisory board, he was sent a copy of the notes by Hal Puthoff.
“Because Mitchell was on the NIDS science advisory board he was sent a copy by Dr Hal Puthoff”
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165
The Spaceman believes the 'EWD Notes' document was sent to Edgar Mitchell as early as late 2002 or in the first few months of 2003, probably by Hal Puthoff, the recipient of the memorandum.
“The Spaceman, the keeper of Edgar Mitchell’s archived files, told me he believes the controversial document was sent to Mitchell as early as late 2002 or in the first few months of 2003, probably by the recipient of the memorandum, Dr Hal Puthoff, who was Dr Eric Davis’s boss at the time.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:2157-2441 opinion first hand
166
The Spaceman said there is no doubt in his mind that the Admiral Wilson document is real, and that there is a clear historical line of paperwork all the way back to the 2002 meeting, plus earlier files that Edgar Mitchell had carefully put away.
“‘There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the so-called Admiral Wilson document is real,’ the Spaceman told me. ‘There is a very clear historical line of paperwork all the way back to that 2002 meeting and there are earlier files than that that Ed Mitchell carefully put away.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:2564-2838 opinion first hand
167
The Admiral Wilson memorandum, on its face, supports what Steven Greer, Edgar Mitchell, Willard Miller, Steven Lovekin and Shari Adamiak each said they were told by Tom Wilson at their April 1997 Pentagon meeting about a supposed UAP cover-up.
“The reason the Admiral Wilson memorandum matters is because, on its face, it supports everything Dr Steven Greer, Edgar Mitchell, Commander Willard Miller, Stephen Lovekin and Shari Adamiak each said they were told by Admiral Wilson at their April 1997 Pentagon meeting, discussing the supposed UAP cover-up.”
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168
Australian researcher James Rigney befriended The Spaceman in the United States and learned that The Spaceman held the Edgar Mitchell files.
“In the US, Australian James Rigney befriended The Spaceman and learned he had the Edgar Mitchell files.”
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169
In 2017, James Rigney negotiated a viewing of the Edgar Mitchell files at The Spaceman's home.
“In 2017, Rigney negotiated a viewing at The Spaceman’s home.”
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170
Multiple first-hand witnesses from the 1997 Pentagon meeting, including astronaut Edgar Mitchell, said that Tom Wilson admitted he had discovered a secret US government UAP program.
“Multiple first-hand witnesses from that 1997 meeting, including astronaut Edgar Mitchell, said that Wilson admitted he had discovered a secret US government UAP program.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:8074-8235 testimony second hand
171
The memorandum of the purported Eric Davis and Tom Wilson conversation, retrieved from Edgar Mitchell's archives, runs to 15 pages.
“The memorandum of their purported conversation, retrieved from Ed Mitchell’s archives, runs to 15 pages.”
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172
Eric Davis told New York Post journalist Steven Greenstreet that the 'EWD Notes' 'were leaked out of Ed Mitchell's estate and there's nothing I can say about it'.
“Dr Davis has come very close to admitting the memo is genuine, telling the *New York Post* journalist Steven Greenstreet5 that the notes ‘were leaked out of Ed Mitchell’s estate and there’s nothing I can say about it’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:9828-10042 testimony first hand
173
Whitley Strieber sent a letter to Senator Strom Thurmond on 1997-06-16, held in the Edgar Mitchell archive.
“Letter from Whitley Strieber to Senator Strom Thurmond, 16 Jun 1997, Edgar Mitchell archive.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:57725-57809 administrative second hand
174
On 1997-06-17, Edgar Mitchell sent a fax titled 'The Corso Matter' to Senator Strom Thurmond, supporting Philip Corso's Roswell claims.
“Fax from Edgar Mitchell to Senator Strom Thurmond, 'The Corso Matter', 17 June 1997.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:57822-57901 administrative second hand
175
Edgar Mitchell told a close friend, known as 'The Spaceman', that he kept secret his knowledge of extra-terrestrial interest in the US space program because to reveal it would have been considered 'treason'.
“Mitchell told a close friend of his, known here as 'The Spaceman', that he kept the secret of extra-terrestrial interest in the space program because to reveal it was 'treason'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:3575-3743 testimony second hand
176
An object with a blue light was seen by Edgar Mitchell from Apollo 14's Lunar Module just before docking with the Command Module.
“One of the objects (blue light, upper left) seen by Edgar Mitchell from Apollo 14's Lunar Module just before docking with the Command Module (centre).”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:3772-3914 observation first hand
177
Edgar Mitchell always denied that he saw a UFO during his lunar mission, but he told 'The Spaceman' that he saw strange objects throughout his lunar mission in 1971.
“Mitchell always denied he saw a UFO but he told 'The Spaceman' he saw strange objects throughout his lunar mission in 1971.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:3923-4041 testimony second hand
178
Edgar Mitchell was part of the Apollo 14 mission.
“the famous American astronaut who was part of the Apollo 14 mission”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch12:7949-8009 administrative first hand
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Edgar Mitchell was the sixth person to walk on the moon.
“The sixth person to walk on the moon, Mitchell was a naval aviator”
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180
Edgar Mitchell was a naval aviator.
“Mitchell was a naval aviator”
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Edgar Mitchell was an engineer trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
“an engineer trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)”
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182
Edgar Mitchell was a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree.
“a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree”
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Edgar Mitchell grew up on a ranch in the Roswell, New Mexico area, which contributed to his lifelong championing of the UAP topic.
“He was also a longtime champion of the UAP topic, due to his childhood growing up on a ranch in the Roswell, New Mexico, area and what he had since learned as an astronaut.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch12:8252-8440 administrative first hand
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Edgar Mitchell's family was among the Roswell families threatened by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after the 1947 Roswell UAP crash.
“He once confided to Hal and Eric that his family was among the Roswell families who were threatened by the FBI after the famous Roswell crashes.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch12:8451-8587 testimony third hand
185
Edgar Mitchell reported a light-flash phenomenon he observed as a streak, and speculated it might subconsciously have been a ball of light moving in a direction and leaving a tail, though he was not certain of this.
“what I saw, what I reported as a streak was simply that. Now, maybe the way we determined the direction subconsciously was that it was a ball of light moving in a direction leaving a tail. But I can't say that for sure.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:01:41.7-00:01:58.6 observation first hand
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Edgar Mitchell observed a light-flash streak progressing across his field of view, moving from one direction to another.
“it started out and it definitely progressed across the field of view.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:02:31.5-00:02:35.0 observation first hand
187
Edgar Mitchell also never observed two light-flash streaks occurring simultaneously.
“Neither did I.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:02:48.6-00:02:49.8 observation first hand
188
Edgar Mitchell described what he called a "nova" light-flash phenomenon as a blob that started and then expanded, becoming more diffused as time went on.
“what I called a NOVA was more of a blob that seemed to start with that and kind of expand. More diffused. Yeah, more diffused as the time went on.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:05:33.6-00:05:44.0 observation first hand
189
Edgar Mitchell observed that the light flashes he saw occurred faster than a comparison light being flashed by the interviewer during the demonstration.
“your time frame that you're flashing, that's too long. It was faster than that.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:06:01.4-00:06:04.5 observation first hand
190
Edgar Mitchell considered what Stuart Roosa called a "pinpoint" to be equivalent to what he called a "star" or "flash," and considered a "nova" to be a much bigger, brighter phenomenon by comparison.
“Okay, I think what Stu was calling a pinpoint was about what I'd call a star or a flash, and a Nova, to me, was a much bigger, brighter thing.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:06:30.0-00:06:40.2 opinion first hand
191
The Apollo 14 crew closed their eyes when Edgar Mitchell turned on his flashlight during the light-flash observation sessions.
“we closed our eyes when Ed flipped his flashlight on.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:23.1-00:07:25.5 observation first hand
192
Edgar Mitchell shone a flashlight across his eyes for approximately five to six seconds during the debriefing demonstration.
“I just kind of moved it across for, oh, five seconds or so. Five or six seconds.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:50.4-00:07:55.0 testimony first hand
193
Edgar Mitchell found the flashlight painfully bright when shone in his eyes during the demonstration.
“It hurt. It was very bright.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:07:55.4-00:07:56.8 observation first hand
194
Edgar Mitchell had the impression that he was experiencing more light flashes in his left eye than in his right eye.
“Yeah, I felt I was getting more on the left than the right for some reason.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:08:47.7-00:08:50.4 opinion first hand
195
Edgar Mitchell reported 12 light flashes in his right eye and 6 in his left eye during Apollo 14.
“You had 12 right and 6 left”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:09:02.1-00:09:04.6 measurement
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In one instance during Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell reported a light flash at the same time that Alan Shepard reported a flash in his right eye.
“Ed, you said flash, and then Al, you said simultaneous with him, I had a flash in the whole right eye.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:09:52.1-00:09:57.4 observation
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Alan Shepard considered the simultaneous light-flash reports with Edgar Mitchell to have occurred within a fraction of a second of each other.
“certainly within a fraction of a second, I think it was simultaneous.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:10:09.7-00:10:12.2 opinion first hand
198
Edgar Mitchell experienced simultaneous light-flash coincidences with another crew member on a couple of occasions.
“a couple of times it happened to me, it was his mark, or whoever's mark he was, was good enough.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:10:13.8-00:10:18.4 observation first hand
199
Edgar Mitchell only noticed a halo or afterglow effect following light flashes that he classified as a "nova" or "supernova."
“Only on what I call the nova or the supernova.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:10:57.0-00:10:58.8 observation first hand
200
Edgar Mitchell believed there was hardly any night during the Apollo 14 mission when he did not see at least some light flashes, with the possible exception of time spent on the lunar surface.
“I don't really recall that there was any night except on the lunar surface. that I didn't at some time or another say some.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:12:20.3-00:12:28.1 observation first hand
201
Edgar Mitchell did not recall whether he saw light flashes while on the lunar surface.
“I just, no, I don't remember about the lunar surface.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:12:31.5-00:12:33.7 observation first hand
202
There was very little sleep at night during the Apollo 14 mission.
“There was precious little sleep at night anyhow.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:12:34.8-00:12:36.3 observation first hand
203
Edgar Mitchell described the light-flash streaks he observed as appearing approximately 7.5 to 10 centimetres from his eye and about 5 centimetres long.
“the things, I would say, were three or four inches away from my plane, whatever that means, and were a couple inches long.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:13:42.9-00:13:54.6 measurement first hand
204
Edgar Mitchell estimated the light-flash streak length as about half the radius of his field of view, or slightly longer.
“Half or a little longer.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:14:42.6-00:14:43.2 measurement first hand
205
Edgar Mitchell observed light flashes coming from several different directions, each moving from one direction to another.
“I think I had them from several directions and I reported them as moving from one direction to the other at that time. There were several of them though.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:15:28.4-00:15:36.2 observation first hand
206
Edgar Mitchell reported observing a diffuse cloud-like lighting phenomenon on a couple of occasions during Apollo 14.
“I think it occurred, I reported it a couple of times... it was just a diffuse lighting.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:17:11.1-00:17:14.4 observation first hand
207
Edgar Mitchell observed the diffuse cloud-like lighting phenomenon appearing low in his field of view, in one eye or the other.
“it appeared, as I recall, to be down low on one eye or the other”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:17:14.4-00:17:19.5 observation first hand
208
Edgar Mitchell described the colour of the cloud-like lighting phenomenon as white or silver.
“White, silver.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:17:25.4-00:17:26.1 observation first hand
209
Unlike terrestrial lightning behind a cloud, which shows a visible streak, the cloud-like lighting phenomenon Edgar Mitchell observed showed no streak, only diffuse lighting.
“if you do that, you can see a streak behind the cloud. This, there was no streak. It was just a diffuse lighting.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:17:33.5-00:17:38.6 observation first hand
210
Edgar Mitchell did not observe any relief or structure to the cloud-like light phenomenon; it appeared to him as just a blob of light.
“No, not necessarily. It was just a blob of light.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:18:26.3-00:18:30.1 observation first hand
211
Edgar Mitchell reported that shining a flashlight across his closed eyes during the Apollo 14 light-flash experiment did not appear to destroy his dark adaptation.
“I was going to make the comment that with respect to the flashes, putting the flashlight in my eyes did not seem to destroy my dark adaptation. Now, what that means, I don't know.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:22:54.7-00:23:07.7 observation first hand
212
Edgar Mitchell reported that he began seeing light flashes again within approximately 30 to 40 seconds after wiping a flashlight across his eyes.
“And yet when I wiped the light across my eyes within 30 or 40 seconds, there they were again.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:24:46.2-00:24:51.1 observation first hand
213
Edgar Mitchell reported that the light flashes he saw during the formal Apollo 14 experiment appeared fainter at the beginning, became brighter after a while, and did not diminish in brightness thereafter.
“except they did indeed appear fainter in the beginning. And it wasn't a matter of looking for fainter objects. They were brighter after a while. And they didn't diminish in brightness.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:25:34.3-00:25:48.3 observation first hand
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Edgar Mitchell reported that he continued to see light flashes just as bright about 30 seconds after wiping a flashlight across his eyes as they had been before he used the flashlight.
“When I did the flashlight across my eyes, they were still just as bright 30 seconds later as they had before I used the flashlight.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:25:48.8-00:25:54.3 observation first hand
215
Edgar Mitchell found it puzzling that it took a long time to see the first flash at the start of the formal Apollo 14 light-flash experiment, yet after wiping a flashlight across his eyes flashes reappeared within 30 to 40 seconds, and did not know whether this meant his dark adaptation had not actually been wiped out or whether dark adaptation influences the phenomenon in some other way.
“Either I didn't wipe the dark adaptation out, or there is something related to dark adaptation that influences the phenomenon. I don't understand it. It doesn't make sense.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:26:00.3-00:26:13.6 opinion first hand
216
No crew member other than Edgar Mitchell reported seeing colour in the light flashes observed during Apollo 14.
“Ed saw one blue flash. Did anyone else see color? / No.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:29:24.4-00:29:27.6 observation
217
Edgar Mitchell saw one flash during the Apollo 14 light-flash observations that was silver, blue-white in colour, described as like a blue diamond, rather than plain blue.
“Ed saw one blue flash. Did anyone else see color? / No... No, that wasn't blue. It was a silver, a blue-white sort of thing. Like a blue diamond, you said. Like a blue diamond.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:29:24.4-00:29:35.7 observation first hand
218
Edgar Mitchell could not recall whether the blue-white flash he saw was the brightest flash he observed during the Apollo 14 light-flash observations.
“Was that the brightest that you saw? / I don't recall.”
NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 2026-07-11 00:29:36.9-00:29:38.8 testimony first hand
219
Similar blue lights also featured in Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 mission, according to Edgar Mitchell's own account.
“they also featured in Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 mission from Edgar's own account.”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:10:12.8-00:10:16.7 testimony second hand
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Edgar Mitchell admitted that he personally saw the blue-light objects with his own eyes during the Apollo 14 mission.
“I know Edgar Mitchell admitted that he had seen these objects himself with his own eyes.”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:10:27.5-00:10:34.4 testimony second hand
221
Edgar Mitchell told friends, including a close friend of Ross Coulthart, that he saw blue images that followed the Apollo 14 crew out to the Moon, followed them while on the Moon, and followed them back.
“And he told friends, including a very close friend of mine about it, and said, "I saw those blue images. They followed us out and they followed us back and they followed us while we were on the moon".”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:10:35.1-00:10:45.4 testimony second hand
222
A close friend of Edgar Mitchell, known to Ross Coulthart, told Ross Coulthart that when Edgar Mitchell was asked why he didn't speak about what he saw on the lunar surface and afterward during the Apollo 14 mission, Mitchell answered with one word: treason.
“I can only repeat what Edgar Mitchell told my very dear friend, the spaceman... And he's told me how Edgar Mitchell told him one word when he was asked why he didn't speak about what he saw on the lunar surface and what followed, he believes, the Apollo 14 mission out from Earth and back to Earth. ... He said one word, treason.”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:58:08.4-00:58:31.8 hearsay second hand
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Edgar Mitchell believed that the Apollo missions were all followed by intelligently guided craft.
“He believed that the Apollo missions were all followed by intelligently guided craft.”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:58:31.8-00:58:37.5 opinion second hand
224
Edgar Mitchell was told that it would be treason to talk about the anomalous phenomena he witnessed.
“He was told that it was treason to talk about these things.”
What Did Apollo Astronauts Really See on the Moon? | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-10 00:58:58.4-00:59:00.9 hearsay second hand
225
Astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Harrison Schmitt attended the meetings Robert Bigelow describes.
“Astronauts. We had Edgar Mitchell and Jack Schmidt there.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:05:33.1-00:05:37.7 testimony first hand

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