Person
Edgar Mitchell
Also known as Mitchell, Ed Mitchell
- Apollo 14 lunar module pilot; sixth person to walk on the Moon
Edgar Mitchell was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut, the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 and the sixth person to walk on the Moon. In 1973 he founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to study consciousness. Having grown up near Roswell, New Mexico, he became from the 1990s the most prominent astronaut to say that Earth has been visited.
He said that former intelligence, military and government sources had told him there had been visitations, crashed craft and recovered bodies, and some reverse engineering. He also cautioned that much UFO and abduction activity may be human and clandestine, and that public evidence stops short of proving extraterrestrial origin. He helped Steven Greer brief members of Congress and officials in the 1990s and concluded that most officials knew very little. He sat on the advisory board of Robert Bigelow's National Institute for Discovery Science alongside Hal Puthoff, and opened the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure with Paul Hellyer.
He never claimed to have seen a UFO himself and called the cover-up his personal speculation, so his statements are second-hand. The Wilson–Davis notes, later entered into the House record, were reportedly found among his papers after his death in 2016.
Sources: Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (2013) · Edgar Mitchell interview · May 1, 2025 briefing (Davis) · Wikipedia
Facts and claims
- claimed After NASA he often said Earth was being visited and that governments were covering it up. — Edgar Mitchell Source: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Talks About UAP UFO And Aliens at 5:10
- claimed Grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, and said the 1947 crash was genuine and that military officials had long suppressed local testimony. — Edgar Mitchell Source: Citizen Hearing 2013: Opening statements (Mitchell, Hellyer) at 2:17
- claimed He said that, according to former intelligence, military and government people he relied on: “There have been ET visitation, there have been crashed craft, there have been … material and bodies recovered”, and that some reverse engineering had been done. — Edgar Mitchell Source: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Talks About UAP UFO And Aliens at 5:12
- claimed He also said that many sightings misperceive natural phenomena, that the well-documented remainder is “very short of saying we have validated in the public domain that they are ET”, and that much reported UFO and abduction activity may be human, clandestine activity rather than ET. — Edgar Mitchell Source: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Talks About UAP UFO And Aliens at 3:40
- claimed He says he helped Steven Greer brief members of Congress, staff, White House and Pentagon officials, and found that high-level officials had “very very little” valid information. — Edgar Mitchell Source: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Talks About UAP UFO And Aliens at 11:24
- claimed A news report recalls that he said he was “90% sure” many UFO reports were visitors from elsewhere, but that he always maintained he had never seen a UFO himself and that the cover-up was his own personal speculation. Source: Japanese military given instructions on UFOs at 2:04
- claimed Eric Davis says Mitchell sat on the science advisory board of Robert Bigelow's National Institute for Discovery Science; the Wilson–Davis notes were reportedly found among Mitchell's papers after his death. — Eric Davis Source: Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform) at 53:20
Connected files
Books
- The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds (authored)
Claims
- The U.S. holds recovered craft of non-human origin and runs a secret program to reverse-engineer them (asserts)
- A craft of non-human origin crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947, and the military recovered it (asserts)
Documents
- Admiral Wilson memo (EWD notes) (papers contained) — Reportedly found among Mitchell's papers after his death; unverified
Incidents
- Roswell crash (vouches for) — Mitchell, who grew up in Roswell, said the 1947 crash was genuine
Hearings & briefings
- Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (testified at)
People
- Paul Hellyer (friend of) — Hellyer called him “my friend Edgar Mitchell”; they opened the 2013 Citizen Hearing together
- Eric Davis (statements by)
- Gordon Cooper (statement about)
- Steven Greer (worked with)
Organizations
- NASA (worked at)
Videos
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Opening statements (Mitchell, Hellyer) (appears in)
- Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform) (discussed in)
- Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Talks About UAP UFO And Aliens (appears in)
- Interview with The Honorable Paul Hellyer, Former Minister of National Defence & Deputy PM of Canada (discussed in)
- Japanese military given instructions on UFOs (discussed in)