The former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell has claimed that aliens exist and their visits are being covered up by the United States government. Mitchell is in good company in his beliefs. Here we highlight 12 other public figures who believe that extraterrestrials may have been visiting our planet over the last 100 years.
A number of public figures have publicly?stated that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin?Jimmy Carter, US President from?1976 to 1980, promised while on the campaign trail that he would make public?all documents on UFOs if elected. He said: "I don't laugh at people any?more when they say they've seen UFOs. I've seen one myself."
General?Douglas MacArthur, the Korean and Second World War soldier, said in 1955 that?"the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of the earth must?someday make a common front against attack by people from other planets. The?politics of the future will be cosmic, or interplanetary".
J Edgar?Hoover, head of?the FBI from its inception in 1935 to 1972, said of a famous incident when?flying saucers were allegedly fired at over Los Angeles in 1942: "We must?insist upon full access to disks recovered. For instance, in the LA case the?Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination."
Monsignor?Corrado Balducci, a Vatican theologian, said: "Extraterrestrial contact is?a real phenomenon. The Vatican is receiving much information about?extraterrestrials and their contacts with humans from its embassies in various?countries, such as Mexico, Chile and Venezuela."
Professor?Stephen Hawking: "Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain?aliens as many people believe, and the Government is hushing it up."