Apollo Astronaut’s Wife Reveals Untold UFO Encounters That Convinced Him We’re Not Alone
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s Wife Reveals His UFO Beliefs and Astronaut Encounters
(Images: Edgar Mitchell on the moon; UFO sighting in Riverside, CA; Wernher von Braun)
Anita Mitchell, former wife of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, has shared insights into her late husband’s conviction that UFOs exist, fueled by accounts from fellow pilots and astronauts. Edgar, the sixth man to walk on the moon in 1971, reportedly believed extraterrestrial encounters were no fantasy.
“He always felt UFOs were real,” Anita told the Daily Mail, citing his conversations with peers like Apollo astronaut James McDivitt and Project Mercury’s Gordon Cooper. At a dinner party, Cooper once described a UFO encounter, stating, “We have nothing that goes that fast or high”—a mystery U.S. pilots couldn’t solve.
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Caption: Edgar Mitchell on the moon in 1971, during NASA’s Apollo 14 mission.
Edgar, a Navy captain turned astronaut, spent years advocating for UFO transparency before his death in 2016. His 2009 call for government disclosure mirrored Anita’s own belief: “Do you think we’re the only intelligence? If so, the universe is in trouble.”
In her book You Don’t Look Like An Astronaut’s Wife, Anita recounts life among NASA’s pioneers—self-described “cowboys” with a “need for speed.” Post-moon landing, Edgar delved into the paranormal, founding the Institute of Noetic Sciences to study phenomena like ESP and psychokinesis.
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Caption: A reported UFO in Riverside, CA (1951), similar to sightings described by astronauts.
Anita also crossed paths with Wernher von Braun, the German rocketeer behind NASA’s Saturn V rocket. She compares today’s space fervor—led by figures like Elon Musk—to Von Braun’s Mars colonization dreams: “It feels like the Apollo days again, only bigger.”
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Caption: Wernher von Braun, architect of the Apollo program’s rockets.
From UFO secrecy to cosmic curiosity, Anita’s reflections bridge past and present, underscoring humanity’s enduring quest to unravel the unknown.
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