# We are not alone says Apollo 14 astronaut **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070 "2009-04-23T06:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/1 "2009-04-23T06:22:22Z")
Story from [washington times.](http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/21/astronaut-says-were-not-alone/). ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/2 "2009-04-23T13:15:02Z")
This is nothing new for Edgar Mitchell: > **[Edgar Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell)** > > Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon. > Before becoming an astronaut, Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie Institute of Technology and ent... ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/3 "2009-04-23T13:19:27Z")
What a looney. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/4 "2009-04-23T13:24:18Z")
I’d be inclined to assume people who qualify to be astronauts are sane, rational people. Except one of them drove across the country wearing a diaper hoping to kill a sexual competitor with a wrench. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/5 "2009-04-23T13:28:20Z")
**tdn** : I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/6 "2009-04-23T14:10:26Z")
I couldn’t even finish the article. What a nutbar. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/7 "2009-04-23T17:11:42Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I’d be inclined to assume people who qualify to be astronauts are sane, rational people. > > Except one of them drove across the country wearing a diaper hoping to kill a sexual competitor with a wrench. Something happens to them, up there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/8 "2009-04-23T18:09:36Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Something happens to them, up there. 😉 Probably something done to them by the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/9 "2009-04-24T01:25:36Z")
Meh. I’ve always considered the Washington Times to be akin to the New York Post. Both fishwrap. Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I picture J. Jonah Jameson chomping on his cigar yelling “GET ME PARKER! WE NEED PICTURES!” I also noticed that comments were ‘temporarily disabled’. Probably a good move. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/10 "2009-04-24T10:16:15Z")
Luna = Moon, and Ed Mitchell _did_ land there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/11 "2009-04-24T10:19:11Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I’d be inclined to assume people who qualify to be astronauts are sane, rational people. > > Except one of them drove across the country wearing a diaper hoping to kill a sexual competitor with a wrench. Meh, she was probably just trying to encourage Milton Bradley to come up with new possible combinations for the updated version of Clue. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/12 "2009-04-24T11:07:38Z")
I note that he has no evidence himself, just that: - he got involved because people with UFO encounters “figured I was reliable enough to carry their stories and not compromise them.” From the article I note that: Roger Leir, author, lecturer and “alien-implant researcher,” told the group that “multimillions” have been abducted worldwide, and some have been implanted with strange, tiny devices used to monitor or control. Sadly he didn’t bring an alien implant with him. Apparently the devices have all been abducted by strange, tiny aliens… ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/13 "2009-04-25T11:50:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Probably something done to them by the aliens. I thought the aliens had already reached the limits of what rectal probing can teach them. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/14 "2009-04-25T12:33:45Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Sadly he didn’t bring an alien implant with him. Apparently the devices have all been abducted by strange, tiny aliens… Nor were any of the millions of abductees able to snap a single picture of the aliens on their cell phone cameras. Amazing that. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/15 "2009-04-25T12:59:09Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Nor were any of the millions of abductees able to snap a single picture of the aliens on their cell phone cameras. Amazing that. No, that’s easy to explain. These aliens have suppression technology! Picture the scene on Planet Zog: Alien “Just popping over to Earth to annoy them!” Alien’s Mum “Have you got clean underwear?\* Have you got your suppression technology?” Alien “Don’t worry - I remember the suppression technology slogan ‘don’t leave Zog without it!’” \*You know this is true! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/16 "2015-08-18T03:10:52Z")
Why is this back in the news? [Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented ‘nuclear war’ on Earth](http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/08/15/apollo-14-astronaut-claims-peace-loving-aliens-prevented-nuclear-war-on-earth/) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/17 "2015-08-18T03:16:08Z")
You know he’s a liar because the moon walks were a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/18 "2015-08-18T03:18:54Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Why is this back in the news? > [Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented ‘nuclear war’ on Earth](http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/08/15/apollo-14-astronaut-claims-peace-loving-aliens-prevented-nuclear-war-on-earth/) Because it’s science! (Fox News style) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/19 "2015-08-18T06:05:29Z")
I’m pretty sure some of the Republican candidates are aliens. But it’s been like that for years. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070/20 "2015-08-18T14:16:17Z")
So, is this guy going to enter the Republican primary? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-says-apollo-14-astronaut/494070.md?page=2)