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Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Claims Alien Cover-up

Dr. Edgar Mitchell is a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission and he was the sixth man to walk on the Moon. Dr. Mitchell also insists that aliens have visited Earth and that governments are actively covering it up. "I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real," Dr Mitchell said. "It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it. "I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes - we have been visited. Reading the papers recently, it's been happening quite a bit." Dr Mitchell, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics claimed Roswell was real and similar alien visits continue to be investigated. He told the astonished Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison: "This is really starting to open up. I think we're headed for real disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction." NASA issued a quick denial. In a statement, a spokesman said: "NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this planet or anywhere in the universe. "Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue." If Dr. Mitchell is correct about a cover-up than this is exactly the type of denial one would expect NASA to make. You can listen to the interview with Dr. Mitchell where he discusses the UFO phenomena here. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Read more…

New dinosaur species unveiled in Rio de Janeiro (AFP)

16.10.2007 08:20 Science - Source: Yahoo Science

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Paleontologists from Argentina and Brazil on Monday unveiled a new giant dinosaur species that lived 88 millions of years ago in the Patagonia region of Argentina, where they found its fossils.

"It is one of the three largest dinosaur fossils ever discovered in the world and the most complete because we found 70 percent of its skeleton," Argentina's Comahue National University Paleontology Center director Jorge Calvo told reporters.

Belonging to the Titanosaur family, the newly discovered member of the Lognkosauria genus measured 32-34 meters (99-105 feet) and lived exclusively in Patagonia.

It has been named Futalognkosaurus dukei, with the first name from the Mapuche language meaning "giant chief of dinosaurs," and the second in honor of the Duke Energy Argentina company that largely financed the digs at lake Barreales, 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Neuquen, Argentina.

The new dinosaur was found at the start of the excavation, in February 2000, alongside other animal and plant fossils in a 400 square meter area (4,300 square feet).

The fossils allowed experts to "reconstruct an ecosystem of the upper Cretaceous period (from 97 to 66 million years ago) with unprecedented exactitude," said Calvo.

"The fact that most of the fossils were found in a limited area under a 0.5-meter (1.5-foot) rock layer makes us deduct that all those animals lived in the same epoch," he added.

The paleontologists also found fossils of fish, shellfish, at least two types of crocodile-like creatures and several dinosaurs, including the flying Pterosaur and carnivores like Megaraptor, with its 40-centimeter (16-inch) claws.

They also found plant fossils of leaves showing the predominance of angiosperms (flowering plants) at the time.