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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…

Poland to open museum for cousin of T-Rex (Reuters)

10.08.2008 10:29 Science - Source: Yahoo Science

LISOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - Poland opens a museum on Thursday to exhibit the remains of a previously unknown dinosaur, an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex, which have attracted scientists from around the world to this small southern village.

Since an official announcement of the find last week, paleontologists have been flocking to the brickyard where Polish Science Academy scientists dug up an incomplete skeleton of a predator dinosaur that lived around 200 million years ago.

"This place is unique," Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, one of the discoverers covered in clay, told Reuters on the site.

"Not only have we found our dinosaur here, but also a mammal-type reptile, dicynodon, and some remains of other flying dinosaurs as well as plants. And it's all just 5 meters (16 ft 5 in) deep."

The locals also remember two mammoth tusks found in the 1990s in the yard, which is located on a prehistoric river-bed.

Now, groups of foreign scientists and students from all around Poland have traveled to the village of Lipie Slaskie to test their luck at the brickyard.

Despite clouds of thick dust, discoveries are made every few minutes while digging through the layers of clay.

"One of the students just found this. We don't yet know what that could be," Niedzwiedzki says showing a half-meter irregular bone. "But the ancestor of the T-Rex beats it all."

THE "DRAGON"

Given the working name "Dragon," the dinosaur was around 5 meters (yards) long and moved on two legs. Its longest teeth were 7 centimeters (2 inches) long.

The dissected findings, parts of a scull, vertebrae and leg bones, will be exhibited in the small museum in Lisowice together with a life-size drawing of the "Dragon."

"It all started from minerals. When a collector came to Lipie Slaskie to look for pyrite two years ago he found the first bone," said Marek Blyszcz, a representative of local authorities. "It was thought to be a cow's bone."

"But, luckily, he contacted paleontologists."

To keep the dinosaur finding secret until last week's official announcement, Blyszcz worked to organize the museum in secret, under cover of night. It also exhibits the remains of the dicynodon, said to be the biggest ever found.

Local authorities also want to keep the 1920s brickyard operating -- it employs 20 out of 1,000 inhabitants of Lisowice.

"We hope it will give us new jobs in tourism," Blyszcz said.

But as Blyszcz and Niedzwiedzki plan a bigger museum of natural history for Lisowice, they consider with regret those pieces of history that have been lost.

"What else could we have found if it wasn't ground into bricks?," Niedzwiedzki asks. "That we will never know," says Blyszcz.

(Editing by Mary Gabriel)