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> [When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade ago is the extent to which the proof has been hushed up. It isn't just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/when-i-learned-that-aliens-really-do-exist-i-wasn-t-too-surprised-but/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

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> [ I have been privileged to be briefed and to know that we have been visited \[by aliens\]. I do not have first hand experience in this regard, but I have been on investigating teams and I have been briefed by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-have-been-privileged-to-be-briefed-and-to-know-that-we-have-been/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

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## More by Edgar Mitchell

> [We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-re-at-a-point-in-history-were-we-have-to-become-a-part-of-the/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-do-need-different-types-of-propulsion-to-get-to-mars-i-wrote-one/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [Our success and our understanding is that all beings are right inside, the deeper we go inside ourselves. There's a saying that Unity uses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/our-success-and-our-understanding-is-that-all-beings-are-right-inside/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [To kill a citizen of our own country is evil, but to kill a citizen of another country is 'good.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/to-kill-a-citizen-of-our-own-country-is-evil-but-to-kill-a-citizen-of/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/you-develop-an-instant-global-consciousness-a-people-orientation-an/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/when-i-learned-that-aliens-really-do-exist-i-wasn-t-too-surprised-but/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [I believe we have these capabilities. It doesn't mean that we will use them. Our future is not assured here. It's not clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-believe-we-have-these-capabilities-it-doesn-t-mean-that-we-will-use/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [What we're starting to see is a quantum biology, it being applied in biology and cosmology and a host of other sciences, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/what-we-re-starting-to-see-is-a-quantum-biology-it-being-applied-in/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [The Big Bang has gone away, but as far as Super String, that is suspicious for me. It all starts out with the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/the-big-bang-has-gone-away-but-as-far-as-super-string-that-is/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [Unfortunately, religions have become a part of the problem instead of part of the solution. We have fought our wars in the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/unfortunately-religions-have-become-a-part-of-the-problem-instead-of/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even born when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-are-now-6-8-billion-people-on/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from, and what do they want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-all-know-that-ufos-are-real-all-we-need-to-ask-is-where-do-they/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [Undoubtedly we will go on to Mars in due course, provided we don't blow ourselves up with our stupidities in the short run. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/undoubtedly-we-will-go-on-to-mars-in-due-course-provided-we-don-t/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [The quantum hologram is a mechanism to explain this concept of the ancients of the Akashic Records. It also explains Rupert Sheldrake's work among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/the-quantum-hologram-is-a-mechanism-to-explain-this-concept-of-the/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

> [Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/our-mission-on-apollo-14-was-to-be-the-first-to-do-science-on-the/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

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