Buzz Aldrin excites conspiracy theorists when he tells Reddit he saw a ‘UFO’ on Apollo 11 flight Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email Josh Visser Friday, Jul. 11, 2014 U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin speaks during a press conference at the Campus Party Mexico before his speech on July 31, 2013 in Mexico City. About 8,000 hackers, developers and geeks are expected to attend the annual weeklong, which first started in Spain in 1997 and now spread into various countries. The Campus Party event gathers electronic and computers lovers to share their experiences and learn one another. AFP PHOTO/OMAR TORRESOMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, says he witnessed an unidentified flying object during the Apollo 11 flight, exciting the conspiracy theorists who believe that the mission was not filmed in a television studio. “I observed a light out the window that appeared to be moving alongside us,” he said during aReddit AMA earlier this week . Aldrin, 84, said he could not confirm what the object was, technically making the object a UFO, but believed it to be part of his own spacecraft which had broken off. “There were many explanations of what that could be, other than another spacecraft from another country or another world — it was either the rocket we had separated from, or the four panels that moved away when we extracted the lander from the rocket and we were nose to nose with the two spacecraft. “So in the close vicinity, moving away, were four panels. And I feel absolutely convinced that we were looking at the sun reflected off of one of these panels. “Which one? I don’t know. So technically, the definition could be ‘unidentified,’” he said. United States astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr. on the Moon NASA His comments triggered accusations of a UFO cover- up from some commenters but he said while he believes alien life is a near- certainty, that is not what he experienced. “Many years later [after Apollo 11], I had the time in an interview to disclose these observations, on another country’s television network. And the UFO people in the United States were very very angry with me, that I had not given them the information. It was not an alien,” he said. “Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence. That’s what Carl Sagan said. There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost CERTAIN that there is life somewhere in space. It was not that remarkable, that special, that unusual, that life here on Earth evolved gradually, slowly, to where we are today. “But the distances involved in where some evidence of life may be, they may be hundreds of light years away.” Aldrin also said unlike his mission to the moon, the first humans to land on Mars should not return to Earth. “I expect that within two decades of the fifth anniversary of the first landing on the moon, that within two decades America will lead an international presence on planet Mars,” he said. He said private enterprise might be the first to get there but it would be best for international organizations to lead the way and build permanent infrastructure. “I have considered whether a landing on Mars could be done by the private sector. It conflicts with my very strong idea, concept, conviction, that the first human beings to land on Mars should not come back to Earth,” he said. “They should be the beginning of a build-up of a colony/settlement, I call it a ‘permanence.’ A settlement you can visit once or twice, come back, and then decide you want to settle. Same with a colony. But you want it to be permanent from the get- go, from the very first. I know that many people don’t feel that that should be done. Some people even consider it distinctly a suicide mission. Not me! Not at all.” [linked image] Posted in: News Tags: World, Buzz Aldrin, Mars (Planet), UFOs More on this Story What god does to your brain: Controversial science of neurotheology aims to find out why people have faith Former Canadian defence minister claims aliens refuse to share technology because of Earth’s wars, pollution Jet pilot flying near Heathrow saw ‘rugby ball-shaped’ UFO pass within a few feet of plane, report says Life on Earth will be obliterated by the heat of the sun (1.75 to 3.25 billion years from now) Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email Home Search Home Financial Post News Comment Personal Finance Investing Tech Executive Entrepreneur Sports Arts Life Homes Driving Mobile Version | Switch to Standard Version © 2014 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited
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