Apollo 14 — Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Lunar UAP Observations

Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14's Lunar Module Pilot and the sixth human to walk on the Moon, became the most prominent US astronaut to speak formally about UAP observations during his mission. Mitchell held a Sc.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and had a distinguished record at the US Naval Postgraduate School and Navy Test Pilot School. In multiple formal statements and under-oath congressional testimony support, Mitchell stated that the Apollo 14 crew made observations of unidentified objects during their mission, and that he had been briefed by senior NASA and military personnel who acknowledged the UAP phenomenon was real and had been systematically concealed from the public. Mitchell testified before congressional staff members on the subject. He co-founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences and was among the signatories of a 2001 Washington Press Club disclosure statement alongside 20 other government officials and military officers. Mitchell stated that crew members had been advised informally not to discuss UAP observations publicly. While NASA has not confirmed his specific allegations, the credibility attached to his testimony — from an MIT-credentialed scientist and lunar astronaut — made his statements among the most prominent official-level UAP disclosures in the US space program's history.