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The following is an excerpt of an interview given by former astronaut
Gordon Cooper - Mercury 9, Gemini 5 - to OMNI Magazine in 1980. While it
shows that Cooper does have a belief in 'UFO's, it should - one hopes -
resolve the issue of whether he did or didn't encounter any "Unidentified
Flying Objects" during his space missions.
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Excerpt of interview with Gordon Cooper: OMNI, March 1980, p. 106
OMNI: What about the repeated allegations that the astronauts saw
many UFOs?
COOPER: It got so bad that there were deliberately falsified tapes
of communications with the astronauts, where UFO material was simply
edited in. To my knowledge, the only astronaut on any of the
Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo missions who ever saw anything that might
have been a UFO was Jim McDivitt, but he didn't get enough pictures
to prove anything substantial. That's the only case, in spite of
all the stories you hear.
OMNI: Didn't you go after some UFOs as an air force pilot in
Germany in the 1950s?
COOPER: Yes, several days in a row we sighted groups of metallic,
saucer-shaped vehicles at great altitudes over the base, and we
tried to get close to them, but they were able to change direction
faster than our fighters. I do believe UFOs exists and that the
truly unexplained ones are from some other technologically advanced
civilization. From my association with aircraft and spacecraft, I
think I have a pretty good idea of what everyone on this planet has
and their performance capabilities, and I'm sure some of the UFOs
at least are not from anywhere on Earth.
OMNI: Aren't you concerned about the reaction of people who may
read this?
COOPER: I've always been honest about my views on this subject.
Because the astronauts have been so badly misquoted by irresponsible
journalists, it's up to each of us to say what he believes in. I'm
engaged in a lawsuit against people who used my name for a
commercial venture, quoting me to the effect that I'm dedicated to
forcing the government to tell the truth about UFOs. I never said
that at all. If any UFO information is being suppressed, it's
certainly not in the U.S. Air Force, because I was at a high enough
level to know about it.
In defense of the military attitude, I can't really blame them
for being negative when I consider ridiculous things that have been
said and written and the fact that the military is responsible for
national security. It's a little embarrassing to acknowledge they
can't explain some things.
OMNI: ...Are people psychologically ready to face it if UFOs
should prove to be manned by visiting aliens?
COOPER: People want to know what's going on in the world around
them, and I think they're prepared for the truth, whatever it is.
A lot of people don't believe anything about UFOs because of the
absurd treatises that have come out on the subject. And a lot of
people are afraid of the unknown. But the more we know, the greater
the likelihood of treating UFOs in a friendly fashion.
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