Spindoc,

As a newbie I don't know how to post links yet, but if you google this - Buzz Aldrin's dialogue with Nasa, you can find out more about this.

He was also on t.v. a while back discussing what he and Armstrong observed, and would think the interview was pretty recent, as he had white hair, and looked to be in his 70's.The programme was aired on the Discovery Science channel on foxtel.
The details hadn't been made public until Nasa released transcripts when the freedom of information act authorised it. Until then he and other astronauts who were interviewed in the same programme I watched stated that they were forbidden to go public about their various sightings.

I plan on trying to find a copy of the dialogue between Apollo and Nasa on that first flight as soon as I have some spare time, and will pass on to you where to find it.

I consider myself to be a fairly rational person. I don't think religion or personal belief in any god have a place in this discussion. On the subject of UFOs, however, I would like to state that I have in fact seen one - that is, I (and my young son) have seen a flying object that, to this day, I have not been able to identify.

While driving home in an inner city suburb, we witnessed a triangular pattern of red lights (shaped much like an iron plate). We differ on the number of lights. I saw five, he says there were six. No flashing and no 'headlight'. The lights moved in unison, so we can safely assume they were one object. What grabbed our attention was the way the lights moved, their speed and the fact there was no perceivable engine noise.

I deliberately turned the car down several streets, changing direction, thinking that perhaps the lights were a reflection of some kind, but it made no difference. Then, just as we neared home, the object sped off and was gone in seconds. I have never seen anything move so fast.

Naturally, I scanned the news for the next few days, wondering if any other 'crazies' had seen what we saw, but there were no reports of anything unusual.

I am not saying we saw an alien spacecraft - whatever that may be. However we did see an object that was completely un identifiable, behaved in ways that were not usual or explainable and it flew. Ergo, we saw a UFO.

I am not a conspiracy theorist, though I have a healthy respect for the energy and passion of those who are. But to this day, whenever the subject of UFOs comes up, my son and I smile at each other. We know what we saw. We just can't explain it.

It boggles belief that mankind assumes we are the only 'intelligent' life in the universe. This same arrogance is responsible for so many of the ills we are inflicting upon ourselves and our own planet.

The saying goes there's nothing new under the Sun. The mind boggles when considering that there are many Suns out there. The question as to other intelligence being out there is a no brainer.
We were just unlucky here on Earth that the Aliens who came here around 1972 infiltrated the ALP. Obviously they were simply other life rather than intelligence.

Scribbler,

Often the description given by pilots and astronauuts have described the lights as being red, rather than white as many people claim.

I don't mind being laughed at so will share my story, with the proviso added that we were a very young married couple.

One night we were woken by a strange noise unlike any we had heard before, and through the curtains saw flashing lights which moved along our street. Summoning up our courage, after it had moved further away, with hearts racing, we dared to go see, and truly expected to see aliens, as reported sightings were quite common at the time.

It was a street sweeping machine working at night. You're allowed to laugh, and so did we, but with relief. Took a long time to fess up to anyone else about that incident in our lives.

worldwatcher,

Don't be so quick to dismiss the possibility that aliens might possess spacecraft that exactly resemble street sweepers....!!

: )

Worldwatcher I have also had a "could it be aliens" experience.

I was single handed out in the middle of the Solomon Sea. It was a perfect night, crystal clear, with a very light breeze. The sea was like a mill pond, with barely a ripple, just the sort of night you dream of when thinking of going cruising in a yacht, but almost never see. It was magic with the yacht gliding silently through the smooth dark sea.

Still it is hot up there, so I was sitting in the cockpit, about 8.30Pm, having a coffee, & thinking what a wonderful world, when the eastern sky started to brighten. Yes, so what, I've seen plenty of moon rises. But this was different.

Soon the entire sea to the east was lit up, & I could have read by the light. It was too much to be just the moon. I thought cruise ship, just below the horizon, but no, they don't get up to that area, although they should, it's so beautiful.

It got even brighter, & I actually thought aliens/space ship. The hair on the back of my neck was standing on end, when the first little arc of the moon emerged from the sea. I let out a long breath, & only then realised I had been holding it.

I laughed at myself for thinking spaceship, but it was a nervous laugh. It was quite an experience, but too frightening to be fun. I have seen lots more moon rises at sea & ashore, but never anything like that one.