Last year, after attending the infamous Be-Witness presentation, some of my friends invited me to their podcasts so I could share my impressions about the farcical event organized by Jaime Maussan. They were particularly interested in learning about the reaction of the audience after the ad-nauseamly discussed Roswell slide was revealed –were they disappointed or outraged?
I know I did end up disappointed. Not because of the alleged proof presented by the Roswell ‘Dream Team’ and Maussan, though –since I was already prepared to take it with deer lick of salt– but because at the last minute, Maussan announced one of his guest stars for the event hadn’t been able to make it: Dr. Edgar Mitchell; the 6th man to walk on the Moon, who because of his deteriorated health, was forced to follow the advice of his doctors and decided to cancel his trip to Mexico city. Of all the UFO celebrities Maussan had invited to join him at the National Auditorium that night, Dr. Mitchell was the *only* one I was genuinely looking forward to seeing onstage when I paid for my ticket.
Sadly, now I’ll never have that chance again. Dr. Mitchell’s family has just recently announced he passed away last night at around 10 pm, at a local hospice; just one day away of celebrating the 45th anniversary of Apollo 14th’s lunar landing. He was 85 years old.
Of the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon, only 7 now remain alive –Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean,David Scott, John W. Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. They won’t be around for much longer, and I fear a long time may pass before we replenish our batch of explorers, who have actually set foot outside of our world.
When we choose to remain still, we do a disservice to the memory of these men.
Predicting the future is a risky game, because more than likely you’ll end up making a fool out of yourself in the face of unborn generations; nevertheless, I dare to guess that in the future the name of Edgar Mitchell will actually be most remembered, not for his involvement in the early stages of space colonization; and not even for his somewhat-questionable activism in support of the UFO reality and the push toward Disclosure. No, I think our descendants will still remember his name because of his support on the exploration of the mysteries of Consciousness, through his founding of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which I suspect will have a pivotal role to play in our transition toward a new reality paradigm. It is then when Mitchell’s name will stand tallest from the rest of his astronaut brothers, and will be regarded as a Magellan who charted the course to a better future for humanity; a future he managed to feetingly glimpse on his return to the Moon, when he experienced a feeling of ‘Unity’ with the entire universe:
Safe travels, Dr. Mitchell. And thank you.
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