About this episode
Gordon Cooper discusses his NASA career as a Mercury and Gemini astronaut while sharing his knowledge of UFOs and extraterrestrial contact. His distinguished career as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts provides credibility as he discusses UFO encounters during his flying career and evidence of alien visitation he witnessed firsthand. Cooper describes seeing UFO formations during his Air Force service and how such encounters convinced him that extraterrestrial craft regularly visit Earth and have been doing so for decades. The conversation covers his NASA experiences and whether astronauts have encountered UFOs during space missions while examining what agency personnel know about alien presence. He addresses the UFO cover-up and why NASA and military agencies maintain secrecy about extraterrestrial contact despite compelling evidence and credible witnesses including trained observers like military pilots and astronauts. Cooper discusses specific incidents including a filming of a UFO landing at Edwards Air Force Base that was sent to Washington and never seen again, demonstrating how evidence is suppressed. His testimony reveals the frustration of knowing truth about alien visitation while watching agencies deny what witnesses clearly observed and documented. The discussion explores what full disclosure would mean and why Cooper believes humanity deserves to know the truth about extraterrestrial presence rather than being kept in ignorance by government secrecy. His credibility as an astronaut and test pilot makes his UFO testimony particularly significant for establishing that the phenomenon is real and that official denial contradicts what qualified observers know to be true.