Edgar Mitchell, the sixth person to walk on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 14 mission in 1971, became a notable figure in the UFO field later in life. After his spaceflight experience, Mitchell became an advocate for greater openness regarding UFOs and extraterrestrial phenomena. He publicly stated that he believed UFOs are real and that the U.S. government had been concealing information about their existence. Mitchell often expressed the view that alien encounters were being kept secret, particularly with regard to incidents like the 1947 Roswell UFO crash. In 2008, he revealed in interviews that he had met with military and intelligence personnel who told him that UFOs are real and that the U.S. government had been involved in covering up their existence for decades. He was a proponent of government disclosure regarding UFOs and supported efforts to bring these issues to the forefront of public discourse. Mitchell's claims about UFOs helped bring attention to the ongoing debate over UFOs, government secrecy, and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

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