The sixth man to walk on the moon has called on the US government to end its "embargo of truth" about the existence of aliens on Earth.
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell told a delegation of 100 "UFOlogists" in Washington that full disclosure about the presence of extra-terrestrials was essential to the survival of the human race.
"We are being visited," Mr Mitchell, 79, was quoted as saying in the Washington Times.
"It is now time to put away this embargo of truth about the alien presence.
"I call upon our government to open up ... and become a part of this planetary community that is now trying to take our proper role as a spacefaring civilisation."
Mr Mitchell, who holds the record for the longest moonwalk, said many people had told him of their experiences with aliens because he had credibility as a former astronaut.
"[They] figured I was reliable enough to carry their stories and not compromise them," he said.
Mr Mitchell made his comments to a sympathetic audience from the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), an organisation which carries the motto: "It's not about lights in the sky, it's about lies on the ground".
The PRG hopes the Obama administration will defy previous government policy and release classified files detailing proof of alien existence.
"If it does not disclose [the documents] by the end of May — this is not a threat or anything, you don't threaten the United States government, they're heavily armed ... [then] the PRG has … quite a bit of documentary evidence connected to this ... and we are going to be extensively putting that out to the media," group founder Stephen Bassett said.
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