by Henry Holloway August 8, 2018 (dailystar.co.uk)
• Leland Melvin (pictured above) was an engineer on board space shuttle Atlantis who spent almost 24 days in space. The 54-year-old recently related an experience he had while in orbit of seeing “something, organic, alien like” in the payload bay of the shuttle. He added that the object he spotted was “translucent, curved, organic looking… floating out of the payload bay.”
• Melvin says he was with fellow NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik who also saw the unusual object. The two radioed in the sighting to mission control. Mission control told them it was ice that had broken off the shuttle’s hoses. When asked whether or not mission control may have lied to keep him calm, Melvin said: “Hmm… you never know.”
• Astronauts have occasionally claimed to have had strange experiences while in space. Some recall seeing UFOs, while many sightings have been explained away as natural or man-made phenomena. NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt witnesseed a “white cylindrical shape” space, and Apollo 14 pilot Edgar Mitchell publicly spoke about his belief in aliens.
• [Editor’s Note] Of course not one, but two highly trained NASA engineers would have no idea what ice from hoses would look like, and would easily mistake it for a translucent, organic, alien-like object floating in space. See this previous ExoNews article that describes the alien sight seen by John Glenn while in Earth’s orbit in 1962.
Leland Melvin worked as an engineer on board space shuttle Atlantis and spent almost 24 days in space.
The 54-year-old was quizzed by fans on Twitter about his experiences in orbit, asked if he had ever witnessed any aliens or UFOs.
Melvin revealed he had once been spooked after witnessing “something, organic, alien like” in the payload bay of the shuttle.
He revealed he even radioed NASA to let them know what he had seen, who dismissed it as just ice breaking away from the vessel.
Proof of life in space is constantly being probed by scientists who are looking to find evidence we are not alone in the universe.
Melvin revealed he was with fellow NASA spaceman Randy Bresnik when he had the unusual encounter.
Space Shuttle Atlantic flew 33 missions and travelled 126,000 miles before being retired along with the rest of the US fleet in 2011.
The astronaut said the object he spotted with “translucent, curved, organic looking” – finishing his tweet with a alien emoji.
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