Gordon Cooper US Astronaut addresses the UN on Alien life!

November 9, 1978  

Ambassador Griffith  

Mission of Grenada to the United Nations  

866 Second Avenue  

Suite 502  

New York, New York 10017  

Dear Ambassador Griffith:  

I wanted to convey to you my views on our extra-terrestrial visitors popularly referred to 

as "UFO's", and suggest what might be done to properly deal with them.  

I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from 

other planets, which obviously are a little more technically advanced than we are here on 

earth. I feel that we need to have a top level, coordinated program to scientifically collect 

and analyze data from all over earth concerning any type of encounter, and to determine 

how best to interface with these visitors in a friendly fashion. We my first have to show 

them that we have learned to resolve our problems by peaceful means, rather than 

warfare, before we are accepted as fully qualified universal team members. This 

acceptance would have tremendous possibilities of advancing our world in all areas. 

Certainly then it would seem that the UN has a vested interest in handling this subject 

properly and expeditiously.  

I should point out that I am not an experienced UFO professional researcher. I have not yet 

had the privilege of flying a UFO, nor of meeting the crew of one. I do feel that I am 

somewhat qualified to discuss them since I have been into the fringes of the vast areas in 

which they travel. Also, I did have occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of 

many flights of them, of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to 

west over Europe. They were at a higher altitude than we could reach with our jet fighters 

of that time.  

I would also like to point out that most astronauts are very reluctant to even discuss UFO's 

due to the great numbers of people who have indiscriminately sold fake stories and forged 

documents abusing their names and reputations without hesitation. Those few astronauts 

who have continued to have a participation in the UFO field have had to do so very 

cautiously. There are several of us who do believe in UFO's and who have had occasion to 

see a UFO on the ground, or from an airplane. There was only one occasion from space 

which may have been a UFO.  If the UN agrees to pursue this project, and to lend their credibility to it, perhaps many 

more well qualified people will agree to step forth and provide help and information.  

I am looking forward to seeing you soon.  

Sincerely,  

L. Gordon Cooper  

Col. USAF (ket)  

Astronaut