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Wikileaks revealed astronaut Edgar Mitchell wrote several emails to US presidential staffer John Podesta.

In them he said aliens want to help people, but fear our violent tendencies.

Mitchell, whose email signature said he was the "6th man to walk on the Moon," cited an impending space war.

He also claimed the Vatican knows about alien life.

Podesta was serving as counselor to President Barack Obama during the exchange.

He then left the position to become chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

"Because the War in Space race is heating up, I felt you should be aware of several factors as you and I schedule our Skype talk," Mitchell (who died in February this year) told Podesta

He went on to mention a "non-violent" alien species that wishes to share "zero point energy" with the world.

Terri Mansfield, who describes herself online as "the Director of the ETI (Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Peace Task Force" is also mentioned in one of the emails.

Referred to as Mitchell's "Catholic colleague," the leaked message said she would attend the meeting with Podesta.

Her purpose would be "to bring us up to date on the Vatican's awareness of ETI."

On her website, Mansfield describes ETIs as being "the highest form of intelligence working directly with God."

Mitchell warned Podesta that the "nonviolent ETI" want to help share zero point energy (ZPE) with Earth.

He added the aliens "will not "tolerate any forms of military violence on Earth or in space".

Quantum physics defines ZPE as a vacuum energy. It utilizes an energy that exists in molecules even at near absolute zero temperature.

One study said if ZPE were harnessed it could allow an astronaut-piloted spacecraft to travel to Mars in days, rather than years.

Podesta said earlier this year that he had convinced Clinton to disclose UFO files.

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• RT News
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Consolmagno is in New Zealand to take part in a panel discussion on extraterrestrial life at a festival on Great Barrier Island.

In an interview with Jamie Moreton in the New Zealand Herald Consolmagno said "And the reason that people think they are at odds is because most people stop learning about science when they're 12, and most people stop learning about religion when they're 12."

What does a 12-year-old know about science? he asked.

"It's a big book of facts, and they feel the same about religion; they learned it at Sunday school, so it must be true."

"But when you get beyond all that stuff, you learn that science itself is not about collecting answers; it's about asking the right questions, and getting used to concepts.

"It's the same way I feel about anything that you love."

"Spending time with the universe is a great way of getting to used to creation and the creator."

Consolmagno said that if you love someone, you love the things they make - just ask a mother who puts pictures that their children create on the refrigerator - so if you love God, you're going to love the things God made.

"This is going to make you want to know more and more about how the universe actually functions."

"Deeper than that, there's a sense that understanding science, and especially astronomy, is a great way to pull yourself out of ordinary, day-to-day life - you recognise that the universe is much bigger than your concerns about traffic, your dinner that night, or your job."

Consolmagno does not think the topic of aliens is trivial or a distraction.

"I certainly would think that in 20 years from now, we will have strong evidence of certain planets around other stars that make us think, maybe there's life out there."

"But do I think we are going to get a message from space?"

"Probably not."

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• nzherald.co.nz
• stuff.co.nz
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Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, who is the new president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, said news of such a discovery won't come as a big surprise.

Br Consolmagno said he hopes the questions about life on other planets will focus more on how humanity sees itself.

"When we say human, human as compared to what?" he asked.

While the discovery of life elsewhere will neither prove nor disprove the existence of God, Br Consolmagno expects it will open the door to ponder what form salvation history may take in other intelligent societies.

He addresses such questions in a new book, "Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? . . . and Other Strange Questions From the Inbox at the Vatican Observatory", set to be published in October.

He said there is no conflict between science and religion.

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