Buzz Aldrin Avoids the UFO Question — Again

NASA Ambassador Buzz Aldrin visited middle, high school, and college students in Alaska for a pep talk and, as always, he was asked if he ever saw a UFO as an astronaut. What was his answer?

The second man to walk on the Moon was as cagey as ever, replying "probably not."

The question came up as Aldrin addressed a big group of students from different areas of the state at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, from the floor of the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program building on Friday. He was there to encourage students to pursue scientific careers, relating his own early experiences and education, which led to his spectacular success in the Apollo program.

Buzz Aldrin has always been wary of speaking his mind on the UFO question, leading to suspicions he's not telling all he knows. But he's never specifically denied seeing an unidentified flying object either.

It has long been rumored that the Apollo astronauts saw evidence of alien life while in space and on the Moon, but never answered definitively.

If this latest episode is any indication, it seems that, if Buzz Aldrin does know something, he's not willing to share it.