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Santa Fe - The Bolivian writer Eduardo Ascarrunz wrote the novel "The Salt of Wonder" which contains the story of astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the alleged encounter with a UFO.Santa Fe - The arrival of man on the moon four decades ago, would have been as unexpected to witness an alien spacecraft, recounts one of the U.S. astronauts who starred in the victory in a forthcoming book in Bolivia.
"It's the best kept secret for over fifty years of NASA space race", said Saturday Bolivian journalist and writer Eduardo Ascarrunz, author of the historical novel "The Salt of Wonder" which contains the story of astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin about the alleged encounter with a UFO.
In an interview with Reuters, he stated that the disclosure of Aldrin was ten years ago, but decided to publish only with the approval of the astronaut when considering that world opinion was prepared for the novelty.
Aldrin was the second man on the moon on July 20, 1969, minutes after Neil Armstrong did, on the historic Apollo XI mission also completed the U.S. Michael Collins.
According to the work, which covers both the UFO as a number of subsequent visits Aldrin at Salar de Uyuni in the Bolivian highlands, the astronauts reported to the control center at NASA Houston, United States, a supposed ship " hemispherical "escorting them to reach the moon.
"Here we are three... they are here, under our ship... We found some visitors, "said Armstrong in Houston, and they answer the call for more precise, Aldrin recounted.
Then came the following exchange, according to the testimony of astronaut:
Aldrin: "I'm out here saying that there are other spacecraft. They are across the crater. "
Houston: "You have succeeded in filming?"
Aldrin: "No film at the moment, the cameras are photographing other objectives. They are down there are getting closer to the moon beside us, watching us. "
Houston: "What are watching?"
Aldrin: "Yes, we are not alone."
With the revelation of Aldrin, "the July 20, 1969 is a more important than the fact of having gotten his feet posase man on the moon that day, when the descent, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins found that humans coexist with other creatures in the universe, "said Ascarrunz.
NASA added that probably won the secret to keep the event "the shadow cast superobjetivo Apollo XI mission: to reach the Moon before his big contender in the space race, the Soviet Union.
Astronaut in the salar
The author found that the story was when it put the astronaut Aldrin-American journalist through the Bo Garcia and an official from the embassy in La Paz-American to confirm that it had identified the Salar de Uyuni and the origin of a flash that observed from the Moon.
"Once past the trappings of the space heroes, Aldrin established that proved to be the shining point Salar de Uyuni, then visited and where he met a wise Aymara-Quechua said to have followed the journey to the moon from the middle the huge plate of salt and a portable radio, "he said.
Ascarrunz Aldrin said he confessed to have visited several times the salt from the 1970s, in some cases accompanied by his father, to talk at length with the Andean wise and even stay in the prehistoric cave it used as a dwelling.
"Having regular visits to the salt Buzz Aldrin, I asked Bo Garcia through, I do share their stories to the wise. He did, in five pages, "said the author, showing copies of emails he exchanged with Aldrin.
He added that "thanks to this story, took shape 'El Salar de Wonder', which basically aims to be the tip of the iceberg of the unveiling of the Andean culture, saved, with more zeal than NASA, for almost five hundred years in the salt environment.
The salt, 12,000 square kilometers and almost 4,000 meters above sea level, is known as one of the main attractions of the impoverished Bolivia as the world's largest reserve of lithium.
Bolivia's leftist government headed by Evo Morales, has said it plans to exploit drives and industrialize the lithium battery manufacturing is expected in the short term will become key parts of automobiles.
