Shatner Claims To Know About Life On Mars…Really

April 9, 2008

by Anthony Pascale

http://trekmovie.com/2008/04/09/shatner-claims-to-know-about-life-on-mars/

The live chat with William Shatner last Friday was rife with tech issues, but it is now available online (and totally audible). The whole vid (below) is about 40 minutes long. Due to the various tangents, he ended up taking only eight questions, none of which were related to Star Trek. The most interesting part was regarding Shatner’s beliefs on ET and his claim to have inside info.

Shat believes in ET, claims to know about life on Mars
The seventh question in the chat (at time mark 5:27) was “Do you believe in Extra-terrestrial life?” Shatner replied in the affirmative saying “of course, it is beyond a certainty that there is life out there.” Shat then went on to say (in complete seriousness) that he had insider info on Martians:

I will let you in on a little secret, that I have been told not to reveal. So I wont reveal who told me, but there is going to be new information about Mars. It wont be too long away.

Video recording:

http://trekmovie.com/2008/04/09/shatner-claims-to-know-about-life-on-mars/

He says he lied; but he isn't clear about why he lied!

Why propagate this confusion???


William Shatner on UFOs, Leonard Nimoy, and T.J. Hooker's Politics

William Shatner — where to begin? Sure, he gave life to such iconic TV characters as Captain Kirk and T.J. Hooker, but he’s also spent as much of his life doing Shakespeare on the legitimate stage as he has shilling for Priceline and appearing on game shows — not to mention his side career as an idiosyncratic crooner of American classics. This week he publishes his endearing autobiography, Up Till Now. Shatner spoke with Vulture about the book, his UFO sighting, and being propositioned by a gorilla.

Hi, Mr. Shatner.
Jesse, how old are you?

I’m 29. Um, why?
The voice! It’s a great voice.

Well, thanks! And thank you for talking to us.
Thank you for having your voice.

In the intro to your book you talk about being propositioned by a gorilla. Did that really happen?
Yes, it really happened. Everything I said really happened. I was doing publicity for an environmental cause, and they thought it would get some press if I visited with Koko, the well-known gorilla. If you’ve ever seen a mountain gorilla in a cage in a zoo, you see how absolutely disconcerting they can be. I was thoroughly intimidated by the size, the beetle brow, and the look in her eyes. But I’m a hero, you see, so I couldn’t afford to show the fear. I chose what some people refer to as the English method, by showing courage and then hoping that I would feel it. The way I was able to show it was to keep repeating ‘I love you.’

And it worked?
And it worked. I came closer to her, and she looked very benign. And then she reached for me and did a thorough examination.

Later you confess to having lied about seeing UFOs when you crashed your motorcycle in the desert.
Well, that’s true, but I tell the truth in the book. I tell the truth that I lied. I wonder what the philosophical implications are of that. I think that I do lie sometimes, but only to save feelings or my own skin.

Or to tell a good story?
Or to tell a good story. Maybe.

Complete interview here:

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/05/william_shatner_on_ufos_leonard_nimoy.html