Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship. Now she's running for Congress
Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship. Now she's running for Congress
By Alex Daugherty and Patricia Mazzei, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Tribune News Service, reported by MSN, October 16 2017
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WASHINGTON - Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle.
A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too. But this one was crewed by aliens. As in extraterrestrials.
Three blond, big-bodied beings - two females, one male - visited her when she was 7 years old and have communicated telepathically with her several times in her life, she says. (Sen. Bill Nelson served as payload officer aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986. All seven people aboard were from Earth. As far as is known.)
Rodriguez Aguilera, 59, a Republican who is running to replace retiring Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, recounted her experience with the ETs during a 2009 television interview.
She described "going up" inside the spaceship - though whether it went into space or just hovered around town was left unclear.
"I went in. There were some round seats that were there, and some quartz rocks that controlled the ship - not like airplanes," Rodriguez Aguilera said.
In two separate videos posted to YouTube years ago, one by local Spanish-language station America TeVe and another by a political critic with the user name DoralGirl26, Rodriguez Aguilera spoke on television in detail about her extraterrestrial experiences. She said the alien beings reminded her of the famous statue in Rio de Janeiro, Christ the Redeemer, with arms outstretched.
mong the things she said she found out from the aliens:
- There are 30,000 skulls - "different from humans" - in a cave in the Mediterranean island of Malta.
- The world's "energy center" is in Africa.
- The Coral Castle, a limestone tourist attraction South Miami-Dade, is actually an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
- "God is a universal energy."
She also said that the aliens had mentioned Isis, though she didn't clarify if they meant the terrorist organization or the ancient Egyptian goddess.
The Miami Herald asked Rodriguez Aguilera about her experiences Friday. She responded with a statement that waxed astronomical, but sadly failed to mention close encounters of any kind.
"For years people, including Presidents like Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter and astronauts have publicly claimed to have seen unidentified flying objects and scientists like Stephen Hawking and institutions like the Vatican have stated that there are billions of galaxies in the universe and we are probably not alone," she said. "I personally am a Christian and have a strong belief in God, I join the majority of Americans who believe that there must be intelligent life in the billions of planets and galaxies in the universe."
Rodriguez Aguilera was a Doral councilwoman from 2012-14 and served as the city's first economic developer. She works as an entrepreneur and has taught leadership seminars at local universities.
She declared her candidacy in late August and raised about $10,000 during the most recent fundraising quarter, she said - a paltry amount she attributed to halting her campaign during Hurricane Irma.
Rodriguez Aguilera's daughter is former Republican National Committee Hispanic outreach director Bettina Inclan Agen. Her son-in-law, Jarrod Agen, is Vice President Mike Pence's deputy chief of staff.
Miami attorney Rick Yabor, a frequent political commentator in Spanish-language media, said Friday that Rodriguez Aguilera's account could hurt her congressional campaign. Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro and former school board member and Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate Raquel Regalado, both far better known than Rodriguez Aguilera, are also running in the Republican primary.
"Being a politician, to come out and say that, it's odd," Yabor said. "She got into details that are not very mainstream. Someone who's running for Congress - you've got to raise a lot of money. A donor might have second thoughts.
"Miami politics are unusual," Yabor said. "This one takes it to a new level."
(Mazzei writes for the Miami Herald.)
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The understatement of the year.
Finally, a politician that I would support if I were an American.
The Coral Castle, a limestone tourist attraction South Miami-Dade, is actually an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
I wonder if she is aware that Egypt is not in Florida.
Maybe the aliens moved it.
OK - it's pretty funny - but... I checked some polling and there is no reason that belief in UFO's would necessarily be a problem with the American public.
If she didn't make a big deal out of it and positioned herself as a centralist Republican willing to work with all parties, she might draw tri-partisan support.
As long as she doesn't start talking about building a wall tall enough to keep out ET's - she might have a shot.
seems more normal than many in Congress
Trump is going to name her ambassador to Mars, or put her in charge of his personal charity The Trump Foundation, whichever is more financially beneficial to him.
Arizona's chairwoman of the State Senate's Education Committee has some interesting ideas, too. She believes Earth is only 6,000 years old. In her argument against environmental protection, she claimed, "(The Earth) has been here 6,000 years, long before anybody had environmental laws, and somehow it hasn't been done away with." She thinks it's a good idea to implement mandatory church attendance. Somehow, I'm not surprised that the charter school she co-founded has received the lowest score a school can make. Maybe that's because she works part-time at the school, leading what is called the "character program." Nor am I too surprised that she agrees with "Chemtrail Kelly's" conspiracy theory that airplane condensation trails are "chemtrails" that the government uses to secretly manipulate the weather, or some other "nefarious intention." Wow. To think... this is what our so-called "leaders" have devolved into. No wonder the country is so screwed up.
Surveys differ depending on their wording, but it appears that a 6,000 year old earth is consistent with the beliefs of about 30 to 40% of the US. Best that I can see, holding these views does not keep a politician from attaining high political office - as long at they pick the appropriate state to run in.
People with mental health issues should seek treatment, not seats in Congress. The next time she's picked up, it should be in a butterfly net.
I think she makes some sense. Does that make me crazy?
TG -I think we have had this discussion before on NV.
I don't think you are crazy... of course I'm a computer and you are a fish.
Yes...I remember those discussions.
Gee, why is this so crazy? If she said she had seen the apparition of Mary she would be a saint, if she said god talked to her she would own a megachurch.
Did the aliens tell her to run for office? Are they going to interfere with the election like the Russians?/s