There are reports of sightings from the Mercury and Apollo missions but of course the astronauts were silenced. But I recall John Glenn mentioned something about it.This is pretty neat too.. NASA has all kindsof video of UFO's in space flying past the Space Shuttle..
CHECK IT OUT!!!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7ErXs7Uufgo
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0KODjgFH_Jk
So, if the reports are true then we were being observed as we made our comparative Wright Brothers primitive forays into space. Betcha they're wondering why we haven't extended it beyond probes and orbiting the planet.
I loved the concept (idea) from that Star Trek Movie: First Contact in that we're being watched but not bothered with until we've shown that we have the same capability of travel through space as they have. Makes sense, it is (to coin a phrase) "logical".
Of course we have to kill each other a bit more before reaching that point.
How sad.