Obama's transition chief is a UFO aficionado

Unicorns, UFO's, its all the same shit I guess (link is to a 2002 CNN article).

...former White House chief of staff and an international investigative journalist want to know what the Pentagon knows, calling on it to release classified files about that and other incidents involving unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
"It is time for the government to declassify records that are more than 25 years old and to provide scientists with data that will assist in determining the real nature of this phenomenon," ex-Clinton aide John Podesta said Tuesday...
...Podesta was one of numerous political and media heavyweights on hand in Washington, D.C., to announce a new group to gain access to secret government records about UFOs.
Specifically, the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFI) is pressing the Air Force for documents involving Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly, clandestine operations reported to have existed decades ago to investigate UFOs and retrieve objects of unknown origins...

Hi, I'm John Podesta, and I'm batshit crazy, but there's nothing you can do about it since I'm with The One.

You're not crazy John, we ARE coming for YOU.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 01:08 AM

Comments

1 Unicorns don't exist, well I'm pretty sure they don't.
Unless you count that cute tattoo on Scully's thigh.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at November 11, 2008 01:12 AM (GXHS3)

2 Is there enough popcorn for the next 4 years?

Posted by: mrcaniac at November 11, 2008 01:15 AM (Rbulg)

3 Or Val-U-Rite?

Posted by: mrcaniac at November 11, 2008 01:16 AM (Rbulg)

4 Well, at least he's not calling for a seance. 'Cause that would be mockable.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 11, 2008 01:18 AM (sI5Ho)

5 And they said team Bush lived in an alternate universe.

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:19 AM (+4/0g)

6 Project Moon Dust? At least have the balls to call it "Hookers and Blow".

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:19 AM (+4/0g)

7 i guess the one (pbuh) wants to not only heal this world but heal other planets as well and if you disagree then ur a raaaacist

Posted by: dixon at November 11, 2008 01:20 AM (EBHrR)

8 #4: or channeling Eleanor Roosevelt

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:21 AM (+4/0g)

9 7: or planetist.

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:21 AM (+4/0g)

10 The woo woo kids are in charge.

Posted by: Scrapiron at November 11, 2008 01:22 AM (XWJh5)

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:21 AM (+4/0g)

haha good point how bigoted of me to think that earth was superior to all other planets

Posted by: dixon at November 11, 2008 01:23 AM (EBHrR)

'aficianado'?

you guys need to get hooked on phonics

SPELLCHECK

Posted by: Jones at November 11, 2008 01:24 AM (KOkrW)

13 not only heal this world but heal other planets as well

If he's got a Replicator solution, they might listen to him. Probably not otherwise.

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Posted by: Arbalest at November 11, 2008 01:25 AM (SeimD)

15 either that or he'll personally bang the intergalactic princesses to keep the peace.

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:26 AM (+4/0g)

16 14: and booze. sweet, sweet booze.

Posted by: eddiebear at November 11, 2008 01:27 AM (+4/0g)

17 Posted by: Jones at November 11, 2008 01:24 AM (KOkrW)

half of us can't read much less spell...

Posted by: Kaptain Amerika at November 11, 2008 01:29 AM (e1FTF)

18 Um, essentially, he wants to make our military secrets not secrets anymore and he's going to use the UFO, defense.

Fucking awesome, this administration-elect is.

Posted by: Editor at November 11, 2008 01:30 AM (p4YSL)

19 so will he free up everything we have gathered on unidentified flying objects such as russian planes that we were unable to identify? cause that sounds like just piss poor policy but par for the course for mr president elect?

Posted by: dixon at November 11, 2008 01:32 AM (EBHrR)

20 I for one welcome our new Viking Zombie Alien Cat overlords.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at November 11, 2008 01:35 AM (OqXyp)

21 20 I for one welcome our new Viking Zombie Alien Cat overlords.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at November 11, 2008 01:35 AM (OqXyp)

Change that to Viking Zombie Alien Pussy and you have me.

Posted by: Editor at November 11, 2008 01:38 AM (p4YSL)

22 any guesses on what role dennis kucinich will have in obamas cabinet?

Posted by: dixon at November 11, 2008 01:40 AM (EBHrR)

23 When Purple-Lipped Messiah went in for his first transition briefing, he probably blew off all the national security shit and demanded to see the Roswell spaceship.

Posted by: Jim62sch at November 11, 2008 01:42 AM (6rQXk)

24 He's after the rest of the Coast to Coast listeners that didn't vote for him. Then he will rule the galaxy!

Posted by: Shannon at November 11, 2008 01:44 AM (q0Z3p)

25 Maybe we can get to the bottom of that whole bigfoot thing too.

Posted by: DPR VIII at November 11, 2008 01:46 AM (4XUD3)

26 Put Podesta along with Kucinich on the next space shuttle. Dennis the Menace saw a UFO last year during one of the Democratic presidential debates: "It was an unidentified flying object, OK? It's, like, it's unidentified," Kucinich said. "I saw something. . . . You have to keep in mind that more � that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO and also that more people in this country have seen UFOs than I think approve of George Bush's presidency," Kucinich said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306616,00.html

Posted by: PA Cat at November 11, 2008 01:46 AM (WMEii)

27 that's the guy that got anal probed by an alien with really long tentacles

Posted by: MikeC at November 11, 2008 01:48 AM (01wyi)

28 I bet Xenu's behind this...

Posted by: El Kabong at November 11, 2008 01:49 AM (0BPlb)

29 WE SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

Posted by: Viking Zombie Alien Cat Overlords at November 11, 2008 01:55 AM (+4x1H)

30 Even if I believed that the Pentagon had a bunch of aliens hanging around, I would want to ask in private before I made a public announcement, because almost every resultant scenario ends with me looking like an idiot in that case.

Does Not Bode Well for Mr. PODesta's decision-making.

Posted by: Merovign at November 11, 2008 02:08 AM (UXoQt)

31 Ah, another Clintonista. Change!

Dear Podesta, Kucinich, and related nitwits:

UFOs do not equal aliens. They are Unidentified Flying Objects, with Unidentified meaning jackass "witnesses" were too drunk or high to recognize a fucking airplane before they passed out.

FOAD,

The sane part of Planet Earth

On the other hand, it would be good if the best these idiots can think to do with their "historical mandate" is chase down ET.

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 11, 2008 02:09 AM (x3V9n)

32 D'oh. Sockpuppeted myself.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 11, 2008 02:10 AM (x3V9n)

33 It's okay, Waterhouse. I do it all the time.

Posted by: Viking Zombie Alien Cat Overlords at November 11, 2008 02:22 AM (+4x1H)

34 We'll see if Obama revokes the Executive Order for Groom Lake?

Posted by: BDU-33 at November 11, 2008 02:37 AM (NbYpk)

35 The truth is out there. (So is Art Bell and apparently Obama's transition chief)

Posted by: scaramouche at November 11, 2008 02:48 AM (o58L4)

UFO's? Shit, and here my ray gun is in the shop

There IS defintily intelligent life on other planets.

There certainly isn't any intelligent life on this planet.

Posted by: no shortage of crackpots at November 11, 2008 03:00 AM (B/Y39)

37 Burmese pythons in the Florida everglades, however, are real. Not sure about the nuclear powered albino alligators in the sewers of NYC.

Posted by: Adriane at November 11, 2008 03:01 AM (wJlIy)

38 Ugh. I have insomnia tonight. Thought I'd catch some Redeye and contemplate what color of unicorn I'm going to receive. I'm hoping for polka dot.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 11, 2008 03:01 AM (gv6Tj)

Now this is just plain discrimination.

They focus on UFO's but completely ignore Bigfoot, The Lochness Monster and the secret world of Atlantis, WTF!

Posted by: idots on the hill at November 11, 2008 03:03 AM (B/Y39)

40 Maybe the aliens are the source of the unicorn pixie dust?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 11, 2008 03:05 AM (gv6Tj)

We here in South Carolina demand equal time. We want him to find the Lizard Man. The Rosell shit and other fables are old hat, O�Bama is supposed to be about change.

Posted by: Vic at November 11, 2008 03:19 AM (Qd7GC)

42 everyone keeps comparing obama to carter, see i think he can do much worse, if u think carter was rock bottom just wait till barrack takes power, he will hit that rock and drill baby drill.

id KY ur asses boys cause we are about to get raped hardcore, and i guarantee there will be no cuddling afterwards

Posted by: dixon at November 11, 2008 03:20 AM (EBHrR)

43 41 After the Lizard Man, he can tackle the Chupacabra.

Posted by: PA Cat at November 11, 2008 03:24 AM (WMEii)

Now here's some paranormal activity that Podesta should be looking into.

Come to think of it, he no doubt already is.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 11, 2008 03:33 AM (gv6Tj)

I always thought Carter was NOT the worst president if you base being the worst on actual long term damage to the country. He was just too damn incompetent to achieve to total suck that such stalwart assholes as FDR and LBJ achieved.

Only time will tell if he can do that.

Posted by: Ex Fucking Sailor at November 11, 2008 03:35 AM (Qd7GC)

Chupacabra, LOL, a fucking goat sucker. Hell, the Vomit would only have to look in the mirror.

Posted by: Vic at November 11, 2008 03:38 AM (Qd7GC)

47 It's quid pro quo for support from the writer's union that includes the press.

Obama's going to need a lot of fantasy and sensationalism to distract America from his presidency: "that rare mixture of up to no good and good for nothing" as Marge Simpson's sister put it.

There's no better cover than an avalanche of UFO unclassified information. But that ignores all of the British files that are already available to the public. Since the campaign concluded, the press is complaining at being caught having produced so much whole cloth; the unraveling of their fabricated tales reveals their grotesque asses, NOT beautiful people. Distract and hold attention for an inordinate amount of time, just like the overabundant campaign period, modus operandi.

It isn't "science" that benefits from this shit. That's just another faux "good intention"--Obama is so FOR anything that enables Big Brother. Is Obama looking for a ride in a UFO to be the first ever world leader INVITED to take a spin with the overlords of "world citizens" as prince of darkness, THAT one?

Posted by: maverick muse at November 11, 2008 05:38 AM (F1b/5)

48 rock bottom just wait till barrack takes power, he will hit that rock and drill baby drill.--dixon

sadly true

Posted by: maverick muse at November 11, 2008 05:40 AM (F1b/5)

Bill Clinton did the same thing when he first took office. Had Webster Hubbell ask around. They blew him off, and that's what'll happen here too.

"Is there enough popcorn for the next 4 years?"

Dude, you got that right.

Posted by: Ampontan at November 11, 2008 05:42 AM (8ghzl)

50
Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life on
this planet.

Posted by: Brown Line at November 11, 2008 06:20 AM (OMiLl)

51 Can you imagine the yahooing from the Left� if it had been one of the Bush staffers who said this? "Ignorant, hick mouth-breathers" comes to mind for some reason.

Posted by: Steve L. at November 11, 2008 07:15 AM (o0YD+)

Hey, I think the UFO's are attacking this site, all the text to the right (recent comments column) is written in chinese.

Posted by: spypeach at November 11, 2008 07:30 AM (QwWKI)

53 I'm ok with this as long as it means I get a plasma rifle in the forty megawatt range.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at November 11, 2008 07:54 AM (6BgmB)

54 I want to believe.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at November 11, 2008 07:59 AM (hMQke)

55 Mmmm Scully's thighs. PLEASE let the carpet match the drapes.

Posted by: lowfibass at November 11, 2008 08:29 AM (T1ZAZ)

So, he wants what, to reveal the existence of SHADOW?

Fools!

Posted by: BattleofthePyramids at November 11, 2008 08:37 AM (NEQao)

57 all the text to the right (recent comments column) is written in chinese.

That's comment spammers flooding older posts. They come in bursts. I tried cleaning some of them out a while ago, but its not worth the trouble for stuff that's already rolled off the main page. If a post is still fairly active, I nukem when I notice'em.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at November 11, 2008 08:48 AM (OqXyp)

58 Is that a rainbow I see behind that comet?

Posted by: dfbaskwill at November 11, 2008 08:58 AM (4L5Tl)

59 Oh good fucking grief. Wasn't Podesta Bill Clinton's chief of staff at some point? If any of this shit were real he'd already know and have had it declassified.

Posted by: Dave J at November 11, 2008 09:00 AM (qsGH+)

60 The atheists about UFOs are funny and who can resist a cheap shot? But you guys are beginning to sound as rigid as the church in the Middle Ages concerning which body revolves around the other. Break the chains of dogma and join the heretics.

Posted by: Banjo at November 11, 2008 09:01 AM (1DQ52)

61 Take me to your litter.

Posted by: space kitty at November 11, 2008 09:38 AM (knHvu)

62 He looks like an alien.

Posted by: WisCon at November 11, 2008 09:43 AM (RsaX9)

63 Wasn't Podesta Bill Clinton's chief of staff at some point?

Yes. He built a "shrine" to the X-Files (the show, not the files) in the White House. I read a (really terribly written, so I'm not going to look for it again) essay about how the end of the Bush admin is going to be great for conspiracy and "dark, cynical" sci-fi because now people will be "free" to criticize the Bush admin. Like they haven't been for eight years, or something. I'd agree there's going to be a lot of dark, cynical, government-conspiracy-driven entertainment, but it's going to be just like the Clinton years--distraction from the real shit actually happening in front of us.

(Personally, I believe there has to be intelligent life out there somewhere, because the paucity of intelligent life down here would leave God bored and depressed if he didn't have a second terrarium to watch...)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at November 11, 2008 09:43 AM (yG+tb)

They had the UFO guys on Coast to Coast the other night saying that the reveal is going to happen because Podesta is in charge of the transition team - they have a leter/emai/fax campaign going on to get them to tell the truth about UFOs.

Hell, Obama can't tell the truth about his babysitters so odds seem low on the UFO thing.

Posted by: blaster at November 11, 2008 09:59 AM (XCMhk)

65 See? It is the second coming of Jimmy Carter!

Posted by: Phineas at November 11, 2008 10:14 AM (Whv4o)

66 He looks like an alien.

Or a perv. When I used to see him on MTP shilling for Slick I thought he might be an emissary from the Lizard People from planet NAMBLA.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 11, 2008 10:19 AM (m2sQh)

67 Is Obama looking for a ride in a UFO to be the first ever world leader INVITED to take a spin with the overlords of "world citizens" as prince of darkness, THAT one?

Can they keep him? Please?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2008 10:29 AM (Ds4I5)

The Mars probe Phoenix found no life. Guess we'll have to keep looking.

Despite overcoming the oven troubles, Phoenix has yet to discover the elusive organic-based compounds essential for simple life forms to emerge. So whether the Phoenix landing site was habitable remains an open question.

Posted by: katya at November 11, 2008 10:30 AM (G3frc)

Sorry, should have said SHADO.

You young wippersnappers missed all the good shows.

Seriously, though, this is what a member of the Ones administration is worried about?

I think we may have less to worry about than I thought - unless this is yet another distraction to fool the fools out there - and there must be a lot of them.

Posted by: BattleofthePyramids at November 11, 2008 10:31 AM (NEQao)

70 Does he believe in supply-side economics?

Posted by: Cincinnatus at November 11, 2008 11:21 AM (ZAlQ3)

"We are the One's we've been waiting for"......BHO

Yeah, and you thought we were making this shit up. Earth, listen up. You made fun of my ears. Hey, Spock had ears like me and you dig him.

Whassup with dat?

Posted by: solitary knight at November 11, 2008 11:22 AM (coiOT)

...demanded to see the Roswell spaceship.

Naaa...Take it for a spin!

Posted by: Paladin at November 11, 2008 12:22 PM (2X4q0)

73 Can you imagine the yahooing from the Left� if it had been one of the Bush staffers who said this? "Ignorant, hick mouth-breathers" comes to mind for some reason.

The timing of this is precious. Just today, there is a Nicholas Kristoff editorial espousing how wonderful it is that we finally have someone in office who unapologetically revels in his super-intellectualism, as opposed to the previous set of mouthbreathers who believe in UFOs.

"We can't solve our educational challanges when, according to polls, Americans are approximately as likely to believe in flying saucers as in evolution." - Nicky Kristoff

Whoops!

Posted by: wiserbud at November 11, 2008 12:26 PM (wWwJR)

74 Just think, these are the same people who call themselves the "reality-based community."

Posted by: Jack Bauer's Evil Brother at November 11, 2008 02:04 PM (JxUO/)

75 It's ok. The Cigarette-smoking Man will never let them get close.

Posted by: April at November 11, 2008 02:31 PM (qVLLg)

76 Where is obamas birth certificate is he realy from AREA 51?

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at November 11, 2008 02:49 PM (ObFiq)

77 Snicker all you want guys, but 12 years ago I (and 2 others) had a real up close and personal encounter with a classic floating triangle.
If this guy can clear the waters on what they are then that's fine by me.

Posted by: doolum at November 11, 2008 05:26 PM (P1hUS)

78 Want to hear something just as scary? I'm pretty damn sure that the conspiracy theorists are reading this.very.site.

Top headline today on the Above Top Secret website? EXCLUSIVE: Agenda disappears from Obama Web site
Not quite sure about the "exclusive" title though....

/embarrassed to admit I heard the UFO guys on Coast to Coast the other night...

Posted by: shibumi at November 11, 2008 06:03 PM (tZB/c)

Eh, I've seen UFO's, but I don't think they were alien. Saw a couple of wings flying north along I-75, about 30 miles north of Dayton one time. Given the timeframe for when it happened, I think it was that Boeing flying wing UAV, but no definite ID, so UFO.

Though it'd be interesting if they did do a dump of something like Project Bluebook. Some of it would be comedy gold (like the reports my mom had to file about this old lady calling her base ops station all the time to report "Unidentified Japanese Aircraft" mysteriously along the approach corridor to the Naval Air Station she worked at), and some would be interesting to see reports of stuff like the how things like the Blackbird tests correlate to sightings.

Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 11, 2008 08:43 PM (fpk1J)

80 OMFG

There's gonna be YEARS of this.

Tune into The Onion to get the news from now on.

Posted by: torabora at November 11, 2008 09:56 PM (ODP/9)

81 #69 battleofthepyramids
I agree that none of these whippersnappers don't remember SHADO. This little missy kept my spank bank balance rather high.
http://tinyurl.com/ltellis

Posted by: mrcaniac at November 11, 2008 10:13 PM (Rbulg)

82 Yeah, Podesta is a crank for trying to reveal UFO records. What he really should do is initiate a Dept of the Interior official initiative to capture a Sasquatch.

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