Call for Obama to open UFO files

[The Straight Story]

Call for Obama to open UFO files

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Because of Jimmy Carter's own sighting of a UFO in 1969, he told reporters during his 1976 presidential campaign, that as president he would make any and all UFO information available to the public and scientists. Despite such a forthright promise, once elected he did not follow through with his pledge, citing "defense implications."

Those demanding UFO disclosure may have finally found their man in Obama's transition chief, John Podesta. Podesta, Clinton's chief of staff from 1998 to 2001, is an advocate for government openness. At a national press club conference in 2002 he said the government should "open the books" on its UFO investigations.

"I think it's time to open the books on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations of UFOs ... It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there ... because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth and we ought to do it because it's the law," Podesta said.

But in response to a question by the late Tim Russert of NBC News, Barack Obama said, he was more concerned about "improving the quality of people's lives here on earth, than space aliens." Obama's short list is already full.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090118-LIFE-901180316

[Nitrogenica]

1. Nope, wrong time for this.

[MajorChode]

2. While they are at it...

I want my own personal unicorn.

[The Straight Story]

8. You can get one

at wizards 101 game site :) (free to play, I hang out there with my daughter...)

[MajorChode]

21. No, I want a real one

If UFO's are indeed aliens from outer space, then by God, unicorns are real also and the government is just depriving us of them.

[lamp_shade]

3. Ya... I'm sure he'll get right on that.

[Obamarama]

4. Okay...this is about the 657th most important thing Obama should address.

Maybe this could be something he could address in his 2nd term???

[stopbush]

5. And when the files show that there are no UFOs from other worlds

and that 99% of the UFOs that were sighted were secret government programs and cover stories for those programs, Obama will be accused of being part of the non-existent cover up by the "UFOs are alien spacecraft" nuts.

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. Not till we get this Bigfoot issue settled nt

[gcomeau]

7. I ABSOLUTELY insist...

...we address the lizard people issue FIRST! They are the far greater threat.

[Duer 157099]

9. Yes, what a shame it would be to find out about advanced technology

either from here or elsewhere, that just might impact that oh-so-trivial issue of energy. Let's keep postponing everything that might possibly lead to development of non-petroleum based solutions.

[stopbush]

10. Of course, all of that technology exists or is in the works,

the product of the ever-inventive human mind. We don't really need help from advanced alien civilizations to come up with this stuff, you know. People who make claims of humans reverse engineering alien technology insult the hard work done by real, live human beings.

[Duer 157099]

14. I don't claim to know, one way or the other

but the point remains the same: there exists some technology that is not "openly" available for whatever reason, whether black-budget military or whatever, whether reverse-engineered or not.

[tridim]

11. A good time would be after he announces NASA has found life on Mars

At that point the Fundies will be screwed, might as well release it all.

[creeksneakers2]

12. Weren't most of the files already opened?

[Optical.Catalyst]

13. Read Popular Mechanics

The UFO cover up was covering up the Air Force program that used UFOs to cover up advanced aircraft projects.

[Harry Monroe]

15. Actually that's already been solved

The UFOs were simply the USS Enterprise circling Uranus looking for Klingons

[clspector]

16. Thank you,

>>The UFOs were simply the USS Enterprise circling Uranus looking for Klingons<<

someone needed to say it.

[seemslikeadream]

17. Wow

How can that be, anyone can see that the most intelligent life in the universe is right here in this thread?

[Phoonzang]

18. If UFOs are real, why would he even touch it. Look at the ridicule they draw in this thread. nt

[Lucian]

19. Oh I hope he does.

I want to know the truth about Roswell, etc.

[yodermon]

20. the fact that everyone automatically associates "UFOs" with "Aliens"

and therefore "kooky" is evidence that a very successful well-poisoning campaign has been in effect for decades.