UFO disclosure regret lingers with Obama, Clinton advisor





PHOTOS: Check out these recent "sightings" of UFOs and other "alien" activity on Mars and elsewhere ... less John Podesta, a senior advisor to Obama and Chief of Staff to Clinton, tweeted Friday that not securing the disclosure of the UFO files was his "biggest failure."



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A top strategist to both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama said his biggest regret now that he is back in the private sector was not opening up the government's records on UFOs.

John Podesta, a senior advisor to Obama and Chief of Staff to Clinton, tweeted Friday that not securing the disclosure of the UFO files was his "biggest failure."

1. Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the #disclosure of the UFO files. #thetruthisstilloutthere cc: @NYTimesDowd — John Podesta (@Podesta44) February 13, 2015

According to VOX, Podesta has contributed to several UFO-themed TV shows and wrote the forward for "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go On the Record."

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No large progress was made during either of his administrations to turn over federal UFO files, however.

Podesta may get another chance, though. According to some, he is being looked at as a potential campaign chair for Hillary Clinton's 2016 bid for the presidency.

Until then, UFO watchers will just have to rely on the slideshow above for all of their latest UFO and Mars scuttlebutt.