Johh Podesta was Bill Clinton’s chief of staff and aided in Obama’s transition into the White House in 2008. He is also known to be a sci-fi enthusiast, and has been involved with efforts to get the government to disclose all it knows about the UFO phenomenon.

• UFOs ‘Roam our skies’ Says Former US Air Force Intelligence Officer - The Epoch Times
• UFO sighting over Tannum Sands reported by reader - Gladstone Observer
• Know about Mysterious Varginha UFO incident - indiatvnews.com
• UFO Conference Links Sightings with Science - ErieTVNews
• ETs are here and the White House knows it, says actual former senator - MSN

A new petition in the UK seeks parliamentary debate on UFO disclosure in Britain.

More UFO-related petitions are being added to the White House website.

• Out of this world - Times and Transcript (removed by source)
• Waiting 'forever' for those smart aliens to visit us - The Varsity News
• UFOs and Government: Proposing a New Way Forward - Huffington Post
• It’s a bird, a plane, a UFO … or maybe just meteors - Seattle Times (removed by source)
• A Flying Saucer for your front room - The Independent

The White House officially responded to two UFO/extraterrestrial petitions on their "We The People" section of the White House website.

• White House: There's no sign of E.T. or UFO cover-up - MSNBC
• UFO sighting at high school football game explained . . . - Daily Mail
• Spooky sighting lights up Saturday night - Maitland Mercury (removed by source)
• Theology professor asks: Are we alone in the universe? - Ventura County Star
• Professor Dimitar Sasselov on building a credible picture of alien life - BBC

The rumors are finally confirmed, during a special screening of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial at the White house in 1982, Ronald Reagan did make a comment about everything in the movie being true.