Dennis Kucinich
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| Also known as | Kucinich, Rep. Dennis Kucinich |
Dennis John Kucinich (born 8 October 1946) is an American politician who was mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979 and a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013. He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008. During a 2008 primary debate in October 2007 he confirmed on live television that he had once seen a UFO.[1][2][3]
Political career
As mayor of Cleveland, Kucinich narrowly survived a recall election and fought a plan to sell the city's electric utility before losing re-election to George Voinovich.[1] After a period out of office he was elected to Congress in 1996 for Ohio's 10th district. He was regarded as one of the most liberal members of Congress.[1] He opposed the Iraq War in his 2004 presidential campaign. In 2008 he ran on single-payer health care and a proposed Department of Peace, but withdrew after poor results in the early states.[1]
The UFO sighting
Kucinich is a friend of the actress Shirley MacLaine, who is godmother to his daughter.[2] In her 2007 book Sage-ing While Age-ing, MacLaine wrote that he had seen a UFO over her home near Graham, Washington. She described it as a silent, hovering triangular craft and wrote that he felt a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind.[2][3] Mother Jones later reported that the sighting took place in 1982. Summarising a blog's account, it said Graham lies between Mount Rainier and McChord Air Force Base and that military helicopters were seen after the sighting.[4]
At the Democratic debate in Philadelphia on 30 October 2007, the moderator Tim Russert asked Kucinich whether the story was true. Kucinich said that he had seen something unidentified. He joked that he would move his campaign office to Roswell, New Mexico.[2][3] He added that President Jimmy Carter had also seen a UFO and that more Americans had seen UFOs than approved of President George W. Bush. Russert replied that a poll had found 14 percent of Americans claimed to have seen one.[3]
The exchange drew wide coverage and some ridicule, and The Wall Street Journal later ran a front-page story on it.[4] Mother Jones noted one skeptical suggestion: that he might have seen an experimental military aircraft heading for McChord rather than an alien craft.[4]
References
- Dennis Kucinich — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Lynn Sweet, "Oct. 30 Dem debate extra: Kucinich confirms he has seen UFO's", Chicago Sun-Times · chicago.suntimes.com · archived copy
- "Rep. Dennis Kucinich acknowledges UFO sighting", Fox News · foxnews.com · archived copy
- "Kucinich's UFO Sighting: What He Really Saw", Mother Jones (Jan 2008) · motherjones.com · archived copy
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