Astronaut, Senator Mark Kelly mocks Pentagon's declassified UFO files

Who?Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) — fmr. NASA astronaut, US Navy combat pilotPSA:Congress is out; interview predates 4th UFO file dumpAsk a Pol asks:Is there anything in these Pentagon UFO disclosure files that’s moving your staff or you on this?Key Kelly:“No. No. No,” Sen. Mark Kelly exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “The only compelling thing I’ve ever seen — you can go online and find the 60 Minutes interview with the guy who’s the squadron F-18 squadron commander, and the wingman. That is hard to explain.”Caught our ear:“It’d be good if we had more information,” Kelly told us. Asked whether he thinks it’s adversaries with advanced tech, Kelly said: “No idea. No idea.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Kelly (6-10-2026)SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mark Kelly — a former NASA astronaut and Navy combat pilot — at the Capitol to get his read on the Pentagon’s latest UFO disclosure files.Matt Laslo: “You know, one of these — the UFO disclosure stuff — I had my [staff] print out all the UFO files. We have them in binders, so people can look through them. There’s some interesting stuff in there. Drawings of aliens. Is there anything that’s moving your staff or you on this?”Sen. Mark Kelly: “No. No. No.”Laslo: “Yeah?”Kelly: “But, you know, I’ve been in meetings about this.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “The only compelling thing I’ve ever seen — and you can go online and find the 60 Minutes interview with the guy who’s the squadron F-18 squadron commander—”Laslo: “Yeah, yeah.”Kelly: “—and the wingman. That is hard to explain.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “And I just don’t — I mean, it’d be good if we had more information.”Laslo: “Do you think it’s adversaries with advanced tech?”Kelly: “No idea. No idea. I’ll tell you what — he doesn’t think it is.”Laslo: “Yeah.”Kelly: “’Cause I’ve talked to that guy a couple times.”Laslo: “Oh, yeah?”Kelly: “And that MD who thinks it’s somewhere else. But, okay.”Laslo: “Great. Have a good one, sir.”What should we ask Congress next?About Ask a Pol: We give listeners a front row seat to Congress. Transparency matters, so come inside the Capitol with us! Politicians disappoint. Ask a Pol keeps em honest. Find us on social media:SubstackXSpotifyAppleDon’t miss our other Ask a Pol sites! Ask a Pol politics.Ask a Pol crypto. Ask a Pol drugs. Ask a Pol ai. Ask a Pol uaps. Find Ask a Pol founder @MattLaslo on social media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe