[sharktrager]

They do ask one intelligent question.

If it was just a meteorite, why is the information classified?

I don't know about UFO's, but I have always wondered about this aspect.

[Poohbah]

I can see a reason why it would be classified.

The sensors involved in tracking the object are still in use in national defense today. Although they have been upgraded, a discerning enemy might use the information on what those sensors could do THEN and take into account the upgrades that have been made to determine what they can do NOW.

[twigs]

I have always wondered about this aspect

I find it interesting too, but why now? He had eight years to request info of the Clinton administration. Unfortunately, with the media, just an association is seen as sticking to a subject, something Podesta knows very well.