Big Head DC is sort of obligated to pay attention when the likes of Shirley MacLaine says Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich once saw a UFO flying over her home, and that it tried to communicate through his mind. In fact, last fall we devoted far too many entries to it, and Kucinich himself was forced to go on the record regarding his experience in a well-publicized debate featuring Tim Russert as host.

Now we learn from an unlikely source - the Wall Street Journal, the business paper of record - that Kucinich seems to be ashamed, and didn’t want to tell the publication the details of his close encounter. But a couple of people who were with him on one fateful day 25 years ago have spilled the goods.

“At no time did I feel afraid, even though I felt very small,” one witness, Paul Costanzo, an assistant to the actress, told the paper. “I sensed that I was in the presence of a greater technology and intelligence.” Costanzo also helped lead Kucinich’s failed bid for the presidency in 2004.

Costanzo’s girlfriend, who also saw a spaceship, which approached over Kucinich’s head, had ”a sense that something extraordinary was happening all day,” she said, adding that none of the three consumed alcohol or took drugs.

Both Costanzo and his girlfriend told the WSJ that the craft emitted a quiet, throbbing sound, and they had a “feeling of wanting to communicate something.” The craft soon sped away, with no aliens disembarking.

Kucinich, 61, declined several requests to comment for the article, although MacLaine said he gave her permission to write about his experience in her book, Sage-ing While Age-ing.

Earlier: He Is Not Alone: Kucinich Staffers See UFOs, Too