Brief
Collins Elite
The claims the writer was given for Collins Elite, in the order they were given.
1
Several members of the Collins Elite were former colleagues and a former supervisor of Luis Elizondo.
“Later I learned that several of the group's members were former colleagues and even a former supervisor of mine.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch16:1553-1686 testimony first hand
2
The Collins Elite operated in complete anonymity within the Pentagon and intelligence community.
“Their ability to operate in complete anonymity was their strength. They were single-minded Pentagon and intelligence community lifers with the power to shape policy and kill programs simply with a whisper or a nod.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch16:1723-1933 testimony first hand
3
Luis Elizondo had heard stories of a powerful circle of religious fundamentalists, referred to as the Collins Elite, who shaped policy within the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
“As long as I'd worked the UAP issue, I'd heard stories of a powerful circle of religious fundamentalists who shaped policy within the Department of Defense. They were referred to as the Collins Elite.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch16:255-449 hearsay
4
People inside the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) subject, such as Jacques Vallee and George Knapp, have used the term Collins Elite for some time, and often use it to refer to several different things.
“I think people on the inside talk about the Collins Elite, they've been talking about them for a while, whether it's Jacques Vallée or George Knapp or whoever. When they use that word, I think they're often referring to multiple things.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:16:17.3-00:16:27.6 opinion first hand
5
The Collins Elite traces back to the period immediately after the 1947 Roswell crash, when investigators were trying to understand the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) phenomenon.
“It was founded in… Well, it traces back to right after the Roswell crash. They're trying to understand what this phenomenon is.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:16:38.8-00:16:47.0 testimony second hand
6
The Collins Elite material reveals that, alongside the hypotheses listed by Edward J. Ruppelt, there was also a conversation about whether the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) experience could be overlaid with the occult.
“What this Collins Elite thing reveals is there was also a conversation about whether it could be overlaid with the occult, what was being experienced.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:17:04.4-00:17:11.6 testimony second hand
7
According to Nick Redfern's sources, funding for the Collins Elite programme was unlocked in 1952 through the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Plans.
“So that eventually leads to a funded program, according to Nick Redfern's sources... And that was 1952, through the Directorate of Plans in the CIA, I think, they unlocked funding”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:17:13.1-00:17:26.1 hearsay third hand
8
About 12 people were employed full time on the 1952 Collins Elite programme investigating the correlation between UFOs and the occult.
“basically about 12 people were employed to look into this full time.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:17:29.2-00:17:31.8 hearsay third hand
9
Jason Samosa considers that special access programs (SAPs) did not exist under that terminology in 1952, but that the Collins Elite funding arrangement resembles one.
“I don't think special access programs were a thing then by that terminology, but it sounds like that”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:17:34.8-00:17:40.2 opinion first hand
10
The Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) briefing given to Ronald Reagan included attendees from the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T), presumed by Jason Samosa to be Christopher Green and his staff, plus the Collins Elite and a third group who also briefed.
“One's from CIA, S&T, which is presumably Kit Green and his people. You've got the Collins elite who come in, and then there's another group who do a briefing as well.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:19:36.6-00:19:44.6 hearsay second hand
11
Jason Samosa considers that when someone in government tries to shut down Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) investigation on the grounds that the phenomenon is demonic, the party responsible may be The Family (The Fellowship) rather than the 1952 programme known as the Collins Elite, as the two sometimes travel under the same name.
“don't just assume that it's that 1952 program, which has become known as the Collins elite. It may well be that it's the family, which also sometimes I think fly under the same moniker.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:20:09.8-00:20:19.3 opinion first hand
12
The 1952 Central Intelligence Agency programme and The Family (The Fellowship) are two of three components that Jason Samosa identifies as travelling under the name Collins Elite.
“And those are just two components out of three. So just to get us started.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:20:20.5-00:20:23.0 opinion first hand
13
The administrations preceding Bill Clinton's were staffed with quite religious people, including Collins Elite types, members of The Family and the Knights of Malta, connected to a broader establishment tracing back to the Office of Strategic Services in World War II, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“the former few administrations had been actually stuffed full of quite religious people. Some of these Collins Elite types figures, we talked about the family, there's also the Knights of Malta, and they're connected to a broader establishment that goes back to the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services in World War II.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:50:17.0-00:50:32.6 opinion first hand
14
Jason Samosa sees a tension between two interpretations of current events that also arose in his video on the Collins Elite: Christians who believe the end times began in the 1900s, and new age believers who see a transition under way.
“it comes back to that Collins Elite video, actually, where you've got, you know, there are these Christian people who believe the end times started in the 1900s, but then there are simultaneously these new age people who believe that we're going through a transition.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:05:25.7-02:05:36.4 opinion first hand
15
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) oversaw the very beginnings of the Collins Elite theory.
“And of course, it's AFOSI, which is overseeing the very beginnings of the Collins Elite theory, which begins to appear”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:25:51.1-02:25:57.3 testimony first hand
16
Jason Samosa regards the Collins Elite theory as not necessarily the best theory to explain everything, though reasonably good.
“which we've already discussed is ostensibly not necessarily the best theory to explain everything. It's kind of good.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:25:58.2-02:26:03.2 opinion first hand