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Christopher K. Mellon
The claims the writer was given for Christopher K. Mellon, in the order they were given.
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Luis Elizondo has joined Harold E. Puthoff and Christopher K. Mellon, another former Department of Defense official who was a deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence, in a new commercial venture called To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science.
“Mr. Elizondo has now joined Mr. Puthoff and another former Defense Department official, Christopher K. Mellon, who was a deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence, in a new commercial venture called To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science.”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:12517-12762 administrative
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Luis Elizondo, Harold E. Puthoff and Christopher K. Mellon are speaking publicly about their efforts as To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science aims to raise money for research into UFOs.
“They are speaking publicly about their efforts as their venture aims to raise money for research into U.F.O.s.”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:12771-12879 administrative
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Chris Mellon considers it established that UFOs exist, and considers the remaining open questions to be why they are here, where they come from, and what technology underlies them.
““We know that UFOs exist,” Chris Mellon...pronounced on the show. “This is no longer an issue. The issue is why are they here? Where are they coming from? And what is the technology behind these devices that we are observing?””
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:5814-6102 opinion first hand
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Chris Mellon was a deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
“Chris Mellon, a deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations,”
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:5840-5945 administrative
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Chris Mellon works for To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science as national security affairs adviser, according to the company's website.
“Mellon, like Elizondo, works for To the Stars (his title, according to the company’s website, is national security affairs adviser).”
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:6148-6271 administrative second hand
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"Fox & Friends" did not mention that Chris Mellon works for To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, nor that "Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation" was made by the company that employs Luis Elizondo and Chris Mellon.
““Fox & Friends” neglected to mention this connection, along with the fact that the History Channel show was made by the company Elizondo and Mellon work for.”
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:6282-6434 observation first hand
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Bryan Bender considers Luis Elizondo and Chris Mellon part of an unmatched team of former high-level government officials to come forward on the UFO issue, noting they still have security clearances and networks in Washington, D.C.
““If you were trying to come up with the A-team of former, high-level government officials who would come forward on this issue, you can’t really think of a better team,” Bender says in the screener. “Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon — these guys still have security clearances, still have networks in Washington, still are in the business, if you will.””
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:7829-8169 opinion first hand
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Chris Mellon did not respond to Keith Kloor's request for comment.
“Mellon did not respond to my request for comment.”
The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He? 2019-06-01 char:8658-8699 observation first hand
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Chris Mellon is an Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“if you talk to chris mellon who is an under secretary of defense for intelligence”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:48:32.5-01:48:35.8 administrative first hand
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Chris Mellon is part of the Mellon family associated with Carnegie Mellon University.
“he's part of the mellon you know dynasty you know from carnegie mellon type”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:48:36.7-01:48:40.6 administrative first hand
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Christopher Mellon tried to help Luis Elizondo elevate the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) issue within the Department of Defense to the Secretary of Defense.
“I tried to help my colleague, Lou Elizondo, elevate the issue in the department and actually get it to the Secretary of Defense.”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:10:52.0-00:10:56.7 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
“Christopher Mellon served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:10:57.6-00:11:04.4 administrative
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Christopher Mellon had access to top-secret U.S. government programmes.
“and had access to top-secret government programs”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:11:04.9-00:11:07.3 administrative
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Christopher Mellon believes with high confidence that the unidentified objects reported by pilots are not U.S. technology, based on the positions he held within the Department of Defense and his knowledge of relevant processes.
“So it's not us, that's one thing we know... I could say that with a very high degree of confidence, in part because of the positions I held in the department, and I know the process.”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:11:08.5-00:11:17.8 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon grew concerned that nothing was being done about reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“Mellon says he grew concerned nothing was being done about UAPs”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:11:18.7-00:11:22.2 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon considers it bizarre and unfortunate that he had to leak the declassified Navy videos to get the national security issue addressed.
“It's bizarre and unfortunate that someone like myself has to do something like that to get a national security issue like this on the agenda.”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:11:37.0-00:11:45.4 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon said their strategy was to get the public interested in the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) issue in order to get Congress interested, and then have Congress pressure the Department of Defense to examine the issue.
“We knew and understood that you had to go to the public, get the public interested to get Congress interested, to then circle back to the Defense Department and get them to start taking a look at it.”
Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs 2021-05-17 00:11:57.6-00:12:06.7 opinion first hand
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David Mahler considers Christopher Mellon the official he attaches most credibility to among those who have made recent UAP-related statements.
“So who are the officials that you attach most credibility to by reputation who you think have said interesting things in recent months? I would have to say Chris Mellon.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:07:37.8-00:07:46.7 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon was a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Defense in the Clinton and Bush administrations.
“Christopher Mellon was a very senior official, a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Defense in the Clinton and Bush administrations.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:07:49.3-00:07:59.0 administrative
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Christopher Mellon considers some of the observed UAP to be intelligently controlled.
“Are these objects intelligently controlled? Some of them clearly are, yeah.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:08:15.4-00:08:20.4 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon considers Russian or Chinese technology a possible explanation for the observed UAP, while noting the performance of the vehicles is so extraordinary that it is difficult to imagine terrestrial rivals mastering that technology.
“Could they be Russian, Chinese, or any other... Conceivably. We're entertaining that possibility, sure. What do you think? The problem with that is that in some cases the performance of these vehicles is so extraordinary, it's so radical, that we don't understand how it's possible even. And so it's difficult for us to imagine how our terrestrial rivals could master that kind of technology.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:08:21.0-00:08:50.3 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon considers it necessary to entertain the possibility that the UAP filmed by US fighter pilots are of alien origin, given they appear not to be American, Russian, or Chinese.
“So, if they're not ours, …if they're probably not Russian or Chinese or any other potential adversaries… …does that mean they're… alien? I think that we have to entertain that possibility.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:09:23.5-00:09:36.1 opinion first hand
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Leslie Kean was summoned to a meeting in a hotel lobby in Washington, D.C., where Christopher Mellon was present, for the purpose of introducing her to Luis Elizondo.
“Chris Mellon was there, and of course the purpose of it was for me to meet Lou Elizondo, so he was there. I was shown these documents that blew my mind.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:13:06.6-00:13:15.2 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon has been instrumental in arranging classified briefings for members of the United States Congress and other officials about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), which include references to exotic retrieved materials.
“Mellon, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, has been instrumental in arranging classified briefings for members of Congress and other officials about UAP, which include references to exotic retrieved materials.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:16171-16402 administrative
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The first briefing Christopher Mellon facilitated on retrievals of unexplained objects was provided to staff members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on 2019-10-21, and to staff members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence two days later.
“The first briefing he facilitated on retrievals of unexplained objects was provided to staff members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Oct. 21, 2019, and to staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee two days later, as reported by The New York Times.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:16413-16649 administrative second hand
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Christopher Mellon says that once members of the United States Congress gain greater awareness of the information provided to their staff and the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, they will be in a position to quickly determine the truth if they have the will to do so.
“Mellon says that once the members of Congress gain greater awareness of the information provided to their staff and the Inspector General, they will be in a position to quickly determine the truth if they have the will to do so.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:16932-17157 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon said: "This is an unprecedented oversight challenge for the committees, but I believe we have leaders in Congress who are up to the task."
““This is an unprecedented oversight challenge for the committees, but I believe we have leaders in Congress who are up to the task,” Mellon said.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:17163-17302 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon spent nearly twenty years in the U.S. Intelligence Community and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“Christopher Mellon, who spent nearly twenty years in the U.S. Intelligence Community and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:4146-4291 administrative
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Christopher Mellon has worked with the United States Congress for years on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“has worked with Congress for years on unidentified aerial phenomena.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:4305-4363 administrative
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Christopher Mellon says a number of well-placed current and former officials have shared detailed information with him about the alleged non-human craft recovery programme, including insights into its history, governing documents, and the location where a craft was allegedly abandoned and recovered.
““A number of well-placed current and former officials have shared detailed information with me regarding this alleged program, including insights into the history, governing documents and the location where a craft was allegedly abandoned and recovered,” Mellon said.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:4376-4637 hearsay second hand
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Christopher Mellon considers it a delicate matter to get potentially explosive information about the alleged non-human craft recovery programme into the right hands for validation.
““However, it is a delicate matter getting this potentially explosive information into the right hands for validation.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:4644-4749 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon says a number of potential sources do not trust the leadership of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office established by the United States Congress.
“This is made harder by the fact that, rightly or wrongly, a number of potential sources do not trust the leadership of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office established by Congress.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:4761-4936 opinion first hand
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Luis Elizondo left the Pentagon in protest and joined with Tom DeLonge, Chris Mellon, and Steve Justice to form To the Stars Academy.
“Lue had left the Pentagon in protest and joined forces with Tom DeLonge, Chris Mellon, Steve Justice and others to form To the Stars Academy”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:44234-44367 testimony first hand
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Luis Elizondo left the Pentagon in protest and joined Tom DeLonge, Chris Mellon, Steve Justice and others to form To The Stars Academy.
“In the weeks that passed I was made aware that Lue had left the pentagon in protest and joined forces with Tom Delonge, Chris Mellon, Steve Justice and others to form To The Stars Academy.”
David Fravor Statement for the House Oversight Committee 2023-07-26 char:5783-5963 administrative first hand
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Christopher Mellon visited Area 51 and had full access to review every classified project onsite.
“Mellon visited Area 51, and had full access to review every classified project onsite.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:10834-10913 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon says he never saw anything at Area 51 that equated to the kind of technology demonstrated by the sighted UAPs, and certainly no captured alien spacecraft.
“But he says he never saw anything there that equated to the kind of technology demonstrated by the UAPs that were sighted – and certainly no captured alien spacecraft.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:10921-11077 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon said he never saw anything so orthogonal to conventional understanding of science that it would suggest an origin elsewhere.
“Mellon says, 'I never saw anything that involved something that was so orthogonal to our conventional understanding of science that you would think it must have come from somewhere else.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:11089-11270 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon conceded the possibility that a secret aerospace project might be operating entirely outside the US government, saying 'I can't say that that's impossible'.
“He conceded the possibility that there might be a project operating entirely outside the US government. 'I can't say that that's impossible.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:11277-11406 opinion first hand
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Ross Coulthart considers Christopher Mellon to have a moral conviction that makes him doubt Mellon would ever lie or dissemble to conceal a dark government secret.
“There is a moral conviction to Mellon that makes me doubt he would ever lie or dissemble to conceal some dark government secret”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:11420-11567 opinion first hand
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When Christopher Mellon was seven years old, the principal of his boarding school showed a home movie of an object shot by one of his friends, depicting a huge golden disc-shaped object moving across sunny blue skies and passing through cumulus clouds in a manner that would be very hard to fake.
“When he was seven, the principal of his boarding school showed a home movie of an object shot by one of his friends. The film showed a huge, golden disc-shaped object moving across sunny, blue skies and passing through cumulous clouds 'in a manner that would be very hard to fake'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:12024-12299 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon does not know what became of the home movie he saw as a child, but it filled him with wonder and awe, and he remains deeply intrigued.
“Mellon does not know what became of the movie, but it filled him with 'wonder and awe . . . I remain deeply intrigued,' he says.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:12306-12429 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon read everything he could get his hands on about UFOs and eventually did a research project on UFOs in college for a physics professor.
“He admitted he read everything he could get his hands on about the mystery and he eventually did a research project on UFOs in college for a physics professor.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:12437-12586 testimony first hand
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When told that Christopher Mellon found no evidence of huge technological breakthroughs despite his high security clearances, Jim Goodall responded with a chuckle that 'we may not be in charge of releasing the information'.
“'The thing is, we may not be in charge of releasing the information,' Goodall mysteriously rejoindered with a chuckle.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:14526-14635 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon led the inquiries that attempted to explain the mysterious mass Belgian sightings.
“The man who led the inquiries that attempted to explain the mysterious mass Belgian sightings was Washington insider Christopher Mellon.”
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Christopher Mellon was a staffer to the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington DC.
“A staffer to the powerful US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington DC”
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Christopher Mellon had previously worked as a legislative assistant for US Senator William Cohen, who later became Defence Secretary.
“Mellon had previously worked as a legislative assistant for US Senator William Cohen, later to become Defence Secretary.”
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Christopher Mellon went on to serve as a US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence and Security and Information Operations, the third highest intelligence position at the Pentagon.
“He would go on to serve as a US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence and Security and Information Operations, the third highest intelligence position at the Pentagon.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:7886-8061 administrative
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Christopher Mellon made exhaustive investigations with the Pentagon and intelligence services regarding the 1989-1990 Belgian Wave sightings.
“Mellon recalls that he made exhaustive investigations with the Pentagon and intelligence services, finally declaring”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:8109-8216 testimony first hand
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Christopher Mellon concluded there is no secret US triangular craft programme matching what was seen in the 1989-1990 Belgian Wave sightings.
“'There is no such [secret US triangular craft] program, we don't have anything like that. And so, whatever these people were seeing in Belgium, the Belgium military, and tracking, first of all the performance characteristics were unlike anything that we had or any technology we had.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:8228-8506 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon said the craft observed in the 1989-1990 Belgian Wave sightings was definitely not something the United States had on the books.
“Secondly, it was definitely not, it was not something we had on the books, was not us,' Mellon says.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:8511-8606 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon holds the highest of national security clearances and is willing to openly discuss his belief in UAPs.
“Mellon is that rarest of birds, a Washington DC insider with the highest of national security clearances who is prepared to openly discuss his belief in UAPs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:8614-8767 opinion
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In 1997, Christopher Mellon followed William Cohen into the Pentagon as a member of the new Defence Secretary's transition team.
“(In 1997, he followed William Cohen into the Pentagon as a member of the new Defence Secretary's transition team.)”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:8774-8881 administrative
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Christopher Mellon's role on the Senate Intelligence Committee staff required him to review top-secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) projects inside Special Access Programs (SAPs), most of which remain classified.
“His role on the Senate Intelligence Committee staff required him to review top-secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) projects inside Special Access Programs (SAPs), most of which still remain classified.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:9050-9253 administrative
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Christopher Mellon monitored Area 51, a highly secure US Air Force facility within the Nevada test range, for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“One of the top-secret Department of Defence sites Mellon monitored for the Senate Intelligence Committee was Area 51, a highly secure US Air Force facility within the massive Nevada test range.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:9266-9479 administrative
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Christopher Mellon was ordered by the then chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Robert Byrd, to investigate claims that the United States was secretly working on a black high-technology aerospace project called Aurora.
“Mellon says he was ordered by the then chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Robert Byrd, to investigate claims that the US was secretly working on a black high-technology aerospace project called Aurora.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:9904-10120 testimony first hand
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The same week as Harry Reid's May 2021 New Yorker interview, Christopher Mellon told Joe Rogan's podcast audience that he had multiple 'inside sources' who asserted there was truth to the claims that the United States has secretly retrieved alien craft.
“That same week, former senior US Defence Department official Christopher Mellon told Joe Rogan’s podcast audience that he also had multiple ‘inside sources’ who asserted there was truth to the claims that the US has secretly retrieved alien craft.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:21877-22118 hearsay third hand
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Christopher Mellon was present at the 2017 launch of To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“Christopher Mellon was another of the people gathered on stage for the launch of the TTSA.”
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Christopher Mellon was a Senate Intelligence Committee staffer.
“Mellon was keenly aware of the UAP mystery from his past investigations as a Senate Intelligence Committee staffer”
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Christopher Mellon served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence, a senior United States Department of Defense role.
“his senior Department of Defence role as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:2160-2247 administrative
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Christopher Mellon called for setting aside taboos regarding UFOs and instead listening to pilots and radar operators.
“'It is time to set aside taboos regarding "UFOs" and instead listen to our pilots and radar operators,' he told The Washington Post's readers.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:22896-23033 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon's Washington Post story revealed that the Go-Fast video was filmed off the east coast of the United States sometime in late 2014 or early 2015.
“His story revealed that this latest newly declassified Go-Fast video was filmed off the east coast of the US sometime in late 2014 or early 2015.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:23042-23182 testimony first hand
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In his October 2017 launch speech for To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences, Christopher Mellon pointed out that October 1957 marked precisely 60 years since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first human-made Earth satellite.
“it was precisely 60 years ago to the month that, in the darkest days of the Cold War, the communist Soviet Union humiliated America by launching Sputnik in October 1957, the first human-made Earth satellite”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:2308-2505 opinion first hand
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Speculation mounted for months that Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo, and Steve Justice were leaving To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“Speculation had mounted for months that former Defence Department mandarin Christopher Mellon and key figures Luis Elizondo and Steve Justice were leaving TTSA.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:23469-23624 administrative
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It took Tom DeLonge several months to formally admit to the Securities and Exchange Commission that Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo, and Steve Justice had departed To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“it took Tom DeLonge several more months to formally admit to the Securities Exchange Commission not only their departure”
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Christopher Mellon considers that the launch of Sputnik prompted a massive US government boost in spending on science and engineering to catch up with the Soviets, propelling the country into the space race.
“it also prompted a massive government boost in spending on science and engineering to catch up with the Soviets, propelling the country into the space race”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:2574-2725 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon considers Sputnik's significance to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) issue to be that the United States is once again in a race for technological innovation, but this time against an unknown challenger.
“He argued Sputnik's significance to the UAP issue was that the US was once again in a race for technological innovation, but this time with an unknown challenger”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:2731-2882 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon considers naval aviators to be the finest observers possible, all holding top-secret clearances, all drug tested, ardent patriots, with excellent vision, understanding aeronautics and aviation.
“'Bear in mind that naval aviators are the finest observers possible. All have top-secret clearances. All are drug tested, are ardent patriots, have excellent vision and understand aeronautics and aviation.”
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Christopher Mellon considers the object encountered by the USS Nimitz in the 2004 Tic Tac craft encounter not to be an experimental US aircraft.
“'Clearly this is not an experimental US aircraft but whose is it?' Mellon asked.”
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Christopher Mellon states that the events involving the USS Nimitz on 2004-11-14 can be verified by the US government itself.
“Better yet the US government itself can verify the events involving the USS *Nimitz* on November 14th, 2004.”
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Christopher Mellon, a former United States Department of Defense insider, categorically says the anomalous objects surveilling US aircraft carrier battle groups are not American technology.
“Christopher Mellon, the former Department of Defence insider who should know if the US has anti-gravity craft capable of these extraordinary feats, categorically says these objects are not American technology”
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Christopher Mellon says the United States spends 15 billion US dollars a year trying to avert strategic surprise, yet vehicles with extraordinary capabilities have surveilled a US aircraft carrier battle group without anyone taking action to determine their origin or purpose.
“You know, as a former intelligence person, I’m a little frustrated that we spend $15 billion a year to try to avert strategic surprise and then we have vehicles with extraordinary capabilities, surveilling one of our aircraft carrier battle groups, and nobody’s taking action to find out where these things are coming from and what they’re doing there.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch22:20779-21125 opinion first hand
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Christopher Mellon said the cube-inside-a-sphere object seen by the pilots was perhaps 1.8 to 3 metres across, transparent like a soap bubble with a black cube inside whose edges touched the interior of the bubble.
“Christopher Mellon gave more detail about the mysterious cube-inside-a-sphere object seen by the pilots in this incident: ‘They’re perhaps six to ten feet across. And they’re transparent, like a soap bubble with a black cube inside. And the edges of the cube are touching the interior of the bubble . . .’”
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In May 2020, Glen Beck asked Christopher Mellon whether he believed the United States had physical materials recovered from UAP, and Mellon said some of the materials he was aware of had genuinely extraordinary properties.
“The conservative political commentator and conspiracy theorist TV host Glen Beck asked Mellon if he believed the United States had physical materials recovered from UAPs. Mellon said some of the materials he was aware of had ‘genuinely extraordinary properties’”
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Christopher Mellon said some of the recovered materials he was aware of had different isotopic ratios from terrestrial metals.
“that some of the samples had different isotopic ratios from terrestrial metals”
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Christopher Mellon said the different isotopic ratios in some recovered materials raise the question of whether someone was manipulating those materials in a laboratory on Earth at great expense, or whether the materials actually came from outside the solar system, formed in a different stellar explosion and different solar system.
“‘Some of these materials have different ratios than anything normally found on Earth, so it raises the question of whether someone was manipulating those in a lab somewhere on Earth at great expense, or whether these materials actually came from outside the solar system, formed in a different stellar explosion and different solar system,’ Mellon said.”
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Christopher Mellon was a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence.
“Chris Mellon was a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Intelligence.”
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The individual behind The Mind Sublime website found PowerPoint slides prepared for a briefing of senior officials at the US Department of Defense while trawling former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Mellon's personal website in early August 2018.
“The individual behind that site told me he found the intriguing PowerPoint slides in early August 2018 while he was trawling through former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Christopher Mellon's personal website.”
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A separate Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program slide found on Christopher Mellon's website, headed 'DoD Threat Scenario', asserted that the science exists for an enemy of the United States to manipulate both physical and cognitive environments to penetrate US facilities, influence decision makers and compromise national security.
“Another of the retrieved Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program slides found on Christopher Mellon's website was headed *DoD Threat Scenario*. It flatly asserted, 'The science exists for an enemy of the United States to manipulate both physical and cognitive environments in order to penetrate US facilities, influence decision makers and compromise national security.'”
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Christopher Mellon has held clearances from the United States Department of Defense.
“Christopher Mellon, who speaks with authority because of the Defence Department clearances he has held.”
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Christopher Mellon, responding to a posted video of a triangular craft recorded in 1997 in a private email to members of a private news group, said his current and former colleagues at Lockheed Martin and the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have stated privately that if a TR3B craft exists, it is not made by Lockheed Martin.
“Mellon says, 'My current and former colleagues at Lockheed Martin and the Skunk Works are very clear in private settings that if there is a TR3B it is not made by Lockheed.”
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Christopher Mellon said he never saw an enormous spending line for a TR3B-type craft, nor evidence of such a craft during his visits to Area 51 and adjacent ranges.
“One would think there would have been an enormous spending line for something like that, but I at least never saw it, nor did I see evidence of such a craft during visits to Area 51 and adjacent ranges.”
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Christopher Mellon said he is aware of one data point suggesting a US connection to the TR3B craft, but described it as tangential, far from definitive, and not in the public realm.
“I am aware of one data point that suggests there could be a US connection, but it's a bit tangential, far from definitive and not in the public realm.”
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Christopher Mellon investigated Salvatore Pais's patents and found disputes over whether the physics involved is even viable, with no indication of testing or prototypes.
“I've looked into this and found disputes re whether the physics involved in Pais's patents is even viable. There's no indication of testing or prototypes.”
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What US Navy pilots are seeing in Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) encounters is not secret United States technology, and the Navy and Department of Defense first checked to make sure the objects were not their own.
“What our pilots are seeing is NOT secret US stuff. First thing navy and DoD did was check to make sure they weren't ours.”
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Categorical statements made by Eric Davis and Luis Elizondo, together with more qualified assertions by Christopher Mellon and Harry Reid, suggest the United States has recovered non-human intelligently manufactured technology.
“The categorical statements made by defence and intelligence insiders Dr Eric Davis and Luis Elizondo (and the more qualified assertions by Christopher Mellon and former Senator Harry Reid) suggest that the United States has indeed recovered non-human intelligently manufactured technology”
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Christopher Mellon said the extent of UAP activity over restricted US military airspace revealed by Navy aviators was staggering.
“'The extent of the UAP activity over restricted military airspace revealed by Navy aviators was staggering.”
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Ryan Graves indicated that he and his colleagues encountered Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) nearly every time they conducted training in restricted airspace off the east coast of the United States, not far from major US population centres and the National Capital Region.
“Lieutenant Graves indicated that he and his colleagues encountered UAP *nearly every time* they conducted training in restricted airspace off the east coast of the United States, not far from major US population centers and the National Capital Region.”
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Signs were posted at one US Navy base warning aviators of the potential for mid-air collisions with Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“The activity was so prolific that signs were posted at one Navy base warning aviators of the potential for mid-air collisions with these unidentified aircraft.”
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A near mid-air collision between a military aircraft and a Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) was formally and officially reported.
“Indeed, there was a near mid-air collision with a UAP that was formally and officially reported.”
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Information provided to the United States Congress acknowledges 11 near mid-air collisions between military aircraft and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) since 2004.
“Information subsequently provided to Congress acknowledges 11 near mid-air collisions with UAP by military aircraft since 2004.”
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Christopher Mellon said many of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) encountered by US Navy pilots appeared to exhibit performance characteristics far more impressive and concerning than any of the objects downed by the United States Air Force in February 2023.
“Mellon also reiterated that many of the UAPs encountered by Navy pilots, 'appeared to exhibit performance characteristics that are far more impressive and concerning than any of the objects recently downed by the US Air Force.'”
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United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters were operating in the same training areas as US Navy pilots and had superior sensor systems.
“He also stressed how US Air Force F-22 fighters were operating in the same training areas as the Navy pilots, and they had superior sensor systems,”
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United States Air Force pilots were not reporting Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that must have been detected by their radars.
“yet the USAF pilots, '… were not reporting UAP that must have been detected by their radars.”
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The preliminary UAP assessment provided to the United States Congress was almost completely devoid of information from the United States Air Force.
“the preliminary assessment provided to Congress was almost completely devoid of information from the US Air Force”
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The United States Air Force oversees the United States Space Force and has far more aircraft and sensor systems than the United States Navy, as well as responsibility for supporting North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
“despite the fact that the Air Force (as a department which also oversees US Space Force) has far more aircraft and sensor systems than the Navy as well as the responsibility for supporting NORAD.”
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Christopher Mellon believed North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) did not include in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report any of the thousands of 'Uncorrelated Tracks' that its radars identify each year over North America.
“It is my understanding that NORAD did not include in the ODNI report any of the thousands of "Uncorrelated Tracks" that its radars identify each year over North America.”
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Christopher Mellon believed most of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)'s Uncorrelated Tracks are flocks of geese or private planes with malfunctioning transponders, but there are also more serious cases the United States Air Force did not report, including cases where US and/or Canadian Air Forces scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“To be sure, most are flocks of geese or private planes with malfunctioning transponders etc., but there are also more serious cases that the Air Force did not report, including, it now seems, cases where US and/or Canadian Air Forces scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept UAP.'”
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Christopher Mellon, in facilitating meetings between US Navy pilots and congressional oversight committees along with Luis Elizondo, found the United States Air Force notably unhelpful, if not hostile, to inquiries on the subject of UAP.
“Pointedly, Mellon went on to savage the US Air Force for being, 'notably *unhelpful* [his emphasis], if not hostile to inquiries on the subject,' when he and Luis Elizondo facilitated meetings between US Navy pilots and the congressional oversight committees.”
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Christopher Mellon considers the broader UAP story arguably the biggest story mainstream news organisations have ever failed to cover.
“'This is arguably the biggest story mainstream news organizations have ever failed to cover.'”
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Christopher Mellon had warned for years that the intelligence community's indifference to UAP would one day cause a shock 'Pearl Harbor or Sputnik moment'.
“what former Defense official Christopher Mellon had been warning about for years, that the intelligence community's catastrophically complacent indifference to UAPs would one day cause a shock Pearl Harbor or Sputnik moment”
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In January 2023, Christopher Mellon said he had spoken with several credible people who claim the United States has evidence of alien technology in its possession.
“Or, as former senior DOD official Christopher Mellon acknowledged in January 2023, ‘I’ve spoken with several credible people who claim the US has evidence of alien technology in its possession. These are indeed exciting times.’7”
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Joe Murgia transcribed a Glenn Beck interview with Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo, published 2020-05-09, in which they stated F/A-18 pilots had testified about the Tic Tac UFO before "very senior DoD staff" in Secretary Jim Mattis's suite.
“Joe Murgia transcript of Glenn Beck interview 8 May 2020 with Christopher Mellon and Lue Elizondo, 'Transcript: Mellon & Elizondo on Beck: F-18 Pilots Testified About Tic Tac UFO Before "Very Senior DoD Staff" In Secretary Mattis' Suite', 9 May 2020.”
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Christopher Mellon tweeted about a video described as showing a 1997 Lockheed antigravity craft using electrostatic/electrogravitic propulsion, on 2020-07-21.
“Tweet @ChristopherKMe4, Christopher Mellon Twitter account, 21 July 2020.”
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Christopher Mellon issued a public statement to the press regarding the recent UAP shoot-downs on 2023-02-15.
“Christopher Mellon, 'Statement for the Press & Public Regarding Recent UAP Shoot-downs', 15 Feb 2023.”
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Christopher Mellon is the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, now prominent in pushing for UAP disclosure and transparency in the United States.
“Christopher Mellon, the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, now prominent in pushing for UAP disclosure and transparency in the United States.”
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While William Cohen was a US Senator, Christopher Mellon was his closest advisor on Capitol Hill.
“While a senator, William Cohen’s closest advisor on Capitol Hill was Chris Mellon.”
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When William Cohen became Secretary of Defense, he brought Christopher Mellon with him to serve as one of his trusted principals on his new staff.
“Later, when Cohen became Secretary of Defense, he brought Chris with him to be one of his trusted principals on his new staff.”
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Christopher Mellon knew that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was called AATIP, despite the programme operating in secrecy.
“He was pleased to have learned our program existed and even knew we were called AATIP.”
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Christopher Mellon asked Luis Elizondo how he could get read onto the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“Then Chris asked, "How do I get read onto your program?"”
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Luis Elizondo told Christopher Mellon he would need to obtain a specified list of security clearances before he could be briefed on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“"Okay, well, if you want a briefing, I’ll brief you, but you’re gonna need these specific tickets before we can brief you on anything. Those are the rules."”
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Jim Semivan told Lue Elizondo that he was the one who had informed Christopher Mellon about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and where to find it.
“After Chris left, I heard from Jim Semivan, who revealed that he was the one who told Chris about AATIP and where to find us.”
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Jim Semivan vouched for Christopher Mellon to Lue Elizondo.
“He vouched for Chris”
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Christopher Mellon was a prominent member of the Mellon family, connected to Carnegie Mellon, Gulf Oil, and Mellon Bank.
“aside from Chris’s extremely high-level government resume, Chris also happened to be a prominent member of the powerful Mellon family. As in Carnegie Mellon, Gulf Oil, and Mellon Bank, to name a few.”
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Christopher Mellon was an independently wealthy heir to one of America's oldest financial and industrial dynasties.
“Chris was an independently wealthy heir to one of America’s oldest financial and industrial dynasties.”
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Christopher Mellon obtained all the required security clearances within one week of being told what he needed.
“He got all the correct tickets in just one week? ... he sure as hell had them. Every single one of them.”
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Lue Elizondo shared reports, photographs, data, and intelligence on legacy UAP efforts with Christopher Mellon for three hours in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
“For the next three hours, I proceeded to share with Chris our reports, photographs, pictures, and data, and intel we had gathered on legacy efforts.”
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Christopher Mellon had spent years with oversight of all Special Access Programs (SAPs) for the Department of Defense but admitted he had had zero visibility into the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) topic.
“He had spent years having oversight of all the SAPs for the DoD and he admitted to us that he had zero visibility into the UAP topic.”
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After being briefed, Christopher Mellon pledged his loyalty to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) effort and became a trusted member of the team.
“he pledged his loyalty to our efforts, and he became a trusted member of the team.”
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Lue Elizondo considers bringing Christopher Mellon into the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) team one of the best and most important decisions he ever made.
“Looking back, it’s one of the best and most important decisions I ever made.”
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Christopher Mellon visited Luis Elizondo's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) unannounced and identified himself, expressing interest in helping the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“"Hi! I’m Chris Mellon," he said. ... Chris expressed interest in helping us.”
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Chris Mellon (Christopher Mellon) previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“CHRIS SERVED AS DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE.”
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As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Christopher Mellon was one step removed from the Secretary of Defense.
“In that position he was only one step removed from the secretary of defense.”
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Christopher Mellon oversaw all Department of Defense intelligence activities and Special Access Programs (SAPs).
“He oversaw all Department of Defense intelligence activities and Special Access Programs (SAPs).”
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Christopher Mellon met with a journalist he knew in a parking lot inside the Beltway.
“A few days later, Chris Mellon took to a parking lot somewhere inside the Beltway, where he met with a journalist he knew.”
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Christopher Mellon handed a journalist a padded envelope filled with CDs encoded with data.
“Mellon handed over a padded envelope filled with CDs encoded with data.”
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Christopher Mellon used his contacts at the Pentagon to obtain copies of three unclassified Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) videos.
“He had used his contacts at the Pentagon to get copies of the three unclassified UAP videos.”
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Christopher Mellon's long service in the intelligence community meant he knew where the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) videos had been kept and how to extract them.
“Mellon’s long service in the intelligence community meant he knew exactly where the videos had been tucked away and how to extract them.”
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Luis Elizondo gave permission to Christopher Mellon to share his name with senior-level officials who could help Jay Stratton and Luis Elizondo reach James Mattis.
“A week prior, I had given permission to Chris Mellon to share my name with some senior-level officials he knew who would be in a position to help Jay and me get to Mattis appropriately.”
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Luis Elizondo, Jay Stratton, and Christopher Mellon concluded that the only way to change how the Pentagon handled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) was to get the United States Congress to force change.
“Wargaming it with Jay and Chris Mellon, we realized that the only way to change the way the Pentagon was handling this was to get Congress to make them change.”
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Christopher Mellon told Luis Elizondo that the way to get the United States Congress to pay attention was to take the issue to the press.
“as Mellon reminded us, the way to get Congress to pay attention was to take it to the streets and get the press involved.”
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Jay Stratton, Christopher Mellon, and Luis Elizondo funnelled credible members of the military and intelligence community with knowledge of UAP to Congress.
“Jay, Chris, and I all funneled credible members of the military and intelligence community who had knowledge of UAP to Congress.”
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Christopher Mellon, Jim Semivan, and Harold Puthoff met with Luis Elizondo and journalist Leslie Kean in the lobby of a hotel near the Pentagon.
“Chris Mellon and Jim Semivan awaited me in the lobby of a hotel not far from the Pentagon. Hal Puthoff arrived shortly after, as did the individual we had all gathered to meet: an independent investigative journalist by the name of Leslie Kean, whom Chris had arranged for us to meet.”
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Luis Elizondo's meeting with Leslie Kean, alongside Christopher Mellon, Harold Puthoff, and Jim Semivan, lasted four hours.
“Meeting with Kean lasted an exhausting four hours.”
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Christopher Mellon, Harold Puthoff, and Jim Semivan urged Luis Elizondo to connect with the media in order to reach the American public on the UAP issue.
“Chris Mellon, Hal, and Semivan urged me to consider a different path. If you want to reach the American people on this issue, they said, you need to connect with the media.”
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When Lue Elizondo resigned from the Pentagon in 2017, he joined To The Stars Academy (TTSA) because he thought he needed a platform to spread his message and rejoin Harold Puthoff, Jim Semivan, and Chris Mellon.
“When I resigned from the Pentagon in 2017, I had jumped at the opportunity to join TTSA because I thought I needed the platform to spread my message and rejoin Hal, Jim, and Chris.”
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Christopher Mellon, Harold Puthoff, and Steve Justice moved on from To The Stars Academy (TTSA) after Lue Elizondo did.
“Chris, Hal, and Steve Justice also soon moved on from TTSA.”
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Lue Elizondo and Christopher Mellon agreed to participate in the History Channel show on the condition that it be authentic, with no artificial drama or conspiracy theories, no scripts, and only current or former government witnesses.
“Chris and I had only one condition for agreeing to be a part of the show: it had to be authentic. No artificial drama or conspiracy theories, no scripts, and only current or former government witnesses.”
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Chris Mellon and Lue Elizondo began engaging with people on Capitol Hill in an effort to make change in the United States Congress.
“Chris Mellon and I had begun to engage people on Capitol Hill in an effort to make change in Congress.”
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Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo drafted the UAP report legislative language during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“By now, the Covid pandemic was in full swing. Chris and I did our homework while the rest of the nation was hunkering down.”
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Christopher Mellon and Jay Stratton developed a multiyear strategy to educate the United States Congress on UAP and legally address disclosure hurdles.
“Chris recognized the vital role that Congress could play in advancing the UAP issue, so we and Jay had made a multiyear strategy, a war plan of sorts, to educate Congress and eventually legally address the hurdles that faced disclosure.”
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Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon, and Jay Stratton decided to focus their congressional UAP messaging on growing risks to flight safety and the historic lack of transparency from the executive branch dating back to the 1940s, due to stigma and political risk.
“Due to the stigma and political risk politicians were concerned with, we decided to focus on the growing UAP risks to flight safety, as well as the historic lack of transparency from the executive branch, going back to the 1940s.”
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Lue Elizondo considers getting the Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena report published one of Christopher Mellon's greatest contributions to their overall Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) disclosure efforts.
“I regard this as one of Chris’s greatest contributions to our overall efforts and to history in general. It was his idea, he made it happen”
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Christopher Mellon was formerly deputy staff director of the US Senate Intelligence Committee.
“Being a former deputy staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee himself”
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Republican senators Roy Blunt, Lindsey Graham, and Marco Rubio, and Democratic senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Martin Heinrich, and Democratic representative Ruben Gallego worked together, with assistance from Christopher Mellon and Lue Elizondo, to craft aggressive Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) language for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
“Republican senators Roy Blunt of Missouri, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Marco Rubio of Florida; Democratic senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Martin Heinrich of Arizona; and Democratic representative Ruben Gallego of Arizona all worked together to craft aggressive language, with some help from Chris and me.”
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Christopher Mellon and Lue Elizondo publicly stated that the Department of Defense (DoD)'s creation of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) was a con.
“I suspect a lot of people would have bought DoD’s gesture hook, line, and sinker if Chris Mellon and I did not spread the word that it was a con.”
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Lue Elizondo considers the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) language to be Christopher Mellon's magnum opus.
“I contributed to the creation of the language and worked hard to get Congress members to help support it, but I must say this one was truly Chris’s magnum opus.”
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Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon, and Jay Stratton called their UAP advocacy plan the Five Pillars of Engagement.
“We called our plan the Five Pillars of Engagement.”
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Harry Reid was a longtime benefactor of Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon's UAP advocacy efforts.
“such as our longtime benefactor, Senator Harry Reid”
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Christopher Mellon previously served as a senior staffer for Senator William Cohen.
“Chris leveraged the long list of friends he used to work with when he was a senior staffer for Senator Bill Cohen.”
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Christopher Mellon was one of the founding authors and a champion of the bill that established the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
“Back then, Chris was one of the founding authors and champion of the SOCOM bill, which established the United States Special Operations Command, charged with implementing key aspects of the missions of the various branches of the US military.”
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Christopher Mellon knew the stretch of buildings on Capitol Hill where lawmakers kept their offices very well.
“He knew like the back of his hand this stretch of buildings where our lawmakers kept their offices.”
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Christopher Mellon had to fight long and hard against opponents of the SOCOM bill proposal, including certain commanders who thought a new Combatant Command was unnecessary.
“but back in the day Chris had to fight long and hard against the proposal’s opponents. Certain commanders thought they had everything already covered and didn’t take kindly to him fiddling with the status quo.”
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Someone called Christopher Mellon a traitor for proposing the SOCOM bill and tried to weaponise the media against him.
“At its worst, someone called Chris a traitor for making such a proposal and tried to weaponize the media against him.”
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Before their first trip to Washington DC, Christopher Mellon coached Luis Elizondo on ground rules, stating that they were not lobbyists because they would not ask Congress for anything.
“Before we headed to DC on this first trip, he coached me on the ground rules. We were not *lobbyists*. That word meant one who cultivated political relationships with the expectation of results favorable to one’s industry. In contrast, we would not ask for anything.”
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Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo remained close after Elizondo briefed Mellon.
“Mellon and I remained close from the day I briefed him.”
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Christopher Mellon proposed having one of the congressional oversight committees request an unclassified public report on UAP from the Director of National Intelligence, as a way to advance UAP transparency without requiring public funds or Appropriations Committee support.
“Chris, who had served for over a decade on Capitol Hill, proposed a simple but brilliant solution: have one of the oversight committees request an unclassified public report on UAP from the Director of National Intelligence.”
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Christopher Mellon drafted a version of the UAP report requirement and posted it online.
“and even drafted a version of the report requirement, which he posted online for all of us to see.”
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Christopher Mellon grew up fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life, based on a personal experience which he rarely shared.
“Chris had grown up fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life, based upon a personal experience which he rarely shared”
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Christopher Mellon was formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“With Chris Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, in 2023”
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In 2023, Lue Elizondo made one of many trips to Capitol Hill with Christopher Mellon.
“With Chris Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, in 2023 during one of our many trips to Capitol Hill.”
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Christopher Mellon first met Lue Elizondo at a closed-door Pentagon meeting in early 2017.
“When I first met Lue at a closed-door Pentagon meeting early in 2017...”
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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was not notified of recurring violations of restricted US airspace off the US east coast.
“I was shocked to learn that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), responsible for guarding North American airspace, was not even notified of these intrusions.”
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Thousands of lives lost in the September 11 attacks might have been spared if the CIA and FBI had shared information.
“On September 11, 2001, America suffered the loss of thousands of lives that might have been spared if the CIA and FBI had only been willing to share information.”
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Christopher Mellon was in the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building on 2001-09-11.
“I was in the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building, so that failure was burned into my memory.”
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The September 11 attacks were exploited to justify an unnecessary invasion of Iraq.
“thousands of US military personnel later died, along with tens or hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, because this tragedy was exploited to justify an entirely unnecessary invasion of Iraq...”
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The invasion of Iraq could have been averted if the US intelligence community had correctly discerned that Saddam Hussein did not have a viable weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programme.
“that could have been averted if the US intelligence community had correctly discerned that Saddam Hussein did not have a viable weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program.”
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James Mellon told Christopher Mellon, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, that "the Soviets will never defeat these people."
“he replied immediately and without hesitation, “The Soviets will never defeat these people.””
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch6:15868-15952 testimony second hand
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US Navy aviators routinely encountered UAP off the US east coast in designated military training areas.
“US Navy aviators were routinely encountering UAP off the east coast in designated military training areas.”
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US Air Force F-22 aircraft with powerful sensors used the same military training areas off the US east coast as US Navy aviators reporting UAP encounters.
“US Air Force F-22s with even more powerful sensors were using the same training areas.”
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170
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) appeared to hold important UAP data that they were not sharing with each other.
“Meanwhile, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) also appeared to have important UAP data they were not sharing.”
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The United States Air Force and most components of the US intelligence community refused to support the AAWSAP congressionally funded UAP investigation.
“despite being the result of a good-faith effort by the powerful Senate Majority Leader, the Honorable Harry Reid, the US Air Force and most components of the US intelligence community refused to support this congressionally funded UAP investigation.”
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) worked to end the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP) at its earliest opportunity.
“Indeed, the Defense Department worked to kill this short-lived program at its earliest opportunity.”
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From 1970 to 2017 there was no meaningful change in either the stated position of the US government or in public perceptions of the UAP topic.
“there was no meaningful change in either the stated position of the US government or in public perceptions of the UAP topic.”
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Christopher Mellon worked directly with the plan to help Luis Elizondo get an audience with the Secretary of Defense.
“my first instinct was to work through the chain of command...getting him an audience with the secretary of defense”
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Christopher Mellon was friends with two men who worked directly with Secretary of Defense James Mattis on a near daily basis.
“I was friends with two highly capable and patriotic young men who worked directly with Secretary of Defense James Mattis on a near daily basis”
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Luis Elizondo resigned in protest from the Department of Defense (DoD) to draw attention to intrusions of unmarked aircraft into US airspace.
“the extreme step of resigning in protest to draw attention to these alarming intrusions”
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Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo discussed a plan to bring the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) issue before the United States Congress and the American people in the event Luis Elizondo resigned.
“We also discussed a plan I developed to get the issue before Congress and the American people in the event Lue resigned”
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After Luis Elizondo resigned in protest, Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo launched an effort to bring information about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) to the United States Congress, the press, and the American people.
“we immediately launched a concerted effort to get him and this critical information about UAP to Congress, the press, and the American people”
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Bill Nelson, the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was formerly a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee at the time Christopher Mellon arranged for Navy aviators to brief its members and staff.
“NASA director Bill Nelson was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the time we arranged for Navy aviators to brief Senate Armed Services Committee members and staff”
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Christopher Mellon arranged for United States Navy aviators to brief members and staff of the US Senate Armed Services Committee.
“we arranged for Navy aviators to brief Senate Armed Services Committee members and staff”
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Christopher Mellon considers the briefings by Navy aviators to the US Senate Armed Services Committee the seminal event that legitimised the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) issue for the United States Congress and later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
“These briefings by Navy aviators were the seminal event that legitimized the UAP issue for Congress and later NASA”
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The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) topic is now covered by the mainstream press, championed by the United States Congress, and adopted as a mission area by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
“Today the topic is being covered by the mainstream press, championed by Congress, and adopted as a legitimate and important mission area by the Department of Defense, NASA, and the US intelligence community”
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Christopher Mellon considers Luis Elizondo's persistence and courage responsible for the US government no longer denying the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“absent Lue's persistence and courage, the US government would still be denying the existence of UAP and failing to investigate a phenomenon that may well prove to be the greatest discovery in history”
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By 2017 most commercial and military personnel were afraid to report UAP observations for fear of damaging their careers and reputations.
“the UAP stigma was still so bad in 2017 that most commercial and military personnel were afraid to report their observations for fear of damaging their careers and reputations.”
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Christopher Mellon identifies himself as the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and former Minority Staff Director of the US Senate Intelligence Committee.
“Christopher Mellon / Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Former Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee”
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In 2017 Christopher Mellon was an unpaid consultant for the Office of Naval Intelligence, having retired from full-time national security work in the Pentagon and Congress.
“In 2017, at the time we met, I was an unpaid consultant for the Office of Naval Intelligence, hoping to still contribute in some way after retiring from full-time work on national security issues in the Pentagon and Congress.”
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Lue Elizondo played a central and indispensable role in changing the way humanity views the issue of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
“I can say without fear of contradiction that Lue has played a central and indispensable role in forever changing the way humanity views the issue of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).”
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Jim Semivan, a mutual friend of Christopher Mellon from the CIA, brought Lue Elizondo to Christopher Mellon's attention.
“A mutual friend from the CIA, Jim Semivan, brought Lue to my attention.”
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Christopher Mellon and Lue Elizondo met in Lue Elizondo's Pentagon office.
“we were finally able to meet in Lue’s Pentagon office.”
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Lue Elizondo arranged for Christopher Mellon to participate in official debriefings with Dave Fravor, Alex Dietrich, and other US Navy personnel who had seen UAP up close or on military sensor systems.
“he later arranged for me to participate in official debriefings with Commander Fravor, Lieutenant Alex Dietrich, and other Navy personnel who had seen UAP up close or on military sensor systems.”
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Chris Mellon is Chairman of the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science National Security Policy and Scientific Advisory Board.
“Chairman of the To The Stars Academy National Security Policy and Scientific Advisory Board”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:09:54.2-00:09:59.7 administrative first hand
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Chris Mellon served as Minority Staff Director of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
“has a long career at the DOD as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:10:00.5-00:10:08.2 administrative first hand
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Chris Mellon had a career at the Department of Defense as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“has a long career at the DOD as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:10:00.5-00:10:08.2 administrative first hand
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Tom DeLonge met Chris Mellon through a cold call.
“I actually met him on a cold call one day”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:10:15.5-00:10:17.7 testimony first hand
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The former Soviet Union placed Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit in 1957.
“Precisely 60 years ago this month, the former Soviet Union proudly announced its success in placing the first man-made satellite in orbit.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:12:03.0-00:12:12.1 administrative
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The launch of Sputnik caused intense anxiety in the context of the Cold War.
“The news fomented intense anxiety in the context of the Cold War, but America was energized”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:12:13.5-00:12:18.7 opinion first hand
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The launch of Sputnik led the United States to enter an era known as the space race.
“America was energized and enthusiastically entered an era known as the space race.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:12:17.9-00:12:22.1 administrative first hand
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Sputnik sparked a boom in science and engineering course enrolment in the United States.
“Sputnik was an unwelcome shot across the bow, but it sparked a boom in science and engineering and enrollment in science and engineering courses surged.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:12:29.7-00:12:38.4 opinion first hand
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Chris Mellon considers that the boost to public interest in space exploration following Sputnik would not have occurred if the launch had remained secret and the public had been kept ignorant of it.
“This great boost to space exploration would not have occurred if the public had remained ignorant of Sputnik due to excessive secrecy.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:13:05.4-00:13:14.3 opinion first hand
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The USS Nimitz is a warship worth approximately five billion US dollars with a crew of thousands.
“We are presently standing within 10 miles of the home port of the USS Nimitz, a $5 billion warship with a crew of thousands.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:13:28.6-00:13:36.6 measurement first hand
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The USS Nimitz is one of the premier assets in the United States Navy.
“It is one of the premier assets in the US Navy.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:13:38.2-00:13:40.6 opinion first hand
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During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the USS Nimitz was operating off the coast of San Diego, California, escorted by the USS Princeton.
“Envision the Nimitz operating off the coast of San Diego on a brilliant sunny day, escorted by the USS Princeton”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:13:41.9-00:13:48.0 testimony second hand
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The USS Princeton is an Aegis-class cruiser that protects carrier battle groups using a sophisticated naval air defence system.
“the USS Princeton, an Aegis-class cruiser that protects carrier battle groups by employing the most sophisticated naval air defense system in the world.”
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During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, an unidentified aircraft with a small radar cross-section appeared on the USS Princeton's radar heading directly toward the battle group.
“Imagine these ships engaging in a routine training exercise when an unidentified aircraft with a small radar cross-section appears on the Princeton's radar heading directly towards the battle group.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:13:56.6-00:14:07.3 observation second hand
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The unidentified aircraft observed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter had no transponder and did not respond to radio calls.
“The aircraft has no transponder, does not respond to radio calls.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:08.6-00:14:11.8 observation second hand
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During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the USS Princeton contacted two F/A-18s already airborne to intercept the unidentified object.
“The Princeton hurriedly contacts two F-18s already aloft to intercept the target.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:13.2-00:14:17.0 observation second hand
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The four aviators involved in the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter observed that the object had no wings or exhaust.
“As the two F-18s approach, the four aviators see that the object has no wings or exhaust.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:18.4-00:14:22.5 observation second hand
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The object observed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter was white, oblong, approximately 12 metres long.
“It is white, oblong, some 40 feet long and perhaps 12 feet thick.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:23.5-00:14:27.8 measurement second hand
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The object observed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter was approximately 3.7 metres thick.
“It is white, oblong, some 40 feet long and perhaps 12 feet thick.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:23.5-00:14:27.8 measurement second hand
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During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the object suddenly reoriented itself toward the approaching F/A-18 and performed a series of discrete tumbling manoeuvres that appeared to defy the laws of physics, taking a position directly behind the aircraft.
“the object suddenly reorient itself toward the approaching F-18. In a series of discrete tumbling maneuvers that seem to defy the laws of physics, the object takes a position directly behind the approaching F-18.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:34.8-00:14:48.8 observation second hand
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The pilots involved in the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter captured gun camera footage and infrared imagery of the object.
“The pilots capture gun camera footage and infrared imagery of the object, but are outmatched by a technology they've never seen.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:50.9-00:14:57.4 observation second hand
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Both F/A-18s returned to the USS Nimitz due to safety concerns and low fuel during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter.
“Fearful for their safety and running low on fuel, both F-18s return to the Nimitz.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:14:58.9-00:15:02.4 observation second hand
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The unidentified object remained in the vicinity of the USS Nimitz for hours, monitored by the USS Princeton and radar aboard a Navy E-2 Hawkeye aircraft.
“Yet the strange object remains in the vicinity of the Nimitz for hours, monitored by the USS Princeton and radar aboard a Navy E-2 Hawkeye aircraft.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:15:03.6-00:15:12.8 observation second hand
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During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the object ascended to approximately 24,000 metres, hovered, then dropped at supersonic speed to a full stop approximately 15 metres above the ocean where it resumed hovering.
“At one point, the object soars to 80,000 feet, hovers, then drops at supersonic speeds, coming to a full stop a mere 50 feet above the ocean where it resumes hovering.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:15:14.5-00:15:26.3 measurement second hand
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Additional F/A-18s were dispatched during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter but achieved similarly unsuccessful results against the object.
“More F-18s are dispatched, but with similar results. As before, the engagement occurs in broad daylight and the secret machine easily evades the F-18s.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:15:27.7-00:15:37.6 observation second hand
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Chris Mellon met with one of the pilots involved in the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter and confirmed the account.
“I've met with one of the pilots and confirmed the account, as have other members of the To The Stars Academy team”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:16:15.0-00:16:21.0 testimony first hand
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The 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter occurred on 2004-11-14 and can be verified by the US government.
“Better yet, the US government itself can verify the events involving the USS Nimitz on November 14, 2004.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:16:37.7-00:16:43.8 opinion first hand
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Chris Mellon considers that the chairman of the United States House Armed Services Committee and other congressional oversight committees can request a briefing to confirm the veracity of the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter and other similar events.
“The chairman of the Armed Services Committee and his counterparts and other congressional oversight committees can easily request a briefing to confirm the veracity of this story and the existence of other events of a similar nature.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:16:57.0-00:17:10.0 opinion first hand
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Chris Mellon considers that the United States Congress has the right to review documents generated by the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter and request briefings from the military personnel involved.
“Congress has every right to review the documents generated by this event and request briefings by the military personnel involved.”
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The team behind To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science includes a prominent aerospace engineer, a senior intelligence officer from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), two former senior Pentagon officials, and an experimental physicist from the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
“one of the biggest aerospace engineers in the world, a senior intelligence officer from the CIA, two former senior Pentagon officials, and an experimental physicist from the DOD”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:37:25.5-00:37:35.8 administrative first hand
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Eric Davis and Christopher Mellon have said that the legacy program ceased in 1989 due to lack of progress.
“are you echoing the sentiments of some of your compatriots like Eric Davis and Christopher Mellon that the program was ceased in 1989 due to lack of progress?”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 2026-06-30 00:32:57.0-00:33:04.5 hearsay second hand
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Hal Puthoff was involved with Christopher Mellon as part of To the Stars Academy (TTSA).
“I was involved with Chris Mellon as part of To the Stars Academy.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 2026-06-30 00:33:09.8-00:33:14.8 administrative first hand
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Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon tried to get information about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) further up the chain of command to Defense Secretary James Mattis, but could not get through his gatekeepers.
“Chris Mellon took on the task of trying to get this further up the chain of command to General Mattis, who's defense secretary, and they couldn't get through his gatekeepers.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 2026-06-30 00:47:19.9-00:47:31.6 testimony first hand
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To the Stars Academy (TTSA) involved Christopher Mellon, Luis Elizondo, Jim Semivan, Steve Justice, and Hal Puthoff.
“the people who went ahead and setting up to the STARS Academy, I mean, did involve Chris Mellon, involved Lou Elizondo, Jim Simivan, Steve Justice from, you know, So anyway, and me.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 2026-06-30 00:48:19.7-00:48:35.4 testimony first hand
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UAP Gerb believes that either Russell E. Weiler or William E. McClure is the gatekeeper Chris Mellon referred to in 2024.
“are likely one of them is likely the gatekeeper that Chris Mellon was talking about back in 2024.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:54:12.2-00:54:16.6 opinion first hand
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In the image Chris Mellon posted on Twitter, Chris Mellon told a senior United States Government official that he thought they had tracked down the Senior Executive Service gatekeeper in the Air Force, with the name redacted, crediting work by Alex Katz and himself, and identifying the person as most likely either the former SAF/AAH sensitive activities official Russell E. Weiler or the SAF/AAZ official William E. McClure.
“It was Chris Mellon talking to a senior USG official and saying, hey, I think we tracked down the SES senior executive service gatekeeper in the Air Force name redacted. Thanks to some work by like a good guy named Alex Katz and myself, it's either former SAF/AAH, Sensitive Activities, Russell Weiler, or AAZ, William E. McClure, most likely.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:54:27.3-00:54:46.1 hearsay second hand