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Jay Stratton
The claims the writer was given for Jay Stratton, in the order they were given.
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In 2009, Jay Stratton contacted David Fravor to investigate the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter.
“It was not until 2009, until Jay Stratton had contacted me to investigate.”
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Jay Stratton was part of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in the Pentagon, led by Luis Elizondo.
“Unbeknownst to all, he was part of the ATIP program in the Pentagon led by Lue Elizondo.”
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Not until 2009 did Jay Stratton contact David Fravor to investigate what he had observed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter.
“Not until 2009 did Jay Stratton contact me to investigate what we observed.”
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Jay Stratton was part of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), led by Luis Elizondo out of the Department of Defense (DoD).
“Unbeknownst to all of us, Jay was part of the ATIP (Anomalous Threat Identification Program) program led by Lue Elizondo out of the DOD.”
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In March 2023, the former head of the Pentagon's UAP investigations team, Jay Stratton, spoke at a UAP conference about his experiences at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah.
“In March 2023, no less than the former head of the Pentagon's UAP investigations team, Jay Stratton, spoke candidly at a UAP conference about his experiences at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah”
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Jay Stratton personally witnessed a translucent entity evocative of the character from the film Predator near his trailer at Skinwalker Ranch, with a rectangular shape on its chest.
“he told conference attendees that he saw a translucent entity evocative of the character from the Predator movie near his trailer at the Skinwalker Ranch, with a rectangular shape on its chest”
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Jay Stratton's sighting of a translucent entity near his trailer at Skinwalker Ranch was independently corroborated by his colleague Travis Taylor.
“a sighting independently corroborated by his colleague Dr Travis Taylor”
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Jay Stratton described seeing a hovering delta-shaped UAP directly above him on his first day at Skinwalker Ranch.
“He also described seeing a hovering delta-shaped UAP directly above him on his fi rst day at the ranch.”
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The Kelleher/Knapp book Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program describes disturbing paranormal incidents at Jay Stratton's family home in Virginia, which are considered an instance of the 'Hitchhiker Effect', where phenomena from Skinwalker Ranch appeared to follow Stratton home.
“The Kelleher/Knapp Skinwalkers at the Pentagon book also mentions even more disturbing incidents at Stratton's family home in Virginia. Whatever the phenomenon is at the Utah ranch, it appears to have followed him home, an incidence of what is called the 'Hitchhiker Effect'.”
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Jay Stratton's son woke with multiple red contusions on his stomach and chest, as if somebody had repeatedly and forcibly hit him.
“his son woke with multiple red contusions on his stomach and chest, 'as if somebody had repeatedly and forcibly hit the boy.'”
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Jay Stratton's son described being assaulted by blue and red orbs in his bedroom and witnessed black shadowy humanoid figures that screamed telepathically in his head.
“The boy described being assaulted by blue and red orbs in his bedroom and witnessed 'black shadowy humanoid figures' that screamed telepathically in his head.”
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Jay Stratton visited Skinwalker Ranch in July 2009.
“For more than 12 years following his July 2009 visit to the ranch.”
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For more than 12 years following Jay Stratton's 2009-07 visit to Skinwalker Ranch, his wife and teenage children were all witnesses to orbs and to a strange dogman entity lurking in the family's backyard, as well as unexplained footsteps up and down the stairs in their home.
“Stratton's wife and teenage children were all witnesses to the orbs and to a strange dogman entity lurking in the family's backyard, as well as unexplained footsteps up and down the stairs in their home.”
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Jay Stratton was formerly in the US public service's Senior Executive Service and was highly decorated for his 32 years of service with different arms of the US military, culminating in his work with the Office of Naval Intelligence.
“Formerly in the US public service's Senior Executive Service, Stratton was highly decorated for his 32 years of service with different arms of the US military culminating in his work with ONI.”
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Jay Stratton acknowledged that he changed the official acronym describing the UAP phenomenon from UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) to UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) while working at Skinwalker Ranch with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) team.
“Stratton also acknowledged he changed the offi cial acronym describing the phenomenon from UFO to UAP while he was at Skinwalker working with the Advance Aerospace Threat Identification Program team.”
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Jay Stratton recognised that the term 'UFO' (Unidentified Flying Objects) did not cover the phenomena that he witnessed at Skinwalker Ranch, which motivated his change of terminology to UAP.
“He did this because he recognised that 'UFO' – Unidentified Flying Objects – did not cover the phenomena that he witnessed at the ranch.”
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Lue Elizondo was invited by Jim Semivan and Jay Stratton to a large group dinner for the programme team held in the private meeting room of a hotel in Roslyn, Virginia.
“Shortly after I accepted the role, Jim and Jay invited me to a large group dinner for the team that was held in the private meeting room of a hotel in Roslyn, Virginia.”
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Jay Stratton coined the term "the hitchhiker effect" to describe anomalous activity at Skinwalker Ranch that followed people home and harassed their loved ones after they left the property.
“I later learned that Jay had coined the term that now describes this—“the hitchhiker effect.””
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Jay Stratton and Jim Lacatski briefed Luis Elizondo on the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP)/Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
“Jay and Jim began briefing me on the program in a SCIF”
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Several pilots involved in the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter later told Jay Stratton that they had been debriefed by intelligence officers but saw no evidence of a subsequent investigation, and their story died after being kicked up the chain of command.
“Several of the pilots later told Jay that they had been debriefed by intelligence officers. They saw no evidence of a subsequent investigation. Kicked up the chain of command, their story died.”
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Jay Stratton investigated the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter before Lue Elizondo joined the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program/Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AAWSAP/AATIP) team.
“Jay Stratton investigated the incident before I joined the team.”
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Jay Stratton wrote a detailed Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program/Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AAWSAP/AATIP) report on the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter.
“He had written a detailed AAWSAP/AATIP report on the event, which is how I first learned about it.”
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Jay Stratton secured $10 million in new funding for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) from Harry Reid.
“Jay ran point on pulling off miracle after miracle and succeeded in getting Senator Reid to give us new funding—$10 million!”
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Jay Stratton shared a video with Luis Elizondo showing a wedge-shaped craft flying within approximately fifteen metres of a naval aviator's cockpit during a routine mission, filmed on the cockpit camera.
“Just then, a wedge-shaped craft zooms by the cockpit as close as fifty feet.”
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Jay Stratton and Luis Elizondo personally handpicked everyone involved in the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“Jay and I handpicked everyone involved.”
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Jay Stratton was skilled at getting fellow United States Navy members to talk about their Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) encounters.
“Jay excelled at getting his fellow Navy members to talk.”
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Jay Stratton and Luis Elizondo would tell military witnesses that they worked for a Special Access Program and it was likely the witness had encountered one of their technologies, encouraging witnesses to describe what they saw so it could be better concealed in future.
“we work for a Special Access Program, and it's very likely you came across one of our technologies. We do our best to hide these things, but sometimes people who are observant, such as yourself, see one. We would really appreciate it if you could tell us exactly what you saw, so if it *is* one of ours, we can hide it better in the future.”
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Jay Stratton contacted the defense contractor associated with the Legacy Program to inquire about the nonhuman UAP materials on behalf of Lue Elizondo's team, and the contractor acknowledged possessing the material.
“When Jay went to inquire for us, the contractor acknowledged that, yes, they were in possession of this material.”
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Luis Elizondo, Jay Stratton, Harold Puthoff, and John Robert all had Cherokee blood, and were all involved with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“Even more surprising, socializing this revelation led to also discovering that almost everyone who was involved with AATIP had this background as well. I did. Jay did. Hal did. John Robert did. And others as well.”
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In 2015, Jay Stratton received a series of emails from senior leaders at Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia detailing UAP incursions involving the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt.
“In 2015, Jay received a string of emails from senior leaders with the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. The emails provided details of UAP incursions involving the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt.”
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The Operation Plan Interloper document included dates, times, locations, call signs, ship names of vessels that had UAP encounters, and radar data substantiating pilot and aircrew eyewitness testimony.
“Jay inserted more data in the proposal to bolster our argument. Dates, times, locations, call signs, and the ship names of all vessels that had UAP encounters. Jay also included radar data that substantiated the eyewitness testimonies of flustered pilots and aircrew.”
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Jay Stratton and Lue Elizondo submitted Operation Plan Interloper through an Alternative Compensatory Control Measure (ACCM) process directly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, bypassing the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)).
“To move Interloper along, Jay and I circumvented the usual channels in favor of an ACCM process. That means the operation plan would be submitted to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We were hoping to get around the OUSD(I) because the entire organization had become infested with compromised individuals.”
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The senior intelligence officer at Fleet Forces Command reached out to Jay Stratton, who worked in naval intelligence on the Navy staff in the Pentagon, to initiate a larger investigation into the USS Roosevelt UAP incidents.
“This ultimately led the senior intelligence officer at Fleet Forces Command to reach out to Jay, who, in his role with naval intelligence on the Navy staff in the Pentagon, would be the appropriate front door for initiating a larger investigation, which Jay did with the full support of his leadership.”
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Based on the twenty-two UAP incidents involving the USS Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, with eyewitness and video evidence, Jay Stratton created an operation plan (OPLAN) codenamed Operation Plan Interloper.
“Based on these twenty-two UAP incidents involving the Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, with eyewitnesses and video evidence, we knew we needed a robust plan of action. Jay spent weeks creating an operation plan (OPLAN), code-named "Interloper."”
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Harold Puthoff suggested to Jay Stratton that they meet with Jim Semivan at the Pentagon.
“Hal suggested to Jay that we meet with Jim at the Pentagon.”
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Before the end of 2016, the Joint Staff rejected assigning Operation Plan Interloper an Alternative Compensatory Control Measure (ACCM) designation.
“Before 2016 ended, I received the news from Jay that the Joint Staff had rejected assigning OPLAN Interloper an ACCM designation, our plan to lure UAP out of hiding on the open seas.”
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Lue Elizondo and Jay Stratton spent considerable time coordinating Operation Plan Interloper.
“Jay and I had spent considerable time coordinating that effort.”
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Jay Stratton came up with the idea of calling unidentified objects Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) instead of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), to make the conversation with leadership easier.
“Early on, to make it easier to have the conversation, Jay came up with the idea of calling these objects unidentified aerial phenomena, UAP, instead of UFOs.”
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Luis Elizondo and Jay Stratton made a plan at work to bring about disclosure of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“At work, Jay Stratton and I made a plan that would go against all odds. A plan to bring about disclosure.”
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Jay Stratton planned to stay with the government and use the momentum gained by Luis Elizondo's public attention to move disclosure forward within the government.
“Jay would stay with the government and use the momentum gained by the public attention to move the ball forward within the government and brief any and all officials who would no doubt suddenly be interested.”
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Jay Stratton was positioned to run whatever version of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) came next.
“And he’d be positioned to run whatever version of AATIP came next.”
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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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Luis Elizondo's public disclosure caused Congress to pay attention, and Jay Stratton began receiving requests for briefings from members of Congress who previously had not been aware of the facts about UAP due to stigma and bureaucracy.
“Our plan was working. My going public caused Congress to pay attention and Jay started getting requests for briefings from members of Congress who previously would have never been aware of the facts, due to the stigma and layers of bureaucracy.”
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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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Jay Stratton received an email from the Pentagon's public affairs office stating that they planned to tell the press that Lue Elizondo was never involved with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“Jay got an email from the Pentagon's public affairs office saying that they planned to tell press that I was never involved with AATIP.”
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Jay Stratton told the Pentagon's public affairs office it would be wrong to tell the press that Lue Elizondo was never involved with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), and that it was not true.
“He replied that it would be wrong of them to do that and said it wasn't true, but they ran with the fake and damaging narrative anyway.”
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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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Jay Stratton received requests for briefings from members of the White House National Security Council (NSC), who then briefed Donald Trump on some level regarding UAP.
“We were making enough noise in the press that Jay was getting requests for briefings from members of the White House National Security Council, who then briefed Trump on some level, but I am not sure how much information they actually shared.”
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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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Jay Stratton retired from government service after sixteen years investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) for the US government, longer than anyone Lue Elizondo was aware of.
“after sixteen years of investigating UAP for the US government, longer than anyone I’m aware of, Jay decided it was time to retire and head to the private sector”
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Before Jay Stratton retired, he and Lue Elizondo worked with the United States Congress to propose new legislation creating a permanent Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) programme directly funded by Congress so its funding could not be blocked or misused.
“Before Jay retired, we worked with Congress to get new legislation proposed that would create a permanent UAP program directly funded by Congress, so no one could block or misuse the funding.”
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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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Jay Stratton and Luis Elizondo worked their network of friends in the US military branches, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the United States Department of Energy.
“Meanwhile, Jay and I worked our network of friends in the military branches, FBI, CIA, and even the Department of Energy.”
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Leadership in United States Navy intelligence tasked Jay Stratton with quietly building a whole-of-government interagency UAP task force with more authorities than the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) ever had.
“leadership in Navy intelligence, who understood the national security threats related to UAP and now felt public and congressional pressure to do something about it, tasked Jay with quietly building out a whole-of-government interagency task force, a program with more authorities than AATIP ever had.”
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Jay Stratton handpicked members and representatives for the new UAP task force from all the intelligence agencies and civilian-led agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“So Jay started putting that together, handpicking his members/reps from all the intelligence agencies and civilian-led agencies, from the FBI to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to NASA to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).”
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The interagency task force that Jay Stratton built went on to become the Pentagon's UAP Task Force.
“Once it was put together, this would go on to became the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force.”
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The United States Space Force (USSF) did not yet have a UAP programme when Jay Stratton needed a representative from that organisation for the task force he was building.
“Jay needed a rep from Space Force (USSF), but that agency was still getting set up at the time and didn’t have a UAP program”
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Luis Elizondo started working as a contractor for the United States Space Force (USSF) to help build their UAP effort and support Jay Stratton's UAP Task Force.
“Soon after that, I started working as a contractor for USSF on the UAP front and getting their unofficial help behind the scenes on my public efforts while also contributing to Jay’s UAP Task Force.”
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After a couple of years of Jay Stratton quietly building the task force, the United States Secretary of Defense announced the Pentagon's UAP Task Force and named Jay Stratton as its first director.
“After a couple of years of Jay quietly building the UAP Task Force behind the scenes, the secretary of defense announced the UAP Task Force and named Jay as its first director.”
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From the moment the Pentagon's UAP Task Force became official, the Legacy Program started quietly pushing back on Jay Stratton and the task force, creating bureaucratic hurdles.
“From the moment the UAP Task Force became official, the Legacy Program started quietly pushing back on Jay, behind the scenes, creating one bureaucratic hurdle after another for him, the task force, and everyone involved.”
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Early in 2009, Jay Stratton and a colleague referred to as Rosemary Caine visited Luis Elizondo at his office to recruit him.
“had two guests waiting for me in our reception area. It was early 2009.”
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Jay Stratton and Rosemary Caine wore blue government intelligence credentials around their necks.
“The blue credentials around their necks were the giveaway that they were both government intelligence officials.”
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Jay Stratton and Rosemary Caine recruited Luis Elizondo for his counterintelligence and security experience, for a highly classified program led out of their office at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
“"We are interested in your counterintelligence and security experience for a highly classified program led out of our office at DIA."”
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Jay Stratton helped create a program called the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program (AAWSAP), which later became the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
“Jay explained that he helped create something called the AAWSAP, Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program, which would later become AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program).”
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As Jay Stratton interviewed witnesses to the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, some people did not want to talk, including some who had retired and entered civilian life, and even those who spoke asked Jay Stratton not to reveal their identities.
“As Jay interviewed these witnesses, he encountered instances where people just didn’t want to talk. ... Even those who had retired and entered civilian life still chose not to go on the record. If they did, they asked Jay not to reveal their identities.”
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Jay Stratton recently signed a book publishing deal.
“Jay Stratton also recently signed a book publishing deal.”
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Jay Stratton was in charge of the UAP Task Force for approximately 16 years.
“the best opportunity you might have would be to go to somebody like Jay Stratton who was in charge of the UAP task force for like 16 years”
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Jay Stratton, while leading the UAP Task Force, encountered gatekeepers who controlled access to the legacy program.
“he ran into the, quote, gatekeepers for the legacy program.”
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Jay Stratton, as head of the UAP Task Force, involved around 16 different defense contractors and intelligence units in an effort to move UAP investigation forward beyond the legacy program, but the effort was not successful.
“he got all... kinds of different defense contractors and intelligence units, all 16 or whatever, involved in trying to move the program forward beyond what the legacy program was doing, and they were not successful.”
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James Lacatski and Jay Stratton worked together at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
“They worked together at DIA and they both explained both in their own areas were seeing UFO reports that were startling.”
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James Lacatski and Jay Stratton were each seeing startling UFO reports in their own areas at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and concluded something needed to be done about it.
“they both explained both in their own areas were seeing UFO reports that were startling. They kept seeing them over and over and they thought we need to do something about it.”
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After reading Hunt for the Skinwalker, James Lacatski and Jay Stratton concluded that Skinwalker Ranch was a place that could be studied with a reasonable chance of seeing UFOs.
“And then they read Hunt for the Skinwalker and they thought Skinwalker Ranch is a place you could study. where you have a reasonable chance of seeing UFOs”
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