Luis Elizondo

“the self-described “career spy” is having another big moment in the media spotlight.”

“he did work at ATIP, All Domain Anomaly Threat Identification Program at the Pentagon.”

“Inside that program, he led the Advance Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), the secretive Pentagon unit set up at Senator Harry Reid's urging to study UAPs.”

“Sherwood how he knew that Elizondo hadn’t worked for AATIP during his time with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, where he was based from 2008 until his retirement in 2017.”

“recognised Elizondo's skills and, in 2008, had personally hired him into the office that acts as the principal staff for the Department of Defense on sensitive intelligence-related matters, overseeing a cluster of three-letter DoD agencies, including the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency”

“Soon after joining OUSDI, Elizondo was tasked to join a special program described by a deliberately dull-sounding military acronym, AAWSAP, the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program.”

“Luis Elizondo spent 20 years running military intelligence operations worldwide in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Guantanamo.”

“The mission of AATIP was quite simple. It was to collect and analyze information involving anomalous aerial vehicles, what I guess in the vernacular you call them UFOs.”

“When Elizondo took over in 2010, he focused on the national security implications of unidentified aerial phenomena documented by U.S. service members.”

“But Mr. Elizondo said the only thing that had ended was the effort’s government funding, which dried up in 2012.”

“From then on, Mr. Elizondo said in an interview, he worked with officials from the Navy and the C.I.A.”

“Mr. Elizondo said that the effort continued and that he had a successor, whom he declined to name.”

“Elizondo tells us AATIP was a loose-knit mix of scientists, electro-optical engineers, avionics, and intelligence experts, often working part-time.”

“Well, I think it is very clear that our organization determined the reality of something is in our sky. We don't know what it is. We don't know how it works. We have no idea its intent. and only seen some of its capabilities.”

“Imagine a technology that can do 600 to 700 G-forces...”

“that can fly at 13,000 miles an hour”

“that can evade radar”

“that can fly through air and water and possibly space”

“has no obvious signs of propulsion, no wings, no control surfaces”

“still can defy the natural effects of Earth's gravity. That's precisely what we're seeing.”

“and then all of a sudden, bam, it's gone. Bing, disappears instantaneously. Five seconds later, you can do the math, one of the radar operators radios into the F-18 and says, sir, you're not gonna believe this, but the object is now waiting for you at your cap point.”

“No visible propulsion. No obvious signs of lift. No wings. No rudders. No control surfaces. No ailerons. No elevators. No cockpit. No rivets.”

“It is absolutely intelligent responding to his actions.”

“The GIMBAL maneuvered in a way that reminded me of the old Apollo 11 lunar module... If you compare that maneuver to the way in which the object in the GIMBAL video rotates, you will see an uncanny resemblance.”

“He continued to work out of his Pentagon office until this past October, when he resigned to protest what he characterized as excessive secrecy and internal opposition.”

“In a memorandum dated October 4th he cited his concerns over inaction within the Department over "anomalous aerospace threats" as the reason for his resignation.”

“'Despite overwhelming evidence at both the classified and unclassified levels, certain individuals in the [Defence] Department remain staunchly opposed to further research on what could be a tactical threat to our pilots, sailors and soldiers, and perhaps even an existential threat to our national security.'”

“Mr. Elizondo has provided three different explanations for his sudden resignation.”

“On October 3rd he told his direct supervisor he was resigning because he had a fleeting job opportunity that required his immediate availability.”

“On October 6th, via a phone call, he told me he resigned because his job was too stressful on his family.”

“The letter was hand delivered to the USDI Chief of Staff office by someone other than Mr. Elizondo.”

“The letter is not consistent with the first resignation letter Mr. Elizondo personally handed his supervisor.”

“Yes. We referred the timing and circumstances of Mr. Elizondo's resignation to the AFOSI.”

“Their informal assessment did not find any wrongdoing by Mr. Elizondo, and absent any indicators of misconduct, they were unable to open a formal investigation.”

“Lou Elizondo literally finished his career at the Department of Defense as Senior Intelligent Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense days ago, and now he is on the stage with us.”

“He served as Director for the National Program Special Management Staff”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“he made me an offer to join TTSA as chief of security and special programs...The salary offered was much less than I was earning at the Pentagon...To do this, Tom insisted that I relocate to California.”

“In the days after the *Times* story on the AATIP program broke, Luis Elizondo became the public face of TTSA”

“Sherwood, the Pentagon spokesperson who had told me unequivocally that Elizondo “had no responsibilities with regard to the AATIP program while he worked in OUSDI.””

“Mr. Elizondo had no assigned responsibilities for AATIP while he was in OUSD(I) [the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence].”

“DIA [Defense Intelligence Agency] administered AATIP, and Elizondo was never assigned to DIA.”

“Elizondo did interact with the DIA office managing the program while the program was still ongoing, but he did not lead it.”

“I have no problem asserting that as an AAWSAP [Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program]/AATIP Contractor & Senior Advisor I continued to attend meetings, provide briefings, gain access to videos, provide Proposed Program Plans, meet with staff, etc., all under the aegis of Elizondo’s leadership and responsibility for maintaining continuity of the Program effort and goals until he resigned.”

“Lou Elizondo was, you know, basically was, you might say, the kind of leader of AATIP.”

“He ran the AATIP program at the Pentagon.”

“Unbeknownst to all, he was part of the ATIP program in the Pentagon led by Lue Elizondo.”

“For many years, I was entrusted with protecting some of our nation's most sensitive programs.”

“In my last position, I managed a Special Access Program on behalf of the White House and the National Security Council.”

“Has the government conducted secret UAP crash retrieval programs, yes or no? ... Yes.”

“Were they designed to identify and reverse engineer alien craft, yes or no? Yes.”

“When it comes to Blue Force technologies, I would not be able to discuss.”

“I signed documentation three years ago that restricts my ability to discuss specifically crash retrievals.”

“A small cadre within our own Government involved in the UAP topic has created a culture of suppression and intimidation that I have personally been victim to, along with many of my former colleagues.”