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Luis Elizondo is directly linked to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) as its former director and leader, having established the program in 2010 as described in [1] and [2]. His leadership role and efforts to brief officials on the program's research are confirmed across multiple accounts, including [3], [4], and [5].

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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker 10 facts
claimLuis Elizondo asserts that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) made progress in understanding the “five observables” of UAP behavior, which include gravity-defying capabilities, low observability, and transmedium travel.
claimLuis Elizondo attempted to brief Secretary of Defense James Mattis on the research findings of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), but was blocked by subordinates, though Mattis's personal assistant at the time does not recall being approached by Elizondo.
accountLuis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon, Hal Puthoff, and Steve Semivan joined To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science after Elizondo resigned from the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
claimLuis Elizondo claimed that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) continued to operate after 2012 despite the lack of dedicated funding.
accountIn 2010, Luis Elizondo transformed an outsourced study of Utah cryptids into the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), an in-house Pentagon initiative focused on the national-security implications of military U.A.P. encounters.
accountLuis Elizondo attempted to brief Secretary of Defense James Mattis regarding AATIP's research but was blocked by underlings.
claimLuis Elizondo established the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in 2010, transforming an outsourced study of Utah cryptids into an in-house effort focused on the national-security implications of military U.A.P. encounters.
claimLuis Elizondo claimed that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) continued to operate after 2012 despite the lack of dedicated funding.
claimGeneral James Mattis's personal assistant at the time does not recall being approached by Luis Elizondo for a briefing on AATIP.
claimLuis Elizondo asserted that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) made significant progress in understanding the 'five observables' of UAP behavior, which include 'gravity-defying capabilities,' 'low observability,' and 'transmedium travel.'
Disclosure movement - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 5 facts
claimIn April, Harry Reid published a letter attesting that Luis Elizondo held a leadership role in the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
quoteLuis Elizondo, a former Department of Defense official and member of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, stated, 'You have information being locked away that can change the trajectory of [our] species.'
claimLuis Elizondo, the former head of the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, stated that a superior ordered him to stop investigating UFOs on the grounds that the phenomena are 'demonic.'
claimHarry Reid published a letter in April confirming that Luis Elizondo held a leadership role in the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).
perspectiveLuis Elizondo, the former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), described a Pentagon report denying that UFOs are extraterrestrial as "intentionally dishonest, inaccurate and dangerously misleading."