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Luis Elizondo is a former employee of the Pentagon who established the AATIP program there [1] and resigned from the organization in 2017 [2]. He has frequently lobbied, criticized, and engaged with the Pentagon regarding its handling of UAP transparency and office placement [3], [4], [5].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 4 facts
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.
claimA former Pentagon official claimed that the government possesses stark visual documentation of U.A.P.s, a sentiment also expressed by Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon.
measurementOctober 3, 2017, was Luis Elizondo's last day of work at the Pentagon.
claimFollowing his resignation from the Pentagon, Luis Elizondo, along with Christopher Mellon, Hal Puthoff, and Steve Semivan, joined To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science, an organization founded by Tom DeLonge.
Disclosure or deception? New UFO Pentagon office divides believers nbcnews.com 2 facts
claimLuis Elizondo criticized the Pentagon's decision to place the new UAP office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security in an op-ed in The Hill, stating that this location is ideal if the goal is to maintain 70 more years of secrecy regarding the topic.
perspectiveLuis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon support Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's amendment to create a UAP office, but they express concern that the legislation was watered down before final passage and might be buried by the Pentagon.
Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com 1 fact
accountLuis Elizondo recounted that a senior Pentagon official told him to read the Bible when he lobbied the official to take action on UAP, reflecting a belief that UAP are demonic and that studying them gives them energy.