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A special access hangar was built at Naval Air Station Patuxent River to receive the non-human material to be transferred from Lockheed Martin.

Circular sources

First attestation
Dec 19, 2024 · Luis Elizondo, Written answers to Rep. Burlison's questions for the record of the November 13, 2024 hearing (not sworn). Writes that, in order to entrust Lockheed's material to Bigelow Aerospace, facilities in Las Vegas and a new hangar at Patuxent River, built as a special access program facility, were identified; that he was told that the roughly $10 million was appropriated at the request of then-Rep. Steny Hoyer; and that he visited it when it had just been built, with no material transferred.
Who picked it up
  1. Jan 13, 2026 · Liberation Times: Writes that a vehicle of unknown origin is allegedly held at the base, perhaps since the 1950s, and that Chinese drones and non-human craft are said to monitor the area; for the hangar it refers to Elizondo's written answers. Hearsay (source given: Anonymous sources linked to the Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR); Elizondo's written answers to Congress)
  2. Jan 24, 2026 · Patrick Scott Armstrong: Reads and comments on a Daily Mail article on the news, points out its anonymous sources and inconsistencies and judges it an old story presented again: Bigelow's attempt to obtain material from Lockheed in the AAWSAP days, already recounted by Elizondo and by George Knapp. Hearsay (source given: Daily Mail, based on Liberation Times's anonymous sources and on Elizondo's written answers; George Knapp's testimony of September 2025)
Analysis
There is a single original source, Elizondo, who says he learned from others about the funding and the lawmaker's request and that he visited the hangar when it was still empty; by his own admission he saw no material. The January 2026 revival stems from a Liberation Times article based on anonymous sources, then relaunched by British tabloids, which for the hangar refers back to the same written answers of Elizondo: it is therefore not an independent confirmation, and Vetted, commenting on it, presented it as an old story presented again. The case does not fall within the AAWSAP group described by AARO except through Elizondo himself, but the structure of the account is circular. In the sources consulted neither the DoD nor AARO commented on the hangar; the AARO FY2025 report says in general that no evidence indicates the capture or exploitation of UAP materials. It is a thesis that is verifiable in principle: budget, procurement or construction documents for the facility and a record of the request attributed to then-Rep. Hoyer would be needed, and have not been found.

Sources

  1. Written answers by Luis Elizondo to Rep. Burlison's questions (December 19, 2024) (primary source)
  2. Planet Today, “Alleged Extraterrestrial UFO Stored at U.S. Navy's Pax River Base” (January 2026): picks up the Liberation Times article of January 13, 2026, which was not consulted directly (other, pro-disclosure)
  3. International Business Times UK, “US Military UFO Probe: Experts Reveal Secret Hangar Housing 'Non-Human' Aircraft” (January 2026): the news picked up by British tabloids (press)
  4. Vetted, “BOMBSHELL: Luis Elizondo Reveals Location of UFO” (YouTube, January 24, 2026; content verified on the automatic transcription of the audio) (video/audio)

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