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Claim · E-003

Luis Elizondo: According to Reid's memorandum, Elizondo told him on the phone that for many years he had been secretly tasked by the Secretary of Defense as head of a program investigating UFOs and other aerial threats, and that no one within OUSD(I) was authorized to know about it.

Luis Elizondo · Oct 5, 2017 · Phone call with Garry Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence (OUSD(I)), as reported in Reid's internal memorandum (Document)

Direct knowledge AATIP and AAWSAP

Unverifiable

Reid writes that he consulted senior officials who should have been aware of it without finding confirmation, and no public document attests to a secret assignment by the Secretary of Defense.

In support
The emails of August–September 2017 show contacts between Elizondo and the Secretary of Defense's front office on the UAP topic (E-001).
Against or denials
Garry Reid (memorandum of late December 2017, released April 2, 2024) was unable to verify the claim and writes that, to his knowledge, Elizondo had no duties related to AATIP; in the book Imminent (2024, according to Justin Snead's summary), Elizondo recounts that his request to give a briefing to Mattis was rejected.

Sources

  1. Memorandum for Record by Garry Reid (OUSD(I)), late December 2017 – FOIA 22-F-1322, released April 2, 2024 (primary source)
  2. The Black Vault – the Pentagon memoranda on Elizondo (resignation, AFOSI, videos), June 23, 2023 (analysis)
  3. Justin Snead – what Elizondo's book adds to the historical reconstruction (analysis)

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