Claim · E-005
Luis Elizondo: Announces that To The Stars Academy intends to release previously unpublished footage from real U.S. government systems.
Luis Elizondo · Oct 2017 · To The Stars Academy launch video (YouTube, October 2017) (Press conference)
Direct knowledge Sightings, video, sensors
Partly verified
The footage, authentic and of military origin, came out in December 2017, but at least one (FLIR1, the Nimitz “Tic Tac”) had already been circulating online in 2007; the outcome of the promise itself is dealt with in the predictions file.
- Original words
planning to provide never before released footage from real US government systems
- In support
- The three videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST) were published with the New York Times article of December 16, 2017; in September 2019 the Navy acknowledged them as its own, describing the objects as unidentified aerial phenomena.
- Against or denials
- Keith Kloor (2019) documents that a version of the FLIR1 video was circulating on the internet as early as 2007; the DD Form 1910 submitted by Elizondo indicated research alone as its purpose, not publication (I-E-07).
Sources
- Memorandum for Record by Garry Reid (OUSD(I)), late December 2017 – FOIA 22-F-1322, released April 2, 2024 (primary source)
- The Black Vault – the Navy confirms that the videos show UAP and were not authorized for public release, September 10, 2019 (analysis)
- Keith Kloor, “UFOs Won't Go Away”, Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2019 (analysis, skeptical)
On this site
People 1
Claims 2
- Luis Elizondo: Maintains that the three Navy videos were released by the Department of Defense, that the DoD made the… Contradicted
- Luis Elizondo: Says he was very surprised to learn that To The Stars Academy had the Navy videos and that he did not know… Contradicted
Inconsistencies 2
- Luis Elizondo: The form for the videos: “Not for publication” versus the DoD having released them
- Luis Elizondo: Did he know TTSA would publish the videos?
Documents 1
- The DD 1910 form with which Elizondo submitted the three Navy videos to DOPSR review Original available
Cases 3
- Nimitz Carrier Strike Group: the “Tic Tac” off San Diego Unexplained
- GIMBAL video: object filmed in infrared by an F/A-18 off Florida Unexplained
- GOFAST video: according to AARO the object was at 13,000 feet and slow, not skimming the water Explained
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