Claim · E-021
Luis Elizondo: Reports that an official involved told him that he knew it was he who directed AATIP, but that forces inside the Pentagon were telling him not to admit it; also maintains that some bloggers were told that he had no duties in AATIP and that AATIP did not study UAP.
Luis Elizondo · May 3, 2021 · Complaint to the DoD Office of Inspector General (May 3, 2021) (Document)
Hearsay Funding, secrecy, Congress
Unverifiable
It is based on a private conversation with an unnamed official, with no public corroboration.
- In support
- In May 2021 the DoD publicly acknowledged that AATIP dealt with UFO research (Politico), a sign that its earlier line had been different; the DoD's wording on his role went from a statement of no responsibility (June 1, 2019) to one of no assigned responsibility (June 13, 2019).
- Against or denials
- The text and date of the DoD statement according to which AATIP did not concern UAP have not been located; until 2021 the DoD maintained the formula that he had no assigned responsibilities in AATIP.
Sources
- DoD Office of Inspector General, FOIA release DODIG-2022-000313 (with the 2017 resignation letter and a copy of the Politico article of May 26, 2021) (primary source)
- The Black Vault – Elizondo's letters to the Pentagon on his role and his credibility (analysis)
- The Black Vault – the Pentagon reiterates that Elizondo had no responsibility in AATIP (statements by Susan Gough), June 14, 2019 (analysis)
On this site
People 1
Claims 2
- Luis Elizondo: Claims to have directed for almost a decade a sensitive aerospace threat identification program (AATIP)… Disputed
- Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that the Pentagon press office employs a professional psychological operations officer as… Unverifiable
Documents 1
- The Inspector General's emails on Elizondo and the Pentagon's official line (2021) Original available
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