Claim · E-032
Luis Elizondo: Recounts that the Navy videos were released after a change to the authorization form that allowed their unrestricted distribution.
Luis Elizondo · Aug 20, 2024 · Book “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs” (HarperCollins, August 20, 2024), according to Justin Snead's summary (Book)
Direct knowledge Sightings, video, sensors
Contradicted
The Navy (September 2019) states that neither its relevant offices nor DOPSR have any record of requests for unlimited release of the videos in 2017.
- In support
- DOPSR approved the DD Form 1910 submitted by Elizondo in August 2017, and AFOSI determined that the videos were not classified.
- Against or denials
- The official copy of the DD Form 1910 (FOIA, 2019) gives as its purpose “Not for publication. Research and analysis ONLY,” with the requesting office's recommendations section left blank; in 2019 the Pentagon spoke of limited distribution only.
Sources
- Justin Snead – what Elizondo's book adds to the historical reconstruction (analysis)
- The Black Vault – the Navy confirms that the videos show UAP and were not authorized for public release, September 10, 2019 (analysis)
- The Black Vault – dossier on the DD Form 1910 and the DOPSR review of the three Navy videos (analysis)
On this site
People 1
Claims 1
Inconsistencies 1
Documents 3
- The DD 1910 form with which Elizondo submitted the three Navy videos to DOPSR review Original available
- The Pentagon's press release of April 27, 2020 on the official release of the three Navy videos Original available
- AARO's Consolidated Annual Report on UAP for Fiscal Year 2025 Original available
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