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Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that he believes a secret arms race has been under way for decades, funded with diverted public money and hidden from elected representatives, and that he learned that some UAP programs operated, and still operate, without congressional oversight (one hundred percent); he also answers one hundred percent to the question of whether the government knowingly conceals evidence about UAP.

Luis Elizondo · Nov 13, 2024 · Joint hearing of two subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth” (November 13, 2024) – opening statement and answers to Burchett and Garcia (Hearing)

Under oath Opinion or hypothesis Funding, secrecy, Congress

Original words

a multidecade secretive arms race, one funded by misallocated taxpayer dollars

In support

Several members of Congress, including Tim Burchett and Anna Paulina Luna, complain that information on UAP is still being withheld from Congress.

Against or denials

AARO (March 2024) found no evidence of classified programs not properly reported to Congress; in 2023 the DoD stated that it keeps Congress fully informed about AARO's activities and conclusions.

Sources

1. Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024 (primary source)
2. The Debrief – AARO report: no evidence of exotic technology or of programs hidden from Congress, March 9, 2024 (press, pro-disclosure)
3. The War Zone – the Pentagon responds to the whistleblowers' allegations, July 28, 2023 (press)

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People 1

• Luis Elizondo

Claims 1

• Luis Elizondo: Answers “yes” under oath to the question of whether the government has conducted secret programs to retrieve… Disputed

Inconsistencies 1

• Luis Elizondo: Deferrals to a closed session that does not appear to have taken place

Documents 2

• Elizondo's written statement for the November 13, 2024 hearing Original available
• The transcript of the November 13, 2024 House hearing with Elizondo, Gallaudet, Shellenberger and Gold Original available

Where the claims come from 1

• The United States has been engaged for decades in a secret “cold war” with rival powers, in particular…

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