Claim · E-046
Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that in his last assignment he was Director of the National Programs Special Management Staff and managed a special access program on behalf of the White House and the National Security Council.
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 (Hearing)
Under oath Direct knowledge Biography and credentials
Partly verified
The title appears in the signature of his 2017 resignation letter and is consistent with the DoD's description, but no public document confirms the link to a White House or National Security Council program.
- Original words
I was the Director of National Programs Special Management Staff
- In support
- The October 2017 resignation letter is signed “Director, National Programs Special Man[agement Staff]”; according to Reid's memorandum he was a section chief for the management of classified information in support of the Office of Military Commissions; a 2016 evaluation cited by Kloor praised him for managing a highly classified program (rating “exemplary”); his attorney linked his emails to a preservation order of the 9/11 military commissions.
- Against or denials
- No public document mentions the White House or the National Security Council.
Sources
- Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024 (primary source)
- 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)
- Memorandum for Record by Garry Reid (OUSD(I)), late December 2017 – FOIA 22-F-1322, released April 2, 2024 (primary source)
- 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: Claims to have directed for almost a decade a sensitive aerospace threat identification program (AATIP)… Disputed
- Luis Elizondo: Reconstructs his career under oath: studies in microbiology and immunology, service in the Army with a brief… Partly verified
Inconsistencies 1
Documents 4
- The DD 1910 form with which Elizondo submitted the three Navy videos to DOPSR review Original available
- Elizondo's two resignation letters (October 2017) Original available
- 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
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