Claim · E-047
Luis Elizondo: Reconstructs his career under oath: studies in microbiology and immunology, service in the Army with a brief period in military intelligence, then civilian counterintelligence special agent and head of counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations, with counterinsurgency and counternarcotics experience; after a period with the Director of National Intelligence, his return to the Pentagon around 2009.
Luis Elizondo · Nov 13, 2024 · Joint hearing of two subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth” (November 13, 2024) – answers to Moskowitz (Hearing)
Under oath Direct knowledge Biography and credentials
Partly verified
Service at OUSD(I) from 2008 to 2017 is documented, whereas the earlier career rests on self-reported statements and press profiles without public primary documents.
- Original words
I became a counterintelligence special agent as a civilian
- In support
- Garry Reid's memorandum confirms service at OUSD(I) from September 28, 2008 to October 4, 2017; Kloor (2019) describes him as a former interrogator at Guantánamo; press profiles cited by Wikipedia (Popular Mechanics 2020, GQ 2021, The Times 2024) report his enlistment in the Army (in 1995 according to Imminent), service in South Korea and Kuwait, and operations in Afghanistan, South America and Guantánamo.
- Against or denials
- Minor discrepancy: Reid dates his arrival at OUSD(I) to September 28, 2008, whereas Elizondo speaks of 2009; no personnel file is public.
Sources
- Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024 (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)
- Wikipedia – “Luis Elizondo” (used as a cross-reference to the sources cited) (other)
On this site
People 1
Claims 2
- Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that in his last assignment he was Director of the National Programs Special Management… Partly verified
- Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath to have worked personally with David Grusch a few years earlier at the U.S. Space Force. Unverifiable
Inconsistencies 1
Documents 2
- Garry Reid's memorandum on AATIP and on Elizondo (December 2017) Original available
- The transcript of the November 13, 2024 House hearing with Elizondo, Gallaudet, Shellenberger and Gold Original available
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