Claim · E-058
Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that the Pentagon press office employs a professional psychological operations officer as the sole point of contact for questions on UAP and that this person, who worked with AARO's previous leadership, has spread misleading and false information to discredit the subject and him personally. In the subsequent written responses (not under oath) he speaks of disinformation by press office officials for at least seven years.
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; written responses of December 19, 2024 (Hearing)
Under oath Direct knowledge Funding, secrecy, Congress
Unverifiable
The alleged psychological operations background of the point of contact is not documented in the sources consulted, and the person was not named at the hearing; the DoD's change of wording on Elizondo's role does not prove the spread of false information.
- Original words
openly employs a professional psychological operations officer as the singular point of contact
- In support
- The DoD's wording went from a statement of no responsibility (Christopher Sherwood, June 1, 2019) to one of no assigned responsibility (Susan Gough, June 13, 2019); according to Politico, in May 2021 the DoD acknowledged that AATIP dealt with UFOs without correcting what had been said about Elizondo's role.
- Against or denials
- From June 2019 to May 2021 the DoD's statements about him remained consistent in using the formula of no assigned responsibility; the résumé of the person named has not been verified.
Sources
- Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024 (primary source)
- The Black Vault – Elizondo's letters to the Pentagon on his role and his credibility (analysis)
- 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)
- Elizondo's written responses to Rep. Burlison's questions for the record, December 19, 2024 (copy hosted by the New Paradigm Institute) (primary source)
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: Reports that an official involved told him that he knew it was he who directed AATIP, but that forces inside… Unverifiable
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
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