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The spokesman told the New York Post that AATIP had conducted research and investigations on unidentified aerial phenomena.

Pentagon (Department of Defense) · Christopher Sherwood, spokesman · May 22, 2019

AATIP and AAWSAP

What it denies and what it leaves open

It acknowledges that AATIP dealt with UAP; it says nothing about Elizondo's role, which the same spokesman denied a few days later, nor about retrievals or materials.

Original words
did pursue research and investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena
Who disputes it
In his 2021 complaint Elizondo maintained that the DoD had previously told some bloggers that AATIP did not deal with UAP.
Concerns
Luis Elizondo

Sources

  1. FOIA release from the DoD Inspector General DODIG-2022-000313 (PDF) (primary source)
  2. New York Post, May 22, 2019 (press)
  3. Wikipedia – Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (other)

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