Official position · S-040
The Pentagon acknowledged the “pranks” described by AARO (the Yankee Blue case), explaining that they had been excluded from the 2024 report because the investigation was not concluded, and committed to publishing a second volume of the historical report, expected for late 2025, with the findings on the inauthentic materials.
Pentagon (Department of Defense) · Susan Gough, spokeswoman · Jun 2025
Funding, secrecy, Congress
What it denies and what it leaves open
It acknowledges, through a spokeswoman, the “pranks” described by AARO and defers the details to the second volume of the report, not yet published as of October 31, 2026; it publishes no documents and says nothing about Grusch's or Elizondo's sources.
- Original words
The department is committed to releasing a second volume of its Historical Record Report
- Who disputes it
- Elizondo called the WSJ article “absurd” and attributed it to the usual DoD circles; Luna, Ross Coulthart and James Fox rejected it, Burlison said that Grusch had never heard of Yankee Blue, and in 2026 Mellon asked the WSJ to correct the articles.
Sources
- Straight Arrow News, June 9, 2025 (press)
- Sentinel News: reactions to the WSJ investigation (press, pro-disclosure)
- Jason Colavito, June 10, 2025: Elizondo vs. the WSJ (analysis, skeptical)
- Wikipedia – Yankee Blue (other)
On this site
Documents 1
- FOIA: the Pentagon cannot find the 2023 memo that allegedly stopped the fake “Yankee Blue” briefings Original available
Where the claims come from 1
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