Inconsistency · I-E-06
The $22 million: to AATIP or to AAWSAP?
Weight: Minor or formal
- First version
- Jul 2018 · At the MUFON conference he claims that the $22 million went to AATIP. The Black Vault – DoD emails on the 2017 UAP briefings and on Elizondo's role in AATIP, May 28, 2025
- Second version
- Dec 19, 2024 · In the written answers to Congress he writes that the $22 million funded “AAWSAP/AATIP,” including 37 studies published as DIRDs. Elizondo's written responses to Rep. Burlison's questions for the record, December 19, 2024 (copy hosted by the New Paradigm Institute)
- Analysis
- The evolution is toward greater precision: the contract documents released in September 2026 indicate a DIA–Bigelow (AAWSAP) contract of about $21.9 million paid between 2008 and 2010, and the DoD's own description of Kona Blue uses the wording “AAWSAP/AATIP.” The Navy's 2019 email, on the other hand, states that Elizondo's work had no funding lines, and the number of DIRDs normally cited is 38. It is more a simplification than a substantive contradiction.
Sources
- The Black Vault – DoD emails on the 2017 UAP briefings and on Elizondo's role in AATIP, May 28, 2025 (analysis)
- 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 1
- Luis Elizondo: In 2018 he claims that the $22 million appropriated by Congress went to AATIP; in his written responses of… Partly verified
Documents 3
- The official objectives of the DIA's AAWSAP program (July 18, 2008) Original available
- The AAWSAP contract between the DIA and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (September 22, 2008) and its modifications Original available
- Elizondo's written answers to Rep. Burlison's questions Documented provenance
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