Inconsistency · I-E-11
The approach to Mattis: aerospace threats or transfer of material?
Weight: Substantial
- First version
- Oct 4, 2017 · In the resignation letter addressed to the Secretary of Defense he speaks only of anomalous aerospace threats and invites him to ask the difficult questions (who else knows, what capabilities they have, why more is not being invested), with no references to recovered materials. 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)
- Second version
- Nov 13, 2024 · Under oath he recounts that, as the memorandum from the Secretary of the Air Force needed to transfer to Bigelow the material collected in the 1950s was missing, he tried to obtain a memorandum from Mattis when Mattis became Secretary of Defense. Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024
- Analysis
- An unclassified resignation letter was not the place to cite material covered by secrecy, and Elizondo claims to be bound by confidentiality obligations; the book, which went through DOPSR review, mentions only the rejection of his request for a briefing to Mattis. It remains that the most recent reconstruction shifts the meaning of the approach to Mattis from the assessment of a threat to the custody of recovered material, an element that does not appear in the 2017 documents.
Sources
- 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)
- Transcript of the hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”, House of Representatives, November 13, 2024 (primary source)
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People 1
Claims 2
- Luis Elizondo: In the resignation letter he claims that there is overwhelming evidence, classified and unclassified, of… Unverifiable
- Luis Elizondo: Claims under oath that an aerospace company (Lockheed Martin, according to the written responses) asked to… Unverifiable
Documents 1
- Elizondo's two resignation letters (October 2017) Original available
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