UAPgradeUAPgrade Italiano

Person

Neill Tipton

OUSD(I) official to whom Elizondo proposed handing over the UAP dossier (2017)

2017–2021 · AARO and the Pentagon · Official

An official of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, in August and September 2017 he received from Elizondo, according to emails made public via FOIA, the proposal to take over the UAP “portfolio,” and replied that sooner or later he would need to work out what it was about. In 2021 Elizondo named him, together with Garry Reid and Susan Gough, in his complaint to the Pentagon Inspector General.

Documented authority

It measures how documented and verifiable what the person claims is, not their honesty. Each criterion is scored from 0 to 2.

Credentials 2/2
The OUSD(I) role is shown in Department of Defense emails.
Direct access not applicable
Not applicable: does not claim direct knowledge of the facts; reports sources or documents.
Evidence provided not applicable
Not applicable: does not advance claims of their own on UAP facts.
Claims track record not applicable
The sources consulted do not trace the outcome of any verifiable claims made by this person.
Conflicts of interest not applicable
The sources consulted do not document financial interests tied to the topic.

Sources

  1. DoD FOIA 25-F-2554: OIG documents on Elizondo 2017-2019 (PDF) (primary source)
  2. DoD OIG, FOIA release DODIG-2022-000313 (with a copy of the Politico article on Elizondo's complaint, PDF) (primary source)
  3. The Black Vault, May 28, 2025: the 2017 emails on Elizondo's role (analysis)

On this site

Documents 1

Open in the interactive archive The whole section: Directory of people

UAPgrade's entries are compiled with artificial intelligence (three verifiers with opposing roles) and checked against the sources listed above: how we work. Have a document that changes this entry? Bring it to the Investigations Unit.