Luis Elizondo
Former Director, AATIP
Former US Army counterintelligence officer who ran the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). Resigned in protest over secrecy. Author of 'Imminent.' Key figure in the 2017 NYT disclosure that broke UAP into mainstream.
Credentials
- -Director of AATIP (2007-2017)
- -US Army Counterintelligence
- -20+ years DoD service
- -Author of 'Imminent' (2024)
Links
Connected Cases
Evidence
The Phenomenon (2020)
Comprehensive documentary covering 70+ years of UAP encounters, government cover-ups, and witness testimony. Features Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, John Podesta, Chris Mellon, and multiple military witnesses. Widely considered the definitive UAP documentary.
View sourceThe Age of Disclosure (2025)
Documentary featuring interviews with 34 senior members of the US government, military, and intelligence communities about the UAP cover-up. Includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former DNI James Clapper, Colonel Karl Nell, Chris Mellon, Lue Elizondo, Jay Stratton, Hal Puthoff, Tim Gallaudet, Ryan Graves, Alex Dietrich, and members of Congress. Hit #1 on Amazon Prime at launch. Screened for members of Congress.
View sourceLue Elizondo on 60 Minutes — AATIP Disclosure
Former AATIP director Lue Elizondo appears on 60 Minutes alongside former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Chris Mellon. Discusses the Pentagon's UAP investigation program, confirms the Navy videos are authentic, and states the objects demonstrate technology beyond known human capability. This 60 Minutes segment brought UAP into mainstream national conversation.
View sourceNew York Times AATIP Revelation — 'Glowing Auras and Black Money'
The New York Times published 'Glowing Auras and Black Money: The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program,' revealing the existence of AATIP — a $22 million Pentagon program investigating UAP from 2007-2012, funded at the request of Senator Harry Reid. The article included the FLIR1 and Gimbal videos and featured Luis Elizondo, who had just resigned from the program. This single article fundamentally shifted the UAP conversation from fringe to mainstream, triggering congressional interest that led to the current disclosure wave.
View sourceTom DeLonge — TTSA Formation and Pentagon Insider Access
Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge announced To The Stars Academy with a team including Luis Elizondo (AATIP), Chris Mellon (Deputy ASDIA), Hal Puthoff (CIA/Stargate), Jim Semivan (CIA), and Steve Justice (Lockheed Skunk Works). The Podesta WikiLeaks emails revealed DeLonge had been meeting with senior military and intelligence officials for years. TTSA became the vehicle that released the Pentagon UAP videos to the New York Times. Whatever one thinks of DeLonge, the caliber of people who joined his organization speaks to the reality of what they were disclosing.
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