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scientist on highly classified projects for the government. In various past capacities, he had regularly reported directly to the White House and the director of the CIA. This is a man who walks around with knowledge that the vast majority of the human population will never know. My respect and admiration for Hal is immeasurable. He was the program's chief scientist... When I was still a young soldier in the Army, my career path had crossed briefly with Hal's. But I met him for the first time in person that evening. The fact that I was about to rub elbows with Hal
Puthoff impressed upon me the significance of the meeting... Stargate trained "supersoldiers" to spy on hard targets using their psychic gifts. No, I am not kidding, this was an official US government program. They called the highly controversial technique "remote viewing." The program, pioneered at Stanford University in the late 1960s, was led by none other than Hal Puthoff, whom I met at the dinner meeting I described earlier. Hal had been a Stanford University researcher and an employee of the NSA when he and his colleague Russell Targ were approached by the CIA and told that Russia had a remote-viewing program. The US needed to catch up and beat their efforts. That's how it all started.
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The classified nature of the videos and the validity of
Elizondo's authorization to distribute them were questioned. Elizondo, in a Pentagon memo, stated the videos could "help educate pilots and improve aviation safety"; in interviews after their release, Elizondo remarked his intention was to "shed
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describing "a coordinated campaign to discredit him for speaking out" including "Pentagon press statements asserting he had no official role in UFO research, even after his role was officially confirmed". In the
Inspector General's complaint, Elizondo also stated that he was the target of "a personal
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reported in 2020 that
Elizondo stated, "I initially requested the videos be cleared for restricted release to industry partners, however, it was DOPSR, not me, who suggested the videos be released in an unrestricted manner. The emails on this exchange are out there now. They’ve been made public, so
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Senator Harry Reid again confirmed
Elizondo held the post in a 2021 letter. Elizondo remarked in his 2024 memoir that he had been formally invited to the program to manage security and counterintelligence, under its then-current identity of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon Systems Applications Program
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by unknown high-performance craft. "The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the DoD has taken actions regarding
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)", Randolph Stone, assistant inspector general for evaluations on space, intelligence, engineering and oversight, stated.
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located the involved party who made the recommendation, and wrote, "Not shown in the series of emails, the person recalled, in their coordination with DOPSR, it was suggested it would be easier if the request was amended to 'unrestricted.' Subsequently, the person said this information would have
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Also in attendance was Harold "Hal" Puthoff, a legendary figure in government and intel community research circles. He is a physicist, an engineer, and a man of deep mystery when it comes to some of
America's most sensitive and controversial projects. For over fifty years, he worked as the chief
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Academy of Arts and Sciences to investigate technologies the civilian group had in its possession, Elizondo's title and position with the organization was listed by the United States Army as "Director of Global Security and Special Programs". After joining To the Stars, Elizondo
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interests on a global scale", and that
Elizondo's office had "identified and neutralized 6 insider threats" and "co-authored 4 national-level policies involving covert action". Elizondo's performance was further evaluated by the Pentagon as exemplary, and noted that it "cannot be overstated the
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in 2017, described the UFOs he was aware of as "These aircraft -- we'll call them aircraft -- are displaying characteristics that are not currently within the US inventory nor in any foreign inventory that we are aware of", and "things that don't have any obvious
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program under Hal
Puthoff when younger, to his years later his recruitment into the UFO research program where Puthoff was among the project scientists. He also describes a personal encounter involving a "green, glowing ball" floating through his home.
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Late in his military and intelligence career, Elizondo is recruited by Pentagon officials to manage security and counterintelligence for a deeply classified UFO-related research program. Through his involvement in the program, Elizondo comes to embrace
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Elizondo, along with Christopher Mellon and Steve Justice, left To the Stars in late 2020, saying "Tom is really focused on the entertainment side, so there's not a whole lot for Chris, Steve and I to do Our talents lie in engaging governments,
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released the three Navy videos themselves and acknowledged them as real. In response, Elizondo commented, "We are fueled by the Pentagon's significant actions and hope this encourages a new wave of credible information to come forward".
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out of his Pentagon office for this program until 2017, when he resigned to protest what he characterized as "excessive secrecy and internal opposition". Elizondo was Director for the National Programs Special Management Staff in the
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and international organizations, and we're ready to shift into second gear. Entertainment is one way to do it, but it's not comprehensive." In 2023, journalist Art Levine credited both Elizondo and Mellon for their role in
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that Elizondo "had no responsibilities with regard to the AATIP program while he worked in OUSDI, up until the time he resigned effective 10/4/2017". In response, Elizondo filed a 64-page long complaint with the
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announced they were "planning to provide never-before-released footage from real U.S. government systems—not blurry amateur photos but real data and real videos".
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In April 2019, the Navy acknowledged drafting new guidelines for pilots and other personnel to report encounters with unidentified aircraft, and Elizondo told
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and 2024, Elizondo retained "the highest security clearance" and still serves as a contractor for the United States government. In August 2024, Elizondo told
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people can see this for themselves, precisely how this occurred." DOPSR is the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review, under the Pentagon's
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been passed along to Elizondo." The matter of the classification of the videos was settled in 2020 by Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough, who told
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reports that Elizondo was asked to take over the program in 2010, which was an outgrowth of a government project awarded to businessman and
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vendetta from a Pentagon rival", who attempted to harm his career via investigations of Elizondo's role in the 2017 release of the
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that in a 2016 government performance evaluation, Elizondo was "lauded" for "his ability to manage a highly
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Elizondo was recruited in 2009 to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a
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UFO whistleblowers: Lue Elizondo calls David Grusch a 'hero' - Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
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that it was "the single greatest decision the Navy has made in decades". In April 2020, the
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role with AATIP have been contested by Pentagon officials. Since 2017, he has stated that
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426:(UFOs) and unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAPs). Senator Harry Reid sent a letter to
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1683:"UFOs are about to make their way to the U.S. Senate. Here's what to know"
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Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (December 16, 2017).
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Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (May 26, 2019).
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importance of Mr. Elizondo’s portfolio to national security".
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1964:"How Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Became a U.F.O. Researcher"
1934:(2024). "Chapter 1: Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't".
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863:Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for U.F.O.s
769:Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation
489:Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
483:Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
360:National Counterintelligence and Security Center
138:Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
100:Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
2687:Hispanic and Latino American military personnel
2105:Watkins, Eli; Todd, Brian (December 19, 2017).
801:In the summer of 2021 Elizondo appeared on the
523:, including then Special Agent Luis Elizondo,
471:that he had worked on UAP-related topics with
2612:Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
1962:Taylor, Derrick Bryson (September 26, 2019).
1936:Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
1681:Chow, Denice; Schwartz, Gadi (May 19, 2021).
1214:Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
845:Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
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2132:"What Is Up With Those Pentagon UFO Videos?"
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1433:"Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program"
1361:York, Josie Ensor, New (August 26, 2024).
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631:To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences
613:To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences
511:United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
104:To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences
918:Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
837:search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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505:to investigate aerial threats including
1874:"The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs"
1594:Blumenthal, Ralph (December 18, 2017).
1540:. Event occurs at 6:22. Archived from
1326:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
963:"The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs"
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408:Federal government of the United States
140:(AATIP), which was associated with the
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1841:Villarreal, Alexandra (May 28, 2021).
1656:Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (April 30, 2021).
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307:United States Army Counterintelligence
200:around 1975". Elizondo graduated from
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130:United States Army Counterintelligence
2409:O'Brien, Connor (December 23, 2022).
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1640:from the original on March 28, 2024.
1075:Burton, Charlie (November 9, 2021).
791:All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
711:of a human or anything biological."
651:United States Department of the Army
220:, Elizondo studied double majors in
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1717:Warrick, Joby (December 16, 2017).
1431:McMillan, Tim (February 14, 2020).
1408:Levengood, Matthew (July 5, 2023).
1329:. December 31, 2017. Archived from
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2516:. October 30, 2021. Archived from
2434:Whitaker, Bill (August 29, 2021).
2302:D'Addario, Daniel (May 31, 2019).
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1753:McMillan, Tim (January 17, 2020).
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574:helicopter technologies, and with
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356:United States Secretary of Defense
154:not the result of human technology
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2540:"The New York Times Best Sellers"
2359:Hipes, Patrick (March 12, 2019).
2228:Turak, Natasha (April 28, 2020).
1530:Luis Elizondo (August 29, 2024).
1467:Kean, Leslie (October 11, 2017).
1146:Farwell, Matt (August 10, 2020).
368:Director of National Intelligence
2677:21st-century American memoirists
2574:Chung, Frank (August 19, 2024).
2177:Washington Headquarters Services
1005:Issues in Science and Technology
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440:Issues in Science and Technology
206:Reserve Officers' Training Corps
2384:Wallis, Adam (March 13, 2019).
2203:Paul, Deanna (April 25, 2019).
1816:Sharma, Shweta (May 27, 2021).
1212:(2024). "A reluctant warrior".
1148:"Tom DeLonge's Warped UFO Tour"
688:, which were publicized by the
364:Office of National Intelligence
348:, all that kind of stuff". The
261:United States Army intelligence
2261:Yuhas, Alan (April 28, 2020).
1791:Bender, Bryan (May 21, 2021).
1410:"The Battalion Battle Captain"
1184:Cox, Billy (January 3, 2021).
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2467:Weber, Peter (May 17, 2021).
1938:. HarperCollins. p. 12.
1113:Levine, Art (July 20, 2023).
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658:United States Navy UFO videos
507:unidentified aerial phenomena
451:in a manner that protects US
299:Guantanamo Bay detention camp
92:U.S. Army Counterintelligence
1282:"Luis Elizondo - Biography"
424:unidentified flying objects
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1014:Arizona State University
939:United States Government
627:Defense for Intelligence
160:Early life and education
152:(or UAPs) exist and are
1414:The Military Leader.com
1191:Sarasota Herald-Tribune
637:co-founded by musician
351:Sarasota Herald-Tribune
315:anti-terrorist missions
265:Elizondo served in the
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1976:on September 26, 2019.
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886:Roswell crash incident
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681:USS Theodore Roosevelt
602:United States airspace
495:special access program
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1606:on December 19, 2017.
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828:, a program began by
287:military intelligence
202:Riverview High School
115:luiselizondo-official
88:Department of Defense
77:military intelligence
2552:on September 1, 2024
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2152:on February 17, 2018
2011:on December 19, 2019
1997:Government Executive
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1445:on February 14, 2020
1333:on February 13, 2019
1115:"Spaceship of Fools"
1000:"UFOs Won't Go Away"
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214:scholastic wrestling
186:Bay of Pigs invasion
168:who volunteered for
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44:Luis Daniel Elizondo
2513:The Galileo Project
2398:on August 27, 2024.
2040:The Washington Post
2031:Mellon, Christopher
1767:on January 17, 2020
1420:on August 27, 2024.
1198:on January 4, 2021.
1160:on August 10, 2020.
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861:Elizondo's memoir,
826:The Galileo Project
815:U.S. naval aviators
785:signing that years
783:President Joe Biden
746:The Washington Post
686:Pentagon UFO videos
664:Pentagon UFO videos
598:Pentagon UFO videos
514:William J. Lynn III
461:Pentagon UFO videos
218:University of Miami
142:Pentagon UFO videos
66:University of Miami
2588:on August 27, 2024
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2509:Harvard University
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2366:Deadline Hollywood
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672:aircraft carriers
670:United States Navy
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