Luis Elizondo and 2017 New York Times UAP Revelation
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Elizondo was a source for the December 2017 New York Times story on the Pentagon UAP program; the Pentagon has disputed his account of his role in it.
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Luis Elizondo
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Former Pentagon intelligence official who says he led the AATIP UFO program before resigning in 2017. The Pentagon has disputed his role; he says the U.S. holds UAP technology.
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2017 New York Times UAP Revelation
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The Dec. 16, 2017 New York Times report revealing the Pentagon's roughly $22 million AATIP UFO-study program, which the Pentagon said ended in 2012, and publishing Navy UAP video.
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Elizondo says he led AATIP. In 2019 a Pentagon spokesperson said he had no AATIP responsibilities, and his role remains disputed.
After resigning from the Pentagon in 2017, Elizondo joined To The Stars Academy, which first published the Navy UAP videos.
Mellon says he gave three unclassified Navy UAP videos to The New York Times in 2017.
To The Stars Academy, whose members included Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon, publicized Navy UAP videos around the December 2017 New York Times story; the Pentagon later said the videos had been leaked, not approved for release.
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