Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs by Luis Elizondo
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.”
Given the reaction of the American public to some of the recent disclosure information concerning UAPs, I’m prone to agree with Ignatius. Where are YOU people?? Testimony out of Congress shouted, WE ARE NOT ALONE! No reaction….none????
Luis Elizondo was the former head of DOD’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). He is an Army veteran with wide experience rising to top levels of government in the intelligence arena with high security clearances. He has testified before Congress as an expert on UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena).
Imminent is his recent book on the UAPs. Partially a work of biography and partially a historical look at what we have come to understand about the UAPs, this is an important book by a government insider. Elizondo was privy to highly classified programs within the government and military/industrial complex that have serious implications for national security and our understanding of the universe itself.
After being recruited into a highly classified program with a mission to study these phenomena, Elizondo learned that certain parts of the government (and defense contractors) work to block access to what his team needed. Nevertheless, what they had led to some disturbing conclusions. Since at least WWII, the government (including some Presidents), have known that unidentified vehicles have been in flying in US airspace. These craft operate in ways that defy conventional physics. Elizondo’s team identified five distinct performance characteristics (observables) associated with UAPS.
- Hypersonic velocity: UAPs routinely reach Mach 17 and above, no sonic booms associated with the speed (the USAF SR-71 can reach Mach 5 at high altitude; X-15, some missiles, Space Shuttle can exceed Mach 5 at high altitude only)
- Instantaneous acceleration: UAPS can accelerate to 13,000 mph or faster and can stop on a dime. Also typical are tight, high speed turns impossible for known conventional aircraft. Instantaneous acceleration is associated with high g-forces. UAPs seem to possess the ability to withstand g-forces as high as several thousand g’s. (Structural failure on the F-16 occurs at approximately 17g’s.)
- Low observability: Contrary to known technology that leaves a signature, UAPs leave virtually few or no observable signature. UAPs tend to be silent, with no sonic booms, no contrails, no heat ablation, no atmospheric ionization.
- Transmedium travel: UAPS can operate equally well in space, air, and water environments. UAPs can move from one medium to another with no degradation in performance. (Example) Craft have been observed to operate first in air and then enter water without slowing down or creating waves. And vice versa.
- No propulsion system/lift mechanism (defying gravity): UAPs have no wings, propellers, rotors. There are no control surfaces or means of maneuvering the vehicle.
Another component to UAPs are the biological effects of encountering these objects. There are military and intelligence members who have been injured and are receiving compensation due to these injuries. Some of the injuries associated with a UAP encounters entail radiation burns, internal organ damage, eye problems, psychological issues, and time anomalies (which may also be fundamental to understanding the phenomena).
About halfway through the book, Elizondo describes a theory that Hal Puthoff and others developed that account for all of the observables. With this theoretical technology, space and time could be warped locally creating a bubble around a craft. The craft then is immune from gravity (no wings required). Faster than light travel becomes possible. The pilot’s body does not feel excessive g-forces. In essence, two realities exist at the same time. It also explains why UAP photos tend to be blurry. This is because every photo shows the barrier layer. Elizondo explains in detail how the theory accounts for the features commonly reported with UAP phenomena and why the craft vary so much.
The book does suffer from a confusing timeline as Elizondo hops between his own life and some of the UAP historical happenings. For those who scoffed at Roswell, scoff no more. There is also a survey of famous cases and not so famous cases. Yes, the government has crash retrieval programs and yes, we have biologicals. There is evidence of reverse engineering of off-planet technology. Within the government, this is known as the Legacy Program. Consisting of government and contractor personnel, the program focused on retrieving and reverse-engineering crashed vehicles not made by humans. Materials in the possession of these contractors became the possession of the contractors to the point that the government has no record of them. Sounds like something from the X-files but it’s apparently very real and sinister at that.
Three videos released from the Navy would eventually change the world (TikTac/FLIR 2004, Go Fast 2015, GIMBAL 2015). Elizondo and his team, had for years, faced difficulty in obtaining materials related to the UAPs. Certain parts of the government wouldn’t talk or release data. The Air Force was notorious in this regard but so were other agencies and contractors. In 2014, the Navy was preparing the USS Roosevelt for deployment in the Persian Gulf. In practice exercises in the Atlantic, aircrews reported 22 separate encounters with UAPs which were seen with eyes and sensors abroad aircraft. When reports of this came in, Elizondo remembered a similar 2004 case of the Nimitz/Princeton where UAPs engaged in similar behavior. The incidents were becoming so numerous that pilots were scared, and safety threats loomed. The Navy was looking for answers. Certain reports and films of events were sent through channels to see what operators of secret programs were endangering their crews. Turns out there weren’t any.
At a certain point, Elizondo felt the tide turn against his efforts to take his team’s findings to the Secretary of Defense. He made the decision to leave government to help disclose the truth about UAPs directly to the American public. Chris Mellon, a friend to the ATTIP efforts, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence released the now declassified Navy videos to the world. Elizondo went on to work with the History Channel on the Unidentified series and has worked with Congress on educating the American public. He, along with eyewitnesses have testified before Congress.
The UAP Disclosure Act was passed in Dec. 2023. The most notable part of the legislation concerns funding for UAP programs. No longer can Legacy Programs be funded without government approval by appropriate committee. Congress finally has oversight of all UAP matters. It also directs that the National Archives be the receiving agency for all documents concerning UAPs, technologies of unknown origin, and nonhuman intelligence. And any UAP documents not previously disclosed must be disclosed within 25 years, unless there are national security reasons that prevent such disclosure.
This is a paradigm altering book. A top government intelligence insider has no doubt that American airspace is routinely penetrated. His opinion is that UAPs are not human phenomena and that this is a security threat. He has been instrumental in bringing forward competent, professional witnesses who have testified before Congress twice at this point. Legislation has been enacted as a result. Why people continue to act as if the world is the same is incredible. So, if you see a UAP, what should you do? Read the book (and stay away from the blue lights…).
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