Elizondo on shoot-downs and recoveries (2019)
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| Date | 15 March 2019 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Luis Elizondo |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 192 |
| Year | 2019 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2019 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 3 |
In March 2019 Luis Elizondo was the keynote speaker at the first Anomalous Aerospace Phenomena conference of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) in Huntsville, Alabama. In the question session he gave guarded answers on whether UAP had caused damage or harm, and deferred questions about biological evidence.[1]
The questions
According to a transcript published by researcher Joe Murgia, asked whether UAP had caused damage or threatened national security, Elizondo answered "simply put… yes", but said the story was still being assembled and would be shown later. He said it was not a matter of people "getting zapped", but that there had been interesting "provocations".[1]
Radiation and biology
Asked whether anyone had received a measurable dose of radiation from a UAP, Elizondo said he could not answer, and physicist Hal Puthoff, in the audience, said yes. Asked whether AATIP, MUFON or Bigelow Aerospace had collected biological evidence, Elizondo said that was a question for Robert Bigelow to answer about his own company.[1]
Other answers
Elizondo said he could not say which officials had been read into AATIP, described the program as spread across several locations in and beyond the national capital region, and said some questions involved methods that also applied to identifying foreign or experimental aircraft, which was why he could not discuss them. Asked about "Solar Warden", he said he had never heard of it, and Puthoff described it as a conspiracy theory.[1]
Correction
Earlier summaries described Elizondo being asked about shoot-downs and recoveries. The published transcript shows questions about damage, radiation and biological evidence instead.[1]
Assessment
Elizondo offered no evidence at the event. In his 2024 book Imminent he said he believed the U.S. had a crash-retrieval program, which the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office disputes.[1][2]
People and topics
- Luis Elizondo — Former Army counterintelligence officer who says he ran AATIP.
- AATIP — The Pentagon UAP effort associated with Luis Elizondo, revealed in December 2017.
- Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies — A group of scientists and analysts that studies UAP.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Imminent — Luis Elizondo's 2024 memoir.
- Crash retrieval — The alleged recovery of crashed non-human craft by governments.
- AARO — The Pentagon office set up in 2022 to investigate UAP.
On the Timeline
- InterNASA lawsuit (26 February 2019) — A TV producer sues former officials over a company called InterNASA.
- NNSA rescues the JASON group (25 April 2019) — The nuclear security agency takes over the JASON advisory group contract.
See every 2019 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Joe Murgia, "Elizondo transcript – SCU Q&A", UFO Joe (Nov 2019) · ufojoe.net · archived copy
- Luis Elizondo — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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