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UAP investigations, and that indeed Luis Elizondo was the custodian of the AATIP portfolio. Additionally, information obtained
showed elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office had participated in AATIP.
Though this request was less than six months after The Pentagon's "no responsibilities" statement, spokeswoman Gough replied,
"Please keep in mind he [Elizondo] left DoD over three years ago, and there are personnel and privacy matters involved."
Given the recent Presidential election results and impending transfer of executive power, The Debrief reached out to the transition
team for President-Elect Joe Biden. While not explicitly discussing UAP, a transition team spokesperson said Biden intends to
"Immediately return to daily press briefings at the White House, U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Department of Defense. Our
foreign policy relies on the informed consent of the American people. That is not possible when our government refuses to
communicate with the public."
What Does It All Mean?
From closed-door meetings, to senior military leadership and the issuance of classified intelligence reports, all indications suggest
the DoD is indeed taking the UAP issue seriously. However, what new information has come to light about the government's UAP
investigations provides us with few answers, and certainly raises a number of questions.
Classification has long surrounded the U.S. government's most sophisticated airborne platforms. However, when it comes to
underwater systems, the extremity of official secrecy falls into a class by itself. For instance, retired Navy Admiral Bobby Ray Inman
acknowledged that he served as director for the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office (NURO) decades ago; yet despite this,
to date the government denies that the NURO even exists.
Even if the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's request for an unclassified UAP report ends up being enacted in the FY2021
Intelligence Act, as legislative experts have pointed out, the UAP report provision is not not binding law. In essence, there's no
guarantee the public will be provided any comprehensive information on UAP. Equally, while Congress is required to have access to
classified information, only the executive branch has the authority to declassify national security information in order to make it
public.
Should the DoD become more willing to discuss UAP publicly, there are plenty of indications that it might be a disappointment
compared to many of the popular myths and narratives intertwined with the UFO subject over the last 70 years.
Every source The Debrief spoke with who had either seen the published position reports or were familiar with the activities of the
UAPTF said that no concise estimate of the situation for UAP has been achieved. While they acknowledged that many hypotheses
are being explored, the U.S. government presently lacks any definite explanation for UAP-related events.
Focusing on the DoD's statements that the mission of the UAPTF is to "detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose
a threat to U.S. national security," The Debrief spoke with retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Bruce McClintock.
During his 30-year career with the Air Force, McClintock's assignments included White House Fellow to President George W. Bush,
Executive Assistant to the Commander of NORAD, Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Special
Assistant to the Commander of Air Force Space Command. Before retiring in 2017, Gen. McClintock amassed more than 3,000 flight
hours on more than 35 aircraft, including the A-10, F-15B/D, F-16A/B/C/D, and the F-111. Presently, Gen. McClintock heads up the
RAND corporation's Space Enterprise Initiative and serves as the focal point for all RAND space-related research for the U.S.
government and U.S. allies.
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