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Video Title: "Former Pentagon official: Real question is, what are we really dealing with?"

Former Pentagon official: Real question is, what are we really dealing with?
504,535 views  May 28, 2021

Luis Elizondo, the former Director of Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program at the Pentagon, discusses the Pentagon's new task to investigate UFOs that have been observed by US military aircraft.

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwIr_6ME0P4

Transcript:

>>> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS SET 
TO RELEASE AN UNCLASSIFIED 
REPORT ON UFOs MAYBE AS EARLY AS
NEXT WEEK.
>> WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED A 
JOKE IS NOW SEEN BY A LOT OF 
PEOPLE AS A GENUINE NATIONAL 
SECURITY ISSUE.
EX-GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE 
INCREASINGLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT.
EVEN FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA CONCEDED THIS MONTH, THERE
ARE THINGS THAT THEY SIMPLY 
CANNOT EXPLAIN.
>> WHAT IS TRUE, AND I'M 
ACTUALLY BEING SERIOUS HERE, IS 
THAT THERE ARE -- THERE'S 
FOOTAGE AND RECORDS OF OBJECTS 
IN THE SKIES THAT WE DON'T KNOW 
EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
>> OUR NEXT GUEST IS THE FORMER 
DIRECTOR OF THE ADVANCED 
AEROSPACE THREAT IDENTIFICATION 
PROGRAM AT THE PENTAGON, AND 
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID ON "60 
MINUTES" A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> IMAGINE A TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN
DO 600 TO 700 G FORCES, FLY AT 
13,000 MILES AN HOUR, CAN EVADE 
RADAR AND THAT CAN FLY THROUGH 
AIR AND WATER AND POSSIBLY SPACE
AND, OH, BY THE WAY, HAS NO 
OBVIOUS SIGNS OF PROPULSION, NO 
WINGS, NO CONTROL SURFACES AND 
YET CAN DEFY THE NATURAL EFFECTS
OF EARTH'S GRAVITY.
THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING. 
>> AND HE JOINS US NOW.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY 
QUESTION ANYMORE.
THESE ARE REAL.
I MEAN, NAVY PILOTS ARE ON THE 
RECORD WITH WHAT THEY'VE SEEN 
FLYING AROUND.
MILITARY VIDEOS HAVE CAUGHT 
IMAGES OF THESE UFOs.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS REPORT, 
MAYBE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, IS 
GOING TO SAY?
>> WELL, I HOPE THE REPORT 
PROVIDE ONS CONGRESS WHAT IT 
ASKS FOR AND, FRANKLY, WHAT IT 
DESERVES.
THAT IS A CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF 
THE SITUATION.
MY ONLY FEAR IS THAT 180 DAYS IS
REALLY NOT A SUFFICIENT ENOUGH 
TIME TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE 
REPORT.
WHEN I WAS -- WHEN I WAS WORKING
IN THE PENTAGON, WE DID THIS FOR
NEARLY A DECADE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO COMB THROUGH.
AGAIN, MY FEAR IS THAT 180 DAYS 
IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO BE LONG 
ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THAT SP
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO CONGRESS
THAT IT ASKS FOR. 
>> YOUR ANTICIPATION IS THAT 
THIS WON'T BE COMPREHENSIVE, 
THEN?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO 
BE A START.
MY HOPE IS THIS IS GOING TO 
SERVE AS AN INTERIM REPORT.
FRANKLY, I HOPE THERE'S A MORE 
LONG-TERM ENDURING CAPABILITY 
ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE 
GOVERNMENT.
PERHAPS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT 
APPROACH, TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.
THIS ISSUE IS NOT A RECENT 
ISSUE.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY, 
MANY YEARS IF NOT DECADES AND 
IT'S FINALLY COMING TO THE POINT
WHERE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 
REALLY, IT'S REACHED THIS 
CRITICAL MASS WHERE WE CAN'T 
SIMPLY DENY IT ANYMORE. 
>> SO, WHEN YOU WERE THE 
DIRECTOR OF THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM
AT THE PENTAGON, WHAT 
INFORMATION DID YOU SEE THAT THE
REST OF US DON'T KNOW ABOUT?
>> SURE.
WELL, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT 
IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY FROM 
TRAINED OBSERVERS.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE 
SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
TRAINING FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE 
THE SILHOUETTE OF AN F-16 VERSUS
AN S-22 VERSUS A MIG 25.
WHAT THEY'RE REPORTING ARE 
REALLY EXTRAORDINARY VEHICLES 
DOING EXTRAORDINARILE THINGS.
FURTHERMORE, IT'S BACKED UP BY 
ELECTRO-OPTICAL DATA AND FURTHER
BACKED UP BY RADAR.
YOU HAVE THREE DISTINCT PIECES, 
OR IF YOU WILL, COLLECTION 
SOURCES THAT ARE ALL PROVIDING 
THE SAME INFORMATION AT THE SAME
TIME, AT THE SAME PLACE, UNDER 
THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALL 
VALIDATING WHAT THE PILOTS ARE 
SEEING.
SO IT'S VERY COMPELLING AND AT 
THIS POINT WE KNOW IT'S REAL. 
>> YOU MAKE AN INTERESTING 
POINT.
AT THIS POINT YOU KNOW IT'S 
REAL.
NOT TOO LONG AGO, AS I 
MENTIONED, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 
A JOKE BUT NOW YOU HAVE A 
PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT 
ACKNOWLEDGING THIS.
WHAT CHANGED THAT NOW WE HAVE 
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYING, 
SERIOUS NOW, THERE ARE THINGS WE
CANNOT EXPLAIN?
>> YEAH, WELL, IT'S NOT JUST 
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WE HAVE FORMER DIRECTOR OF 
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE RADCLIFF, 
WE HAVE FORMER DIRECTOR OF CIA 
JOHN BRENNAN, FORMER DIRECTOR OF
CIA WOOLSEY HAVE COME FORWARD 
ALONG WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS IN 
CONGRESS STEPPED FORWARD, ALL 
HAVE RECEIVED CLASSIFIED 
BRIEFINGS ON THE TOPIC.
WHAT THEY'RE BEING PROVIDED IS 
EXTREMELY COMPELLING.
I THINK WE'RE WELL BEYOND 
REASONABLE DOUBT AT THIS POINT.
THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHAT 
EXACTLY ARE WE DEALING WITH?
ARE WE DEALING WITH FOREIGN 
ADVERSARIAL TECHNOLOGY OR REALLY
DEALING WITH SOME THAT'S A 
PARADIGM MOTION FOR OUR SPECIES 
AND A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 
MOMENT. 
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING CAN 
TRAVEL AT 13,000 MILES PER HOUR,
YOU DON'T SEE ANY PROPULSION T 
CAN GO UP AND DOWN, DEFIES THE 
LAWS OF TECHNOLOGY AND GRAVITY 
AS WE KNOW IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
>> TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, IT'S
TOO EARLY FOR US TO MAKE ANY 
TYPE OF CONCLUSION RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE PHASE
OF DATA COLLECTING AND 
ANALYZING.
I THINK ALL OPTIONS HAVE TO BE 
REMAIN ON THE TABLE UNTIL, 
FRANKLY, THEY'RE NO LONGER ON 
THE TABLE.
I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL 
OFFERING MY PARTICULAR OPINION 
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, FRANKLY, WE 
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE 
ANY TYPE OF LOGICAL CONCLUSION. 
>> IT'S CERTAINLY FASCINATING 
AND WE'RE AWAITING THIS 
UNCLASSIFIED REPORT.
WE WILL ALL READ IT WHEN