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Video Title: "Former Pentagon insider shares details on UFOs in new book"

Former Pentagon insider shares details on UFOs in new book
84,870 views  Aug 27, 2024

NBC News' Gadi Schwartz speaks with former Pentagon insider Luis Elizondo about his new book on UFO investigations.

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-vKn-Qqbg

Transcript: 

>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF
NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> TONIGHT IN THE FUTURE OF
EVERYTHING, BY NOW IF YOU'VE
SEEN THIS VIDEO YOU KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO START TALKING ABOUT.
UFOS.
THAT IS WHAT THIS NEW BOOK IS
ALL ABOUT.
IMMINENT INSIDE THE PENTAGON,
THE HUNT FOR UFOS.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT
THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS IS
ACTUALLY THE GUY BEHIND THOSE
VIDEOS BEING DECLASSIFIED AND
VIDEOS BEING DECLASSIFIED AND
RELEASED.
LUIS ELIZONDO WAS A HIGH
RANKING INSIDER WHO IS SO
FRUSTRATED WITH ATTEMPTS TO
COVER UP INFORMATION ABOUT UFOS
THAT HE IS THE ONE WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THOSE
IMAGES TO THE PUBLIC  IN 2017
AND IN THIS NEW BOOK HE'S GOT
STORIES THAT WILL MAKE THOSE
VIDEOS LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
HE JOINS US NOW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR
YEARS AND OUR AUDIENCE IS
PRETTY FAR AHEAD OF THE CURVE
SO WE CAN JUMP STRAIGHT IN.
THERE IS A LOT IN THIS BOOK
THAT IMMEDIATELY RAISE MY
EYEBROWS.
YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE
TRAINED AS A REMOTE VIEWER.
THAT'S LIKE MEN WHO STARE AT
GOATS STYLE PSYCHICALLY TRAINED
SPY STUFF, RIGHT?
>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT WAY
BUT IN REALITY THE GOVERNMENT
HAS A LONG HISTORY AND AFFINITY
WITH BASICALLY ANY TYPE OF
CAPABILITY TO SPY OR GET THE
ADVANTAGE ON ADVERSARIES.
REMOTE VIEWING WAS STARTED BY
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES BACK IN
THE LATE 60s AND EARLY 70s
USING AT THE TIME, STANFORD
UNIVERSITY WITH THE CIA TO
ACTUALLY CREATE A PSYCHIC
ESPIONAGE PROGRAM CALLED
STARGATE.
IT HAD OTHER NAMES AS WELL BUT
STARGATE IS PERHAPS THE MOST
FAMOUS NAME BY THAT PROGRAM.
>> IN YOUR BOOK YOU SAY THAT
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE PROBABLY
STILL USING SOME OF THESE
PSYCHIC ABILITIES AND FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD THERE, SOME OF
OUR TRAINED SOLDIERS INCLUDING
YOU WERE ALSO AND ALSO ARE
POSSIBLE USING THEM.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> LET'S FACE IT.
EVEN TODAY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT I
KNOW IT SOUNDS KOOKY BUT
PSYCHICS HAVE BEEN USED TO A
GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS.
I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS WHEN
PEOPLE SAY PSYCHIC ESPIONAGE
PEOPLE SAY PSYCHIC ESPIONAGE
AND WHATNOT THEY THINK OF THE
WOO FACTOR BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT CAPABILITY IS PART
OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, THE
BRAIN ASPECT WHICH MAY BE TIED
TO QUANTUM MECHANICS AND
FRANKLY QUANTUM ENTITLEMENT SO
WE MAY BE-- WE MAY NOT BE
TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION,
BUT ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC FACT.
>> I DON'T WANT TO EAT INTO THE
TIME ON UFOS BECAUSE OF
POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST
EXISTENTIAL QUESTION EVER.
IN YOUR BOOK YOU SAY YOU COULD
WRITE A BOOK ABOUT REMOTE
VIEWING.
WE WILL CIRCLE BACK AND HAVE
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT
LET'S JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE
BIGGEST THINGS THAT STUCK OUT
FROM THIS BOOK.
YOU SAY ONE OF THE FIRST
CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAD WITH
HAL, YOU WERE TOLD THAT ROSWELL
WAS REAL AND IT WAS COVERED UP
AND THERE WERE FOUR NONHUMAN
BODIES RECOVERED FROM THAT CRASH
. IF THAT HAPPENED WHERE ARE
THE BODIES AND WHERE IS THE
CRAFT?
HOW MANY BODIES AND CRAFTS DO
YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE BODIES WERE TAKEN INITIALLY
TO A MILITARY INSTALLATION AND
FROM THERE IT GETS A LITTLE
MURKY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO DON'T KNOW
THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO
CRASHES.
PUTTING THIS ON A VERY QUICK
BACKDROP, ROSWELL IS WHERE WE
LOCATED THE BOMBERS
SPECIFICALLY OUTFITTED RIGHT
AFTER WE DROPPED BONDS ON
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI TO CARRY
AN OUT A BOMB.
IT WAS ONE OF THE ONLY AIRBASES
IN THE WORLD AND WE KNOW THAT
THEY HAD AN AFFINITY BOTH TO
NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES AND
MILITARY CAPABILITIES.
>> I AM FROM NEW MEXICO SO I
GREW UP WITH THIS LAURA AND YOU
KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT MAYBE THESE
CRASHES WERE HAPPENING IN NEW
MEXICO BECAUSE OF THE DAWN OF
THE NUCLEAR AGE AND PULSES THAT
MAYBE MESS WITH THE CRAFT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THE CURRENT THEORY IS THAT
WE WERE TESTING A PARTICULAR
DEVICE AND IT HAPPENED TO
INTERFERE WITH THE PROPULSION
UNITS. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY
BUT IT APPEARS THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
THE US GOVERNMENT AS A RESULT
WAS ABLE TO RECOVER ONE OF
THESE VEHICLES AND HIDE IT AWAY.
>> SO MUCH OF THIS TRACKS WITH
WHAT WAS TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF
CONGRESS.
EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING THAT.
WE PRESSED ON SPECIFICS AND
CAN'T PROVIDE THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE CLASSIFIED IN ROSWELL IN
PARTICULAR BUT IN YOUR BOOK YOU
HAD TO GO THROUGH A YEAR-LONG
DOD REVIEW PROCESS.
WHY DID THEY NOT REDACT THE
ROSWELL STUFF OR A LOT OF THE
OTHER SPECIFICS FROM YOUR BOOK?
>> THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I
WROTE THE BOOK. ONCE YOU WRITE
SOMETHING IT BECOMES INDELIBLE
AND PART OF THE RECORD AND I
KNEW THAT BECAUSE I HOLD A
SECURITY CLEARANCE I WOULD HAVE
TO GO TO THE OFFICIAL PROCESS
WHICH ALMOST TOOK A YEAR.
THAT'S A PRETTY LONG TIME AND
WHEN I GOT THE BOOK BACK THERE
ARE STILL REDUCTIONS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK YOU
WILL SEE BLACKED OUT AREAS THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT VERY
HAPPY WITH ME DISCUSSING, SO
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TOO
SENSITIVE BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THAT DAVID IS 100% LEGITIMATE.
WE WERE COLLEAGUES AND WHAT HE
TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS
ONLY A FRACTION OF WHAT HE
KNOWS.
>> THE PENTAGON HAS SAID THEY
HAVE LOOKED INTO CRASH
RETRIEVALS AND UNDER THE OFFICE
THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW THEY
FOUND NO SUBSTANTIATED EVIDENCE
OF ANY OF THIS EXISTING.
WHEN YOU SEE THOSE STATEMENTS
COMING OUT FROM THE DOD WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION?
>> MY STATEMENT IS TO TRY
HARDER.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE KNOW THAT
THEY ARE THERE AND WE KNOW THAT
THE PENTAGON NEVER LIES EXCEPT
FOR PENTAGON PAPERS AND THE LIST
GOES ON AND ON.
THE US GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF
THIS SINCE THE END OF THE 40s
AND EVEN DURING THE 1940S WITH
THE FOO FIGHTERS WHERE ALLIED
PILOTS ARE ENCOUNTERING UFOS
WHILE IN COMBAT.
THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR THE US
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE LOOK AT
OUR PROGRAMS AND SAY WELL
THAT'S THE FIRST PROGRAM BUT IT
WASN'T.
THERE WAS A LONG SUCCESSION OF
USO-- UFO PROGRAMS, OFFICIALLY
SANCTIONED PROGRAMS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED
WITH FOR DECADES AND I THINK
THAT IS SOMETHING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW.
>> TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY
SHOULD KNOW AND WHAT IS TRUE
AND WHAT IS NOT, IN THE BOOK
YOU WERE ALLEGING THAT YOU AP'S
CAN HURT PEOPLE AND YOU
DESCRIBE REPORTS OF PEOPLE
BEING BURNED OR PEOPLE DYING,
IMPLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM HUMAN BODIES.
THOSE ARE TERRIFYING TO READ
ABOUT BUT YET WHAT IS THE
EVIDENCE?
>> THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON
MILITARY EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS,
CAMERA FOOTAGE AND RADAR
FOOTAGE.
WE WERE NOT REALLY INTERESTED
IN CIVILIAN DATA TOO MUCH.
THESE ANECDOTES WHERE GRANDMA
MAY BE SAW A LIGHT IN THE
MAY BE SAW A LIGHT IN THE
BACKYARD, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
OBSERVERS WITH SOME OF THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGIES THAT
ARE OUT THERE.
RADAR, GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE AND
OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL--
TECHNOLOGIES COLLECTING THE
SAME INFORMATION AND UNDER THE
SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
BY THE WAY CAN OUTPERFORM
ANYTHING WE HAVE IN OUR
INVENTORY.
>> A GOVERNMENT TRAINED SPY
THAT HAS POSSIBLE PSYCHIC
ABILITIES WERE ABLE TO REMOTE
VIEW.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WOULD
PROBABLY DO EVEN IF I LEFT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS TO SIT DOWN, TO
USE WHATEVER ABILITIES THAT I
HAD TO REMOTE VIEW MYSELF INTO
A UFO.
HAVE YOU DONE THAT?
>> I NEVER SAID I WAS A GOOD
REMOTE VIEWER.
I WAS TAUGHT SOME TECHNIQUES BY
ONE OF THE TOP ARMY REMOTE
VIEWERS.
A WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN, VERY
GIFTED.
SADLY I WAS NOT THAT GIFTED BUT
TURNS OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THAT CAPABILITY AND ONCE YOU
TALK WITH SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS
, IT IS NOT PARANORMAL LIKE
PEOPLE SUGGESTED.
IT'S PROBABLY SOME LATENT
CAPABILITY THAT HUMANS HAVE HAD
FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE WE WERE
ABLE TO VERBALIZE COMMUNICATION
AND BECOME VERY SOPHISTICATED.
WHEN A DOG COMES ACROSS EACH
OTHER AND THEY SEE EACH OTHER
THERE IS NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION.
SOME SCIENTIST SPECULATE THAT
MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WE CALL
PSYCHIC BUT IN REALITY IT'S A
NORMAL PART OF HUMAN
INTERACTIONS AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE CAN DO IT.
>> WE DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO THE
- THAT HAVE BEEN HARASSING YOU
- THAT HAVE BEEN HARASSING YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY. WE REALLY DO