The Red Thread Files
UFO / UAP · Consciousness
1945–2026621 entities437 of 1390 connections sourced138 documents held
The Red Thread Files
Government / Military

Luis Elizondo

2017-10-04what this date marks is not recorded

Former DoD counterintelligence officer who says he ran/led AATIP (a role the Pentagon disputes); resigned in Oct 2017 and went public.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "aatip". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

15 of 31 connections resolve to a document you can open. 8 carry no citation at all.

Documents3 behind these connections

Also named in documents we hold

This entity's name appears in the 1 document below. That is the entire claim. Nothing here is evidence for anything on this map, no connection rests on it, and it says nothing about what the document is about. It is a place to look next.

named on a page we have read · p. 9
…ed Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet ... Our second witness is Mr. Luis Elizondo, a former Department of Defense official ... Our third witn…

31 connections

ColourWhistleblowersJournalistsIncidentsScientistsGovernmentHearings & panelsCongressOrganizationsFFRDCs
  • AATIP
    he described himself as part of it, having joined after it evolved from AAWSAP
    Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth
    printed p. 21 checked against the page
  • joined after resigning
    Caveat Claim: Elizondo joined TTSA after resigning. The caution is about PROVENANCE - Fravor relating events he was told about - not about whether it happened. A weaker witness for the same fact.scope: scoped · reviewed 2026-08-21
  • Dylan Borland document, no page cited yet
    both testified before House Oversight, at separate hearings - Elizondo 13 November 2024, Borland 9 September 2025
  • testified before her committee
    Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth
    printed p. 31  ·  PDF p. 35 checked against the page
    Caveat The page establishes the questioning and not the ownership of the committee. The hearing prints Nancy Mace as Chairwoman.scope: scoped · reviewed 2026-08-25
  • testified before his committee
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 25  ·  PDF p. 29 checked against the page
  • Michael Shellenberger document, no page cited yet
    co-testified at the November 2024 House hearing
    same document as the row above
  • Nancy Mace document, no page cited yet
    chaired the hearing where he testified
    same document as the row above
  • testified under oath
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 9  ·  PDF p. 13 checked against the page
  • AAWSAP
    joined it around 2009 and testified under oath that it was his predecessor programme
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 21  ·  PDF p. 25
  • testified under oath that its sites appear to be under surveillance and monitoring, and named three of them
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51
    Caveat READ THIS BESIDE MICHAEL GOLD ON THE SAME PANEL, printed page 31 of the same hearing: "because we have got more cameras, more monitoring of national security, we do not know how extensive UAP activity may be over civilian areas." That is sensor bias, and it is the strongest honest objection to reading this clustering as a fact about where UAP are rather than a fact about where the sensors are. It was raised in the same room, on the same day, by a sworn witness, and it travels with this claim.
  • named it under oath as one of three Department of Energy sites he says appear to be under surveillance
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51
  • named it under oath as one of three Department of Energy sites he says appear to be under surveillance
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51
  • named it, with Oak Ridge and Los Alamos, as a sensitive site under apparent surveillance
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51 checked against the page
  • named it as a sensitive site under apparent surveillance
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51 checked against the page
  • named it as a sensitive site under apparent surveillance
    same document as the row above
    printed p. 47  ·  PDF p. 51 checked against the page
  • Roswell Incident names a source we do not hold
    claimed craft recovered
    Roswell case histories; Berlitz & Moore, The Roswell Incident (1980)
  • Christopher Mellon names a source we do not hold
    left TTSA together
    To The Stars Academy public founding disclosures (2017)
  • Lockheed Martin names a source we do not hold
    named it as a legacy-program contractor; company denied it
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • Raytheon names a source we do not hold
    named it as a legacy-program contractor; company denied it
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • Northrop Grumman names a source we do not hold
    named it as a legacy-program contractor
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • Boeing names a source we do not hold
    named it as a legacy-program contractor
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • General Dynamics names a source we do not hold
    one of the contractors asked to comment; no response
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • Ross Coulthart names a source we do not hold
    clashed over 'legacy program' claims (2026)
    Elizondo legacy-program statements; company responses (2023-24)
  • Chad Underwood nothing behind it
    released his video
  • Garry Reid nothing behind it
    disputed his role
  • Susan Gough nothing behind it
    official rebuttal
  • Eric Davis nothing behind it
    Elizondo has said the memo is legitimate
  • Jake Barber nothing behind it
    joined discussion of his claims
  • Sean Kirkpatrick nothing behind it
    disputed each other's credibility
  • Garry Nolan nothing behind it
    his caudate-putamen research is cited as a possible biological explanation
  • Immaculate Constellation nothing behind it
    established following his 2017 public disclosure of AATIP/AAWSAP

1 correction to this record

Generated from the record, not written by hand. Every change keeps what the map used to say, because a correction nobody can see is indistinguishable from never having been wrong.

Luis Elizondo → Dylan Borland
co-testified
both testified before House Oversight, at separate hearings - Elizondo 13 November 2024, Borland 9 September 2025
"Co-testified" asserted a shared appearance that did not happen. Three separate hearings, all House Oversight: Grusch 26 Jul 2023, Elizondo 13 Nov 2024, Borland 9 Sep 2025. The replacement says "at separate hearings" outright rather than leaving the old implication to fade.