In December 2017, the New York Times revealed the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a secret Pentagon program that spent $22 million investigating UFO reports from 2007 to 2012. The program was initiated by Senator Harry Reid and run by Luis Elizondo, who resigned in protest over government secrecy. The Pentagon initially denied the program investigated UFOs, then contradicted itself, confirming AATIP 'did pursue research and investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena.' The revelation shattered decades of official denial that the government took UFOs seriously.
The Pentagon ran a secret $22M UFO investigation program (AATIP) hidden from Congress and the public
βI am speaking out because the government has information about UAPs that should not be kept from the American people. I ran a program investigating these phenomena, and the evidence is compelling.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βThe Defense Department has never had a program dedicated to investigating unidentified aerial phenomena.β
β Pentagon Spokesperson (initial denial) Β· Dec 2017
π They Laughed At Us
βThe Defense Department has never had a program dedicated to investigating unidentified aerial phenomena.β
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