Luis Elizondo Resigns from Pentagon, Reveals AATIP Programme

Former Pentagon intelligence official Luis Elizondo resigned from the Department of Defense and went public about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, a classified Pentagon programme that had investigated military UAP encounters since 2007. His resignation letter, addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis, protested what he described as 'excessive secrecy and internal opposition' to the programme's findings. The same day, the New York Times published a front-page article revealing AATIP's existence, accompanied by declassified Navy videos of the 2004 Nimitz encounter. The story marked a turning point in mainstream media treatment of the UAP subject.