Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

CLAIM-500001 · Government / Documentary Record

“Hastings reproduces and summarizes a January 31, 1949 FBI memorandum stating that repeated unexplained aerial observations had occurred around Los Alamos and that Army and Air Force intelligence officers treated the matter as top secret.”

CLAIM-500002 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Hastings cites an August 23, 1950 FBI memorandum summarizing approximately 150 observations of aerial phenomena near sensitive New Mexico installations since December 1948.”

CLAIM-500003 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Hastings describes a declassified Air Force intelligence report for May 21, 1949 in which a silvery disc was reported over Hanford, an unknown target was tracked by radar at Moses Lake AFB, and an F-82 was scrambled before the object departed at high speed.”

CLAIM-500004 · Reported Encounter Observation

“For April 27, 1949 Hastings describes close-range reports by Killeen Base security personnel of ping-pong-ball- and baseball-sized luminous objects; one was said to have a small metallic cone and another to move on a zigzag course.”

CLAIM-500005 · Government / Documentary Record

“Hastings says a declassified Army intelligence report records nine separate sightings by twelve guards and other personnel on April 28, followed in May by a multi-agency conference involving military and intelligence representatives.”

CLAIM-500006 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Hastings states that at least ten OSI Spot Intelligence Reports for March 21, 1950 describe round silver-colored silent objects around Sandia/Kirtland, including reports of zigzags, right-angle turns and instantaneous reversals of course.”

CLAIM-500007 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Walter N. Webb’s investigation, reproduced by Hastings, records a former Air Force serviceman’s claim that eighteen silvery domed discs assembled over the Nevada Proving Ground shortly before the Buster-Jangle Charlie test and departed rapidly.”

CLAIM-500008 · Reported Craft Appearance

“Howard Burgess later recalled three large silver cylinders tumbling end-over-end over Sandia Base; Hastings notes that a contemporary Albuquerque Journal report instead described two discs followed by a cylinder.”

CLAIM-500009 · Reported Radar Observation

“Hastings cites Edward Ruppelt’s account of a December 10, 1952 F-94 crew near Hanford visually observing a large round white object, later obtaining radar lock and reporting evasive maneuvers when attempting to close.”

CLAIM-500010 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Tom Kramer told Hastings that during Operation Ivy he observed a round white object near USS Curtiss that hovered, performed abrupt zigzag maneuvers and departed rapidly; Hastings found no contemporaneous report for this specific sighting.”

CLAIM-500011 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Abelardo Marquez told Hastings that he and others aboard USS Fletcher observed a bright round white object during Operation Ivy. Hastings records that the surviving ship log contains no UFO entry and that Captain Grover Rawlings later had no recollection of the incident.”

CLAIM-500012 · Reported Radar Observation

“Olin Hasty told Hastings that two or three very high-altitude targets were tracked maneuvering in or around the Castle Bravo cloud and that headquarters attributed them to Canberra aircraft. Hastings argues from task-force aircraft information that this explanation was not supported.”

CLAIM-500013 · Government / Documentary Record

“Hastings reproduces the April 7, 1954 USS Curtiss deck-log entry recording an unidentified yellowish-orange luminous object passing over the ship from bow to stern at low altitude and high speed at 23:05.”

CLAIM-500014 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Joe Stallings later told Hastings that sailors and marines who said they witnessed the 1954 Curtiss object described it as oval, bright orange and silent, and also reported zigzag maneuvers after it passed astern. The reproduced deck-log entry does not include the zigzag detail.”

CLAIM-500015 · Reported Radar Observation

“According to the Project Blue Book report as presented by Hastings, the Angel Peak radar crew tracked a target inbound at an average reported 6,200 mph for 48 seconds, stationary for 12 seconds, and outbound at about 7,000 mph for 72 seconds.”

CLAIM-500016 · Government / Documentary Record

“Hastings further states that the target responded to encrypted military IFF interrogation with encrypted responses; this detail is retained as reported from the Blue Book case rather than independently verified by ANOMALY.”

CLAIM-500017 · Reported Encounter Observation

“Hastings describes a Project Blue Book case in which an egg-shaped object was initially tracked on radar, descended to an estimated 20–30 feet above the ground, moved toward Kirtland’s nuclear Weapons Storage Area and nearby atomic-test-group facilities, hovered and later departed rapidly.”

CLAIM-500018 · Government / Documentary Record

“The Blue Book explanation described by Hastings was an off-course private aircraft. Hastings cites James McDonald’s later interviews with controllers R. M. Kaser and E. G. Brink, who reportedly considered that explanation incompatible with what they observed.”

CLAIM-500019 · Research Hypothesis / Correlation

“Hastings presents Dan Wilson’s comparison of declassified radioactive-debris trajectories with fireball/UAP reports after several Nevada nuclear tests and argues that a temporal/geographic pattern may exist.”

CLAIM-500020 · Research Hypothesis / Correlation

“Hastings explicitly notes that the apparent fallout/fireball correlation requires independent scientific scrutiny and statistical modeling, and that questions remain about why reports followed some tests or trajectories but not others.”

CLAIM-760001 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Lue presented incontrovertible evidence that strange, unidentified aircraft were routinely violating sensitive US military airspace.”

CLAIM-760002 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Given what we knew about Russian and Chinese capabilities, and the locations and nature of some of these intrusions, the ET hypothesis actually seemed the most viable explanation for some cases.”

CLAIM-760003 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The more I pondered the information Lue was presenting, the more my fascination and amazement turned to outrage and anger.”

CLAIM-760004 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Lue faced a draconian choice: abandon his efforts to awaken a slumbering national security bureaucracy from within or take the extreme step of resigning in protest to draw attention to these alarming intrusions.”

CLAIM-760005 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Today the topic is being covered by the mainstream press, championed by Congress, and adopted as a legitimate and important mission area by the Department of Defense, NASA, and the US intelligence community.”

CLAIM-760006 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Unidentified craft with beyond-next-generation technology—including the ability to move in ways that defy our knowledge of physics and to do so within air, water, and space—have been operating with complete impunity all over the world since at least World War II.”

CLAIM-760007 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Unidentified craft with beyond-next-generation technology—including the ability to move in ways that defy our knowledge of physics and to do so within air, water, and space—have been operating with complete impunity all over the world since at least World War II.”

CLAIM-760008 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They had come to recruit me to support an intelligence program over at the Defense Intelligence Agency.”

CLAIM-760009 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jim Lacatski formally asked me to handle counterintelligence and security for the program.”

CLAIM-760010 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“AAWSAP worked on sensitive aviation technology and needed a senior counterintelligence agent to lock down all intel about the program from the usual antagonists, foreign adversaries.”

CLAIM-760011 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jim explained that for decades, civilians, military personnel, and law enforcement officers had reported strange sightings across the world, and there was actually data to support what they saw.”

CLAIM-760012 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jim emphasized that what they focused on didn’t conform to physics as we understood it.”

CLAIM-760013 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Unidentified aircraft that seem to display beyond-next-generation technology and capabilities—what we now call unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, or what were long referred to as UFOs.”

CLAIM-760014 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“John Robert was a liaison between the three-letter agency he worked for and AAWSAP.”

CLAIM-760015 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“UFOs, in other words.”

CLAIM-760016 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Area 51, and that came with insider knowledge that piqued his curiosity.”

CLAIM-760017 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“He was the contractor I had been told about. Tall, mustached, and shaggy-headed, Bob entered the room with a serious but friendly look on his face.”

CLAIM-760018 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Hal earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1967. His professional background spans decades of research at General Electric, Sperry, the NSA, Stanford University, and SRI International, and he has served almost every government entity (for example, the Department of Defense and agencies within the intelligence community, such as the NSA) as a senior scientific advisor.”

CLAIM-760019 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“General Uchôa had befriended a Brazilian colonel, still living, who had originally investigated Brazil’s most fascinating cases, spanning thirty years.”

CLAIM-760020 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“People reported being chased by a yellow orb. After several yards of pursuit, the light turned blue before delivering a nasty laserlike blast that burned victims or left them unconscious.”

CLAIM-760021 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The green, roving lights that had tormented Colares, Brazil.”

CLAIM-760022 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“In his youth, my father, Luis D. Elizondo III, had fought with Fidel Castro against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.”

CLAIM-760023 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“A revolutionary, he was committed to the freedom of Cuba and to Castro, until Fidel revealed his true colors.”

CLAIM-760024 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Once Castro aligned with the Russians and declared himself president for life, my father joined the resistance and ultimately Brigade 2506 and participated in the US-led invasion of the Bay of Pigs.”

CLAIM-760025 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The price for his decision was two years in Castro’s prisons, where he underwent oral surgery without anesthesia and ate the occasional boiled horse hoof to survive.”

CLAIM-760026 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“As bad as it was, he always said others had it much worse than him.”

CLAIM-760027 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The ordeal transformed my father into a volatile man, always yearning for a fight with authority figures.”

CLAIM-760028 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“For much of my childhood, he sported a paramilitary-style black beard. Ironically, it made him resemble Castro.”

CLAIM-760029 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Growing up in South Florida, I was an average kid.”

CLAIM-760030 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“When I was young, I attended Hebrew school.”

CLAIM-760031 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“My mother dressed me in corduroy shorts, turtleneck sweaters, and saddle shoes.”

CLAIM-760032 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“To toughen me up, Dad exposed me to the other side of life.”

CLAIM-760033 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Dad taught me Morse code and how to use shortwave and CB radios.”

CLAIM-760034 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“When Lonnie Zamora peered into that arroyo in Socorro, New Mexico, back in 1964, he saw an egg-shaped object with some sort of markings or insignia on its side.”

CLAIM-760035 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Numerous witnesses associated with the 1947 Roswell crashes told government officials they saw hieroglyphics on various pieces of the debris, but they were told not to discuss this publicly.”

CLAIM-760036 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Witnesses of the UAP encounter at Rendlesham Forest in 1980 also saw similar symbols on the craft.”

CLAIM-760037 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Enoch's journey is filled with heavenly accounts, including descriptions of angelic and demonic hierarchy, God's throne, God's inner circle of guards, and even the language of the supernatural.”

CLAIM-760038 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Genesis 6 were a movie, the Book of Enoch would be its prequel.”

CLAIM-760039 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“In Western Australia there are 4,000-year-old aboriginal rock paintings that depict the Wandjina, spirit beings with big white heads, large eyes, and little or no mouths.”

CLAIM-760040 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“In Peru there is a strange 1,300-year-old image of a Mayan king ensconced in what looks like a spaceship.”

CLAIM-760041 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“In Cherokee folklore there is a myth about how glowing people descended to earth, stayed a short time among the Cherokee, then ascended to become the stars in the sky.”

CLAIM-760042 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“During World War II, American bombers and cargo transport planes sometimes landed on Polynesian islands and encountered people who were not connected to the so-called modern world.”

CLAIM-760043 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jim theorized that if the distance between humans and angels is large, was it not probable that other beings existed between the purely spiritual angels and the flesh-and-soul creatures known as humans?”

CLAIM-760044 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Our job was challenging enough without having to grapple with theological questions.”

CLAIM-760045 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jay clearly felt the same. We had a hard enough time talking to officials about UAP; how could we possibly speak about this other element without provoking powers that be to shut us down?”

CLAIM-760046 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“A green, glowing ball, probably about the size of a basketball, with soft edges that weren’t defined, floated down slowly from the kitchen to our bedroom door just below ceiling height, then disappeared into a wall.”

CLAIM-760047 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object had been three-dimensional but still translucent and suffused with an eerie green light. The object behaved as if guided by some intelligence. It parked itself in the air, then drifted off down the hall before disappearing entirely.”

CLAIM-760048 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Kenneth Arnold’s famous 1947 UAP sighting, which was a couple of weeks before the Roswell crashes, he and his family allegedly had balls of light in their home.”

CLAIM-760049 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Citizens in Colares, Brazil, in the 1970s often claimed to have been pursued and attacked by lights or orbs.”

CLAIM-760050 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Will Livingston, the team’s medical consultant, had also studied a case of blue orbs that passed through a woman’s body, causing her to become ill.”

CLAIM-760051 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“At Skinwalker Ranch, two dogs owned by a rancher chased a blue orb into the field, only to vanish in a yipe, leaving behind nothing but two grease spots on the sagebrush that contained remnants of the two dogs’ biology—body fluid, blood, and small amounts of tissue—literally all that was left of the poor creatures.”

CLAIM-760052 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Two colleagues in particular were under medical care for both cutaneous and visceral injuries that were sustained from interactions with UAP while working with AAWSAP/AATIP, and we had numerous reports of negative biological effects associated with UAP encounters, especially orbs.”

CLAIM-760053 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Another colleague and good friend, who wasn’t part of AAWSAP/AATIP but worked around us often, experienced these symptoms.”

CLAIM-760054 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Over time, more orbs appeared in our home. Not too frequently: a whole month might go by, and then one would arrive.”

CLAIM-760055 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“During times of high atmospheric energy, such as storms, the occurrences became more pronounced.”

CLAIM-760056 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“What was happening? How could this be happening to us? What was going on was complex, a bona fide conundrum that stumped everyone back at the office.”

CLAIM-760057 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I also wasn’t sold on the idea that the UAP activity was benign. Especially not the UAP chasing our combat aircraft and interfering with our nuclear capabilities.”

CLAIM-760058 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object was about 46 feet long—about the length of a semitruck—and shaped like an elongated oval or cigar.”

CLAIM-760059 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The pilots would later recall the object’s gleaming whiteness, as if its exterior were covered with a white, candy-coated shell.”

CLAIM-760060 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The craft’s instant disappearance was also alarming. Both Underwood and Fravor/Slaight reported the UAP disappearing over the horizon in an instant.”

CLAIM-760061 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object defies the pilot’s attempt to get a good lock on it. Second, it has no wings, no air intake, no exhaust plume, no cockpit, and no distinguishable control surfaces.”

CLAIM-760062 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I heard the name bandied about, but honestly, I never gave their existence much credence.”

CLAIM-760063 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“To entertain the notion that some generals and their staff of zealots actively promoted a religious agenda, which drove policy, inside of a sacred yet secular national security institution was simply a bridge too far.”

CLAIM-760064 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Woods had been my unofficial mentor when I first came to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).”

CLAIM-760065 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Clapper had the pedigree of Tiberius—a true warrior and a scholar.”

CLAIM-760066 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We had found plenty of evidence of extremely advanced craft performing in ways we couldn’t replicate and entering controlled US airspace at home and abroad without any repercussions.”

CLAIM-760067 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Jim refused to lose focus on the overall scope of AAWSAP/AATIP, as he felt it was all interrelated.”

CLAIM-760068 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I had recently accepted a new position as Director of National Programs, Special Management Staff, nestled within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).”

CLAIM-760069 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The program had taken on a slew of subcontractors to help with the research, but the primary firm was Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), owned by former hotel magnate Robert Bigelow.”

CLAIM-760070 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I called Michael from a secure telephone. 'Michael, I need you to protect one of our scientists. He is a good man who has done great things for our country, and your agency is trying to persecute him. I need to call in a favor and make sure he is protected from internal DIA forces.'”

CLAIM-760071 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I worked for Neill before, but this was the beginning of a longer, more interesting professional relationship with Neill.”

CLAIM-760072 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Will was always a professional and never provided us with patient details.”

CLAIM-760073 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“It was not any type of aircraft that we or our enemies have. It was completely alien.”

CLAIM-760074 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They traversed sixty miles in the blink of an eye, traveling to the horizon, only to dart back and shadow the Predator within a few hundred feet.”

CLAIM-760075 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Hal’s theory: If the Roswell aircraft were downed with an EMP by accident, this could mean the aircraft had an Achilles’ heel.”

CLAIM-760076 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I had spent my entire life dreading this moment. It was personal.”

CLAIM-760077 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I closely quizzed Jenn about her injuries.”

CLAIM-760078 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Many patients had their lives ruined, both physically and psychologically, by UAP.”

CLAIM-760079 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Burroughs later experienced a series of worsening health effects—vision problems, white gums, heart murmurs, heart tissue scarring—all of which culminated in heart surgery.”

CLAIM-760080 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The older woman reported feeling nausea immediately; both women were unclear about how much time had elapsed during the encounter.”

CLAIM-760081 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Reports, photos, and medical records from all over the world, over decades, all showed the same thing.”

CLAIM-760082 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Certain medical professionals who joined us discussed biological effects extensively.”

CLAIM-760083 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some women insist that they became pregnant following UAP encounters.”

CLAIM-760084 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“There are the 'usual' reports of abductions and implants.”

CLAIM-760085 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some people insist that they developed some sort of psychic abilities following encounters.”

CLAIM-760086 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The litany of complications reported touch upon all five senses, and beyond.”

CLAIM-760087 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some individuals who claim to be abductees often detail how their captors seem to communicate wordlessly, similar to the way we do in our dreams.”

CLAIM-760088 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“More concerning, some alleged abductees describe being controlled and restrained in some manner so that they won’t panic.”

CLAIM-760089 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The radiation doing it, or is there something else at play?”

CLAIM-760090 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The work we did was so weird that we had grown accustomed to researchers rebuffing us once they learned that we were investigating UAP.”

CLAIM-760091 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Will flew to California with a small team that included Colm Kelleher, a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for BAASS during AAWSAP, and the French scientist Jacques Vallée, who had US government clearances related to the investigation of UAP.”

CLAIM-760092 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The brain had no convolutions (the wrinkled exterior portion of the brain). Rather, what was described was a smooth surface, similar to lower-functioning animals here on earth.”

CLAIM-760093 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“A conjoined gut and liver, and a three-chambered heart, like reptiles.”

CLAIM-760094 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The author of the autopsy came to the conclusion the cadaver did not appear to have the requisite brain capacity to design and create aircraft capable of such stunning maneuverability.”

CLAIM-760095 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“It was postulated that it might be some sort of biological automaton, created by something else with a greater intellect.”

CLAIM-760096 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Four deceased nonhumans were allegedly recovered from a crash of a large Tic Tac in Kazakhstan, Soviet Union.”

CLAIM-760097 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The opinion from decades ago about brains was recently proven wrong when numerous studies of all kinds of animals demonstrated that animal species having smooth exterior brain surfaces do have complex communication techniques, do make tools and teach their young how to use them, and do use math and geometry to communicate with mates (certain fish do this) or form sophisticated mental models of nature surrounding them.”

CLAIM-760098 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Even bees have sophisticated social hierarchical societies with high-level communication and aviation navigation methods and mental mapping, etc.”

CLAIM-760099 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Life forms with smooth brain surfaces can be high-functioning.”

CLAIM-760100 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The doctors knew about the brain function of a nonhuman being.”

CLAIM-760101 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The doctors presumed to know how an alien brain worked.”

CLAIM-760102 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The doctors came to the conclusion the cadaver did not appear to have the requisite brain capacity to design and create aircraft.”

CLAIM-760103 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“It was postulated that it might be some sort of biological automaton, created by something else with a greater intellect.”

CLAIM-760104 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Synthetic beings have been built by nonhuman life forms.”

CLAIM-760105 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Synthetic beings have been built by current efforts in China.”

CLAIM-760106 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object, small, asymmetrical, and lobed, seemed to detect that it was being monitored by one of our helicopters.”

CLAIM-760107 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object was black as the devil and the water began to churn and roll like a witch’s brew.”

CLAIM-760108 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The massive shadow sank and completely disappeared.”

CLAIM-760109 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We were told specifically that a defense contractor, associated with the Legacy Program, was in possession of UAP materials of nonhuman origin, made by some civilization from some distant planet.”

CLAIM-760110 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The contractor acknowledged that, yes, they were in possession of this material. They said they would give us access to it but first we needed to get permission from the secretary of the US Air Force.”

CLAIM-760111 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Senior officials told me continuously and confidentially that big aerospace companies have been part of the Legacy Program to retrieve and reverse-engineer crash materials.”

CLAIM-760112 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They waved this act around to threaten military personnel and contractors that they would be executed without trial if they spoke.”

CLAIM-760113 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some nonhuman biological samples were now either at Fort Detrick, Maryland, or with the US Food and Drug Administration.”

CLAIM-760114 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some nonhuman biological samples were now either at Fort Detrick, Maryland, or with the US Food and Drug Administration.”

CLAIM-760115 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“A veterinarian from Montana who happened to work with the USDA and conducted autopsies on some of the cattle expressed his concern to me that these poor creatures had been killed by a technology we have yet to see and that no one was taking it seriously, other than the ranchers.”

CLAIM-760116 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I was also told that Monsanto, a biotechnology corporation absorbed by Bayer in 2018, may have historically been involved, most likely dealing with biological specimens.”

CLAIM-760117 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Hal was very focused on figuring out how to explain the observables using physics as we know it, specifically Einstein’s theory of relativity.”

CLAIM-760118 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Hal was an expert on the theory of zero-point energy, a holy grail of science that stipulates there is free energy even in the vacuum of space that we can harness.”

CLAIM-760119 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The phrase “warp drive” had been cooked up by a sci-fi writer who wrote for pulp fiction magazines in the 1930s.”

CLAIM-760120 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The papers Hal cowrote in the past for us had proposed a new paradigm for interstellar travel.”

CLAIM-760121 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The papers Hal cowrote in the past for us had proposed a new paradigm for interstellar travel.”

CLAIM-760122 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Hal was riveted by a series of newspaper articles in the Miami Herald about how aviation engineers were exploring the possibility of antigravity aircraft.”

CLAIM-760123 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Back in 1977, on a night close to Christmas, unusual lights were spotted in the skies over Council Bluffs, Iowa.”

CLAIM-760124 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The caudate-putamen discovery suggested that they ought to look at the IQs of the patient cohorts in the study—including the experiencers, and the remote viewers.”

CLAIM-760125 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Even more surprising, socializing this revelation led to also discovering that almost everyone who was involved with AATIP had this background as well.”

CLAIM-760126 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Even more surprising, socializing this revelation led to also discovering that almost everyone who was involved with AATIP had this background as well.”

CLAIM-760127 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The UAP displayed the same abilities that dazzled the Nimitz and Princeton crews a decade earlier.”

CLAIM-760128 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some flew alone, while others flew in a synchronized formation.”

CLAIM-760129 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They would change elevation from 30,000 feet down to sea level in the blink of an eye.”

CLAIM-760130 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They would stop in midair, then shoot away in a different direction.”

CLAIM-760131 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some were small, the size of a beach ball, while others were much larger.”

CLAIM-760132 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“There seemed to be a variety of shapes and sizes, and all seemed interested in our fleet.”

CLAIM-760133 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“An object flew right toward the Hornets, zipped right between their wings, and disappeared.”

CLAIM-760134 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The object drew close enough to the cockpits that both pilots saw it clearly.”

CLAIM-760135 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“It was a transparent orb or sphere; inside it was a cube.”

CLAIM-760136 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The worst situation for any pilot, a near collision.”

CLAIM-760137 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I felt like I was on the surface of the moon. Nothing seemed to matter. I had ingested the red pill and didn’t like what I saw. I saw a species that wasn’t ready. I saw a reality that wasn’t real at all.”

CLAIM-760138 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We are such a simple species. We must be told what to do and how to behave because we can’t do it for ourselves.”

CLAIM-760139 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“If they’re good, they’re not doing a very good job of enacting a program of benevolence.”

CLAIM-760140 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“If they are neutral to us, then we must begin to think in diplomatic and political terms.”

CLAIM-760141 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The worst-case scenario for us is that they are bad.”

CLAIM-760142 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They have made ceaseless visits to our plane of existence since antiquity, with more recent visits since the dawn of the twentieth century.”

CLAIM-760143 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They have tested themselves against our aircraft. They have meddled with our ICBMs, turning them both on and off.”

CLAIM-760144 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They have intentionally enacted a hostile program against humans.”

CLAIM-760145 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Everything we’ve seen in the twentieth century could be a prelude to an invasion.”

CLAIM-760146 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“They had checked the guest’s credentials and he had the Office of Naval Intelligence clearances he needed to be in the building and to end up in a SCIF with me.”

CLAIM-760147 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Chris diligently wrote notes and said, “Okay, no sweat.” He set down his pen and said, “If I get these tickets, you’ll have a conversation with me?””

CLAIM-760148 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I escorted Chris to a small conference room within another SCIF.”

CLAIM-760149 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“After expressing some frustration, he pledged his loyalty to our efforts, and he became a trusted member of the team.”

CLAIM-760150 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Where I saw a bold initiative to make sense of what our servicemen and -women witnessed in the skies, leadership saw a great bucket of weirdness that was not within their usual daily lists of tasks.”

CLAIM-760151 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“But what if it’s an adversary? What if China or Russia lapped us technologically? Or what if it’s a nonhuman adversary? Shouldn’t we do something?”

CLAIM-760152 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I did not have hope that the operation would take place anytime soon, since it wasn’t a priority for anyone other than us.”

CLAIM-760153 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I envisioned declassifying some videos and making them available on a secure government server.”

CLAIM-760154 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I always prided myself on communicating as precisely as possible.”

CLAIM-760155 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“DoDOPSR had officially stamped my Form 1910 with the following words: UNLIMITED DISTRIBUTION.”

CLAIM-760156 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We were at a loss. We had investigated numerous cases, conducted analysis, consulted top scientists, and come to historic realizations on behalf of the American government.”

CLAIM-760157 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We had to take action. Someone has to inform the secretary.”

CLAIM-760158 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We had to stay on as advisor and—”

CLAIM-760159 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I’m not going anywhere.”

CLAIM-760160 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I would never in a million years violate my security oath.”

CLAIM-760161 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I would interview in the DC area for a decent office job.”

CLAIM-760162 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I would get a job as an auto mechanic or work construction.”

CLAIM-760163 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I would do what I had to do in order to provide for my family.”

CLAIM-760164 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I would help educate Congress and facilitate introducing them to credible military and IC members who’d had UAP encounters.”

CLAIM-760165 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The old saying “Teamwork makes the dream work” came to mind.”

CLAIM-760166 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Chris and I had only one condition for agreeing to be a part of the show: it had to be authentic.”

CLAIM-760167 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The goal could not be putting on a show. It had to simply be about sharing credible eyewitness testimony with the public.”

CLAIM-760168 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I had to remind the young agent that double jeopardy is a no-no, and that AFOSI had investigated and adjudicated the matter favorably.”

CLAIM-760169 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I went to war to defend this Constitution and I will do it again.”

CLAIM-760170 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I had heard rumblings of such moves against me brewing for months from friends on the inside, but this article made it real.”

CLAIM-760171 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I phoned Sherwood directly at the Pentagon.”

CLAIM-760172 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I couldn't have people lying about my record to representatives and senators.”

CLAIM-760173 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“I threw my hands up, gesturing at the cluttered RV and our stuff beyond its windows.”

CLAIM-760174 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We quickly unfurled and studied a KOA map.”

CLAIM-760175 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We decided to take a weekend and drive to one of the mountain states.”

CLAIM-760176 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We stopped in a gorgeous small town near a mountain range to get gas.”

CLAIM-760177 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We had found our new home.”

CLAIM-760178 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“We got excited, but then we learned we couldn't tell our renters to leave during Covid.”

CLAIM-760179 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Chris had grown up fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life, based upon a personal experience which he rarely shared, but he’d carefully suppressed that wonder and excitement as an adult and intelligence professional.”

CLAIM-760180 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Chris had a personal experience with extraterrestrial life that he kept suppressed as an adult.”

CLAIM-760181 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The UAP Task Force was refused access to a broad crash retrieval program, retrieving nonhuman origin technical vehicles, you know, call it spacecraft, if you will, nonhuman exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed.”

CLAIM-760182 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena.”

CLAIM-760183 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Dave also worked with me at Space Force and helped contribute to the UAP Task Force as well.”

CLAIM-760184 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The UAP Disclosure Act proposes that the US government be able to exercise eminent domain over biological evidence of nonhuman intelligence and any type of recovered technology of nonhuman origin that is in the possession of any element of the government or defense contractors.”

CLAIM-760185 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Every tree encircling the tower drips with spirit threads, tokens left by modern-day Native Americans in memory of their ancestors.”

CLAIM-760186 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Some Indigenous people say the stars are the flip side of our reality, bonfires in the sky that mark the encampments of their ancestors.”

CLAIM-760187 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“In the rubble of my parents’ marriage was me.”

CLAIM-760188 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“It’s not going to be easy, though. Massive forces are still arrayed against us, and they have the advantage of supremely powerful institutions supporting them.”

CLAIM-760189 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“You—the public— are a powerful force that can be wielded to ensure we have 100 percent full disclosure.”

CLAIM-760190 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“You, as a citizen of this planet, have as much to say about this issue as they do.”

CLAIM-760191 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“There is a lot we still don’t know about these UAP and that is a big problem. We’ve taken some important steps over the last few years to increase transparency and reduce stigmas, but more needs to be done.”

CLAIM-760192 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“Understanding UAP is critical to our national security and to maintaining all-domain awareness. Declassifying previous records related to UAP is part of that mission and I’m proud to support this important amendment.”

CLAIM-760193 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“The American people deserve transparency on all issues related to UAP. Our bipartisan effort will protect and better organize government materials related to UAP and promote disclosure of this information.”

CLAIM-760194 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“There’s always the question of is there something else that we simply do not understand that might come from outer space.”

CLAIM-760195 · imminent inside the pentagon s hunt for ufos the f Observation

“There are a lot more sightings than have been made public. Some of those have been declassified. When we talk about sightings, we’re talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain.”