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+[[Luis Elizondo]] is a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent and former employee of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He is a central figure in the effort to disclose information about [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP), due to his role leading the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), a clandestine [[Pentagon]] program that studied the phenomenon.[^1]
 
-Luis “Lue” Elizondo is an important [[UAP]] personality most known for running the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP) for the [[Department of Defense]]. Lue had a long distinguished military career leading to this appointment, but is now allegedly retired from the government and pursuing UAP disclosure. In August 2024, he published his insider story [[Imminent]].
+### Early Life and Paternal Influence
 
-## Early Life
-Lue was born around XXXX in [placeholder], Texas to Cuban exile [[Luis Elizondo III]] and American [[Janise]]. The family moved to Sarasota around 1975 and opened an Italian restaurant called Michelangelo’s in 1978[^1]. His parents eventually divorced when Lue was 10.
+Elizondo's upbringing was unconventional and deeply shaped by his father, [[Luis D. Elizondo III]], a Cuban exile with a revolutionary past. His father had initially fought alongside Fidel Castro against the Batista regime, but turned against Castro after his alignment with the Soviet Union. This led to his participation in the [[Bay of Pigs]] invasion and a subsequent two-year imprisonment in Cuba, an experience that left him volatile and deeply anti-authoritarian. This background led him to provide his son with an intense and unusual education in paramilitary skills from the age of seven. Elizondo was taught to assemble and disassemble firearms like the AR-15 and AK-47, build rocket launchers from PVC pipes, read topographical maps, and even how to hot-wire a car. This was all part of his father's preparation for a planned, but never realized, second invasion of Cuba under an operation known as "Alpha 66."[^1]
 
-Luis Elizondo III, Lue’s father, was a revolutionary fighting first with Castro and then against him with the CIA and he tried to pass this knowledge on to his son. Lue was trained to drive cars, motorcycles, fly planes, assemble guns, build bombs, navigate wilderness, etc as a young boy.
+Struggling with dyslexia and bullying at school, Elizondo found structure and camaraderie in his high school's Junior ROTC program, which he credits with saving him from a self-destructive path. Despite his academic challenges, he enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of Miami, double majoring in microbiology and immunology, before enlisting in the [[United States Army|US Army]] in 1995.[^1]
 
-Lue went to Hebrew school at his mother’s urging. He writes that he was constantly bullied as a child and scared of his father’s temper. Lue struggled in school due to dyslexia and frequently got into fights until he was urged to join JROTC and found solace in the mixed company and structure the organization provided.
+### Military and Intelligence Career
 
-He ultimately graduated high school and attended University of Miami studying premed with a focus on microbiology and immunology.
+Elizondo began his military career as a counterintelligence special agent, with his first assignment in South Korea. He later worked for the 902nd MI Group out of [[Fort Meade]], conducting counterintelligence investigations to protect sensitive U.S. technology. During this time, he was recruited by [[Eugene Lessman]] into the Army's "Great Skills" program (also known as Grey Fox), a successor to the [[Stargate Project]]. There, he was trained in the controversial technique of [[Remote Viewing]], a skill involving the use of extrasensory perception for intelligence gathering, which he reportedly utilized throughout his career.[^1]
 
-During this period he met [[Jennifer]] whom he eventually married and would later have at least one child with.
+His career as an intelligence officer was extensive, involving missions across the globe focused on counterinsurgency, counternarcotics, counterterrorism, and counterespionage. He held positions within the [[Department of Defense]] (DoD), the [[Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive]] (ONCIX), the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]] (ODNI), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). He eventually managed highly sensitive [[Special Access Programs]] (SAPs) for the [[National Security Council]] (NSC) and the White House, including running certain elements of the secret prison at [[Guantanamo Bay]], known as [[Camp 7]].[^1]
 
-## Army Years
-After college and craving the structure of JROTC, Lue joined the [[U.S. Army]] opting to join as an enlisted man instead of an officer so he could select his MOS. He was trained as a counterintelligence special agent (97-Bravo).
+### Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP)
 
-The Army first assigned him to South Korea where he worked with the [[Korean CIA]] (KCIA) and [[Korean National Police]] (KNP) as well as with Special Projects surveillance team.
+In early 2009, Elizondo was approached by [[Jay Stratton]] and a colleague, "[[Rosemary Caine]]," for a role in a highly classified [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) program. He was introduced to [[Dr. James Lacatski]], a rocket scientist who revealed the program's true purpose: the investigation of UAP. The program was initially called the [[Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program]] (AAWSAP) and was funded by a bipartisan group of senators: [[Harry Reid]], [[Ted Stevens]], and [[Daniel Inouye]]. The primary contractor was [[Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies]] (BAASS), owned by [[Robert Bigelow]], with [[Harold "Hal" Puthoff]] serving as chief scientist.[^1]
 
-Upon his return to the United States, he was reassigned to the [[902nd MI Group]] and stationed to Fort Huachuca, Arizona working on counter intelligence for Nevada, California, and Arizona to protect the major defense contractors working in the area ([[TRW]], [[Raytheon]], [[Boeing]], [[Lockheed]], etc). During this period he relates an interesting story about codename [[Lone Wolf on the Range]][^2].
+AATIP investigated numerous UAP cases, developing a framework of five key "observables" to analyze their behavior: hypersonic velocity, instantaneous acceleration, low observability, transmedium travel, and antigravity. A sixth observable, biological effects, was also noted. The program explored a wide range of phenomena, from the 2004 [[Tic Tac Incident]] to the [[Colares Incidents]] in Brazil and the strange occurrences at [[Skinwalker Ranch]].[^1]
 
-### Remote Viewing
-A year after his reassignment, Lue was approached by Lieutenant Colonel [[Michael Seage]] for an Army program called [[Great Skill Program|Great Skill]]. Through this he was introduced to [[Eugene Lessman]], a civilian intelligence officer employed by the Army. Gene helped train Lue to perform [[remote viewing]] but ultimately told him the program was cancelled (Editors Opinion, it was not cancelled, Lue just wasn’t an adept).
+The program faced intense internal opposition. Elizondo recounts the existence of a powerful, shadowy group of religious fundamentalists within the DoD he calls the "[[Collins Elite]]." This group, he claims, believed the UAP phenomenon was demonic in nature and actively worked to sabotage the investigation. This, coupled with the existence of a deeply entrenched "Legacy Program" within the military-industrial complex that allegedly controlled recovered UAP materials and non-human biologics, created a nearly impossible working environment for AATIP.[^1]
 
-## Army Civilian Intelligence Personnel
+### Personal Experiences and the "Hitchhiker Effect"
 
-Lue then was released from the Army and was reassigned to Panama as an intelligence operations officer[^3].
+Elizondo's involvement with AATIP was not without personal cost. He and his family began to experience strange phenomena in their own home, including sightings of green, glowing orbs that would float down their hallway and disappear into walls. This phenomenon, which he learned was not uncommon among those who investigate UAP, is known as the "hitchhiker effect." These experiences, along with the immense stress of the job, took a significant toll on his health and family life.[^1]
 
-#### Footnotes
+### Resignation and Public Disclosure
 
-[^1]: [Sarasota Herald-Tribune](https://books.google.com/books?id=RE80AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=luis+elizondo+sarasota&article_id=4505,1165823&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimmMz2w4aIAxVmNzQIHX65JEoQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=luis%20elizondo%20sarasota&f=false) August 3, 1978
-[^2]: *Imminent* (2024), Lue Elizondo, p31
-[^3]: *Imminent* (2024), Lue Elizondo, p36
+Frustrated by the bureaucratic stonewalling, the refusal of the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] to cooperate, and the inability to brief senior leadership like Secretary of Defense [[James Mattis]], Elizondo resigned from the Pentagon on October 4, 2017. His resignation letter to Secretary Mattis, which was later made public, explicitly stated that the Department was not taking the potential threat posed by UAP seriously.[^1]
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+Working with [[Christopher Mellon]] and [[Jim Semivan]], Elizondo went public. He was the primary source for a landmark New York Times article in December 2017 that disclosed the existence of AATIP and included the first official release of what would become known as the "[[Tic Tac]]," "[[GIMBAL]]," and "[[GoFast]]" UAP videos. This event ignited a global conversation and marked a pivotal moment for the disclosure movement.[^1]
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+Post-resignation, Elizondo joined [[To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science]] (TTSA), founded by musician Tom DeLonge, and has worked relentlessly to advocate for UAP transparency. His efforts, in concert with Mellon and others, have been crucial in briefing members of Congress, which led directly to the creation of the [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO) and the passage of historic UAP disclosure legislation within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).[^1]
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+### Footnotes
+[^1]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.