I often hear claims based on the DoD statement how the Pentagon’s UFO program AATIP - Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program - exclusively ended in 2012. However, there are also fair objections from those who were involved with the program. Even the original NYT article referenced other sources claiming "while the Pentagon ended funding for the effort at that time, the program remains in existence”. On top of that, if the program really ended in 2012, it would not make sense for two AATIP videos (Gimbal and Go Fast) - originally released in the NYT and Washington Post - to be part of the research effort since those incidents happened three years later (in 2015). Those two videos fit better with the active post-2012 AATIP period, which means data were still collected during the 2015 time frame. Additionally, letter of resignation of former AATIP point main Luis Elizondo (referenced in the original NYT article), deals with obstacles and opposition up to that point (October 2017). Of course, these counterpoints will not settle the debate for everyone, but it is equally fair to present them. The original DoD statement on the 2012 closure was also used to imply that AATIP didn't produce any important results. For example, that view was also emphasized by Seth Shostak, prominent astronomer of the SETI Institute. During his appearance on Canadian CBC radio show - The Current - which aired on December 20, 2017, he stated the following. However, after the New York Times has published an article on July 23, 2020, titled "No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public", Shostak had to correct himself in the NBC News piece published on August 02, 2020. Back in January 15, 2018, I had a privilege to arrange the first extended 60 minute interview with Luis Elizondo. One of my questions dealt specifically with the post-2012 period since I was already aware about the rising controversy. Lue explained to me the AATIP chronology, and in conclusion described the program’s state until the day he left in October 2017. Luis Elizondo emphasized the following during the interview. LUIS ELIZONDO: Up until the day I left, the Program was alive and well. It was fairly robust. We had some incredible men and women who were part of this effort. And I had support from my senior…very senior levels of leadership that the program was in fact to be turned to one of my successors. And that was effectively done.” Referenced extract from that the January 2018 interview is available below. Full Interview from January 2018 is available on this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvClGiBB2c Companion Article by Danny Silva: 2019-02-17: AATIP Did Not End Giuliano Marinkovic Originally released on May 24, 2020 on social media. Additionally updated on December 13, 2020.
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