FOIA Release Reveals Elizondo's Internal Fight Over AATIP an

FOIA Release Reveals Elizondo's Internal Fight Over AATIP and His UAP Role

In a June 2020 email released under FOIA case 21-F-0938, former OUSD(I) staff member Luis Elizondo told DoD public affairs that AATIP 'was never shut down' and that he ran the program, seeking correction of the record.

Published

October 7, 2026

Declassified

Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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FOIA Case 21-F-0938 and Six Released Pages

The Department Division issued a final response on March 4, 2022, to a request filed by John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault, closing out case number 21-F-0938. The letter, signed by Chief Stephanie L.

Carr, states that the request was received on May 3, 2021, and that searches conducted by the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security, and the DoD Office of the General Counsel located six responsive pages. C. § 552 (b)(5), covering deliberative inter- and intra-agency memoranda containing subjective evaluations, opinions, and recommendations, and (b)(6), covering information whose disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Three officials are named in the letter as Initial Denial Authorities: Ms. Tanya Rose, Information Management Director; Mr. Brian Kreitlow, Chief, Collection Policy Division; and Mr.

David Bennet, Director, Office of Information Counsel. The letter also identifies…

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