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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON 
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000 
INTELLIGENCE 
INFO MEMO 
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FROM: Garry Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence 
SUBJECT: (U) Response to Your Questions on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification 
Program (AATIP) and Actions of Former DoD Employee Luis Elizondo 
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BLUF: This memorandum provides responds to your six questions regarding the 
actions of former DoD employee Luis Elizondo. Responses to your questions on the AATIP are 
in …

was that Mr. Elizondo's claims were not credible, and the letter was not worthy of the 
Secretary's personal attention. 
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(U/iMi Question 5: "Has the "Navy civilian" been interviewed about the 
declassification?" Response: Yes. USDI staff contacted him upon discovery of the SIPRnet 
email sent to him by Mr. Elizondo. He informed us that he told Mr. Elizondo that he was not 
the declassification release authority, and took no further action. 
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Question 6: "What is a "deferred" retirement?" Response: "Deferred Retirement" refers to 
delayed payment of benefits until certain criteria are met.…

 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON. DC 20301 .:>000 
INILLLIGENCE 
INFO MEMO 
MEMORANDUM FOR RECO 
FROM: Garry 
id. Director for Defense Intelligence. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence 
SUBJECT: (U) Update on Media Reporting Related to the Advanced Aerospace Threat
Identification Program (AATIP) and Actions of Former DoD Employee Luis Elizondo 
(U/011 BLUF: This memorandum summarizes recent media interest in the AATIP, which
has been accentuated by the public statements of former DoD employee Luis Elizondo, who has
aggrandized hi…

 
 
 
 
 
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On October 12)  Ilearned ofa video featuring Mr. Elizondo that was posted 
on YouTube by the "To the Stars Academy for Arts and Sciences," which appears to be 
his=rent employer. He asserts "for nearly the last decade I ran a sensitive Aerospace
Threat Identification Program focusing on unidentified aerial technologies," and later 
says "we are (also)planning to provide never before released footage from real US 
govenimest systems." 
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Following discovery of the YouTube video, I requested an informal review 
of Mr. Elizondo's conduct by the Air Forte Office of Special …

October 3,2017 
A174: 011813(1) 
Effective 4 October 2017, I humbly submit my resignation as Director, National
Program SpecialManagement Staff. Office oftheUnder Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence. In this regard. I understand I win no longer be an employee cite U.S.
Government. I respectfully request I receive a *deferred retirement". 
Very Respectfully, 
Luis D.Elffiondo 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
5000 OVENSr. PUNTAGOi.: 
WASHINGTON. OC. 20331 5000 
MEMORANDUM FOR: RECORD 
SUBJECT: Letter ofResignation & Differed Retirement 
Mr. Secretary: 
It has been my sincere honor and pleasure to have served with some of America's finest men 
and women in both peace time and in war. For over 22 years. I have been blessed to learn from. 
and work with world-class leadership. you catainl:..bin among the very best. 
With that inmind, bureaucratic challenges and inflexible mindsets continue to plague the 
Department at all levels. This is particularly true rega…

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON 
WASHINGTON DC 20301-5000 
INTELLIGENCE 
INFO MEMO 
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 
FROM: Garry Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence 
SUBJECT: (U) Update on Media Reporting Related to the Advanced Aerospace Threat 
Identification Program (AATIP) and Actions of Former DoD Employee Luis Elizondo 
(UhMIBLUF: This memorandum summarizes recent media interest in the AATIP, which 
has been accentuated by the public statements of former DoD employee Luis Elizondo, who has 
aggrandized …

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On October 12, I learned of a video featuring Mr. Elizondo that was posted 
on YouTube by the "To the Stars Academy for Arts and Sciences," which appears to be 
his current employer. He asserts "for nearly the last decade I ran a sensitive Aerospace 
Threat Identification Program focusing on unidentified aerial technologies," and later 
says "we are (also) planning to provide never before released footage from real US 
government systems." 
Following discovery of the YouTube video, I requested an informal review
'
1 of Mr. Elizondo's conduct by the Air Force Office of Special Investig…