Luis Elizondo: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Elizondo served in the [[United States Army]] for twenty years with service in the [[Republic of Korea]], [[Kuwait]], and in the [[United States of America|United States]], and then as a civilian [[intelligence officer]] during which he ran [[military intelligence]] operations in [[Afghanistan]], [[South America]], and the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] and its [[Camp seven (Guantanamo)|Camp Seven]].<ref name="York Times Aug 2024">{{Cite web |last=York |first=Josie Ensor, New |date=2024-08-26 |title=Pentagon UFO expert says secret group has ‘non-human material’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/pentagon-ufo-expert-says-secret-group-has-non-human-material-k9556s7rc |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[The Sunday Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820175200/https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/pentagon-ufo-expert-says-secret-group-has-non-human-material-k9556s7rc|archive-date=2024-08-20|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Burton GQ Nov 2021" /><ref name="Elizondo homepage bio Aug 2024" /> During military tours in Afghanistan he was an operations officer, joined the [[United States Army Counterintelligence]] program, and was "battle captain" managing a [[tactical operations center]].<ref name="Elizondo homepage bio Aug 2024" /><ref name="Battle Captain role Jul 2023">{{cite web |first=Matthew|last=Levengood|title=The Battalion Battle Captain |date=July 5, 2023|url=https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2023/07/05/the-battalion-battle-captain|work=The Military Leader.com |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827224008/https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2023/07/05/the-battalion-battle-captain/|archive-date=2024-08-27}}</ref> Elizondo ran [[Counterterrorism|anti-terrorist missions]] against the [[Islamic State]] (ISIS), [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] militant group [[Hezbollah]].<ref name="York Times Aug 2024" />

Regarding his military career, Elizondo stated he "dealt with a lot of stuff, like [[coup d'état]]s, black market [[terrorism]], violent [[drug cartels]], all that kind of stuff".<ref name="Cox HeraldTribune Jan 2021 "/><ref name="Whitaker CBS May 2021">{{cite news |first=Bill|last=Whitaker|authorlink=Bill Whitaker (journalist)|title=UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month |date=May 16, 2021|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-16/ |work=[[CBS News]] |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516231640/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-16/|archive-date=2021-05-16}}</ref><ref name="McMillan Popular Mechanics Jan 2020"/> The ''[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]'' reported in 2021 that during the course of his military career, Elizondo reported to the [[United States Secretary of Defense]], the [[National Counterintelligence and Security Center]], [[Office of National Intelligence]], the [[Director of National Intelligence]], and the [[White House]].<ref name="Cox HeraldTribune Jan 2021 "/><ref name="Kean HuffPost Oct 2017">{{Cite web |date=2017-10-11 |title=Fmr. Manager of DOD Aerospace Threat Program: “UFOs are Real”|last1=Kean|first1=Leslie|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_b_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874 |access-date=2024-08-30 |publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|website=[[Huffington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213222201/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_b_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874|archive-date=2019-02-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="SEC TTSA Filing Dec 2017" />

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