FOIA Releases Elizondo-Tipton AATIP Transfer Emails
In May 2024, emails between Elizondo and Neill Tipton documenting the AATIP transfer were released via FOIA appeal — despite the Pentagon's claim that all files had been deleted.
Background
Emails between Luis Elizondo and Neill Tipton from August-October 2017, documenting the transfer of AATIP responsibilities, were finally released after a successful FOIA appeal in May 2024. The Pentagon had previously claimed all of Elizondo's emails had been deleted.
The emails show Elizondo briefing Tipton on AATIP, referencing Secretary of Defense Front Office knowledge of the program, and coordinating the orderly transfer of responsibilities. They definitively refute the Pentagon's denial of Elizondo's AATIP role.
Significance
Documentary proof definitively refuting the Pentagon's denial of Elizondo's AATIP role, recovered despite deliberate deletion efforts.