Neill Tipton

Neill Tipton is a Senior Executive Service (SES) official in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I)). In 2017, prior to resigning from the Pentagon, Luis Elizondo, former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), sent an email to Tipton designating him as successor to responsibilities for a vaguely described 'program,' though Tipton responded seeking clarification on its nature, with no explicit mention of UFOs or UAP. 2024 FOIA-released emails document this transfer of duties. Tipton has been contacted by the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding UAP evaluation efforts. No birth/death years, nationality, publications, or public testimony are documented in available sources. His role underscores bureaucratic transitions in sensitive DoD UAP-related intelligence oversight.