{"type":"documents","slug":"2024-08-20-luis-elizondo-imminent-memoir","title":"Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2024-08-20-luis-elizondo-imminent-memoir","description":"Luis Elizondo’s memoir recounts his claimed Pentagon UAP work and allegations about recovered materials and non-human biological evidence.","date":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Memoir"],"updated":"2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":7,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"HarperCollins published Luis Elizondo's memoir _Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs_ on August 20, 2024.[^1] The publisher presents the book as Elizondo's account of government UAP work and resistance he says he encountered inside the Pentagon.[^1]\n\n## Prepublication Review\n\nThe Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review reviews manuscripts submitted by current and former cleared Defense Department personnel before public release.[^2] Defense Department correspondence released under the Freedom of Information Act shows that Elizondo's manuscript was under review and that Christopher Mellon's foreword was reviewed alongside it.[^3]\n\n## Claims in the Book and Interviews\n\nIn a direct interview promoting the memoir, Elizondo alleged that the United States had retrieved vehicles of unknown origin and biological specimens.[^4] These statements are presented here as Elizondo's claims.[^4]\n\n## Media Appearances\n\nElizondo discussed the memoir and his UAP allegations in direct interviews with NewsNation and _The Daily Show_.[^4][^5]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Imminent](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/imminent-luis-elizondo), HarperCollins.\n\n[^2]: [Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review](https://www.esd.whs.mil/DOPSR/Defense/), Washington Headquarters Services.\n\n[^3]: [Mellon Publication Approval Process Documents, May 31, 2022–January 17, 2024](https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/UFOsandUAPs/25-F-1324_Mellon_Publication_Approval_Process_Docs_5-31-2022-1-17-2024.pdf), Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review.\n\n[^4]: [US has UFO retrieval program, alien bodies: Ex-Pentagon official](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bw3VfK_lsA), NewsNation, August 20, 2024.\n\n[^5]: [Luis Elizondo: “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OMGOvuJV5M), _The Daily Show_, September 17, 2024.","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2024-08-20-luis-elizondo-imminent-memoir","title":"Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2024-08-20-luis-elizondo-imminent-memoir","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}