Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs

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

  Prepublication Review

The 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

  Claims in the Book and Interviews

In 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

  Media Appearances

Elizondo discussed the memoir and his UAP allegations in direct interviews with NewsNation and The Daily Show.⁴⁵

  References

  References

1. Imminent, HarperCollins. ↩ ↩²

2. Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review, Washington Headquarters Services. ↩

3. Mellon Publication Approval Process Documents, May 31, 2022–January 17, 2024, Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review. ↩

4. US has UFO retrieval program, alien bodies: Ex-Pentagon official, NewsNation, August 20, 2024. ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. Luis Elizondo: “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs”, The Daily Show, September 17, 2024. ↩