“We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds, and we will consider suggestions from management for additional or revised objectives,” stated the IG’s memo announcing that probe. “I certainly cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation to the same.”īut a day after Elizondo filed his complaint, the IG announced a probe into Pentagon “actions” on UFOs, which is being undertaken by the assistant inspector general for evaluations on space, intelligence, engineering and oversight. “I cannot speculate or deliberate about complaints that our office may have received,” said Dwrena Allen. I’m trying to get the Defense Department to clarify for the public and media what exactly is the cartography inside the Defense Department for dealing with this particular phenomenon.”Ī spokesperson for the Defense Department IG’s office declined to comment on the status of Elizondo’s complaint. “The old dodge,” Sheehan says, “is ‘oh well, the real problem was that one shop wasn’t communicating with the other shop.’ That’s the classic bureaucratic dodge. “The different units and different groups that are responsible for responding to this particular phenomenon … they’re not briefing each other on this.” “Nobody seemed to be taking this thing seriously,” Sheehan said of Elizondo’s concerns when he left the Pentagon in 2017. Sheehan maintains the goal of Elizondo’s IG complaint is much bigger than clearing his name: He wants to compel the Pentagon to clear up all the ambiguity about what it knows about UFOs. When asked for comment, Elizondo referred questions to Sheehan. He also served as counsel for the Disclosure Project, led by ufologist Steven Greer, that has sought to force more government transparency on UFOs. He is also widely viewed as a provocateur who has an abiding interest in UFOs and has spoken publicly about alien visitations. Sheehan, a public interest lawyer and activist, has a long history of taking on the federal government on behalf of high-profile clients, including defending The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case as well as one of the Watergate burglars. “And also threatening his security clearance.” “What he is saying is there are certain individuals in the Defense Department who in fact were attacking him and lying about him publicly, using the color of authority of their offices to disparage him and discredit him and were interfering in his ability to seek and obtain gainful employment out in the world,” said Daniel Sheehan, Elizondo’s attorney.
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