Ex-Pentagon official makes startling claims about US govt collecting ‘alien body remains, vehicles of unknown origin'

Luis Elizondo claims that the government has retrieved unidentified spacecraft and has examined biological samples from these alien beings.

"The United States has been involved in the recovery of objects, vehicles of unknown origin that are neither from our country nor any other foreign country that we're aware of," the former senior US government intelligence officer told NewsNation.

"We as a nation have been interested in not only the vehicles themselves but the occupants of these vehicles; to include biological specimens... We're not alone," Elizondo told the outlet.

Elizondo asserts that one of the recovered spacecraft is linked to the notorious 1947 Roswell incident. He further claims that the government has known about extraterrestrial life for decades and has deliberately kept this information hidden from the public.

"We are not alone in this universe and it is a simple fact. The US government has been aware of that fact for decades."

The former Pentagon official's statements have ignited controversy and debate. While Elizondo offers detailed descriptions of his experiences, the U.S. government has strongly denied his claims, asserting that there is no credible evidence supporting the existence of extraterrestrial activity.

"I saw a technical device that had been removed, excised by the Department of Veterans Affairs by a surgeon, a trained physician, from a US military service member who claimed to have a UAP encounter," he told the outlet.

"The physician claimed that the object tried to run on him or evade being excised."

If true, Elizondo's revelations could deeply impact our understanding of the universe and raise questions about the U.S. government's handling of classified information.

According to News Nation, the Department of Defense has rejected these claims, emphasizing that there is no "credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity."

"The department is fully committed to openness and accountability to Congress and the American people, which it must balance with its obligation to protect sensitive information, sources, and methods... To date, we have not found any credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity," Department of Defense spokesperson Sue Gough told the outlet.

"To date, AARO has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently."

According to the outlet, he also claims that Elizondo "had no assigned responsibilities for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) while assigned to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security."

Elizondo in an article for Newsweek wrote that he "graduated from the University of Miami with majors in microbiology and immunology, with studies in parasitology."

After working in the army, Elizondo claimed that he "served as a special agent in counterintelligence" for the US.