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Lue Elizondo sends UAP letter to President Trump. Did he read it? | Reality Check

2025-12-09 News & Politics
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Elizondo Details Memo Advising Trump on UAP Crisis and Creating a Czar

Learn the exact recommendations Luis Elizondo made to President Trump regarding defining UAPs as critical emerging technology and establishing White House oversight to counter national security threats from drones and UAP.

Short Summary

  • Elizondo’s unpublished memo reframed UAPs as part of "Emerging All Domain Technologies" (EADT) to prioritize action with an incoming administration.
  • He strongly recommends appointing a White House UAP Czar within the NSC to coordinate response and mandate responsible transparency.
  • The continued failure to establish domain awareness echoes the catastrophic information silos present before 9/11, raising risks of future failures.
  • Discussions confirm that senior figures, including acting NSA Rubio, believe the US may possess recovered non-human technology, though disclosure remains politically risky.

These points outline Elizondo's strategy for immediate, centralized executive action to manage known aerial threats (drones) alongside UAP, stressing that bureaucratic dysfunction prevents necessary oversight and decision-making.

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Ross Coulthart sits down with former Pentagon insider, veteran, and investigator Luis "Lue" Elizondo. Together, they break down a letter Elizondo sent to President Trump on January 7, 2024. He calls on the president to investigate the UAP issue plaguing the world. Has President Trump read his memo? Read the full memo here: https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/ufo-whistleblower-advised-trump-appoint-uap-czar/ Credits: Host: Ross Coulthart Executive Producer: Andy Gipson Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson Associate Producer: William Tomasi Editor: Anthony Diasio, Allen Keefner Previously on NewsNation: Drones over New Jersey: Crisis in our skies | NewsNation Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJX9S2mAfA&t=3s Mysterious drones swarm New Jersey skies, military bases | Reality Check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sucrnlxq8CA&t=3s On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/ Email your questions to [email protected] NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/ Chapters: 00:00-07:45 INTRO 07:45-09:45 DID PRES. TRUMP RECEIVE THIS MEMO? 09:45-10:55 COMBINING DRONES & UAP IN THE MEMO 10:55-15:10 THE DRONES MYSTERY 15:10-18:35 IS THERE ACTION IN D.C.? 18:35-22:10 WHY IS THE JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE INADEQUATE? 22:10-25:49 DOES LUE THINK THESE ARE DRONES? 25:49-27:32 ARE INVESTIGATIONS OCCURING BEHIND THE SCENES IN D.C.? 27:32-29:32 IS PRES. TRUMP THINKING ABOUT DISCLOSURE? 29:32-30:00 PRES. TRUMP HAS RECEIVED ELIZONDO'S LETTER 30:00-39:20 MARCO RUBIO'S ROLE IN UAP INVESTIGATIONS 39:20-41:15 HOW WOULD THE PUBLIC RESPOND TO CONFIDENTIALITY? 41:15-46:10 "THE TRUTH IS INDIGESTIBLE" 46:10-47:52 WILL PRES. TRUMP MAKE A DISCLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? 47:52-50:20 WHAT WOULD ELIZONDO DO IF HE WERE PRES. TRUMP? 50:20-52:00 UAP IMPACT ON BANKING AND MARKETS 52:00-53:05 ELIZONDO'S ROLE IN "AGE OF DISCLOSURE" 53:05- OUTRO

Top Comments (10)

@Brainz216 2025-12-09

No Lue.. what causes frustration is the lies being told to our faces when we KNOW they are lies

222 14 replies
@Russman1966 2025-12-09

Thanks for the update. Hope you feel better soon Ross 👍👍👍

190 3 replies
@tjmikels 2025-12-09

Appreciate your work despite being ill, Ross! You are a warrior!

153 8 replies
@johnnynilsson8625 2025-12-09

We live in a carefully fabricated reality and our real history is classified. Your secrets have stolen 100 years of our development because everything has been guarded very carefully such as physics, medicine, psychology, archaeology, religion, biology, space and the potential of our consciousness etc.

152 20 replies
@redleader2211 2025-12-09

The "we can't handle the truth" trope is tired, played out, and outrageously insulting. A grown adult is telling other adults that you can't handle what they're already handling. Incredibly patronizing.

137 23 replies
@jack1234356 2025-12-10

No government in the world are ever going to admit they don't have control over their countries airspace

52 4 replies
@melna7299 2025-12-10

This isn't just long overdue, it's a criminal act against humanity.

41 3 replies
@PatriciaFedick-so7gs 2025-12-10

Not to mention' several decades' of people being chut up either by pay offs 'threat or death or loss of loved ones.

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@danielglenn915 2025-12-10

The nature of our existence should not be classified. It is the most basic of inalienable human rights.

25 6 replies
@fixitup4203 2025-12-10

Whatever is finally released to the public will be crumbs. Stale undigestible crumbs.

25 4 replies

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