Former Pentagon insider Luis Elizondo claims that the Department of Defense has a secret program to retrieve crashed spacecraft and has recovered nonhuman specimens.

In a NewsNation special, Elizondo provided more details than any previous Pentagon official, naming government agencies and aerospace companies allegedly involved in these recoveries.

He asserts that the U.S. government recovered an unidentified craft during the 1947 Roswell incident and has been aware of nonhuman life for decades.

The Department of Defense denied Elizondo’s claims, stating that there is no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity and disputing his role in the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), The Hill has reported.

UFO enthusiasts, however, argue that the Pentagon is discrediting Elizondo and point to evidence, including letters and internal emails, that they believe confirm his involvement in AATIP.

Written by B.C. Begley