Inside AATIP: The Pentagon's Secret UFO Program, Its Funding History, and the Debate Over Transparency

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The Pentagon ran a secret $22 million program called AATIP to study unidentified flying objects led by Luis Elizondo, who resigned saying there was a lack of government support and that they tried to “take the voodoo out of voodoo science,” with Harry Reid funding over $20 million and Robert Bigelow steering early contracts tied to Skinwalker Ranch, funding reportedly continuing beyond 2012 and Elizondo later joining To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded by Tom DeLonge, to push for renewed funding as debates about transparency and legitimacy continue.