Lou Elizondo confirms US holds UAPs
Former intelligence officer and AATIP director Lou Elizondo confirmed the US government is in possession of UAPs not made by any known adversary.
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Rewind: Area 51, S4, and the Rise of Bob Lazar
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Jul 15, 2026
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Bob Lazar's Enduring Legacy and the UAP Era
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Carter Roy closes with a meditation on why Bob Lazar refuses to fade. Even skeptics grant that he is a genuinely intelligent, unconventional thinker — he did build jet cars for fun — and that his storytelling is emotionally authentic in the way real memory tends to be. His friends, family, and George Knapp have stood by him for decades. And then there is the UAP disclosure era: former AATIP director Lou Elizondo, an intelligence professional with genuine credentials, has stated that the US government possesses craft performing beyond known human capability, not made by any known adversary. The Gimbal video — a declassified military recording of a UAP off the Florida coast in January 2015 — shows an object flying tilted on its side, precisely as Lazar described the sport model since 1989. Carter Roy acknowledges the unknowables: was Lazar chosen for his discreditability? Was it a psyop? Was it an inside joke that got out of hand? Was he simply a gifted storyteller who got lucky on some details? The episode closes on its own thesis: Area 51 is real, UAPs are real, and no matter your verdict on Bob Lazar, he has permanently shaped the conversation about what the government knows and isn't telling us.
The Gimbal Video and the Sport Model's Flying Style
The Gimbal video shows a UAP off the coast of Florida in January 2015 flying tilted on its side. When Bob Lazar saw it, he said: that's exactly how the sport model flew — belly-up, just as he'd been describing since 1989. That's either an extraordinary coincidence or the most compelling corroboration of his story.
Gimbal video: Jan 2015
The declassified Gimbal video shows a UAP encounter off the coast of Florida in January 2015, depicting an object flying at a tilt — consistent with Lazar's 1989 description.
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