Luis Elizondo
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But when it wants to take a right-hand turn, it takes roughly half the state of Ohio to do it. And yet what we are seeing... are things that are not doing 3,000 miles an hour. They're doing 10,000, 13,000 miles an hour, and they can execute immediate right-angle turns in 180s, right? So these are some of the things that when you see them, you realize, okay, this is not our technology.
But when it wants to take a right-hand turn, it takes roughly half the state of Ohio to do it. And yet what we are seeing... are things that are not doing 3,000 miles an hour. They're doing 10,000, 13,000 miles an hour, and they can execute immediate right-angle turns in 180s, right? So these are some of the things that when you see them, you realize, okay, this is not our technology.
This isn't Russian. This isn't Chinese. This is something completely different.
This isn't Russian. This isn't Chinese. This is something completely different.
This isn't Russian. This isn't Chinese. This is something completely different.
Well, you know, you don't want to share technology and insight into breakaway technologies. Knowing that there are rogue nations out there and non-state actors that would love to take that technology and do something bad with it. So that's terrifying. Imagine being able to fly over the White House completely anonymously and instantly and do whatever you want and then leave.
Well, you know, you don't want to share technology and insight into breakaway technologies. Knowing that there are rogue nations out there and non-state actors that would love to take that technology and do something bad with it. So that's terrifying. Imagine being able to fly over the White House completely anonymously and instantly and do whatever you want and then leave.
Well, you know, you don't want to share technology and insight into breakaway technologies. Knowing that there are rogue nations out there and non-state actors that would love to take that technology and do something bad with it. So that's terrifying. Imagine being able to fly over the White House completely anonymously and instantly and do whatever you want and then leave.
That's not exactly a good news situation for our national security. And so that's priority number one, right? How do you have this conversation while keeping it out of the hands of people who don't want to do good things with it? Then you have other issues. How long have we known about this and how long have we kept it from the American people? There's liability there.
That's not exactly a good news situation for our national security. And so that's priority number one, right? How do you have this conversation while keeping it out of the hands of people who don't want to do good things with it? Then you have other issues. How long have we known about this and how long have we kept it from the American people? There's liability there.
That's not exactly a good news situation for our national security. And so that's priority number one, right? How do you have this conversation while keeping it out of the hands of people who don't want to do good things with it? Then you have other issues. How long have we known about this and how long have we kept it from the American people? There's liability there.
There's a very significant problem. For example, look at this from a business perspective. You have company A, aerospace company A, and aerospace company B. Someone in the government decides to take a very interesting piece of material that was found during a crash and gives it to company A. Meanwhile, 10 years later, company A becomes a multi-billion dollar aerospace corporation.
There's a very significant problem. For example, look at this from a business perspective. You have company A, aerospace company A, and aerospace company B. Someone in the government decides to take a very interesting piece of material that was found during a crash and gives it to company A. Meanwhile, 10 years later, company A becomes a multi-billion dollar aerospace corporation.
There's a very significant problem. For example, look at this from a business perspective. You have company A, aerospace company A, and aerospace company B. Someone in the government decides to take a very interesting piece of material that was found during a crash and gives it to company A. Meanwhile, 10 years later, company A becomes a multi-billion dollar aerospace corporation.
Company B goes bankrupt and now 200 jobs are lost and people, investors now lose their money on the stock market because the company goes belly up. There's like – there's security exchange – there's SEC violations on doing that. You have to – in the government, you have to give everybody a fair chance to compete. And when you give an unfair advantage to company A over company B –
Company B goes bankrupt and now 200 jobs are lost and people, investors now lose their money on the stock market because the company goes belly up. There's like – there's security exchange – there's SEC violations on doing that. You have to – in the government, you have to give everybody a fair chance to compete. And when you give an unfair advantage to company A over company B –
Company B goes bankrupt and now 200 jobs are lost and people, investors now lose their money on the stock market because the company goes belly up. There's like – there's security exchange – there's SEC violations on doing that. You have to – in the government, you have to give everybody a fair chance to compete. And when you give an unfair advantage to company A over company B –
there could be billions of dollars worth of liability in that alone, right? And then you have the problem where people in government were telling people, members of Congress, nothing to see here, folks. Meanwhile, all along, there was a lot to see here. We were actually investigating this and we learned a lot about it.
there could be billions of dollars worth of liability in that alone, right? And then you have the problem where people in government were telling people, members of Congress, nothing to see here, folks. Meanwhile, all along, there was a lot to see here. We were actually investigating this and we learned a lot about it.
there could be billions of dollars worth of liability in that alone, right? And then you have the problem where people in government were telling people, members of Congress, nothing to see here, folks. Meanwhile, all along, there was a lot to see here. We were actually investigating this and we learned a lot about it.