Luis Elizondo
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I would not at liberty discuss any details about that. That's not for me to discuss. You and I got to get drunk. I'm a lightweight. I got to get you drunk. Let's go have some whiskey.
I would not at liberty discuss any details about that. That's not for me to discuss. You and I got to get drunk. I'm a lightweight. I got to get you drunk. Let's go have some whiskey.
Let me give you another great, great event that occurred. And I'll talk about this because it's not classified. The portions that might be, I don't know about, so it should be fine. There's an individual who I'm aware of who was a helo pilot, a helicopter pilot back in the late 90s in the Caribbean. And they were doing missile recovery.
Let me give you another great, great event that occurred. And I'll talk about this because it's not classified. The portions that might be, I don't know about, so it should be fine. There's an individual who I'm aware of who was a helo pilot, a helicopter pilot back in the late 90s in the Caribbean. And they were doing missile recovery.
Let me give you another great, great event that occurred. And I'll talk about this because it's not classified. The portions that might be, I don't know about, so it should be fine. There's an individual who I'm aware of who was a helo pilot, a helicopter pilot back in the late 90s in the Caribbean. And they were doing missile recovery.
So what happened is that the Navy would test fire missiles, and then they kind of run out of fuel. They hit the water, and they sink. At a predetermined time, they pop to the surface. We grab it with a helicopter, bring it back to shore, and we test it for telemetry and make sure that this cruise missile was doing what it was supposed to do.
So what happened is that the Navy would test fire missiles, and then they kind of run out of fuel. They hit the water, and they sink. At a predetermined time, they pop to the surface. We grab it with a helicopter, bring it back to shore, and we test it for telemetry and make sure that this cruise missile was doing what it was supposed to do.
So what happened is that the Navy would test fire missiles, and then they kind of run out of fuel. They hit the water, and they sink. At a predetermined time, they pop to the surface. We grab it with a helicopter, bring it back to shore, and we test it for telemetry and make sure that this cruise missile was doing what it was supposed to do.
So they're out there in the helicopter, frogmen hanging down the line. You've got the helo pilot, you've got the crew chief and the co-pilot looking all down at the bubble. And as they're about to grab this cruise missile out of the ocean, something huge and round and what was described to me as black as a devil starts to rise to the surface.
So they're out there in the helicopter, frogmen hanging down the line. You've got the helo pilot, you've got the crew chief and the co-pilot looking all down at the bubble. And as they're about to grab this cruise missile out of the ocean, something huge and round and what was described to me as black as a devil starts to rise to the surface.
So they're out there in the helicopter, frogmen hanging down the line. You've got the helo pilot, you've got the crew chief and the co-pilot looking all down at the bubble. And as they're about to grab this cruise missile out of the ocean, something huge and round and what was described to me as black as a devil starts to rise to the surface.
The water begins to churn very much like David Fravor's description of the Tic Tac incident and the roiling water.
The water begins to churn very much like David Fravor's description of the Tic Tac incident and the roiling water.
The water begins to churn very much like David Fravor's description of the Tic Tac incident and the roiling water.
the frogman is so freaked out he's literally trying to climb the line back up he's like total panic at the disco right yeah and the helicopter is like do we do it like an emergency ascent what the hell's going on here and right as this thing is about and by the way it's the size of a small island and round right as this thing is about to break the surface it sucks the missile down and disappears and that was yeah and uh dave fravor could probably tell you that story a
the frogman is so freaked out he's literally trying to climb the line back up he's like total panic at the disco right yeah and the helicopter is like do we do it like an emergency ascent what the hell's going on here and right as this thing is about and by the way it's the size of a small island and round right as this thing is about to break the surface it sucks the missile down and disappears and that was yeah and uh dave fravor could probably tell you that story a
the frogman is so freaked out he's literally trying to climb the line back up he's like total panic at the disco right yeah and the helicopter is like do we do it like an emergency ascent what the hell's going on here and right as this thing is about and by the way it's the size of a small island and round right as this thing is about to break the surface it sucks the missile down and disappears and that was yeah and uh dave fravor could probably tell you that story a
But when you compare that to other things, you've got to say, imagine being that guy hanging from that line. No. No, thank you. We call that bait. Yeah, but it didn't do anything to him. No. I would have loved that experience. Yeah. So that was one of the anecdotes that was revealed to us by one of the maybe helicopter pilots.
But when you compare that to other things, you've got to say, imagine being that guy hanging from that line. No. No, thank you. We call that bait. Yeah, but it didn't do anything to him. No. I would have loved that experience. Yeah. So that was one of the anecdotes that was revealed to us by one of the maybe helicopter pilots.
But when you compare that to other things, you've got to say, imagine being that guy hanging from that line. No. No, thank you. We call that bait. Yeah, but it didn't do anything to him. No. I would have loved that experience. Yeah. So that was one of the anecdotes that was revealed to us by one of the maybe helicopter pilots.