OPINION: New insider memoir highlights urgency of UFO disclosure legislation

A new book by Luis Elizondo, a former Pentagon official, doubles down on persistent allegations of secret government UFO activities. With several former senior officials and scientists making a series of alarming — and seemingly credible — corroborating claims, Congress must now act to separate fact from fiction.

Fortunately, a legislative remedy is currently working its way through the Senate.

Elizondo’s riveting memoir, “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs,” underscores the urgency of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act. The bill, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), is arguably the most extraordinary ever introduced in Congress.

In “Imminent,” Elizondo claims to have learned of an ultra-secret government “Legacy Program” that possesses UFO “materials of nonhuman origin.” Notably, Elizondo’s terminology is an exact, word-for-word match with the language in the UAP Disclosure Act.