The Black Vault has documented the Pentagon’s full contradictory AATIP record through direct FOIA correspondence: (1) POSITION 1 (December 2017): AATIP confirmed as a UFO/UAP program when it went public via NY Times. (2) POSITION 2 (2019, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough to The Black Vault): “Neither AATIP nor AAWSAP were UAP related. The purpose of AATIP was to investigate foreign advanced aerospace weapons system applications.” (3) POSITION 3 (later): Pentagon admitted AATIP “did allow for research drawn from a wide variety of sources, including reports of UAPs.” The Black Vault noted: “Confused much? It seems that may be by design.” Each contradictory statement was made by official Pentagon spokespeople to The Black Vault directly. (4) 28 SENATORS BRIEFED (FOIA April 1, 2025): A Black Vault FOIA of 2022 yielded internal emails from July 13, 2021, in which senior Pentagon official Neill Tipton described a classified UAP briefing to both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) AND the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) simultaneously — with 28 senators in attendance. Tipton described this as “nearly unprecedented for an engagement like this” and confirmed “continued very high interest from the Senate.” (5) ELIZONDO’S DELETED EMAILS: The Black Vault documented that in 2022, Elizondo agreed to provide his unclassified AATIP emails. Shortly after agreeing, “Elizondo was surprised to learn all of his private emails had been deleted.” His attorney told The Black Vault: “Possibilities range from hackers, to haters, to system glitches, or something more nefarious.” The DoD simultaneously refused to validate the authenticity of any emails Elizondo had previously provided. AATIP was funded by $22M total: $10M from FY2008 Defense Supplemental Appropriation Act, $12M more in FY2010. Sole contractor: Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies. 38 technical reports delivered — most still classified or FOUO.