Luis Elizondo Implies in Coast-to-Coast AM Interview That He, Chris Mellon, and Steve Justice Will Soon Leave 'To the Stars Academy'

Luis Elizondo, pictured here in a 2017 interview with CNN during which he admitted, “My personal belief is that there is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone.” (CNN) — Luis Elizondo, pictured here in a 2017 interview with CNN during which he admitted, “My personal belief is that there is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone.” *(CNN)*

In an interview last Sunday with George Knapp for Coast-to-Coast AM, Luis Elizondo—a former Department of Defense (DoD) intelligence officer who served as program head for the Pentagon’s Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP), and who currently serves as the Director of Global Security and Special Programs for To the Stars…Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA)—said that he, along with Chris Mellon and Steve Justice, had “accomplished [their] mission” with TTSA.

Chris Mellon is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence who serves on TTSA's advisory board, and Steve Justice, former Director for Integrated Systems at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Skunk Works, is TTSA's Chief Operations Officer and Director of their Aerospace Division.

In response to a question by Knapp regarding an upcoming January announcement “that’s going to shake things up a bit," Elizondo responded:

Well, I can’t speak for TTSA. You’d have to go through TTSA channels to ask them about TTSA, and I’ll tell you from my perspective, I love my friends at TTSA. They are incredible human beings, but I also have to say my mission has always been very clear, George, and that was to push disclosure forward. That’s it.
I think after three years, you know, I can look back and I think we’ve achieved much of what we’ve set out to do. TTSA, it’s no secret, also focuses on its entertainment division and, you know, let’s face it, guys like Chris Mellon and Steve Justice and myself, we’re not entertainers. We’re not. So, very much like the History Channel project, we have accomplished our mission. Mission success. We have done more in three years collectively than anybody I think really expected us to achieve.
Now, it’s time I think we shift from…you know it’s like a car, right? You know I speak in car talk, I’m kind of a gearhead, so I think the time has come from the proverbial first gear to now second gear. We have enough momentum, enough inertia, where we can shift gears and continue moving forward, and to do that guys like me are looking at new and exciting ways to expand that conversation to an even larger audience while still staying true to our core mission of disclosure.

No official statement has yet been made by TTSA regarding Elizondo’s statements, and all three men are still listed as holding their current positions on the company’s official website.

The Singular Fortean Society has contacted TTSA for a statement, which will be added to this article as it is received.

Elizondo and company’s work with TTSA has so far resulted in the official release of three unclassified UFO videos shot by Navy fighter pilots, inspired numerous government and military personnel to speak both on and off the record about the phenomenon, and increased awareness of and interest in the subject by government officials.

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