Imminent

Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

By: Luis Elizondo

Narrated by: Luis Elizondo

*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

*THE BOOK EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT*

'I can say without fear of contradiction that Lue has played a central and indispensable role in forever changing the way humanity views the issue of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)'
Chris Mellon, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Former Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee
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The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs - now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) - reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding of the universe.

Luis 'Lue' Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official and special agent who was recruited into a strange and highly sensitive US Government program to investigate UAP incursions into sensitive military installations and air space. To accomplish his mission, Elizondo had to rely on decades of experience gained working some of America's most sensitive and classified programs. Even then, he was not prepared for what he would learn, and the truth about the government's long shadowy involvement in UAP investigations, and the lengths officials would take to keep them a secret.

The stakes could not be higher. Imminent is a first-hand, revelatory account inside the Pentagon's most closely guarded secret and a call to action to confront humanity's greatest existential questions.

©2024 Luis Elizondo (P)2024 Bonnier Books UK

Compelling, engaging and scary

The newly renamed UFO phenomena (now we say UAP) has had a resurgence of interest from the media owing to the events of 2017 when some New York Times reporters did stories on the topic. They were serious and matter of fact, sans the histrionics that usually go hand in hand with reports of the phenomenon.

The author of this book – a government employee with high level clearances who had been secretly dealing with the subject as part of his job – has now come forward with what he knows. The story is told in a surprisingly eloquent manner and read in a heart felt manner by the author himself in the audiobook.

Mr. Elizondo injects enough of himself into the narrative and the reasons he felt he needed to come forward so convincingly that it was almost a nonstop listen. So that covers the “compelling” and “engaging” part of my headline – what was scary?

The fact that something so important as this has been left in the hands of people that claim the secrecy is for “our benefit”, and who do not possess the tools to properly assess what is occurring. This self-appointed “elite”, untouchables in government who have all kinds of reasons for their position, do not seem to want to shed any light on what the phenomena is. The reasons for this are covered in the book.

Curiously, Mr. Elizondo criticizes other whistleblowers whilst making his own claims - and don’t get me wrong, I am glad he has done what he has – but I can’t help but get the feeling there is another narrative going on with him. Does he have a messiah complex? He did posit himself as an avenging angel at one point of the story.

The author is a soldier, and apparently a very good one. He is to be commended for this. But I don’ t think he has worked out that using army goggles to view the phenomena will yield nothing but the war / attack data that the lenses are attuned to. This is why we need anthropologists, all areas of physics, chemistry and the sciences as well as shaman, artists, and the group of people we call psychics, intuitives, and healers on the case too.

Don’t get me wrong, the threat assessment of UAP presented in the book is real I believe, based on his accounts and years of my own research. (Interestingly, he mentions the flat top mountain from “Close encounters” and it made me recall my own experience near a similar looking mountain close to Dalby in Queensland).

When I first learned about the To The Stars Academy when they began all those years ago (Elizondo was a member) I was not as impressed as I probably ought to have been. But the combination of privileged information from politicians and higher ups in the US Whitehouse, along with an ex-rock star and other rich folk was off putting. Even though I regard Luis Elizondo as a brave man and am truly grateful for his book, there was still the whiff of this even in his authentic storytelling of the whole affair.

Is it because he seemed dismissive of encounter witnesses? He did state he wanted the book to have a military focus, but by leaving the abductees / encounter witnesses out of the equation, I think he is missing a vital point. And after all, is he not a witness himself? He saw orbs in his own home.

Listen for the curious list he gives of the US presidents that he states have had briefings on UFO’s / UAP. There is also the report of how the government attempted cancelling him when he resigned his position. We should reexamine Bob Lazar’s claims in this light.

Essential listening

Everyone needs to listen to this. Very detailed explanation of what was going on behind the scenes in the ufo scene.

World view will never be the same again

What an incredible opportunity to hear the story narrated by Luis himself. It gave me the feeling of being intimately connected to his journey of “discovery”, that only someone in his position could go through, with a topic that is utterly fascinating. Brilliantly written and narrated, I was captivated from the beginning, and find myself wanting more. That “more” however, is going to be our very real future as humanity as the weight of this new reality settles in. We are not alone.

Outstanding account from an incredible man

Brilliantly recounts the history of UAP from the perspective of a government insider over the last 20 years. Simply outstanding!

Also excellently narrated.

Important courageous work

Good audiobook — good to hear the author himself. He reads well. Important book — with a lot more information that needs to be digested.