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The Meandering Elizondo Walkabout Continues.

Greetings. Since December of 2017, Mr. Luis Elizondo has been the face of the "Disclosure Movement." His words and statements carry a substantial amount of weight in UFO circles, with his vocal output being interesting and quite voluminous to say the very least. 

Some of Mr. Elizondo's past statements about a potential disclosure read as follows:

1. "We may not be alone." December of 2017.

2. "I think disclosure already occurred." August of 2018.

3. "Disclosure already occurred." December of 2018.

4. "A lot of people ask me, 'So do you think disclosure has occurred?' And I think it has occurred." April of 2019.

5. "2021 is shaping up to be a banner year." December of 2020.

6. "Pay attention for the next 30 days, I think this conversation is about to get real interesting." May of 2021.

7. "I think 2022 is going to be an even better year. We've got so many things planned." January of 2022.

8. "The best is yet to come, we may be reaching a critical mass." January of 2022.

9. "If you think these are exciting times, just wait for 2023! You ain't seen nothing yet!" December of 2022.

10. "Keep the faith. Much, much more is coming. It's coming, and soon." October of 2023.

11. "Disclosure is coming in 2030." November of 2023.

On November 25th, Mr. Elizondo made another statement, which reads as follows, and I quote: "The reason I said 5 years was because most people want and expect immediate and complete disclosure. However, as I have said many times, disclosure is a process, not an event. It takes time and patience. Far too many interests at play: govt, religion, etc." Mr. Elizondo's statement is clearly in reference to a prior statement, but I have been unable as of this writing to find the specific statement in question, so my thoughts on Mr. Elizondo's newest statement are purely subjective and quite possibly out of context. For that I sincerely apologize, but I will continue marching forward with my thoughts. 

Mr. Elizondo's statements about a potential disclosure have gone back and forth to a great extent, in a sort of an intellectual walkabout. This random(?) meandering has the effect of keeping the topic squarely in the public eye, but keeping it very far from objective fruition, very far indeed. For an individual who makes firm declarations about what he knows, and about what he cannot talk about in public, he pursues a completely opposite course of action when it comes to the disclosure topic. Why? If Mr. Elizondo is morphing into just another UFO celebrity, another UFO personality, then his meandering statements make logical sense, for nothing sells more than the proverbial disclosure carrot dangling in front of the starving UFO subculture horse. If Mr. Elizondo is what he says, and if he is being honest and truly focused on revealing what the U.S. government knows about unidentified flying objects, then his statements about disclosure are simply his opinions, just as valid as anyone else's, and just as subjective and prone to error. 

I don't know if either of the above options are correct, perhaps neither, and I certainly will not engage in an arrogant attempt to make my own firm declaration about the possibility of disclosure. I will always leave that to others. I sincerely hope the situation turns out to be productive for the UFO subculture. Time will tell.

Thank you for your time and consideration. 

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