Elizondo ran a Pentagon program on unidentified aerial phenomena, resigned in 2017, and was central to the infamous Navy UFO videos going public. This is his account. He promised more than he delivered—or, to be fair suggested more. But still. Objects with no visible propulsion outperforming everything in the inventory, near-misses with fighters, incursions over nuclear sites, and a bureaucracy he describes as more interested in not being embarrassed than in finding out. He’s careful about what he says he witnessed versus what he was told, and the manuscript went through Pentagon prepublication review, so the redactions are part of the reading. Whether you buy the conclusions, it’s the most credentialed firsthand account of how the subject is handled inside the building. As for Roswell, he doesn’t know personally, but someone who did told it was real. Do with that what you will.