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Trump promise to disclose UFO info would be 'tremendous undertaking': Luis Elizondo

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Trump promise to disclose UFO info would be ‘tremendous undertaking’: Luis Elizondo

Summary

newsnation (Michael Ramsey, Feb 21, 2026) covers lue-elizondo’s reaction on the CUOMO program to donald-trump’s February 19 Truth Social directive (src-uap-trump-disclosure-2026) to release government UAP/UFO files. Elizondo calls the effort a “tremendous undertaking,” arguing 80+ years of holdings across the intelligence community, defense agencies, and the department-of-energy could dwarf the Epstein files in volume. He says Trump must first sign an executive order obligating his agencies to comply. ross-coulthart cautions on NewsNation’s Reality Check podcast that Trump has so far announced only a review of records, not declassification. The piece also carries reaction from former State Department analyst marik-von-rennenkampff (“ready for it… the big question is what happens the day after”) and Harvard astrophysicist avi-loeb. Article predates the May 8 pursue launch by ~2.5 months and frames the practical scale problem the portal would later have to confront — the actual Release 01 contained only 162 files.

Key Claims

  • Trump’s UFO/UAP disclosure promise will be “no simple lift” and is a “tremendous undertaking” given 80+ years of accumulated government holdings. (lue-elizondo)
  • Potential UAP/UFO file volume could “dwarf the millions of documents in the Epstein files.” (lue-elizondo)
  • Holdings span “the intelligence community… defense communities… department-of-energy.” (lue-elizondo)
  • Trump must sign an executive order to obligate compliance from agencies under his control. (lue-elizondo)
  • Trump has so far announced only a review of records — not declassification. (ross-coulthart)
  • david-grusch’s congressional testimony alleging a UAP retrieval program is cited as part of the whistleblower wave driving the issue.
  • the-age-of-disclosure (2025) is cited as advancing claims the US and rivals are racing to reverse-engineer recovered alien tech.
  • Public has reached “critical mass” on disclosure; “the big question is what happens the day after — geopolitically, economically, socially and culturally.” (marik-von-rennenkampff)
  • Released files could yield “higher-quality images than the public is used to seeing” and possibly puzzling retrieved materials — best resolved by sharing widely if not from adversary states. (avi-loeb)

Notable Quotes

“Now, the real hard work begins. The government has been sitting on this information for so long. There’s so much documentation right now, within our own holdings — within the intelligence community, within the defense communities, within the Department of Energy — that this is going to be a tremendous undertaking.” — lue-elizondo

“It’s very important to note Donald Trump is not saying, in what he’s announced to date, that he is going to declassify anything. All they are talking about is reviewing records.” — ross-coulthart

“I think we’re ready for it. I think the big question is what happens the day after — geopolitically, economically, socially and culturally.” — marik-von-rennenkampff

“In addition, there could be some materials that were retrieved and are puzzling. The best way to figure things out [is] to share it, if we are sure it’s not coming from adversarial nations.” — avi-loeb

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