An incomplete 14-minute audio of former UAPTF director Jay Stratton at the Phenomecon 'Age of Disclosure' panel, transcribed by Joe Murgia and read by Psicoactivo (audio withheld over copyright). Stratton discusses his roles founding AAWSAP, AATIP and the UAPTF, his 2019 PA guidance, the classification guide he wrote and signed, and an FBI 'Special Investigations Group.' Includes his 3 Jun 2026 memoir announcement (*Out of the Shadows*, HarperCollins, 13 Oct 2026) and a TV series in development (Terence Winter, Dan Farah).
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| Claim | Verdict | At | Relation |
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| DOPSR clearance is a security review, not a truth stamp, and does not verify claims or imply DoD agreement | Documented ยท occurred | | reports |
| Memoir title is Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life, cover tag 'the most senior US official to investigate UAP' | Documented | | reports |
| Publisher blurb: nuclear-site UAP incursions led Stratton to co-found AAWSAP, discovering an '80-year cover-up' of NHI hidden by 'powerful gatekeepers' | Unproven | | reports |
| Stratton co-created AAWSAP with Jim Lacatski, created AATIP, and directed the UAP Task Force | Documented | | asserts |
| Stratton describes an encounter with a cloaked, 'predator-like' being | Unproven | | reports |
| Stratton directed Public Affairs to announce 'unidentified' in 2019 to avoid miscalculation with adversaries who might think the objects were American | Unproven | | asserts |
| Stratton has said he saw craft and beings 'with my own eyes' | Unproven | | reports |
| Stratton names an FBI 'Special Investigations Group' working on UAP alongside AARO and ODNI | Unproven | | asserts |
| Stratton said AATIP was 'really just an interagency working group' | Unproven | | asserts |
| Stratton says the people routinely seen on podcasts did not have responsibility for the US government's UAP investigations, unlike him | Unproven | | asserts |
| Stratton wrote and signed the UAP security classification guide, and says DOPSR removed nothing UAP-related from his memoir | Unproven | | asserts |
| Stratton's 32-year career spanned Army, Air Force, Naval Intelligence, State, Joint Staff, OSD, STRATCOM and DIA, retiring at SES | Documented | | reports |
| Stratton's memoir Out of the Shadows publishes 13 Oct 2026 via HarperCollins, with a TV series in development | Documented | | reports |
| There is rumored Stratton-Elizondo friction, read from the 'most senior' marketing tagline | Unproven | | reports |
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