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object, about the size of a school bus, attracted the attention of former intelligence officer luis elizondodrone. it's not something that we can easily say, oh, that's an airplane. >> reporter: for years elizondo ran a $22 million pentagon effort aimed at understanding the physics of sightings like this one. >> frankly, if it's russian, chinese, little green men from mars or your neighbor's dog, really don't care. my focus is what is it, and how does it w >> reporter: elizondo refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated, but he did work with robert bigelow, a las vegas aerospace tycoon who recently told "60 minutes" that alien life is real. >> i'm absolutely convinced. that's all there is to it. >> reporter: do you also believe u.f.o.s have come to earth? >> there has and is an existing presence. >> reporter: from 1964 to 1969, an air force program investigated more than 12,000 u.f.o. sightings,00 of which are still unidentified. >> i would say remain skeptical, absolutely, but there comes a point when the evidence becomes overwhelming. >> reporter: elizondo says we're not at tha

luis elizondo was part of a program that as well as interviews with people who said they have physicalts. the defense department says the program ended in 2012 he its funding was cut. but did it? >>> one member of our crew, we won't say his name, but it rhymes with bruce. he is a firm believer of unidentified flying objects and was very excited. >> of course. when you see that video, it does beg the question of what is that thing? >> i could show you video of me hovering over the earth, though, also, but it doesn't happen. >> are you that sound? >> not right now, my friend. here is one question. if what they're doing is putting together real evidence that we see ufos -- don't tell me to go on. we're talking about alien life. we need to use the time. >> we'll take as much time as we need. >> they're showing you -- all over the studio right now. why would they cut the funding? that's all i'm saying. if there was real proof you were encountering alien life forms why cut the funding? i'm just saying. >> only leads to the conspiracy. >> it's one of the last things to hit the budget floor. t

but the former head of the program, luis elizondo told the times the ufo program never shut down. so what did they find? quote, the program collected video and audio reportings of ufo incidents including video from a superhornet showing an aircraft surrounded by a glowing aura traveling at high speeds and rotating as it moves. the navy pilots can be heard trying to understand what they're seeing there is a whole fleet of them, one exclaims. so if you think it's nuts that we held the news of an official ufo investigation all the way to thing 1, you're going to love that we have the official video of a ufo in thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> so no big deal, but the pentagon has confirmed the existence of the aerospace threat identification program, a $22 million initiative that study ufos for at least five years beginning in 2007. and they released video, including a 2004 encounter when two fighter jets chased an oval-shaped white object near san diego. they also released a second video with cockpit audio as pilots describe what they're seeing. the pentagon declined to give a date or loca

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. >> reporter: luis elizondo ran the advanced aviation threat identification program at the defense departmentthe way the school bus object moved defied the law of physics. former nevada senator harry reid championed the ufo program and some of funding reportedly went to one of his donors, robert bigelow, founder of bigelow aerospace. the las vegas tycoon spoke with "60 minutes" in may. >> do you imagine in our space travels we'll encounter other forms of intel jernlt life? >> you don't have go anywhere. >> you can find it here. >> yeah. >> it's just light right under people's noses. oh, my gosh. wow. >> reporter: unlike in the movies, most ufos don't turn out to be alien spacecraft. this green fireball above buenos aries in 2015 was likely a meteor while this strange light over los angeles was actually a missile test. >> i think this is a national security imperative. we have clear things that we do not understand how they work operating in areas that we can't control. >> elizondo refused to tell us how many cases his former group investigated saying that information was sensitive. from 1947