Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick (fmr. Director of AARO), appears on In the Room with Peter Bergen. Kirkpatrick claims that UFO whistleblower David Grusch is being misled by a group of “UFO true believers.” Kirkpatrick states that AARO traced the sources of Grusch’s claims to members of AATIP, TTSA, and others who are writing legislation with Congress, alluding to Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon.
Kirkpatrick then says that at the time of him leaving the position of Director of AARO, Grusch never testified to AARO.
EDIT: Why would AARO trace the origins of the claims, without speaking to Grusch? As without getting the information in an official capacity, they shouldn’t be able to investigate them officially. Weird, maybe they got tips from other witnesses. We need clarification.