Luis Elizondo, who formerly led the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), claims that the U.S. government is in possession of photographic evidence of what appear to be large, monolith-like structures on the lunar surface. Elizondo stated in a recent interview that these images have not yet been made public but suggested their release could be imminent.
"There’s also photographs that I don’t believe have been made public yet that show on the lunar surface what appear to be large monolithic structures with right angle cuts," Elizondo said on the program Disclosure Tonight. He described the alleged structures as evocative of the mysterious monoliths featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
Elizondo, whose tenure at AATIP involved investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), has previously made assertions about U.S. involvement with purported recovered extraterrestrial technology. He stated in a 2024 interview that the U.S. has been involved in the recovery of "vehicles of unknown origin that are neither from our country or any other foreign country that we’re aware of."
Recent releases of previously classified UAP files by the Trump administration have included numerous images of unidentified aerial phenomena dating back decades. While these files have not provided definitive proof of alien life, they have documented sightings of moving orbs and other phenomena. The latest batch of files included an image of a six-pointed object reportedly taken in East Asia.
NASA, when contacted, stated that the agency has mapped the entire lunar surface and is unaware of any monoliths appearing in their data. The space agency has captured images of the moon's surface extensively.