Out of the Shadows - Jay Stratton

Out of the Shadows

By Jay Stratton

  • Release Date: 2026-10-13
  • Genre: Military History
Score: 4.5
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Description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An explosive memoir by the most senior U.S. Intelligence Official to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and non-human intelligent life

For over thirty-two years, Jay Stratton served the U.S. on the battlefield and as a senior member of the National Intelligence Community. He specialized in emerging and disruptive aerospace technologies, including the most classified U.S. capabilities, making him uniquely qualified to identify anything in air and space. But when presented with a video of a mysterious advanced aerospace vehicle over a sensitive nuclear weapon site, Stratton quickly found himself investigating the most significant national security threat he had ever faced.

Determined to uncover the truth, Stratton cofounded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), the first official U.S. Government program to investigate UAP since the closure of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book. Confronted by institutional secrecy, Stratton learned that there is a deeply hidden UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program that has been covering up the existence of non-human intelligent life for eighty years—keeping the truth from the public, Congress, and even Presidents. These powerful gatekeepers did not want Stratton to bring about disclosure. Risking everything, Stratton relentlessly pursued his investigation while informing Con­gress of his findings.

Facing obstacles and threats at every turn, he pressed forward and ultimately established the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), the first whole-of-government UAP program, forcing the nation’s leadership to finally confront the unknown and inform the public.

Now, Stratton comes out of the shadows to provide a startling and eye-opening firsthand account of his battle to uncover the truth and address the most mysterious and complex national security threat of our time. He shares the shocking discoveries, challenges, behind-the-scenes revelations, and close encounters that profoundly altered his understanding of humanity’s place in the universe and took a disturbing toll on him and his family.

Out of the Shadows reads like a thriller while revealing the definitive history of the modern-day U.S. Government investigation of UAP and non-human life. It is a high-stakes journey into the deepest and most significant mystery in human history, leaving us to question everything we thought we knew.

Reviews

  • Disappointing

    2
    By Tomskindle
    Stratton is just another outsider gas-lighted by the all-powerful Legacy Programs (LPs). Stratton did a good job of plugging his book on the YouTube talk show, but there is no new information here. The movie he mentions, The Age of Disclosure, is the same, a stage for Lue Elizondo and Stratton where they and others state repeatedly that “this is way beyond anything we have”, but also admit there is and has been a crash retrieval and reverse engineering program (the LPs) that has been ongoing for 80 years, but they have little idea of what goes on in these programs. There are MANY very credible whistleblowers who have firsthand knowledge of triangle and tic-tac-shaped craft (and others) made by such companies as Raytheon and Lockheed Skunk Works. Before his death in 1995, Ben Rich of Skunkworks, admitted they had the ability to fly to the stars, but it would take an act of God for the public to be made aware of this technology. The main benefit of this book and similar documentaries is to put pressure on the LPs. Dr Steven Greer has been working on disclosure since the 90s and has more info and more whistleblower testimonies than anyone, probably because he’s not affiliated with the government. He believes Stratton, Elizondo, and others are part of the disinformation problem. From in-depth study, I occasionally hope this is all untrue and that we could go back to the Sun revolving around the Earth days. Ignorance may be bliss!
  • Things to think about

    5
    By Kdub!
    This book would have been perfect if you consulted with faith based folks. Miracles happen all the time and evil is real. Half of the stories strike me as that possibility. One could argue that when Jesus performed the miracle during the Sermon On The Mount that there may have been a “legacy Program” created to deny the 5000 witnesses…..?
  • What a journey!

    5
    By G'Dad12
    At last we are finding out the truth about UFOs thanks to Jay and his group endless pursuit of the facts. A fascinating book, and bet this is just the beginning.