Did Bob Lazar’s “Element 115” Become His Ultimate Get-Out-of-Jail Card?

Bob Lazar’s story has one detail that keeps nagging at me: the element 115 he says powered the craft at S-4. He’s suggested he had access to a sample, and I’ve come across claims that investigators searched his home or workshop for it. If that’s true, could the possibility of revealing a real sample have been his ultimate protection—or was the “hidden element 115” story itself a way to make people think twice about going after him? I’m not claiming either version is true, and I may be mixing...