SOURCE: BlackVault — theblackvault.com (Tier 2)
CATEGORY: BUREAUCRACY
CREDIBILITY SCORE: 78/100 | EVIDENCE SCORE: 38/100
LIKELY EXPLANATION: reputable lead — review and contextualize
TAGS: aaro, dod, pentagon, dni, intelligence community, aatip, uaptf, foia
Source Excerpt
Luis Elizondo has become a central figure in the modern discourse surrounding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) due to his alleged involvement with the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). His revelations and subsequent claims have been both groundbreaking and controversial, fueling numerous debates regarding the U.S. government’s engagement with UAPs. In an unprecedented revelation, The Black Vault was the first to report that the Department of Defense (DoD) had destroyed Elizondo’s emails , a move that surprised many and intensified the scrutiny surrounding the government’s handling of this sensitive subject. It also hindered efforts to verify many of Elizondo’s claims, with the use of what would likely reside in these emails. Therefore, this presented a significant barrier to the standard Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process while investigating his claims. Yet, where one door closed, another opened. Recognizing that communication is a two-way process, The Black Vault initiated a strategic approach. By targeting FOIA requests on the email archives of DoD personnel who had likely corresponded with Elizondo, it was possible to indirectly recover portions of Elizondo’s email exchanges. This indirect method, albeit unorthodox, proved to be a way to shed light on conversations that would have otherwise remained obscured. The archive below, which is still being added to due to the fact that numerous FOIA
Documents
- https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/21-F-1234.pdf
- https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/21-F-0909.pdf
- https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/navy/DON-NAVY-2021-007793.pdf
- https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/21-F-0909.pdf
- https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/osd/21-F-0909.pdf
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA547385.pdf
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