Declassified and active US government UAP programmes: AATIP, AAWSAP, AARO, KONA BLUE, and the control structure above them.
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Senator Harry Reid In June 2009, then–Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to the Department of Defense requesting heightened protection for what he described as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). The four-page letter , addressed to
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=74] A newly released FOIA appellate decision has remanded a case back to the Department of War (DoW) for additional searches related to an alleged 2023 memorandum described by the Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper, the Secretary of Defense’s office issued a directive
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Christopher Mellon A newly released set of Defense Department documents reveals how the Pentagon handled former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Christopher Mellon’s request to publish a message he said referenced an alleged effort to exploit “recovered
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] David Grusch A heavily redacted Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) release made public on January 7, 2026, reveals a UAP-related whistleblower reprisal investigation centered on the revocation of classified access that was closed in February 2025. The
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Maj. Gen. Derek J. O’Malley, Director of Special Programs and Director of the Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office A recent Freedom of Information Act response issued by the Department of War raises significant questions about the government’s obligations
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Newly released records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show which journalists were privately invited to an embargoed, invite-only Pentagon media roundtable on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) held on March 6, 2024. This event tied to the Department of
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=74] Jennifer M. Granholm, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy A newly released Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides limited insight into internal communications involving unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), despite a
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Two separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of the Navy, both filed nearly a year apart and scoped differently, have yielded the same single responsive record: a chain of emails detailing a March 2022 briefing on the Advance Aerospace Threat
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=74] Just days after former President Donald Trump publicly stated that he wanted to order the release of UFO and UAP-related files, the U.S. Navy formally denied an appeal seeking the release of 78 photographs designated as “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP). The decision, dated
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] A newly released collection of Department of Defense records centers on internal email communications tied to Pentagon spokesperson Christopher Sherwood and references to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). The material stems from a targeted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] 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
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=74] A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case involving congressional briefings on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has yielded additional records following a successful appeal, but the newly released material continues to be heavily redacted, leaving key portions of the
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] NASA Seal A newly released Freedom of Information Act response from NASA reveals internal discussions focused on how the agency would communicate a confirmed discovery of extraterrestrial life. This includes details about a 2025 meeting convened to outline a formal
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] A newly released Department of War document obtained through a Freedom of Information Request request (FOIA case #24-F-1205) originally filed with U.S. Space Command (FOIA case #24-R-020), outlines the 2023 formation of a “UAP Space Tiger Team,” a coordinated effort led by the
[BUREAUCRACY | BlackVault | cred=78] Neill Tipton A newly released series of Pentagon emails from May 2019 reveals an internal contradiction at the center of the Department of Defense’s narrative on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program ( AATIP ) and Luis Elizondo. At the center of the records is a
The most important structural development in UAP secrecy in the post-Cold War era was the migration of UAP programs from
David Charles Grusch is the most significant UAP whistleblower in American history. A decorated combat veteran (Afghanistan), former intelligence officer
July 26, 2023: The House Oversight Committee’s national security subcommittee held the first serious Congressional UAP hearing in 50 years
The single most important structural fact in understanding how UAP programs have remained secret for 75+ years is not the
David Charles Grusch is a decorated combat veteran — 14 years of active duty Air Force service, multiple combat tours
