[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
[ARCHIVE | BlackVault | cred=70] A Cold War-era intelligence document examining the global spread of nuclear weapons has been re-released following a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request filed by The Black Vault. The document, National Intelligence Estimate 4-63, “Likelihood and Consequences of a
[ARCHIVE | BlackVault | cred=74] John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation – the FBI’s
[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
[ARCHIVE | BlackVault | cred=70] A newly released FBI file documents the Bureau’s investigation into the April 20, 1984, bombing of the Washington Navy Yard Officers’ Club in Washington, D.C. The records consist primarily of FD-302 interview reports, investigative summaries, and supporting materials compiled by
[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] 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] 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] 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
Dr. Charles Buhler is a NASA researcher from the Kennedy Space Center Electrostatics Lab who has conducted over 2,000 vacuum
Project Stargate (also known as Grill Flame, Center Lane, Sun Streak) was the US government’s classified remote viewing research and
Dr. Garry Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School
Chris Bledsoe is a North Carolina businessman and farmer whose 2007 UAP encounter on the Cape Fear River changed his
In 1989, physicist Robert Lazar went on Las Vegas television station KLAS-TV — interviewed by journalist George Knapp — and
David Charles Grusch is the most significant UAP whistleblower in American history. A decorated combat veteran (Afghanistan), former intelligence officer
Between 2001 and 2002, Scottish systems administrator Gary McKinnon penetrated 97 US military and NASA computer networks from his home
The most important structural development in UAP secrecy in the post-Cold War era was the migration of UAP programs from
