Welcome to The Black Vault Document Archive
You’ve stumbled upon the largest privately run online repository of declassified government documents anywhere in the world. With more than 3 MILLION pages of documents to read, on nearly every government secret imaginable, The Black Vault is known worldwide for getting down to the truth… and nothing but.
Every page, photo and video you see below in this "FOIA Document Archive" was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or through other means of accessing U.S. government public information.
Begun in 1996, at the age of 15, John Greenewald, Jr., began hammering the U.S. Government with FOIA requests to obtain information. The Black Vault is the result of that more than two decade effort. Enjoy!
Nearly five years ago, The Black Vault filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of the…
Background The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, is one of the most significant…
Background The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, is one of the most significant…
The FBI is tasked with keeping tabs on potential terrorists and their activities. The following is a list of documents…
In 1999, the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) released a bibliography of audiovisual training materials used in their polygraph…
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its final report, “After Action Review…
Operation Northwoods was a covert plan proposed in 1962 by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of…