Nearly five years ago, The Black Vault filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of the Navy seeking answers about a then-newly formed Pentagon effort to study unidentified aerial phenomena. Filed on August 14, 2020, the request (FOIA case DON-NAVY-2021-003140) sought records “pertaining to the creation of this UAP task force,” and specifically requested mission statements, internal emails, memos, and letters tied to its formation. Now, after a lengthy delay, the Navy has released a heavily redacted set of documents that offer a rare look inside the classified origins of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force…
Author: John Greenewald
A newly released set of U.S. Army intelligence records offers a rare glimpse into behind-the-scenes military involvement in the government’s official UAP investigation effort. In response to a December 11, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (case number 0034F-25), the Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has released documents tied to its contributions to the Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and its Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). While heavily redacted, the records hint at drone incursions over restricted military airspace, surveillance activity potentially linked to UAP near sensitive installations, and…
In 1999, the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) released a bibliography of audiovisual training materials used in their polygraph education and research programs. The document, issued in response to a FOIA request, catalogs hundreds of videotapes covering a wide range of topics related to lie detection, psychology, interrogation techniques, and legal considerations. The archive includes both instructional content and topical case studies, many of which were used as part of DoDPI’s formal curriculum. Among the entries are: “The DeLorean Polygraph” “Satanic Rituals” “Child Sexual Abuse Course: Inmate Panel” “The Massey Triad” “Countermeasures in Polygraph” “Trial of Serial Killer Jeffrey…
Background The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, is one of the most significant events in American history. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while on a political trip to Texas to smooth over frictions in the Democratic Party. The motorcade route through Dealey Plaza was planned in advance, and Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline, along with Texas Governor John Connally, were riding in an open-top convertible limousine when the shots were fired. Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested and charged with the assassination. Oswald was shot…
A newly released batch of documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), reveals that a senior Pentagon official—identified by Luis Elizondo as the person intended to take over the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP)—later played a central role in classified UAP briefings, high-level meetings, and the creation of the Pentagon’s UFO office known as AOIMSG. That office would ultimately evolve into what is now the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). This connection adds a new layer to the long-running controversy surrounding AATIP. Although Elizondo has long maintained that the program investigated UFOs and that he led it…