Author: John Greenewald

What may be just moments away from the release of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s UFO/UAP report, Senator Marco Rubio has issued the following statement: Rubio Statement on UAP Report Miami, FL — Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement on the unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). “For years, the men and women we trust to defend our country reported encounters with unidentified aircraft that had superior capabilities, and for years their concerns were often ignored and ridiculed,” Rubio said. “This report is an important…

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https://youtu.be/8qfczcrleiM Buried within more than 1,600 pages of previously released FBI documents, is a three page lesser-known memorandum written on January 31, 1949, to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover from the FBI San Antonio field office. It is from the “Protection of Vital Installations” FBI file, and was classified “Confidential” when it was written. Within, you can establish that at the time, the “Flying Saucer” and “Flying Disc” issue was classified “Top Secret” by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. This is a key point, as it established the sensitivity of the information surrounding UFOs. In addition, since…

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The following was released by the U.S. Navy about the “Shock Trial” event: On Friday, June 18, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed the first scheduled explosive event as part of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship. The U.S. Navy has conducted FSSTs over several decades, most recently for the Littoral Combat Ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS…

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Background Faced with a rise in wildlife crimes around the world, the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, co-chaired by the Departments of State, Interior and Justice, hosted a symposium at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s William Allder Auditorium in Springfield, Virginia, June 28-29 of 2016. The Black Vault filed a FOIA request on July 15, 2016, for all the symposium handouts given at the event. It would take nearly FIVE YEARS, but the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) finally released the records in May of 2021 (the letter is erroneously marked 2020). Document Archive Wildlife Trafficking Symposium,…

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Background The 1953 Iranian coup d’état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d’état was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953. It was orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project or “Operation Ajax”) and the United Kingdom (under the name “Operation Boot”). The clergy also played a considerable role. Below, you will find the CIA FOIA records released on the topic. Document Archive Operation Ajax – 1953 Iranian coup d’état [275 Pages, 84.9MB] …

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