Author: John Greenewald

The Congressional Authorization Conference in November 1993 sent a message that was clearly received by the Department of Defense (DoD). The report said that, in this new, post-Cold War era, “tactical reconnaissance is relatively more important to national security than at any other time in our history.” At the same time, a new approach was requested that would “bring management attention, order, and efficiency” to tactical airborne reconnaissance development and acquisition. On 6 November 1993, in response to Congressional concerns, the Deputy Secretary of Defense (DepSecDef) created the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO), under the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition…

This report presents the results of the preliminary analysis of the potential of a small, new, generic type of manned spaceplane as a military, manned research vehicle. A specific spaceplane research vehicle configuration, termed the Space Cruiser is presented. The Space Cruiser is designed for full- envelope cislunar Earth-moon space, Transatmospheric, and endoatmospheric flight research. Man-in-space, vehicular research and research on internal and external payloads would extend to manned space vehicles, the Space Shuttle, unmanned space vehicles, space station, space structures, transatmospheric and endoatmospheric vehicles. Results of a nation-wide preliminary survey for research and technology tasks for the Space Cruiser…

The following were documents obtained from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Freedom of Information and Security Review Office. It was released to The Black Vault in September of 1997, through FOIA Case 97-F-1677. This “Information Sheet” was created by NASA, and archived within the Department of Defense. It outlined how NASA would respond to the numerous UFO-related questions flowing into the White House. They tasked NASA to respond to them all. Document Archive NASA Information Sheet on UFOs – 1978 [7 Pages, 0.7MB]

The following were documents obtained from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Freedom of Information and Security Review Office. It was released to The Black Vault in September of 1997, through FOIA Case 97-F-1677 (though it had been released prior to other researchers for some time). The Rendlesham Forest incident was a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England in late December of 1980 which became linked with claims of UFO landings. The events occurred just outside RAF Woodbridge, which was used at the time by the United States Air Force (USAF).…

The following were documents obtained from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Freedom of Information and Security Review Office. It was released to The Black Vault in September of 1997, through FOIA Case 97-F-1677. The documents depict multiple UFOs being seen over Mt. Airy, Maryland, which were reported to the Fort Richie Military Police. In addition, two different patrols at a facility known as Site R, also known as the Raven Rock Mountain Complex. Site R is also known as the “underground Pentagon,” and considered a highly sensitive area. Two patrols saw three oblong objects over the complex.…