The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a set of documents related to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF) and the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) following a FOIA request from The Black Vault. The request, filed on April 15, 2024, sought all records concerning NOAA’s policies and procedures for sharing information with AARO, including any classified or unclassified documents, memorandums, or agreements dated from 2018 onward. NOAA’s initial response indicated that no records were found directly responsive to the FOIA request. Despite this, NOAA took an unusual step by providing previously released correspondence involving AARO…
Author: John Greenewald
The Dyna-Soar, or “Dynamic Soarer,” officially known as the X-20 Dyna-Soar, was an ambitious spaceplane project developed by the United States Air Force during the 1950s and 1960s. Conceived during the early days of the space race, the Dyna-Soar was designed to perform various missions, including reconnaissance, satellite maintenance, and even bombing. The project aimed to create a reusable spacecraft capable of gliding back to Earth like an airplane, which was revolutionary at the time. The Dyna-Soar was developed by Boeing and resembled a small, winged aircraft with heat-resistant materials to withstand the intense heat of re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.…
In June 2021, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed by The Black Vault with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under case number 2021-006688. The request, filed on June 27, 2021, sought all communications between the FAA and the UAP Task Force, as well as communications between the FAA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which contributed to the creation of the UAP report released by the ODNI in 2021. Specifically, the FOIA request aimed to uncover any input the FAA provided to the UAP Task Force, including emails, memos, letters, reports, photographs, videos,…
Article originally published June 28, 2022. Updated on April 2, 2024 https://youtu.be/8Iz5m1LkSGA On June 28, 2022, The Black Vault received a FOIA response that had a small batch of records. It asked for a search of 8 email boxes, that contain the keyword “Elizondo.” Those email boxes were: 1. Steven A. Stebbins, Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General and Chief of Staff 2. Kelly P. Mayo, Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations 3. James R. Ives, Deputy Inspector General Overseas Contingency Operations 4. Marguerite C. Garrison, Deputy Inspector General Administrative Investigations 5. Michael J. Roark, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations 6.…
(This remains an evolving database, and will be updated continuously. It was first published in May of 2022, and has been updated numerous times since then.) According to NASA, “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is responsible for unique scientific and technological achievements in human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science, and space applications that have had widespread impacts on our nation and the world. Forged in response to early Soviet space achievements, NASA was built on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and other government organizations, as the locus of U.S. civil aerospace research and development.” The following is…