Author: John Greenewald

By John Greenewald, Jr., The Black Vault — Originally Published September 10th, 2019  In a series of statements obtained exclusively by The Black Vault, the U.S. Navy confirms three UFO related videos represent what they call “unidentified aerial phenomena” or UAPs.  Originally released by the New York Times and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA) beginning in December of 2017, the three videos are commonly referred to as the “FLIR1,” “Gimbal” and “GoFast” (the third being released in March 2018). According to TTSA’s website, the clips represent, “… the first official evidence released by the US government…

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Table of Contents – What is MKULTRA? – The Black Vault and the 2004 FOIA Document Release – The Missing Pages – MKULTRA Documents Released October 2018 – “Behavioral Modification” Documents Released November 2018 – Additional Documents Declassified About MKULTRA What is MKULTRA? In the depths of the Cold War’s paranoia and anxiety, there resided a government program enveloped in a cloak of secrecy — Project MKULTRA. A covert operation aiming to explore the darkest possibilities of mind control and human manipulation, MKULTRA has become emblematic of government experiments spiraling far away from ethical and moral boundaries. Origins: Crafting Minds for Control Initiated in 1953…

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Background The following document has long been released, at this point. However, in an odd FOIA case, specifically F-2014-00281, I requested from the CIA an Office of the Inspector General Report on CIA experimentation on the brain. This was done in the late 1990s, and not connected to MKULTRA.  I originally filed on November 13, 2013, and it took until April 10, 2019 to get a response. However, the response was a new copy of the Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, dated 26 July 1963, which was not what I asked for. I have since appealed this case, and awaiting…

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Background This study examines the evolution of U.S. military thinking about how outer space might contribute to U.S. national security during the cold war era. It divides the cold war era into four periods: 1945-Sputnik I, Sputnik 1-1963, 1964-1978, and 1979-1989. The study develops a comprehensive definition of the concept of doctrine and a model for doctrine development. Document Archive Struggling Towards Space Doctrine: U.S. Military Space Plans, Programs, and Perspectives During the Cold War, May 1994 [519 Pages, 24MB]

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Background This report describes the investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) into the creation, storage, and handling of certain memoranda (Memos) written by former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James B. Comey. Between January 6, 2017, and April 11, 2017, while Comey was Director of the FBI, he memorialized seven one-on-one interactions that he had with President-elect and President Donald J. Trump. Throughout this report, these Memos are referred to as Memo 1 through Memo 7, numbered chronologically according to the date each Memo was written. Comey, who had original…

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