The following document was first released in 2008 by ISCAP, though it was about 98% redacted. The document itself lists “plausible future events illustrating the types of circumstances in which the application of US military power might be required.” In 2017, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request to get the document reviewed again. It took until July of 2023, but the document ended up being released in full. Summary The document outlines a shift from a single global scenario to an array of regional scenarios, given the uncertainty of the international security environment. The scenarios presented…
Author: John Greenewald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY Background This page is setup on The Black Vault to archive details about the July 26, 2023, subcommittee hearing about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAP. It was held by the National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Archived here will be all information released, including additional information added by The Black Vault. This page will be updated through the day on July 26, then later archived to maintain the information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOwrjbs4kp8 Original Press Release of July 20, 2023 WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs…
On 21 May 1951, the United States Air Force established the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) as a field activity of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, HQ USAF. Charged with the intelligence assessment of Soviet military aerospace systems during an era of rapid arms buildup and technological change, ATIC played a significant role in the formulation of defense strategy and national security policy. From 1951 to 1961, the Center more than doubled its manpower; meanwhile, the Air Force grew by slightly more than 4 percent. This trend reflected the growing mission of ATIC and the importance attached to…
Operation Mount Hope III was a secret operation conducted by the United States in 1988 with the goal of retrieving a crashed Soviet-made Mil Mi-25 “Hind D” attack helicopter. The helicopter in question had made a forced landing during the Libya-Chad conflict in the mid-1980s. While the crew was picked up by Libyan forces, the helicopter itself was left behind. It was a variant of the Hind that the United States had not previously had access to, and the Pentagon was interested in retrieving it for intelligence purposes. To conduct the operation, the U.S. made use of the CH-47 Chinook…
Fred Thompson was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on March 20, 1968. He received an EARLY RELEASE by the North Vietnamese and returned home on August 4, 1968. The record below is an oral history interview conducted with Major Fred N. Thompson by Major Samuel Riddlebarger and Major Richard Clement. The topics discussed were Major Thompson’s time as an F-100 pilot, along with his experience as a POW. The interview was collected under the Project Corona Harvest program. This document remained classified for more than 53 years. Created in 1970, The…