https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFclfz837Dc In 2021, a highly classified system within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) detected what it described as a small (<10m) “tic tac” shaped object which “did not match the visual signature of typical aircraft detections.”. The system observing this object is called “Sentient,” and this program within the NRO, wherein details remain highly classified, sounds like something you’d hear about described in a science fiction movie, rather than in full operation by the American intelligence community. “Sentient is (or at least aims to be) an omnivorous analysis tool, capable of devouring data of all sorts, making sense of the…
Author: John Greenewald
Here is the story behind how a secretly filmed scene for a television series, “creative license” freedom, and the sharing of “classified” information in a Pentagon SCIF, all sparked a full U.S. Army investigation. After more than a year of research by The Black Vault, official U.S. Army investigative files (with some redactions) have been released via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which supports that the gross misrepresentation of facts created a firestorm behind the scenes. The television series “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation” which premiered on the History Channel in May of 2019 excited everyone interested in the…
On May 3, 2021, Luis Elizondo filed a Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Fraud, Waste & Abuse Hotline Complaint. Elizondo made numerous allegations specifically against three people within the Department of Defense, which included Garry Reid, Susan Gough and Neill Tipton, alleging “… malicious activities, coordinated disinformation, professional misconduct, whistleblower reprisal and and explicit threats perpetrated by certain senior-level Pentagon officials, including the Director of Defense for Intelligence and Security (DDI I&S), Garry Reid, Public Affairs Officer Susan Gough, and any other officials who were complicit in these acts.” That DoD/OIG complaint was published by…
The below gallery of photographs have been released by the Department of Defense (DoD), relating to the shoot down of, “… a high altitude surveillance balloon within sovereign U.S. airspace and over U.S. territorial waters Feb. 4, 2023.” “Active duty, Reserve, National Guard, and civilian personnel planned and executed the operation, and partners from the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, and Federal Bureau of Investigation ensured public safety throughout the operation and recovery efforts.” This gallery will be updated when new photographs become available. Gallery
This article was originally published on June 10, 2020. It was updated on February 7, 2023, to include documents released by the U.S. Navy pertaining to the investigation. Those are available at the end of this article. Background The UFO videos circulated as the “Gimbal,” “Flir1” and “GoFast” have received widespread coverage in the media. However, controversy has surrounded the videos as being “unauthorized leaks” vs. “officially released.” As first broken by Vice News / Tim McMillan, AFOSI investigated the release of the videos. In early December of 2019, The Black Vault had also filed for similar records (FOIA Case…