The objective of this investigation was to determine whether foreign officer involvement at the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was in compliance with U,S, laws and DoD directives. The Black Vault filed a FOIA request for the review and release of the final report on July 12, 2016. It would take until January 6, 2023 for it to be partially done so. The result is below. Document Archive DoD/IG Investigation: Evaluation of Foreign Officer Involvement at the United States Special Operations Command – June 15, 2016 [146 Pages, 11.5MB]
Author: John Greenewald
(The below archive began on August 4, 2022, and has been updated since the original release of FOIA documents). On April 20, 2022, the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team put on a demonstration at Washington’s Nationals Park. The result triggered an evacuation of the Capitol building. The below includes a full timeline by the FAA released on the event. The Black Vault has appealed the request, since much of what was requested was seemingly ignored, and only the below document was released. U.S. Secret Service Releases Secret Service Releases #1 and #2, [32 Pages, 4MB] Secret Service Referred FBI Material…
On April 15, 2020, the following press release was sent out by the U.S. Navy: Unsafe Russian Intercept over Mediterranean Sea By U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs MEDITERRANEAN SEA – On April 15, 2020, a U.S. P-8A Poseidon aircraft flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-35. The interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-35 conducting a high-speed, inverted maneuver, 25 ft. directly in front of the mission aircraft, which put our pilots and crew at risk. The crew of the P-8A reported wake turbulence following the interaction. The duration…
The Black Vault received word of this incident by someone who wishes to remain anonymous, but had access to the FAA database that listed the report. It was sent to The Black Vault in mid November of 2022. The date of the report is: 2148 EST 11/10/2022 | 0248 UTC 11/11/2022 though the actual time of sighting may differ. The text related to the incident, as sent via email to The Black Vault, stated the following: TIME/DATE: 02:39z 11/11/2022 TYPE OF INCIDENT: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON: HOUSTON TRACON/ATCT (I90), HOUSTON, TX, (TRACON) INCIDENT DETAILS: Initial/Closeout Call Sign: N1439X Aircraft Type: PA28…
Discreet Oculus is an R&D effort to create a ground-based diagnostics system capable of providing accurate technical nuclear forensics conclusions following a nuclear detonation. A more thorough description was sent out in a 2015 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) press release: “Discreet Oculus is a research and development effort to design and field a fully integrated, ground-based, geographically-dispersed, centrally-managed, operational prompt diagnostics system, and is designed to identify, and characterize a limited nuclear attack. Its sensors and computer networks record seismic, acoustic, air pressure, radiation, light, and radio frequency signals to help determine the size, location, altitude, and other characteristics…