The Big Picture is an American documentary television program which aired from 1951 to 1964. The series consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_959UBYw-o Modernization of Army shown on TV series — “The Sharper Sword and Stronger Shield” (TV-449) is an informational film which emphasizes the importance for the continual modernization of the Army for effective national defense. The film portrays the Army’s efforts to forge “A Sharper Sword and Stronger Shield” to preserve the peace or win a future war. The presentation describes the pentagonal organization and structural flexibility of…
Author: John Greenewald
ATC: “Sorry, say again?” Pilot: “I didn’t know if you had any idea what all these white flashing lights are out here. There is a whole sea of them.” The following incident was reported to the FAA and captured on Air Traffic Control (ATC) recordings over the course of a half hour. Although the original pilot felt the lights may have been on the ground, the FAA reported the incident as “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon” and was ultimately seen by numerous pilots / flights over the course of more than 35 mins. The Black Vault received word of this incident, along…
On November 22, 2022, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their cost estimate for S. 4503, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, along with establishing, “a secure system to collect information about unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena (UAP).” According to the CBO: The bill would • Authorize the appropriation of $650 million for fiscal year 2023 for the Intelligence Community Management Account (ICMA) • Establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis to analyze technology and innovation sectors critical to national security • Establish a secure system to collect information about unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena (UAP) • Enhance whistleblower protections • Allow people…
Background The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (or DOD Dictionary) sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components. This publication supplements standard English-language dictionaries and standardizes military and associated terminology to improve communication and mutual understanding within DOD, with other US Government departments and agencies, and among the United States and its allies. This publication applies to the Office of the Secretary…
The following is NASA press release 22-117, sent on November 15, 2022, and is archived here for reference. Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://twitter.com/blackvaultcom/status/1592860639290339328 The launch is the first leg of a mission in which Orion is planned to travel approximately 40,000 miles…