The following document was released heavily redacted, and parts fully withheld, in June 2005. The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request on April 23, 2020, and the record was released January 4, 2020. The result was an MDR success, wherein the CIA released numerous pages, and lifted numerous redactions, on the record. The document can be seen below. Document Archive Background on Six Subjects Suggested by Acting DDI, 7 August 1967 [89 Pages, 4.8MB]
Author: John Greenewald
https://youtu.be/FX5kn7fPLNc The Black Vault’s FOIA request for budgetary materials and financial records of the UAP Task Force was denied, citing exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(5). Exemption (b)(1) protects classified national defense and foreign relations information, while (b)(5) covers inter-agency or intra-agency deliberative processes. The use of these exemptions for financial information raises questions about the UAP Task Force’s operations and the sensitivity of the requested data. The Black Vault has been denied access to budgetary materials and financial records relating to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force. The denial comes as a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…
This document, released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), serves as a guide for psychological operations (PSYOP) in guerrilla warfare. The primary focus is on how to leverage psychological tactics to influence and control the population and enemy forces during an insurgency. The guide outlines the importance of understanding the target audience, establishing credibility, and utilizing propaganda to promote the guerrilla movement’s objectives. Additionally, it highlights the role of armed propaganda teams in executing these operations. The authorship of “Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare” by Tayacán is not definitively known, and the name Tayacán is likely a pseudonym. The document…
On March 1, 2022, Lt. General John E. Shaw, Deputy Commander of U.S. Space Command, wrote a memorandum for Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen at the NASA Science Mission Directorate. This was to confirm that a meteor detected on January 8, 2014, and written about in a scientific paper by Dr. Avi Loeb from Harvard University, and his colleague Amir Siraj, was an interstellar object. This was posted on Twitter by the U.S. Space Command’s official Twitter account on April 6, 2022: https://twitter.com/US_SpaceCom/status/1511856370756177921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511856370756177921%7Ctwgr%5Ecebfe350623a8b53fb2102d9059e6f7abe048914%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatimes.com%2Ftrending%2Fsocial-relevance%2Finterstellar-object-exploded-over-earth-in-2014-claims-declassified-memo-566804.html That memorandum and Twitter post prompted an April 23, 2022, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by The Black…
In this paper, Dr. James E. McDonald, a prominent atmospheric physicist, presents a detailed analysis of the UFO phenomenon and argues that it deserves serious scientific attention. McDonald emphasizes the need for a comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary approach to study UFO sightings and related incidents. He highlights numerous cases and testimonies from various sources, including military personnel, pilots, and radar operators, as well as other credible witnesses. McDonald calls for the scientific community to move past the stigma associated with UFOs and to engage in open-minded research to understand these unexplained phenomena better. Key Highlights: Scientific Stigma: McDonald laments the…