This is a 1974 memorandum about the CIA History Program, which makes reference to the museum and the items within. Although previously released, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) in May of 2019. In May of 2022, the record was re-released with less redactions than previous versions. Document Archive CIA History Program, 30 April 1974 [18 Pages, 5MB]
Author: John Greenewald
In 2016, Dr. Deborah Frincke, Director, NSA/CSS Research Directorate, created this Top Secret PowerPoint presentation about “research initiates” within the NSA. Although released in early 2018, there were many redactions. However, in August of 2021, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case to have the record reviewed again. It was a success, having some (not all) of the redactions lifted. The result was the release of initiative details that include machine learning, stealth science, projected research outcomes, and more. Below, you will find the release, but also a highlighted release showing what information was declassified for this…
SSA’s in-house magazine, OASIS, has been published since January 1955. Before OASIS, there was an in-house newsletter called the OASIS News, which was the forerunner of the full-fledged magazine. The OASIS News published its first issue on March 25, 1941. Document Archive Social Security Administration Internal Magazine “Oasis” 2014-2015 [692 Pages, 9.6MB]
In May of 2022, the FBI began releasing records about the alleged missing Civil War gold, which was rumored to be buried in Dents Run, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau gives a good write up of the legend behind the story: The year was 1863. Legends states that a Union wagon train left Wheeling, West Virginia with 52 bars of gold, each weighing 50 pounds, which were meant to pay Union soldiers. The wagon trains route was to travel northeast through Pennsylvania to Ridgway and then head southeast to Harrisburg. The story continues to state that the Wagon…
Background Cattle mutilation (also known as bovine excision) is the apparent killing and then mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances. Sheep and horses have been allegedly mutilated under similar circumstances. Document Archive Animal & Cattle Mutilations – FBI Release #1 – [131 Pages, 9MB] – This is a compilation of the original release by the FBI on Animal and Cattle Mutilations. In the mid-1970s, reports of scattered animal mutilations in western and mid-western states concerned many people. The FBI was asked to investigate, but was unable to do so because of a lack of jurisdiction (except when such mutilations were…