CIA

FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Background The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry…

June 20, 2024

The “Family Jewels” Collection (CIA)

The CIA's "Family Jewels" is a compilation of documents that expose a series of controversial and often illicit activities conducted…

May 29, 2024

CIA Document Talks About “Flying Saucers” Traveling 7,400+MPH in 1955; More Information Discovered Yet Withheld By Agency

The Black Vault attempted to get a CIA document that has been shrouded in secrecy for decades further declassified. Although…

March 12, 2024

Preliminary Analysis of Luna 9 Photography, June 1966

The document is a declassified report from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) titled "Preliminary Analysis of Luna-9 Photography" (NPIC/R-5017/66) dated…

March 8, 2024

The July 1963 KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual

On May 13, 2021, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review request with the CIA, seeking to lift redactions…

February 29, 2024