Table of Contents Executive Summary Background Timeline of Events Primary Documentation Witness Accounts Media and Public Coverage Official Government Response Skeptical and Debunking Arguments Radar Jamming Controversy Unresolved Questions Impact and Legacy Conclusion Citations and Sources [ Return to Table of Contents ] Executive Summary In November 2004, the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encountered an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) that has since become one of the most notable and puzzling modern UFO incidents. Fighter pilots described a smooth, wingless white object—dubbed the “Tic Tac” for its oval shape—that demonstrated astonishing flight capabilities off the coast of Southern California. Initially…
Author: John Greenewald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pddGruK11Mc Video originally recorded by John Greenewald of The Black Vault in 2021 Table of Contents Executive Summary Background Timeline of Events Primary Documentation Witness Accounts Media and Public Coverage Official Government Response Skeptical and Debunking Arguments Unresolved Questions Impact and Legacy Conclusion Citations and Sources Executive Summary In the early morning hours of September 19, 1976, multiple military and civilian witnesses in Tehran, Iran, experienced an unidentified flying object (UFO) encounter that has since become one of the most documented and debated cases in UFO history. Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jet interceptors were scrambled to…
The articles within the PDF at the bottom of this page were originally published in UFO Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1989), and are archived here for research purposes. This special section of UFO Magazine compiles three in-depth articles that tackle the controversial use of hypnotic regression in UFO abduction research. While the technique has been widely used by investigators seeking answers to “missing time” and alleged encounters, these pieces present contrasting views from within the field, examining both the potential value and inherent dangers of the method. The discussion includes perspectives from a well-known abductee and author, one of…
This entire SETA program is built entirely by AI as an experiment by The Black Vault. Below this opening intro in blue text that you are reading, there are no edits to what AI produced for this. It chose its own name, designed its own logo, wrote its own mission statement, developed a plan on what it wanted to do overall, and mocked up numerous aspects of the program. It also wrote its own manual, investigator’s handbook, and wanted to even develop a testing program with tests and answer keys, build an AI chat bot, and offer tools (all open…
Dr. Bruce S. Maccabee, a Navy physicist and chairman of the Fund for U.F.O. Research, along with Mr. Lawrence Koss, Mr. Jamie Shandera, and Mr. Budd Hopkins, author of “Missing Time” and “Intruders,” provided an on-the-record briefing on June 25, 1987. They discussed the topic “The 40 Year History of Unidentified Flying Objects from a Worldwide Perspective.” The group recounted several sightings in their respective countries. The large gathering of correspondents showed significant interest in the UFO phenomena. If you look closely, you will see Stanton Friedman in the audience, as well. This is archived from a National Archives film…
