The NSA’s Intellipedia Decision: A Precedent for Reduced Transparency?

August 21, 2023

The NSA has recently denied access to information from Intellipedia, a departure from over a decade of previous protocol. This…

Official Files on the Socorro UFO Landing, April 24, 1964

August 20, 2023

Background The Lonnie Zamora incident was an alleged UFO close encounter. It occurred on Friday, April 24, 1964, at about…

U.S. Forest Service UFO Files and UFO Photographs

August 17, 2023

Background The United States Forest Service (USFS) manages and protects 154 national forests and 20 grasslands in 43 states and Puerto…

The Robertson Panel, The Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects Convened by the CIA

August 8, 2023

Background Background: In the early 1950s, a surge of UFO reports flooded into the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book,…

FBI Files on the November 15, 2015, Shooting of Jamar Clark

August 7, 2023

Background On November 15, 2015, Jamar Clark was shot by Minneapolis police officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze during a…

Defense Planning Guidance, 1994-1999

July 27, 2023

The following document was first released in 2008 by ISCAP, though it was about 98% redacted. The document itself lists…

July 26, 2023, House UAP Hearing Archive – Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency

July 26, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY Background This page is setup on The Black Vault to archive details about the July 26, 2023, subcommittee hearing…

ATIC, The 1950s, and National Security Policy – by Bruce Ashcroft, NAIC Historian

July 24, 2023

On 21 May 1951, the United States Air Force established the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) as a field activity…

Operation Mount Hope III

July 19, 2023

Operation Mount Hope III was a secret operation conducted by the United States in 1988 with the goal of retrieving…

Air Force Oral History Interview: Maj. Fred N. Thompson – 2 June 1970

July 15, 2023

Fred Thompson was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on March 20,…