A September 4, 2026, disruption at San Diego International Airport that delayed hundreds of flights is now documented in newly released Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, including air traffic control recordings and two Mandatory Occurrence Reports describing sightings of suspected drones near the airport’s runway. The records, obtained by The Black Vault through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), provide additional details about what pilots and air traffic controllers reported during the incident, how flight operations were affected, and the involvement of law enforcement. They also reveal a previously unreported detail involving nearby Naval Air Station North Island, where military…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Movements for civil rights were a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law that peaked in the 1960s. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change through nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was accompanied, or followed, by civil unrest and armed rebellion. The process was long and tenuous in many countries, and many of these movements did not fully achieve their goals, although the efforts of these movements did lead to improvements in the legal rights of previously oppressed groups of people. Below are files…
Background The following document was obtained by The Black Vault through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and was part of the “Stargate Collection” release. It is a 1983 assessment of what LTC Wayne McDonnell thought about what was called the “Gateway Process.” This dealt with hypnosis, holograms, and out-of-body experiences, just to name a few things. According to his introduction memo, as submitted to the U.S. Army: “You tasked me to provide an assessment of the Gateway Experience in terms of its mechanics and ultimate practicality. AS I set out to fulfill that tasking it soon became clear that…
Here are FBI Files of world leaders and politicians from around the globe. Declassified World Leaders FBI Files Adulyadej, Bhumibol – [8 Pages, 1.6MB] – Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987, was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty as Rama IX. Reigning since 9 June 1946 he was, at the time of his death, the world’s longest-serving head of state, the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history and the longest-serving monarch having reigned only as an adult, serving for 70 years, 126 days. During his reign, he…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The records were released on October 12, 2023, in response to Freedom of Information Act request, which sought presentation slides and a syllabus for the training course Mass Fatalities for Medicolegal Professionals (TDA403). In its response, the FAA stated: “Presentation slides were discovered during the search for records pertaining to this request. No syllabus was found, all training in this course was derived from these slides as presented.” The released materials include presentations concerning the FAA’s…