Welcome to the FBI Files on American Military Personnel archive at The Black Vault. This section of the website is a repository of documents related to various members of the United States military. Within these files, you’ll find a wealth of information that offers a deeper understanding of the lives, careers, and sometimes the controversies surrounding these individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The documents provide an intriguing look into the FBI’s interactions with military personnel, ranging from high-ranking officers to enlisted service members, across different branches of the military. As you explore this archive, you will…
Author: John Greenewald
(This remains an evolving database, and will be updated continuously. It was first published in May of 2022, and has been updated numerous times since then.) According to NASA, “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is responsible for unique scientific and technological achievements in human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science, and space applications that have had widespread impacts on our nation and the world. Forged in response to early Soviet space achievements, NASA was built on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and other government organizations, as the locus of U.S. civil aerospace research and development.” The following is…
Background Many U.S. government agencies and military branches have public YouTube pages. That is no secret. However, within these channels, lies a hidden treasure trove of PRIVATE/UNLISTED videos NOT accessible by the general public. Through the Freedom of Information Act, The Black Vault along with another researcher has tackled trying to get access to these videos listings. That researcher has donated the requests they did, along with the documents, to the archive below. However, they asked for their identifying information to be redacted. The below lists can then be used to request the videos themselves. There are numerous more open…
In a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) release to The Black Vault, through FOIA Case 23-F-0740, the Department of Defense (DoD) provided documents regarding their classified web portal for their UFO research office known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). This request was based on the testimony given by Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the current Director of AARO, during the April 19, 2023, hearing on UAP. Dr. Kirkpatrick stated during his testimony, “Once we have an approved web portal to hang the unclassified stuff, we will do, you know, we would downgrade and declassified things and put it out…
Background Operation 40 was a covert operation established by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1960 during the early years of the Cold War. The operation was initially conceived as a counterintelligence and counterinsurgency task force aimed at undermining communist influence in Latin America, particularly in Cuba. This operation was part of the broader U.S. strategy to contain the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere, which was seen as a direct threat to U.S. national security. Operation 40 was formed in response to the growing concern over Fidel Castro’s communist regime in Cuba, which had come to power in…