Newly released documents obtained by The Black Vault through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) under case 21-F-0299 reveal email exchanges within the Department of Defense (DoD) discussing a photograph reportedly showing a triangular Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) emerging from the ocean. The FOIA request was originally filed in December 2020. Along with these documents, John “Jay” Stratton, former Director of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), has now spoken exclusively to The Black Vault about this claim, offering brand-new clarification that no such photograph depicting a triangular craft emerging from the ocean was ever received by the UAPTF.…
Author: John Greenewald
The Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has released a new report analyzing the well-known “Go Fast” video, which first appeared publicly in 2018. The report, dated February 6, 2025, provides an in-depth assessment of the unidentified object captured in the 2015 video and concludes that the object exhibited no anomalous flight characteristics. The “Go Fast” video was originally recorded by a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet off the coast of Florida in January 2015. The footage, taken using the jet’s Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor, appeared to show a small, fast-moving object traveling just above the ocean’s…
Note: The below article was originally written on May 30, 2024. Since that publication, additional releases of documents have been sent to The Black Vault, and those document releases are available in the “Document Archive” section at the bottom of the article. The FBI has released a set of documents related to O.J. Simpson following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by The Black Vault. This release, dated May 30, 2024, includes nearly 500 pages of material detailing the federal agency’s involvement in the high-profile case of the former NFL star. The documents reveal extensive information about the…
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has released a report titled Correlations of Starlink Satellite Flaring with UAP Observations and an accompanying video explaining the “Satellite Flaring Phenomenon.” These materials aim to address how optical effects caused by satellites, particularly those in large constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink, can lead to misinterpretations of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The report outlines how sunlight reflecting off a satellite’s surfaces—such as antennas or solar panels—can create bright flashes of light visible from the ground. These reflections are categorized as either diffuse or specular. Diffuse reflection occurs when sunlight scatters off rough surfaces, producing…
Background The renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015 was the culmination of a long-standing debate over the name of North America’s tallest mountain. The decision involved decades of discussion, legislative efforts, and ultimately executive action by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Here is a chronological account of the events leading up to the name change and its aftermath. The Historical Names The mountain, standing at 20,310 feet in Alaska, was originally called Denali by the indigenous Koyukon Athabaskan people, meaning “The High One” or “The Tall One.” This name has been used for centuries in indigenous oral…