Background The following is the “Afghanistan Situation Report” dated 4 June 1985. Although the CIA had previously released the document in 2010, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) in April of 2020 to see if additional information could be released. The below is the result, which did accomplish in getting a few redactions removed. Document Archive Afghanistan Situation Report, 4 June 1985 [16 Pages, 5MB]
Author: John Greenewald
Background Nuclear Physicist-Lecturer Stanton T. Friedman received his BSc. and MSc. Degrees in physics from the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. He was employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist by such companies as GE, GM, Westinghouse, TRW Systems, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Douglas working in such highly advanced, classified, eventually cancelled programs as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and various compact nuclear powerplants for space and terrestrial applications. He became interested in UFOs in 1958, and since 1967 has lectured about them at more than 600 colleges and 100 professional groups in 50 U.S. states,…
Background Videotaped deposition of GHISLAINE MAXWELL, taken pursuant to subpoena, was held at the law offices of BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, commencing April 22, 2016, 9:04 a.m., on the above date, before Leslie Fagin, a Court Reporter and Notary Public in the State of New York. Document Archive Ghislaine Maxwell 2016 Deposition Unsealed on October 22, 2020 [465 Pages, 3.93MB]
Background From the report’s abstract: “With the current interest in and potential for hypersonic flight, there is a need to determine the Air Force and for the nation the RD approaches required to realize the opportunities offered by flight in this regime. The committee 1 determined possible military uses of hypersonic flight, 2 drew on the developing hypersonic technology base, including the evolving results of NASP Phase II, to assess the technical feasibility of meeting the potential applications, 3 identified the technological needs for hypersonic flight, 4 assessed the RD support requirements including availability of expertise, data bases, and test…
Background In 1958, the CIA completed the below report about its role in the event of a nuclear war. The Black Vault saw references to this document in other declassified CIA documents, but not the report itself. In August of 2019, a FOIA request was filed to the CIA for the record, and in October of 2020, it was released. You can find the report below. Document Archive Role of CIA in Nuclear War, 1958 [38 Pages, 12.5MB] Comments on Role of CIA in Nuclear War, 1958 [2 Pages, 1MB] – This document was released in 2000 by the CIA,…