Author: John Greenewald

The following was published by the Department of Defense on August 14, 2020, about the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF). On Aug. 4, 2020, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF).  The Department of the Navy, under the cognizance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will lead the UAPTF.   The Department of Defense established the UAPTF to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs.  The mission of the…

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Background The following document was sent internally at the FBI on February 24, 2020. It was a “Situational Awareness” record that was an update on the Coronavirus situation. The record stated, when written, “Center for Disease Control (CDC) assesses the current risk to the American public as low, but is taking proactive preparedness precautions.” Document Archive FBI Coronavirus Situational Awareness E-Mail, February 24, 2020 [7 Pages, 0.5MB]

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By John Greenewald, Jr. – The Black Vault – Originally Published August 5, 2020 The year 2020 has brought a global pandemic, major earthquakes, a massive explosion in Beirut, and even the acknowledgement of the UFO reality by the U.S. Navy. The year got a bit more bizarre, when in late July, the NY Times published bombshell revelations about “off world vehicles” and even showed a slide from the “Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program” which appeared to have solidified the claim.  But today, in a statement given directly to The Black Vault, the Pentagon denies the use of that slide in…

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Background According to the research program’s abstract: “The specific aim of the research program was to examine the feasibility of controlling the behavior of a dog, in an open field, by means of remotely triggered electrical stimulation of the brain. The report describes such a system which depends for its effectiveness on two properties of electrical stimulation delivered to certain deep lying structures of the dog brain: the well-known reward effect, and a tendency for such stimulation to initiate and maintain locomotion in a direction which is accompanied by the continued delivery of stimulation. Experiments on the parameters of stimulation…

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The following is a press release, along with declassified documents, as published by the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 17, 2020. It is archived here, along with the declassified records, for reference. — WASHINGTON – Today, as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ongoing investigation into the Crossfire Hurricane investigation and related FISA abuses, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina) released two recently declassified documents that significantly undercut the reliability of the Steele dossier and the accuracy and reliability of many of the factual assertions in the Carter Page FISA applications. “I’m very pleased the investigation in the Senate Judiciary Committee has…

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