Background In 1959 the CIA selected Lockheed’s A-12 over a Convair proposal called KINGFISH. On 26 January 1960, the CIA ordered 12 A-12 aircraft. After selection by the CIA, further design and production of the A-12 took place under the code-name OXCART. Document Archive Black Shield Mission BX 6847, 26 January 1968 [132 Pages, 4.2MB] The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart Programs 2017 Release The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart Programs [286 Pages, 39MB] Archived 2013 Release The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart Programs [407…
Author: John Greenewald
The following was a press release issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on April 30, 2020. It is archived here for future reference. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today issued the following Intelligence Community (IC) statement: “The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to U.S. policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus, which originated in China. The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified. “As we do in all crises, the Community’s experts…
by John Greenewald, Jr. — The Black Vault — Originally Published 4/27/2020 Back in December of 2017, the New York Times posted two videos depicting what was called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAPs. Although the general public would more commonly refer to them as UFOs, they were labeled as the “FLIR1” and “Gimbal” videos and subsequently released by To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, the source of where the New York Times originally received them. Since their publication, and a third known as “GOFAST” in March of 2018, there has been much mystery surrounding the videos, and their…
Background In April of 1980, the CIA’s Domestic Contacts Division passed on a SECRET memo to the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI that they had received from a man by the name of “Sunshine, The Psychic.” This person believed he had a “strong psychic message” about Edward Kennedy and an assassination that would take place on April 6, 1980. Document Archive Alleged Psychic Message Re: Assassination Threat Against Senator Edward Kennedy, April 1980 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
Background This was a reference document created by the Department of Defense, of all personnel that were Prisoners of War (POWs) or Missing in Action (MIA) in Southeast Asia with their status as of November 1993. You will find John McCain listed, among many others. Document Archive Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Office Reference Document, November 1993 [53 Pages, 2.28MB]