Article originally published June 28, 2022. Updated on April 2, 2024 https://youtu.be/8Iz5m1LkSGA On June 28, 2022, The Black Vault received a FOIA response that had a small batch of records. It asked for a search of 8 email boxes, that contain the keyword “Elizondo.” Those email boxes were: 1. Steven A. Stebbins, Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General and Chief of Staff 2. Kelly P. Mayo, Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations 3. James R. Ives, Deputy Inspector General Overseas Contingency Operations 4. Marguerite C. Garrison, Deputy Inspector General Administrative Investigations 5. Michael J. Roark, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations 6.…
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…
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…
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) released a copy of an internal lecture delivered by Rear Admiral Grace Hopper from August 19, 1982. Known as one of the most influential figures in the development of early computing technologies, Hopper’s contributions have left an indelible mark on the field of computer science, particularly in the realm of programming languages. https://youtu.be/_bP14OzIJWI The lecture, which Hopper delivered during her tenure at the NSA, provides a rare glimpse into the thoughts and expertise of a woman who played a pivotal role in shaping modern computing. As a pioneering force behind the creation of COBOL,…