Background From 1947 – 1969, the United States Air Force conducted an “investigation” into the UFO phenomena. It began as Project Sign, Grudge and later became known by its more popular name as Project Blue Book. After only a few years into the project, the Air Force continually discredited UFO witnesses, cases and told the public most cases were generally explainable as swamp gas, the planet Venus, hoaxes, etc. But one man did not believe the explanations given, and in 1966, began pushing for Congressional hearings on the topic. His name? Gerald Ford. Although more popularly referred to as the…
Author: John Greenewald
Pioneer Program Background The Pioneer program is a series of United States unmanned space missions that were designed for planetary exploration. There were a number of such missions in the program, but the most notable were Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, which explored the outer planets and left the solar system. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 carry a golden plaque, depicting a man and a woman and information about the origin and the creators of the probes, should any extraterrestrials find them someday. Early Able Tests The earliest missions were attempts to achieve Earth’s escape velocity, simply to show it…
The following documents have been received under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and contain the “Congressional Correspondence Logs” for all communications between Congress, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Each log outlines who the correspondence was with, the date, and topic of the letter. Declassified Congressional Correspondence Logs Congressional Correspondence with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Calendar Year 2013 [6 Pages, 0.6MB] Background on the CIA The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry S. Truman. The act also created a Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to serve…
Background For last approximately 20 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) has created a report with thousands of documents, in a database known as the “Intelligence Production Database.” However, this database is not complete, as it does not include the DEA Intelligence Briefs. But, this document is helpful in understanding the massive scope of drug enforcement efforts in the United States and other nations. Declassified Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Intelligence Production Database Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Intelligence Production Database, 1997-2015 [30 Pages, 11.3MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dea/DEA-Production-Database-1997-2015.pdf
The following is a short excerpt from the report. The entire document can be downloaded below: Per the request of ADIC WELCH, the following analysis of the FBI/DEA Joint Narcotics Task Force is set forth: The Task Force was established in September, 1977 with the stated purpose of effecting “optimum use of the resources of both agencies in order to achieve successful prosecution and neutralization of high level narcotics traffickers who are also members of the organized crime element”. The Task Force was established with an FBI Supervisor and nine Bureau Agents plus a DEA Group Supervisor with six Agents. The Task Force has been in operation…