Project Cirrus was an early attempt at weather modification, conducted in the late 1940s by a collaboration between the U.S. military and General Electric (GE). Launched in 1947, its primary goal was to alter weather patterns by seeding clouds with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) or silver iodide particles. The idea was that the particles would encourage cloud condensation, thereby influencing precipitation, including rain or snow, or even altering the intensity or course of storms. One of the most famous and controversial moments in Project Cirrus occurred in October 1947, when the team attempted to seed a hurricane off the…
Author: John Greenewald
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released a document through a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case, DEOM-2024-00007, which was filed by The Black Vault on March 13, 2024. The request sought the declassification of the classified annex to the report titled, “Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic”, submitted to Congress in June 2023. The MDR release includes a partially declassified version of the annex, although much of it remains classified under Executive Order 13526, citing exemptions related to intelligence activities, sources, methods, and foreign relations. The newly…
Operation Northwoods was a covert plan proposed in 1962 by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The operation was intended to create a series of false-flag events to justify military intervention in Cuba. It was conceived during a period of heightened tension between the United States and Cuba, following the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro’s rise to power. The primary goal of Operation Northwoods was to fabricate acts of terrorism and aggression that could be attributed to the Cuban government, thereby providing the U.S. government with a pretext for invading the island and ousting Castro.…
In a long-standing battle for transparency, The Black Vault has finally seen progress in a FOIA case dating back to March 2019. The original request, case 19-F-0877, sought records related to a 2009 review of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), as conducted by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) in conjunction with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The review was confirmed by James M. Kudla, a former Public Affairs Officer at the DIA, who stated on March 11, 2019, that “After an OSD/DIA review in late 2009, it was determined the reports were of limited value…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a set of documents related to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF) and the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) following a FOIA request from The Black Vault. The request, filed on April 15, 2024, sought all records concerning NOAA’s policies and procedures for sharing information with AARO, including any classified or unclassified documents, memorandums, or agreements dated from 2018 onward. NOAA’s initial response indicated that no records were found directly responsive to the FOIA request. Despite this, NOAA took an unusual step by providing previously released correspondence involving AARO…