Advanced Propulsion Study Background This study was tasked with the purpose of conducting a thorough literature and program search to carry out and document a technical assessment of the latest concepts in science and engineering that show promise of leading to a major advance in Earth-to-orbit (ETO) propulsion. The study also reviewed and evaluated a select number of credible far-term breakthrough propulsion physics concepts pertaining to R&D work done on or related to gravity/inertia modification, spacetime metric modification, and the extraction of energy from the space vacuum environment. The results of the study are presented and summarized in this report.…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Operation Gladio (Italian: Operazione Gladio) is the codename for a clandestine NATO “stay-behind” operation in Europe during the Cold War. Its purpose was to continue anti-communist actions in the event of a Soviet invasion and conquest. Although Gladio specifically refers to the Italian branch of the NATO stay-behind organizations, “Operation Gladio” is used as an informal name for all stay-behind organizations. The name Gladio is the Italian form of gladius, a type of Roman shortsword. Operating in many NATO and even some neutral countries, Gladio was part of a series of national operations first coordinated by the Clandestine Committee…
Background On June 26, 2014, I read the following by Hendrick Simoes of Stars & Stripes Magazine: “U.S. personnel accustomed to drinking their coffee on the drive to work will have to put that habit on hold for about a month. It’s one of a few lifestyle changes Americans will have to make during the holy month of Ramadan.” (Click above link for full article) I was intrigued by this, and how government agencies may react to this holiday, and if they were instructed to do anything different. After nearly two years, I finally received a response to my FOIA request…
Background Sometimes, you never know what you are going to get with a FOIA Request. As many of you know, The Black Vault has looked for UFO documents throughout nearly every government agency that exists. Recently, I filed a FOIA Request to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) looking for UFO records. I was surprised to learn, that responsive documents came up. NCIS informed me there were three closed investigations that dealt with UFOs, and were responsive to my request. After a short wait, I received the three investigations, and their corresponding records, which are below. Though this isn’t the…
NIST NCSTAR 1: Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers, conducted under the National Construction Safety Team Act. This report describes how the aircraft impacts and subsequent fires led to the collapse of the towers after terrorists flew jet fuel laden commercial airliners into the buildings; whether the fatalities were low or high, including an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used…