The Department of Defense (DoD) has released, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault, a detailed briefing document outlining the classified scenario for “Exercise NIGHT TRAIN 84.” The document, which appears not to have been publicly released prior to this, provides an in-depth look at Cold War-era planning for nuclear conflict and the associated military and civil defense operations. According to the document, NIGHT TRAIN 84 was designed as a major biennial nuclear war exercise that included elements from previous exercises such as “GLOBAL SHIELD,” “AMALGAM CHIEF,” and FEMA’s “REX 84 ALPHA.” The exercise…
Author: John Greenewald
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973 and prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency by Physics International Company, provide a detailed technical overview of the design, construction, testing, and performance evaluation of a mobile high-voltage EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) simulator. Volume I: System Overview and Technical Design Volume I outlines the complete system and its major components: Core Structure: The TEMPS system simulates a high-altitude nuclear EMP by using a horizontally mounted cylindrical wire cage antenna (30 feet in diameter, 1000 feet long) supported up to 20 meters above ground on a dielectric,…
This was originally published on November 7, 2023. The article has been left unchanged, but additional documents have been added to the document archive below. This page will continue to be updated with new releases until the case closes. In May of 2017, a FOIA request was filed by The Black Vault, seeking all emails sent to and from Andrew G. McCabe containing the keyword “Comey” (referring to James Comey) from May 1, 2017, until the date of the request’s processing. That date has not been confirmed, as of yet, but is likely the beginning of 2018. The timeframe of…
In a newly released batch of internal U.S. Navy emails, obtained by The Black Vault through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in January 2022, another behind-the-scenes view has emerged of official discussions on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), intelligence coordination, and internal task force efforts to process incoming sightings — including those originating from civilian sources such as the FAA. The FOIA request targeted emails to and from Yasir Qureshi, identified through sources and publicly available LinkedIn information as a Navy Program Manager who was involved in the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), led by Jay Stratton…
The U.S. Army has officially closed out its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA), ending a five-year government-backed investigation into alleged anomalous materials that once captured headlines for their rumored connection to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The final close-out report, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and now published by The Black Vault (available below), provides an inside look into the results from the U.S. Army’s point of view. The CRADA, designated Agreement #19-15 and titled “Novel & Emerging Technology Exploitation (NETE),” was initiated in 2019 between TTSA…