On April 15, 2020, the following press release was sent out by the U.S. Navy: Unsafe Russian Intercept over Mediterranean Sea By U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs MEDITERRANEAN SEA – On April 15, 2020, a U.S. P-8A Poseidon aircraft flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-35. The interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-35 conducting a high-speed, inverted maneuver, 25 ft. directly in front of the mission aircraft, which put our pilots and crew at risk. The crew of the P-8A reported wake turbulence following the interaction. The duration…
Author: John Greenewald
The Black Vault received word of this incident by someone who wishes to remain anonymous, but had access to the FAA database that listed the report. It was sent to The Black Vault in mid November of 2022. The date of the report is: 2148 EST 11/10/2022 | 0248 UTC 11/11/2022 though the actual time of sighting may differ. The text related to the incident, as sent via email to The Black Vault, stated the following: TIME/DATE: 02:39z 11/11/2022 TYPE OF INCIDENT: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON: HOUSTON TRACON/ATCT (I90), HOUSTON, TX, (TRACON) INCIDENT DETAILS: Initial/Closeout Call Sign: N1439X Aircraft Type: PA28…
Discreet Oculus is an R&D effort to create a ground-based diagnostics system capable of providing accurate technical nuclear forensics conclusions following a nuclear detonation. A more thorough description was sent out in a 2015 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) press release: “Discreet Oculus is a research and development effort to design and field a fully integrated, ground-based, geographically-dispersed, centrally-managed, operational prompt diagnostics system, and is designed to identify, and characterize a limited nuclear attack. Its sensors and computer networks record seismic, acoustic, air pressure, radiation, light, and radio frequency signals to help determine the size, location, altitude, and other characteristics…
The following is a list of documents requested and received after a FOIA appeal. Document Archive Foreign Technology and Analysis Reports on Parachutes and Aerodynamic Decelerators, NASIC [28 Pages, 11MB]
These records were provided by the family of anthologist and transparency activist Russ Kick, from his papers, facilitated by the generous assistance of Dr. Susan Maret. This is not a complete collection set of his papers, but rather, a selection of items sent to The Black Vault for digital preservation.