Background The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (or DOD Dictionary) sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components. This publication supplements standard English-language dictionaries and standardizes military and associated terminology to improve communication and mutual understanding within DOD, with other US Government departments and agencies, and among the United States and its allies. This publication applies to the Office of the Secretary…
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The following is NASA press release 22-117, sent on November 15, 2022, and is archived here for reference. Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://twitter.com/blackvaultcom/status/1592860639290339328 The launch is the first leg of a mission in which Orion is planned to travel approximately 40,000 miles…
The U.S. Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General just rendered their decision and denied a major FOIA appeal submitted by The Black Vault in September. This appeal was profiled on this channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLUW3xmeGRI) and the hope was that the detail submitted in that appeal, along with the legal argument of justification for release, would rather render a decision reversing the original denial. It did not. The result of this case may resonate throughout future “disclosures” (in the FOIA sense) and decisions by military branches and government agencies, all citing the UAP Security Classification Guide. This video breaks down the…
Does Congress have to rely on the U.S. military to give them answers about UFOs? One group thinks there are more options on the table, and they believe they could absolutely fill the role with more efficiency and reliability than the military. The question is, will Congress take them up on it? As the world awaits the second, but now nearly two-week-late, public UFO/UAP report published by the U.S. government, a different development has unfolded this week behind the scenes. For months, a group that specializes in investigating the phenomena, and “providing direct access to the general public of reviewed…
The following document remained secret for more than 18 years. It was a memorandum about the 9/11 Commission meeting with President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the Oval Office. Although it is not a verbatim transcript, it contained numerous quotes from the President and Vice President. It was released by the The Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP, or “the Panel”) on November 9, 2022, under appeal case number 2012-163. The original case was filed by researcher Erik Larson. The document was first have been covered by the Wall Street Journal on the same day ISCAP…