Author: John Greenewald

Background The following memorandum was first released by the FBI in the 1970s, but did not gain notoriety until much later. It was written by a Special Agent of the FBI by the name of Guy Hottel, who addressed the memo to the Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. Within, Hottel describes information from an Air Force investigator, in which three “flying saucers” had been recovered in New Mexico. In addition, each saucer was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only three feet tall, dressed in a metallic cloth. According to the informant (see update below for…

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According to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA): “There are many misconceptions about nuclear weapons effects and a potential post nuclear detonation battlefield environment. In this video, LTC James Gifford, Ph.D. removes the myths associated with nuclear detonations, to help prepare military forces to fight in and through a post nuclear detonation environment if the need arises.” Video Player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68-ha_Esw5o

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For decades, an NSA document has circulated recounting an NSA employee’s experience at a MUFON symposium in 1978. The memo was written in order for them to chronicle their experience, but also express their a concern about one of the presenters at the symposium, Todd Zechel. This NSA employee’s concern was that Zechel, a well known UFO researcher and co-founder of the Citizen’s Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) group would potentially tout an “inside contact with NSA”. This memorandum also outlined how they ultimately felt that Zechel may have fraudulently hoaxed CIA letters shown at the conference. For many years, Zechel’s…

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This week, researcher Kyle Warfel received a list of reports within the FAA’s database called Comprehensive Electronic Data Analysis and Reporting (CEDAR), which reference Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) or Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) from January 1, 2008 to present. With permission, Kyle has shared the information with The Black Vault for posting. You will find the released records below. Document Archive FAA Releases Near Miss Cases That Reference UFOs/UAP [Spreadsheet, 43kb] – This is the RAW file, unedited, on how the FAA released it originally. FAA Releases Near Miss Cases That Reference UFOs/UAP [4 Pages, 0.6MB] – Note: This is…

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Per the Department of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, on July 20, 2022 (see establishment memorandums below the press release below): On July 15, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), amended her original direction to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security by renaming and expanding the scope of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Group (AOIMSG) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), due to the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022, which included a provision to establish an office, in coordination with DNI, with…

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